History
| British Army arms and services |
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| Combat Arms |
| Royal Armoured Corps |
| Infantry |
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| Army Air Corps |
| Combat Support Arms |
| Royal Artillery |
| Royal Engineers |
| Royal Corps of Signals |
| Intelligence Corps |
| Combat Services |
| Royal Army Chaplains Department |
| Royal Logistic Corps |
| Army Medical Services |
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| Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers |
| Adjutant General's Corps |
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| Small Arms School Corps |
| Royal Army Physical Training Corps |
| General Service Corps |
| Corps of Army Music |
The RAC was created on 4 April 1939, just before World War II started, by combining the cavalry wing (cavalry units that had mechanised) with the Royal Tank Corps (which was thereupon renamed the Royal Tank Regiment within the new corps). As the war went on and other regular cavalry and Territorial Army Yeomanry units became mechanised, they too joined this corps. A significant number of infantry battalions were also converted to the armoured role as RAC regiments. In addition, the RAC created its own training and support regiments. Finally, in 1944, the RAC absorbed the regiments of the Reconnaissance Corps.
See: List of Royal Armoured Corps Regiments in World War Two
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