Soldier

Armour Centre, Bovington

The Armour Centre in Bovington, Dorset, is Defence’s reference point for Mounted Close Combat individual training including reconnaissance and tactical CIS. The centre trains soldiers in driving and maintaining Armoured Fighting Vehicles (AFVs) as well as operating vehicle weapon systems and communications equipment.

AFV Training Group

The AFV Training Group, commanded by HQ Armour Centre, has two schools delivering training in the three disciplines of armour – Communications, Driving & Maintenance and Gunnery – and the Royal Armoured Corps Training Regiment.

The AFV Training Group’s role is to provide initial and through-career training for British Army soldiers. The AFV Training Group provides training for a variety of armoured vehicles.

RAC Training Regiment

On completion of Basic Training all RAC soldiers will come to the Royal Armoured Corps Training Regiment (RACTR), at Allenby Barracks in Dorset. Here they will receive trade and technical training specific to the vehicle platforms that their chosen regiment operates.

What you’ll learn

As an Initial Trade Training soldier you will receive trade specific training. Your training pipeline is specific to the type of regiment you choose to join and the vehicle platform that they operate. For The Royal Tank Regiment, this is the Challenger 2 Main Battle Tank.

You will also receive training in mounted tactics, dismounted skills and weapon handling.

The majority of Royal Tank Regiment soldiers will leave Initial Trade Training as a Challenger 2 driver, but a small number will qualify as a gunner first. In time, all RTR soldiers will progress through subsequent training to become qualified in the additional crew roles in a Challenger 2 tank.

Recruitment

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