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Indian Army Armoured Corps

Armoured warfare arm of the Indian Army

Indian Army Armoured Corps
Summary

Armoured warfare arm of the Indian Army

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dates1941 - Present
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roleArmoured Corps
size67 Armoured regiments

Symbol of Indian Armoured Corps The Indian Army Armoured Corps is one of the combat arms of the Indian Army. Tracing its origins from the first regiment formed in 1776, the present corps was formed in 1947 from two-thirds of the personnel and assets of the British Indian Army's Indian Armoured Corps. It currently consists of 67 armoured regiments, including the President's Bodyguard.

9th Hodson's Horse (Bengal Lancers), Indian Army, near Vraignes, France, April 1917.

Centre and School

The Armoured Corps Centre and School (ACC&S) is located in Ahmednagar (now Ahilya Nagar), Maharashtra. In 1921, six Armoured Car companies arrived and in 1924 the Royal Tank Corps School was established at Ahmednagar to train the personnel of the Royal Tank Corps. This school was the forerunner of the Fighting Vehicle School, which began to impart driving & maintenance training. The Fighting Vehicle School along with the Machine Gun School, the training regiments, the recruit training centre, Armoured Corps Depot and Armoured Corps Records were amalgamated to form the present school and centre in 1948.

Armour Day

The Armoured Corps of Indian Army celebrates 'Armour Day' on 1 May. It was on this day in 1938 that Scinde Horse became the first regiment to dismount from their horses and move to tanks. The first equipment inducted were Vickers Light Tanks and Chevrolet Armoured Cars.

Naming Convention of the Armoured Regiments

The naming of the regiments reflects its historical origins. The terms Cavalry, Horse and Lancers, which have been dispensed with in the case of units raised post-independence, are historical legacies from the raising and renaming of these units when part of the East India Company's army and/or later the British Indian Army.

Composition of an Armoured Regiment

An armoured corps regiment is commanded by a Colonel ranked officer, who is known as the Commandant of the Unit. An armoured regiment comprises 3 Sabre Squadrons and a Headquarter Squadron. Each squadron is commanded by a Major ranked officer. He holds the appointment of a Squadron Commander.

An Armoured Regiment has around 45 to 50 tanks in all. Each Sabre Squadron consists of 14-15 tanks and one Armoured Recovery Vehicle. 3 tanks are assigned to the Headquarter Squadron, including that of the commandant. Each squadron consists of four troops, each consisting of 3 tanks.

Black Beret

The officers and troops of Armoured Corps regiments wear the Black Berets as opposed to the rifle green and blue coloured berets which are worn by the regiments of other arms and services respectively. The Black Beret gives the Tankman a distinct identity of their own within the Army fold.

Equipment

The Armoured Corps of the Indian Army is currently equipped with the following tanks-

  • Arjun MBT – Mk.1 variant in use and Mk.1A under order.
  • T-90 – M and S variants with DRDO made upgrades.
  • T-72 – M1 variant with upgrades namely Ajeya MK1/MK2 and Combat Improved Ajeya. File:Arjun MK1.webm|Arjun MK1 firing on the move at Pokaran Field Firing Range. File:Indian Armoured Corps in the Middle East 1944.jpg|Indian Armoured Corps in a Sherman III tank in the Middle East, March 1944. File:The War in the Far East- the Burma Campaign 1941-1945 IND4650.jpg|A Sherman tank of the Indian Armoured Corps on the road to Rangoon, Burma Campaign. File:Vijayanta Vickers MBT. (49141256562).jpg|The Vijayanta - main battle tank of the Indian Army between 1965 and the early 2000s. File:Indian Army Armoured Corps.jpg|Tanks of the Indian Army Armoured Corps and BMP-2 IFVs during a training exercise in 2006. File:Arjun MK1A field trials.jpg|MBT Arjun MK1A File:Arjun MBT bump track test.JPG|MBT Arjun MK1 File:Indian Army T-90.jpg| T-90 tank File:Indian Army T-72 image1.jpg| T-72 tank File:Armoured Corps Centre and School.jpg|Armoured Corps Centre and School, Ahmednagar

List of regiments

The list of regiments forming part of the Armoured Corps of the Indian Army is as follows. This list is as per unit serial number but not as per the order of precedence of the Indian Army. In that list, The President's Bodyguard is first, but is followed by 16 Light Cavalry, 7 Light Cavalry, 8 Cavalry and 1st Horse. As a matter of tradition, each Armoured Regiment has its own "Colonel of the Regiment", an honorary post for a senior officer who oversees the regimental issues concerning the unit.

