Royal Canadian Armoured Corps School Explained

Unit Name:Royal Canadian Armoured Corps School
Dates:13 August 1940 – present
Country:Canada
Branch:Canadian Army
Type:Armoured
Role:Military training establishment
Size:Three training squadrons and Regimental Headquarters
Command Structure:Combat Training Centre
Garrison:5th Canadian Division Support Base Gagetown
Motto:la|Disciplina ante augmentationem|training before growth[1]
Colors:Red and yellow
March:"My Boy Willie"
Notable Commanders:F. F. Worthington, Sydney Valpy Radley-Walters

The Royal Canadian Armoured Corps School (French: links=no|École du Corps blindé royal canadien) is part of the Combat Training Centre at 5th Canadian Division Support Base 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 May 2022, running 14 weeks long (plus gunnery in the shape of 5 weeks for Regular force and 3 weeks for Reserve force officers)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Office of the Secretary to the Governor General . Royal Canadian Armoured Corps School [Military Institution] ]. 2020-06-08 . reg.gg.ca . EN.