Armour

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General

Role of Armour

To defeat the enemy through the aggressive use of firepower and battlefield mobility.

Motto of the Armoured Corps

Through the mud and the blood to the green fields beyond.
- General Worthington

Regiments of the Armoured Corps

(From West to East)

  1. The British Columbia Regiment (Vancouver, BC)
  2. The British Columbia Dragoons (Kelowna, BC)
  3. Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians) (Edmonton, AB) *
  4. King's Own Calgary Regiment (Calgary,AB)
  5. South Alberta Light Horse (Edmonton and Medicine Hat, AB) (B Sqn)
  6. Saskatchewan Dragoons (Moose Jaw, SK)
  7. The Fort Garry Horse (McGregor Armoury, Winnipeg Manitoba, R2W 1A8)
  8. The Windsor Regiment (Windsor, ON)
  9. The 1st Hussars (London and Sarnia, ON)
  10. The Queen's York Rangers (Toronto and Aurora, ON)
  11. The Governor General's Horse Guards (Toronto, ON)
  12. The Ontario Regiment (Oshawa, ON)
  13. The Royal Canadian Dragoons (Petawawa, ON) *
  14. Le Regiment de Hull (Hull, PQ)
  15. The Royal Canadian Hussars (Montreal and St. Hubert, PQ)
  16. Le 12e Regiment Blinde du Canada (Trois-Rivieres, PQ)
  17. Le 12e Regiment Blinde du Canada (BFC Valcartier, PQ) *
  18. The Sherbrooke Hussars (Sherbrooke, PQ)
  19. The 8th Canadian Hussars (Moncton and Sussex, NB)
  20. The Prince Edward Island Regiment (Charlottetown and Summerside, PEI)

NOTE: Regiment's denoted with a * are Regular, the remaining Regiments are Reserve.