The Corps is concerned with providing supply chain management, warehousing and issuing all the Army's equipment. The Corps is responsible for the demolition and disposal of explosives, salvage of battle-damaged equipment, re-packing of parachutes, provision of laundry facilities for hospitals and troops in the field when required and many other ancillary support services. The Corps also provides personnel administration and business management for the Army.
RAAOC provides a vast array of supplies and stores for equipment (such as tanks, watercraft, aircraft and vehicles of all kinds), guided missiles, guns, ammunition, parachutes, communication equipment, construction materials for building bridges and roads as well as other tools and machinery. It also provides fuel, clothing, food and medical and dental supplies required to equip and maintain Army units during training and combat operations.
The Corps motto is ‘Sua Tela Tonanti’, which is Latin for ‘To the Warrior his Arms’.