Signal Corps
Encyclopedia
The Signal Corps is a military
branch, usually subordinate to a country's army
, responsible for the military communications
(signals).
Many countries have a Signal Corps, whose main function is usually communication
(in modern times, usually radio
, telephone
or now digital communications on the battlefield).
Military
A military is an organization authorized by its greater society to use lethal force, usually including use of weapons, in defending its country by combating actual or perceived threats. The military may have additional functions of use to its greater society, such as advancing a political agenda e.g...
branch, usually subordinate to a country's army
Army
An army An army An army (from Latin arma "arms, weapons" via Old French armée, "armed" (feminine), in the broadest sense, is the land-based military of a nation or state. It may also include other branches of the military such as the air force via means of aviation corps...
, responsible for the military communications
Military communications
Historically, the first military communications had the form of sending/receiving simple signals . Respectively, the first distinctive tactics of military communications were called Signals, while units specializing in those tactics received the Signal Corps name...
(signals).
Many countries have a Signal Corps, whose main function is usually communication
Communication
Communication is the activity of conveying meaningful information. Communication requires a sender, a message, and an intended recipient, although the receiver need not be present or aware of the sender's intent to communicate at the time of communication; thus communication can occur across vast...
(in modern times, usually radio
Radio
Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...
, telephone
Telephone
The telephone , colloquially referred to as a phone, is a telecommunications device that transmits and receives sounds, usually the human voice. Telephones are a point-to-point communication system whose most basic function is to allow two people separated by large distances to talk to each other...
or now digital communications on the battlefield).
- Arma de Comunicaciones, signals branch of the Argentine ArmyArgentine ArmyThe Argentine Army is the land armed force branch of the Armed Forces of the Argentine Republic and the senior military service of the country.- History :...
- Arma delle Trasmissioni, corps of Italian ArmyItalian ArmyThe Italian Army is the ground defence force of the Italian Armed Forces. It is all-volunteer force of active-duty personnel, numbering 108,355 in 2010. Its best-known combat vehicles are the Dardo infantry fighting vehicle, the Centauro tank destroyer and the Ariete tank, and among its aircraft...
founded in 1953 - Rejimen Semboyan DirajaRejimen Semboyan DirajaThe Rejimen Semboyan Diraja is a combat support regiment of the Malaysian Army. It has the primary responsibility of establishing and maintaining secure military communications channels for the command and tactical elements of the Malaysian Army, and is also responsible for all electronic support...
, Malaysian Royal Signals Regiment - Royal Australian Corps of SignalsRoyal Australian Corps of SignalsThe Royal Australian Corps of Signals is one of the 'arms' of the Australian Army. It is responsible for installing, maintaining and operating all types of telecommunications equipment and information systems...
- Royal Canadian Corps of SignalsRoyal Canadian Corps of SignalsThe Royal Canadian Corps of Signals was a corps of the Canadian Army. Major Wallace Bruce Matthews Carruthers established the corps in 1903, making it the first independent Signal Corps in the British Empire...
, formed in 1903 as the Canadian Signalling Corps - Royal New Zealand Corps of SignalsRoyal New Zealand Corps of SignalsThe Royal New Zealand Signals Corps provides, co-ordinates and operates the communications networks of the New Zealand Army.The role of RNZSigs is "To support other Arms by providing Communication Information System required for Command and Control of Units, Formations and Administrative...
- Royal Corps of SignalsRoyal Corps of SignalsThe Royal Corps of Signals is one of the combat support arms of the British Army...
, founded in the United Kingdom (under the name Telegraph Battalion Royal Engineers) in 1884 - Indian Army Corps of SignalsIndian Army Corps of SignalsIndian Army Corps of Signals is a corps and an arm of the Indian Army, which handles its military communications. It was formed on the 15 February 1911 as a separate entity under Lt Col S H Powell, and went on to make important contributions to World War I and World War II...
(India), raised in 1911. - Signal Corps (United States Army), founded in 1860 by Major Albert J. Myer
- Singapore Armed Forces Signals FormationSingapore SignalsThe Signals Formation of the Singapore Armed Forces is a combat support arm tasked with providing communication on multiple platforms and local networking within the battlefield, as well as with supporting the SAF's third generation transformation efforts by developing the capacity for...
- Sri Lanka Signals CorpsSri Lanka Signals CorpsThe Sri Lanka Signals Corps a combat support corps of the Sri Lanka Army, responsible for providing military communications, information technology and electronic warfare support. The corps is made up of nine regular regiments and one volunteer regiment...
- TelegrafregimentetTelegrafregimentetTelegrafregimentet is a regiment of the Royal Danish Army. It was established in 1951 with the purpose to train and equip units to support the Danish army with war-time Command, Control and Communications...
, Royal Danish Signal Regiment - Viestirykmentti, Signal Regiment of the Finnish Army
- Verbindingsdienst, Signal Regiment of the Dutch Army