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Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps

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Country
  
New Zealand

Captain-General
  
HM The Queen

Color
  
Brown, Red and Green

Colors
  
Brown, Red and Green

Branch
  
New Zealand Army

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Active
  
1 January 1942— present

Anniversaries
  
Cambrai Day 20 November

Engagements
  
Battle Honours are awarded to individual RNZAC units

Similar
  
New Zealand Army, Corps of Royal New Zealand, Royal Australian Armoured, Territorial Force, New Zealand Defence

The Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps (RNZAC) is the overall umbrella grouping of Regular Force and Territorial Force units equipped with armoured vehicles in the New Zealand Army. The corps was formed in 1942 as the New Zealand Armoured Corps, before being given the Royal prefix in 1947. The RNZAC is second in seniority of corps within the New Zealand Army.

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During the 1990s, corps personnel contributed to the deployment of a mechanized infantry company group to Bosnia-Hercegovina for UNPROFOR as part of the NZDF Operation Radian.

Current units

RNZAC personnel serve in:

Regular Force

  • Queen Alexandra's Mounted Rifles (QAMR)
  • Combat School

    • Territorial Force

  • 4th Waikato Mounted Rifles - Armoured Reconnaissance

    • Equipment

    The RNZAC is primarily equipped with two types of vehicle:

  • NZLAV - the NZLAV armoured fighting vehicle (AFV) is a variant of the General Dynamics LAV III.
  • Pinzgauer - the Army's Light Operational Vehicle (LOV) with command and control, general service, and armoured variants.

    • Alliances

  •  United Kingdom - The Royal Tank Regiment
  •  United Kingdom - The King's Royal Hussars
  •  United Kingdom - The Royal Dragoon Guards

    • References

    Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps Wikipedia
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