NameOther Name(s)Raising DateRaising CommanderRaising LocationReferences and notesTank
President's BodyguardRashtrapati Angrakshak1773Horse
1st HorseSkinner's Horse, The Yellow Boys23 February 1803Col James SkinnerHansiT-72
2nd LancersGardner's Horse1809Lt Col William GardnerFarrukhabad, Mainpuriurl=https://www.royaltankregiment.com/en-GB/2ndlancers.aspxtitle=2nd Lancersdate=2011publisher=The Royal Tank Regiment Associationaccess-date=9 June 2020archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110404024127/https://www.royaltankregiment.com/en-GB/2ndlancers.aspxarchive-date=4 April 2011}}T-72
3rd Cavalry1822T-72
4th HorseHodson's Horse, Flamingoes1857Bvt Maj WSR HodsonPunjabT-72
5th Armoured Regiment**1 December 1983Lt Col JPS HanspalJodhpururl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140719090458/http://bharat-rakshak.com/LAND-FORCES/Units/Armoured.htmldate=19 July 2014 }}, accessed December 2009.T-90
6th Lancers***1 February 1984Lt Col RS Deol, SMNabhaT-90
7th Light Cavalry3rd Madras Lancers, 28th Light Cavalry1784T-72
8th Light CavalryGordon's Horse23 October 1787Maj Henry DarleyArcotT-72
9th HorseThe Deccan Horse1790
10th Armoured Regiment16 April 1984Lt Col Kulwant SinghAhmednagarT-72
11th Armoured RegimentThe Double First, Sprocket Power Risala7 May 1984Lt Col Harjeet Singh LambaKaluchak
12th Armoured RegimentBarsinghas1 October 1984Lt Col LR VaidKapurthalaT-90
13th Armoured RegimentTriskaideca, Nightstrikers21 December 1984Lt Col Balram Singh MehtaAhmednagarT-90
14th HorseThe Scinde Horse, Jacob's Horse8 August 1839Capt W WardHyderabad, SindhT-90
15th Armoured Regiment1 March 1985Lt Col MD LawMamunT-90
16th Light Cavalry1776T-72
17th HorseThe Poona Horse, Fakr-e-Hind15 July 1817SirurT-72
18th Cavalry31 January 1842T-72
19th Armoured RegimentInvincibles25 March 1985AhmednagarT-90
20th Lancers1857/1858; Re-raised 10 July 1956Lt Col Umrao SinghAhmednagarT-72
21st HorseCentral India Horse, Mayne's Horse, Beatson's Horse1857Capt Henry Otway Mayne
41st Armoured Regiment1 July 1980Lt Col JP SinghAhmednagarT-72
42nd Armoured Regiment1 January 1981Lt Col Ranjit TalwarBabinaT-90
43rd Armoured RegimentCharioteers1981Lt Col BM KapurAhmednagarurl=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=138051title=Standards presented to 75 Armoured Regiment and 43 Armoured Regiment by the Chief of Army Staffdate=16 March 2016website=Press hip Bureauaccess-date=2017-10-23}}Arjun Mk1
44th Armoured Regiment15 December 1981Lt Col DS DhillonAhmednagarurl=https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/gk-and-current-affairs/story/presidents-standards-presented-to-44-armoured-regiment-at-suratgarh-military-station-242323-2015-02-27title=President's Standards presented to 44 Armoured Regiment at Suratgarh Military Station: Listicles: Microfactswebsite=indiatoday.intoday.inaccess-date=2017-10-23archive-date=22 December 2015url-status=livearchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222050746/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/education/story/presidents-standards-presented-to-44-armoured-regiment-at-suratgarh-military-station/1/421409.html}}T-72
45th CavalryPaintalis Risala16 May 1965Lt Col SK CandadeNew DelhiT-90
