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HISTORY The RAC was created on 4 April 1939 , just before World War II started, by combining the Cavalry Wing ( Cavalry units that had mechanised), and the Royal Tank Corps (which was thereupon renamed the Royal Tank Regiment within the new corps). As the war went on, many other units became mechanised and joined this Corps . In 1944 , the RAC absorbed the Reconnaissance Corps . UNITS The Royal Armoured Corps is divided into those regiments that operate Main Battle Tanks (armoured regiments) and those that operate reconnaissance tanks ( Formation Reconnaissance Regiment s). Of these, three regiments are designated as Dragoon Guards , two as Hussars , two as Lancers and one as Dragoons . The remaining two are the two regiments of the Royal Tank Regiment . In the regular army there are five armoured regiments and five formation reconnaissance regiments:
The 1st Royal Tank Regiment forms approximately two thirds of the regular establishment of the Joint CBRN Regiment . The Household Cavalry Regiment (consisting of the Life Guards and the Blues And Royals ) is not part of the RAC; instead it is part of the Household Cavalry , which is classed as a corps in its own right. The Household Cavalry Regiment constitutes the fifth formation reconnaissance regiment.
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