The Royal Canadian Hussars (Montreal) (abbreviated as RCH) is an armoured reconnaissance regiment of the Primary Reserve in the Canadian Armed Forces. It is one of the oldest cavalry regiments in North America, tracing a direct history to the Montreal Volunteer Cavalry formed in the late eighteenth century. Its Colonel-in-Chief is Her Royal Highness, the Princess Royal, and its allied regiment is the Queen's Royal Hussars. Its mission consists of supporting the Regular Force in operational deployments, peacetime tasks, and supporting the civilian authorities.
Badge of the Royal Canadian Hussars
Armoury of The Royal Canadian Hussars It is also home to the 2nd Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery
17th Hussars in 1940
Armoured reconnaissance is the combination of terrestrial reconnaissance with armoured warfare by soldiers using tanks and wheeled or tracked armoured reconnaissance vehicles. While the mission of reconnaissance is to gather intelligence about the enemy with the use of reconnaissance vehicles, armoured reconnaissance adds the ability to fight for information, and to have an effect on and to shape the enemy through the performance of traditional armoured tasks.
A CV90 armoured reconnaissance vehicle of the Norwegian Army on patrol in Afghanistan.
Coyote Reconnaissance Vehicles from the 12e Régiment blindé du Canada
One of the British CVR(T) variants – FV107 Scimitar
M1127 Reconnaissance Vehicle