Arcerion Armoured Corps

Arcerion Armoured Corps
AAC
Camp Flag of the Arcerion Armoured Corps
Founded	January 1st, 1929
Country	Arcerion
Branch	Arcer Army
Type	Armoured Corps
Role	Armoured Warfare Close-quarters combat Maneuver Warfare Reconnaissance
Size	~12 Regiments
Garrison/HQ	Taernsby Barracks, Presdale Garrison
Nickname(s)	Ironsides Tracked Bandits
Patron	Honorary Colonel Jonathan Dunsmore
Motto(s)	"Eversor" "Destroyer"
Colors	Brown, Green, Red
March	Arcerion Cavalry at Dawn
Anniversaries	1 January 1929 (founding) 20 May 1931 (Battle of Taernsby)
Engagements	Arcer Bush Wars Ardmori Civil War Second Great War Final War of the Deluge
Commanders
Colonel Commandant	Maj-Gen. Ethan Y. Perry

The Arcerion Armoured Corps is the component of the Arcer Army, that together with other combat arms formations (infantry, engineers, artillery) provide the direct combatant capability, specializing in the use of armoured fighting vehicles and main battle tanks. It includes all of the Army's armoured regiments, as well as a majority of the armoured reconnaisance regiments, almost all of which were converted from old horse cavalry regiments. The modern Armoured Corps comprises a number of active and reserve formations reflecting the nature of a modern, professional army, and primarily works in Northlea Governorate at Presdale Garrison and the Arcerion Maneuver Training Center.

History

See Also: Regimental System of Arcerion

Upon noting the success of other Occidental armies in the First Great War and their use of motorisation, considerations were made to enhance the Army's lacking capability to transport soldiers by truck. Concurrent to this, defense attaches began to report about other nations, notably Urcea and Caphiria, developing and pioneering the use of "tracked fighting landships," which after further correspondence would be discovered as the first modern tanks. Due to peace treaty and burgeoning diplomatic and economic friendship between Arcerion and Paulastra, as well as the lack of a true peer threat bordering Arcerion, tanks were not often at the forefront of defense proicurement as the bordering Indigenous nations were mostly comprised of infatry. Regardless, the Arcerion Armoured Corps was stood up, with several of its Regiments being reorganized from traditional horse cavalry to armoured reconnaissance formations with armoured cars, trucks, and halftracks, and the creation of the Arcerion Tank Regiment was started.

The Corps' first deployment to the Ardmori Civil War came less than two years into its formation, seeing action at the Battle of Taernsby as its first major engagement, where two tank companies supported by an armoured reconnaissance battalion conducted a counter attack to engage communist forces, which lacked anti-tank weapons and were beaten back, giving time for Arcer forces to evacuate civilians and noncombatants through the port. The Corps would fight with distinction for the short remained of the civil war, supporting traditional artillery and infantry formations.

The Corps would go onto fight in both the Second Great War (notably Operation Lightfoot, the invasion of The Cape) as well as the Fourth Bush War. Its most recent engagements were Operation Pullman, where it played a pivotal role in destroying Varshan during the final League of Nations advance on the capital city of Anzio.