Royal Australian Armoured Corps -School of Armour

The Role of Armour in the Australian Defence Force is defined as:

"The co-ordination with other arms, to close with and destroy the enemy forces using fire, manoeuvre and shock action."

School of Armour operates from Hopkins Barracks at Puckapunyal, Victoria and remains the home of the Royal Australian Armoured Corps. 700 students are trained annually while several hundred others will complete training on courses exported to the Combat Force. The school has previously been know as The Armoured Centre.



November 1942 - A General Grant M3 Medium tank at the Army Armoured Fighting Vehicle School.

November 1942 - A lecture on machine guns at the Army Armoured Fighting Vehicle School..

 

This page was last updated 21/04/07.

Tradition

Colonel-in-Chief:
HRH The Prince of Wales
(Colonel-in-Chief, RAAC)

Location:
 Hopkins Barracks, Puckapunyal, VIC

Unit Colour Patch:

Unit History Book(s)
None

Regimental Competitions:
Adjutant's Cup (RAAC)