Unit Structures

These diagrams show the composition and organisation of various units of the Royal Armoured Corps, and the vehicles they employed.

All data has been drawn from reputable sources, particularly the War Establishment tables as researched and transcribed by Gary Kennedy of BayonetStrength.net.

British Reconnaissance Regiment – Late 1943 onwards

Showing the composition of a standard Reconnaissance Regiment, as deployed in Infantry Divisions in NW Europe.

British Armoured Car Regiment – Late 1943 onwards

Showing the composition of a standard Armoured Car Regiment, as deployed at Corps level in NW Europe.

Sources: 

• “Orders of Battle” – OrdersOfBattle.com
• “Bayonet Strength” – BayonetStrength.uk
• “WWII Orders of Battle and Organizations” – Niehorster.org
• “War Establishments” – accessed via Web Archive – Web.archive.org