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22-584: Of its origins, Sean Maloney stated: The competition and award was not given out on a regular annual basis, and there have been some gaps in the timeline, especially recently. After a long gap, the Royal Canadian Armour Corps School reintroduced the competition (now called the Worthington Challenge ) in 2012 and it is now for regular force units. Although the origin for this event was a tank gunnery concentration,

44-667: A battle group context, the Tactics School focusses on tactics, techniques, and procedures at the combat team level. The Tactics School's mission is to educate and train army junior officers in the integration of combat functions at the combat team level on the tactical battlefield. A doctrinal Canadian armoured regiment consists of four squadrons of medium to heavy tanks , as well as a close reconnaissance troop equipped with light tanks and/or armoured cars . When required an armoured regiment will be tasked to provide an armoured squadron to its higher formation to provide it with

66-552: A Light Armour Vehicle (LAV) 3 crew from 1 Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, and two LUVW reconnaissance crews from the Saskatchewan Dragoons ... the tank team from Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians) took the first place trophy for the 120 mm gunnery category, and the LAV 3 crew from the 1 Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry took second place trophy for the 25 mm gunnery category." Ex Worthington 16

88-799: A US firm engaged in tank production in order to build the Ram and Grizzly tanks and their variants in Canada. Events of the Second World War thrust Canada into large scale tank production with thousands of Valentine, Ram, and Grizzly (Sherman) tanks and their armoured variants being produced. Canada also went on to build modern armoured fighting vehicles that served during the Cold War, the War in Afghanistan and global peacekeeping operations. In 1955,

110-495: A few tracked Carden-Loyd machine gun carriers for training. However, the first tanks since the First World War did not arrive until a few machine gun armed Vickers Mark VI light tanks appeared just one year before Canada went to war with Germany again. Canadian armoured regiments split their heritage between two primary sources. The first being the cavalry corps, from which many armoured regiments were created and in fact

132-578: A formation mounted reconnaissance capability. Units on the Supplementary Order of Battle legally exist, but have no personnel or matériel. List of current vehicles operated by the RCAC include: RCHA on parade without guns: (See note below) RCHA on parade with guns: (See note below) Note: The honour of "The Right of the Line" (precedence over other units), on an army parade, is held by

154-692: Is the armoured corps within the Canadian Army , including 3 Regular and 18 Reserve Force regiments, as well as the Royal Canadian Armoured Corps School . The corps was formed as the Canadian Armoured Corps in 1940, within the Canadian Army (Active). In August 1945, it was given its "royal" designation, and following the Second World War, several Reserve Force units were incorporated into

176-582: The US Army have participated, specifically in 2001 and 2014. The Royal Canadian Armour Corps School (RCACS) successfully concluded its 3rd annual Exercise Worthington Challenge in Gagetown , N.B. in October 2014. The US Army 3rd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment , 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division (United States) , sent two M1A2 crews and two M2A3 crews in 2014. Ex Worthington 15

198-1516: The United Kingdom." Canada was represented by C Sqn of The Royal Canadian Dragoons. Top Light Utility Vehicle Wheeled (LUVW) Fire Team: Winner: 4 Div (combined crews of soldiers from the 1st Hussars , Windsor Regiment , and Ontario Regiment ) with a total percentage score of 62.47% 2nd place: 2 Div - score of 58.97% 3rd place: 5 Div/CADTC ( Canadian Army Doctrine and Training Centre ) - score of 55.76% Top 25mm Crew: Winner: 4 Div Crew 2 - score of 67.27% 2nd place: New Zealand Crew 1 - score of 61.88% 3rd place: 2 Div Crew 2 - score of 60.86% Top 120mm Fire Team: Winner: Jutland Dragoon Regiment , Royal Danish Army - score of 66.93% 2nd place: 4 Div - score of 57.50% 3rd place: United States Army: Charlie Company, 1- 252nd Armor Regiment , 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team , North Carolina Army National Guard - score of 56.34% Worthington Challenge Cup (Top Canadian Div Team): Winner: 4 Div ( Royal Canadian Dragoons , Royal Canadian Horse Artillery , 1st Hussars , Windsor Regiment , Ontario Regiment , and Queen Alexandra's Mounted Rifles ) - score of 59.04% 2nd Place: 2 Div - score of 56.78% 3rd place: 3 Div - score of 46.80% 4th place = 5 Div/CADTC ( Canadian Army Doctrine and Training Centre ) - score of 43.17% Royal Canadian Armoured Corps#Royal Canadian Armoured Corps School The Royal Canadian Armoured Corps ( RCAC ; French: Corps blindé royal canadien )

220-897: The corps was given an official French title ( Corps blindé royal canadien ) in addition to the English title. In 1968, with the unification of the Canadian Army into the Canadian Armed Forces , the name of the Royal Canadian Armoured Corps was changed to simply the Armour Branch . Despite the change however, the Corps continued to use its traditional title. In 2003, Canada planned to replace all its tanks with lightweight M1128 mobile gun systems . In 2007, due to experience gained during Afghanistan , Leopard tanks were purchased. As of April 2013,

