Sri Lanka Armoured Corps
| Sri Lanka Armoured Corps | |
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| Active | 1955 - present |
| Country | Sri Lanka |
| Branch | Sri Lanka Army |
| Type | Armoured |
| Role | Armoured, Formation Reconnaissance |
| Size | 9 regular regiments, 1 volunteer regiment |
| Part of | Armoured Brigade |
| Regimental Headquarters | Rock House Army Camp, Colombo. |
| Nickname(s) | SLAC |
| Motto(s) | Whither the fates call |
| March | Quick - The Radetski March Slow - 1st Dragoon Guards and 2nd Dragoon Guards Slow March |
| Engagements |
1971 Insurrection Insurrection 1987-89 Sri Lankan Civil War |
| Commanders | |
| Centre Commandant | Lt Col A. S. Wijewickrama SLAC (Offtg) |
| Colonel-Commandant | Lt Gen Jagath Jayasuriya, USP, psc |
| Notable commanders |
General D. S. Attygalle LVO |
The Sri Lanka Armoured Corps (SLAC) provides the armour capability of the Sri Lanka Army, with vehicles such as the T-55, T-55AM2, and Type 69 main battle tanks, the BMP infantry fighting vehicle and the BTR-80, and WZ551 armoured personnel carriers. It comprises six regular armoured regiments and a volunteer (reserve) regiment. It has an independent Armoured Brigade and is headquartered at Rock House Army Camp, Colombo.
With formation of the Ceylon Army, a cavalry arm was considered and to this end the 1st Reconnaissance Squadron was established on October 10, 1955 under the command of Major (later General) D. S. Attygalle, LVO who would go on to become the commander of the Sri Lankan Army. With its expansion to a formation reconnaissance regiment in 1958, thus becoming the Ceylon Armoured Corps and the first armoured unit of the Ceylon Army. The 1st Reconnaissance Regiment became allied to and inherited the traditions of the Queen's Dragoons Guards of the British Army. The regimental headquarters was moved from Echelon Barracks to Rock House Army Camp in Colombo in 1957, which it still occupies.
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