armored corps
Heavy vehicle unit
An armored corps is a military unit built around tanks and other armored vehicles, designed for mobile warfare and breakthrough operations.
The term can refer to a specific organizational level (corps) or more loosely to armored forces generally: He served in the armored corps for twelve years.
Also spelled armoured corps in British English.
- tank commanderLeader of armored crew
- main battle tankPrimary armored fighting vehicle
- blitzkriegFast, overwhelming military campaign
- rolling thunderProlonged atmospheric reverberation
- tankLarge storage vessel
headquarters · division · regiment · squadron · brigade · mechanic · Patton · battalion · platoon · task force · ground forces · company · gunner · counteroffensive · battle of the bulge · driver · loader · Rommel
- militarysoldiers, army, troops, officers, navy
- Axis MilitaryWehrmacht, Luftwaffe, Afrika Korps, Waffen-SS, panzer
- military corps
- WWII ForcesWehrmacht, Red Army, British Army, US Navy, Royal Navy
- Arab MilitariesIraqi Army
armored corpsinfantry
Ground combat troops
light infantry · foot soldiers · cavalry · special forces · guerrilla fighters
armor, armour, armored, armoured, armoury, armory, arming, arms, armed