46th Armoured RegimentThunderbolts1 July 1982Lt Col Prithpal Singh SandhuAhmednagarurl=https://www.oneindia.com/2008/10/17/standard-presentation-46-armoured-regiment-president-patil-1224252300.htmltitle=Standard presentation to 46-Armoured Regiment by President Patilwork=www.oneindia.comaccess-date=2017-10-23language=en}}T-72
47th Armoured RegimentPenetrators15 November 1982Lt Col Tejvir Singh SirohiBabinaT-72
48th Armoured Regiment1 December 1982Lt Col DS DhadwalMeerutT-90
49th Armoured Regiment1 October 1983Lt Col JPS NakaiAhmednagarT-72
50 Armoured RegimentFear NaughtJuly 1989Lt Col AK BhatiaAhmednagarT-72
51 Armoured RegimentThe Unicorn15 July 1989Lt Col RS GillT-72
52 Armoured Regiment1 February 1994Col Jugvir SinghRoorkeeT-72
53 Armoured RegimentFalcons1 April 2002
54 Armoured Regiment1 July 2010T-90
55 Armoured RegimentT-90
56 Armoured RegimentLionhearts1 October 2011Col Anuj KaliaAhilyanagarT-90
57 Armoured Regiment
58 Armoured RegimentAwwal Atthawan, The Patiala Risala1 October 2014PatialaT-90
59 Armoured Regiment
60 Armoured RegimentPanthers2019AhmednagarT-90
61 Cavalry1 October 1953Lt Col Phulel SinghGwaliorHorse
62 Cavalry31 March 1957Lt Col RS ButaliaAmbalaT-72
63 CavalryTresath2 January 1957Lt Col Harmandar SinghAlwarT-72
64 Cavalry31 March 1966Lt Col Trevor Lancelot PerryBabina
65 Armoured Regiment1 September 1966Lt Col KK KaulAhmednagarT-72
66 Armoured Regiment1 September 1966Lt Col Narinder SinghAhmednagarT-72
67 Armoured Regiment15 September 1967Lt Col Niranjan Singh CheemaT-72
68 Armoured RegimentGladiators1 March 1968Lt Col RN ThumbyT-72
69 Armoured Regiment1 October 1968AhmednagarT-72
70 Armoured Regiment11 February 1968Lt Col R ChristianAhmednagarRaised as 70 Guided Missile RegimentT-90
71 Armoured Regiment1 January 1971Lt Col BS ChimniAhmednagarT-90
72 Armoured RegimentThe Chhamb Knights, The Little Giants1 July 1971Lt Col Inderjit ChopraAhmednagarYoungest armoured regiment of the Indian army to be blooded in war.T-90
73 Armoured RegimentThe Desert Rats3 December 1971Lt Col KM DhodyAhmednagarT-90
74 Armoured RegimentDesert Hawks1 June 1972Lt Col KS KhajuriaAhmednagarT-90
75 Armoured Regiment12 March 1972Lt Col Vijai SinghSaknaOnly regiment to be raised on foreign soilArjun Mk1
76 Armoured Regiment21 March 1985AhmednagarT-72
77 Armoured Regimentसशस्त्र शौर्य पराक्रम1 February 2021Ahmednagar
81 Armoured Regiment1 October 1973
82 Armoured RegimentToofan-e-Hind1 October 1975Lt Col Moti Lal DharT-72
83 Armoured Regiment83 Kavachit Risala / One for al l- All for one1 January 1976Lt Col Ashok JoharAhmednagarT-90
84 Armoured Regiment1 July 1976Lt Col Tarif Singh DhiyiaAhmednagarT-72
85 Armoured Regiment1 October 1976Lt Col DP SinghAhmednagarT-72
86 Armoured RegimentChhiassi1 March 1977Lt Col NS MalikAhmednagarT-90
87 Armoured RegimentLightning Streaks Regiment1 July 1979Lt Col DD SinghAhmednagarT-72
88 Armoured RegimentSeptember 1979Lt Col Iesh RikhyAhmednagarT-72
89 Armoured Regiment1 February 1980Lt Col KL BakshiAhmednagarT-72
90 Armoured Regiment15 August 1979Lt Col Manjit Singh SawhneyPawan Da Chak

** The original 5th Horse (Probyn's Horse) was transferred to Pakistan in 1947.

*** Original 6th Lancers (Watson's Horse) was transferred to Pakistan in 1947.

Notes

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