| Royal Canadian Armoured Corps School | |
|---|---|
| École du Corps blindé royal canadien (French) | |
| Active | 13 August 1940 – present |
| Country | Canada |
| Branch | Canadian Army |
| Type | Armoured |
| Role | Military training establishment |
| Size | Three training squadrons and Regimental Headquarters |
| Part of | Combat Training Centre |
| Garrison/HQ | CFB Gagetown |
| Motto(s) | Latin language: disciplina ante augmentationem[1] |
| Colors | Red and yellow |
| March | "My Boy Willie" |
| Commanders | |
| Notable commanders | F. F. Worthington, Sydney Valpy Radley-Walters |
The Royal Canadian Armoured Corps School (French) is part of the Combat Training Centre at CFB Gagetown, New Brunswick, and is responsible for the tactical and technical training for armoured non-commissioned members and officers, in addition to maintaining certain specialized qualifications on behalf of the Canadian Army. Non-commissioned members and officers alike are trained on the Leopard 2, Textron Tactical Armoured Patrol Vehicle, Coyote Reconnaissance Vehicle, and LAV VI armoured fighting vehicles.
Officer training[]
Regular Force officer training used to be divided into two phases: Armour Troop Leader 1.1 (ATL 1.1) and Armour Troop Leader 1.2 (ATL 1.2). In ATL 1.1, students were taught about commanding a crew of a single vehicle on the Leopard 2 MBT. ATL 1.2 trained students as armoured reconnaissance troop leaders, using the LAV 6 and Textron Tactical Armoured Patrol Vehicle.
ATL was unified into a single course in September 2021, running 42 weeks long for Regular Force officers.
A 16 week course is taught to Reserve Force officers as ARTL (Reconnaissance) or ACTL (Cavalry).
References[]
- ↑ The Office of the Secretary to the Governor General. "Royal Canadian Armoured Corps School [Military Institution"] (in EN). https://reg.gg.ca/heraldry/pub-reg/project-pic.asp?lang=e&ProjectID=2832&ProjectElementID=9950.
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