242-616: The corps. From 1968 until 2013, it was officially named the Armoured Branch . Originally formed as the Canadian Cavalry Corps in 1910, Canada's first tank units were not raised until late in 1918. Initially these units were considered to be part of the Machine Gun Corps and the 1st Canadian Tank Battalion, 2nd Canadian Tank Battalion and the 3 Bataillon de chars d'assaut were all too late to join

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264-530: The course of the war from 1939 to 1944, the Armoured Corps gradually took over responsibilities from other corps, such as tank regiments all being converted to armoured regiments, the transition of infantry reconnaissance battalions to the Armoured Corps, as well as anti-armour responsibilities from the Artillery Corps. Towards the close of the Second World War, the corps was subsequently bestowed

286-585: The fighting in the First World War. However, the 1st Canadian Tank Battalion was still training in Mark V tanks in the U.K. when the Canadian Tank Corps was finally authorized two days after the armistice. It seems like tanks were forgotten by the Cavalry after the war. Although, in the 1930s there were some small attempts at mechanization with motorcycles, experimental armoured cars and the purchase of

308-548: The first "armoured" regiments were titled "mechanized cavalry" regiments, and the second being the tank corps (which formerly belonged to first the infantry and then the machine gun corps). This began in 1936 with the creation of tank battalions and continued on from 1940 when many other types of regiment were mobilized as armoured units for the Second World War. From these modest beginnings the modern Canadian Armoured Corps began on 13 August 1940 with Major-General (then Colonel) F. F. Worthington as its first colonel-commandant. Over

330-431: The honour of the 'royal' designation by King George VI in 1945. Initially its equipment was 219 US M1917 tanks  – a First World War design – obtained at scrap prices. They were sufficient for some training and familiarisation, but otherwise of very limited combat use. To form the 1st Army Tank Brigade, Valentine tanks were ordered. This British design was to be built in Canada. Aside from

352-545: The necessary adjustments to the design to incorporate local engineering standards and available components, the Canadian Valentines used a GMC engine. This engine, being an improvement over the original, was later applied to British production. In practice, Canada never used most of the 1,400 Valentines they built as they were supplied under lend-lease to the Soviet Union. In early 1941 the 1st Tank Brigade

374-444: The scope was widened to include the 25mm platform and allow non-armoured units to participate. The concentration was broken into two categories: Leopard 1 C2 (105mm) and LAV III (25mm). The original trophy design, being a large silver Centurion tank has been replaced with a likeness of a Leopard 1 . The 8th Canadian Hussars (Princess Louise's) have won the trophy 8 times, the most of any Canadian Armoured Regiment. Tank units from

396-747: The traditional designation of the Royal Canadian Armoured Corps has been restored for official use. The Royal Canadian Armoured Corps School at CFB Gagetown , New Brunswick, designs and conducts tactical and technical training for armoured crewmen and officers, in addition to maintaining specialized qualifications on behalf of the Canadian Army. Crewmen and officers are trained on the Leopard 2A4 MBT , Coyote Reconnaissance Vehicle , LAV-6 , and Textron Tactical Armoured Patrol Vehicle . The Tactics School at CFB Gagetown develops, conducts and monitors combined-arms operations . Within

418-595: The units of the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery when on parade with their guns. On dismounted parades, RCHA units take precedence over all other land force units except formed bodies of Officer Cadets of the Royal Military College representing their college. RCA units parade to the left of units of the Royal Canadian Armoured Corps. Canadian Army Doctrine and Training Centre Too Many Requests If you report this error to

440-677: Was held at CFB Gagetown in September 23 to 30. "The exercise will test a number of skills including direct-fire gunnery, tactical driving, and teamwork tests in challenging settings using the Leopard 2 main battle tank, Light Armoured Vehicle III and 6, and the Coyote Armoured Vehicle. Competing nations include: Chile, Denmark, New Zealand, the United States, and Canada. Observing nations will be: Australia, Poland, and

462-403: Was held at CFB Gagetown in September. The competitors were: "A tough Danish team, fresh off a strong showing at this year's Nordic Challenge competed directly while other nations such as Brazil, Portugal and Chile observed the event." "The 3rd Canadian Division team consisted of two Leopard 2 tank crews and two Coyote reconnaissance vehicle crews from Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians),

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484-466: Was sent to Britain and equipped with the Matilda infantry tank . For the formation of two armoured divisions it was expected that 1,200 cruiser tanks were needed. The United Kingdom was not in a position to supply them, as it had shortfalls in supply for its own needs. This meant that Canada had to develop its own production. To this end a tank arsenal was set up under the management of a subsidiary of

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