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The 1st Canadian Armoured Carrier Regiment (1CACR) (also known as the 1st Canadian Armoured Personnel Carrier Regiment) was an armoured regiment of the Canadian Army formed during the late stages of World War II in the north west European theatre.
Canadian armoured regiments split their heritage between two primary sources. The first being the cavalry corps, from which many armoured regiments were created and in fact the first "armoured" regiments were titled "mechanized cavalry" regiments, and the second being the tank corps (which formerly belonged to first the infantry and then the machine gun corps).
1st Canadian Armoured Brigade; 1st Canadian Armoured Carrier Regiment; 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion; 1st Hussars; 2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade; 3rd Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment; No. 4 Casualty Clearing Station (Canada) 4 Field Ambulance (Canada) 8th Canadian Hussars (Princess Louise's) 8th Canadian Infantry Division; 12 (Vancouver ...
The Ram Kangaroo entered service piecemeal with the Canadians in September 1944, but in December these minor units were combined to form the 1st Canadian Armoured Carrier Regiment (initially the 1st Canadian Armoured Personnel Carrier Regiment), joining the British 49th Armoured Carrier Regiment under the British 79th Armoured Division which ...
1st Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery; 2nd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Mobile) 1st Rocket Battery; 1st Radar Battery "F" Squadron, 25th Armoured Delivery Regiment (The Elgin Regiment), Canadian Armoured Corps (CAC) 1st Canadian Armoured Personnel Carrier Squadron, CAC (August to October 1944)
Ram tanks without their turrets known as Kangaroos were operated by the 1st Canadian Armoured Carrier Regiment, formed from RCAC personnel overseas, and provided lifesaving battlefield mobility to Canadian and British infantry. Variants like the Badger did see action as a flame thrower tank in NW Europe, and former gun tanks as Command tanks.
0–9. 1st Canadian Armoured Carrier Regiment; 1st Hussars; 2nd Armoured Regiment (Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians)) 3rd Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment (The Governor General's Horse Guards)
On 31 July 1944, following a series of battles with heavy infantry losses, Canadian Lieutenant General Guy Simonds ordered the creation of an armoured carrier regiment and the modification of underused American-made M7 Priest self-propelled guns. The 1st Canadian Armoured Carrier Squadron was formed, and administered as a squadron of 25th ...