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Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps
Active
1 January 1942— present
Country
New Zealand
Branch
New Zealand Army
Colors
Brown, Red and Green
Anniversaries
Cambrai Day 20 November
Engagements
Battle Honours are awarded to individual RNZAC units
Commanders
Colonel Commandant
Colonel (Rtd.) T.J. McComish
Military unit
New Zealand Army New Zealand Defence Force
Components
Structure
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Ranks
History
Administration
Headquarters Joint Forces New Zealand
Regiments
Artillery Regiment
Infantry Regiment
Special Air Service Regiment
Logistic Regiment
Corps
Armoured Corps
Engineers Corps
Signals Corps
Intelligence Corps
Army Medical Corps
Dental Corps
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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.
The Divisional Cavalry Regiment and the 4th Armoured Brigade[1] were among the foremost NZ armoured units during World War II, though at home the 1st Army Tank Brigade was also established.
Although the RNZAC did not deploy one of its own units to the Vietnam War, from 1965-1971 RNZAC personnel served within other New Zealand and Australian units including artillery, infantry, command and support, and logistics. Several members served as tank crew with the 3rd Cavalry Regiment of the Royal Australian Armoured Corps,[2] and 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment (U.S Army.)[3] Two RNZAC pilots served with the Australian 161st (Independent) Reconnaissance Flight.[4]
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.
Among the surviving Territorial Force units at the end of the 20th Century was the Wai/WEC Squadron, later the Waikato Mounted Rifles in Hamilton, and the fast-diminishing New Zealand Scottish Regiment, also at squadron size technically but actually dwindling into single figures, in the South Island. The New Zealand Scots were finally disbanded in 2016.[5]
^Plowman, Jeffrey & Thomas, Michael. (2000). 4th New Zealand Armoured Brigade in Italy. Kiwi Armour. ISBN 978-0-473-06534-8
^"3 Cav Veterans". VietnamWar.govt.nz, New Zealand and the Vietnam War. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
^"United States Bronze Star with V Device Brian David Chippindale 822606. Captain Royal NZ Armoured Corps Attached 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry, US Army" (PDF). The Vietnam List – NZ in Vietnam 1964–75. New Zealand Government. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
^"Capt Edwin Allerton Donald Brooker | VietnamWar.govt.nz, New Zealand and the Vietnam War". Archived from the original on 2 February 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
^Scottish Ties Still Strong, Otago Daily Times.
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