The Motorized-Armored Army Corps (Italian: Corpo d'Armata Motorizzato-Corazzato) was a specific type of large military formation within the Royal Italian Army (Regio Esercito) during the interwar period and World War II. It represented a strategic effort to integrate the burgeoning concepts of motorized infantry and armored warfare into a cohesive fighting force at the corps level.
Conceived as a modern, highly mobile, and powerfully equipped formation, the Motorized-Armored Army Corps was intended to provide a decisive offensive punch or a strong defensive bulwark. Its structure typically aimed to combine the speed and logistical independence of motorized units with the breakthrough capabilities of armored divisions. While the exact composition could vary, it generally included a mix of motorized infantry divisions, armored divisions, and a substantial complement of corps-level support units such as artillery, engineers, signals, and logistics.
The development of such corps reflected the evolving military doctrines of the era, which emphasized maneuver warfare and the coordinated use of tanks and mechanized infantry. Although Italy's industrial capacity and resource limitations sometimes hampered the full realization of these formations' theoretical potential, the Motorized-Armored Army Corps represented a significant conceptual step in the modernization of the Italian Army during the mid-20th century.