Indian Army Armoured Corps

The Indian Army Armoured Corps is one of the combat arms of the Indian Army. Formed in 1947 from two-thirds of the personnel and assets of the Raj's Indian Armoured Corps. It currently consists of 67 armoured regiments, including the president's bodyguards.[1] The naming of the regiments varies. 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. The Armoured Corps School and Centre is at Ahmednagar. 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. The Armoured Corps celebrates 1 May as its Corps Day.

Indian Army Armoured Corps

Symbol of Indian Armoured Corps
Active1941 - Present
Country India
Branch Indian Army
RoleArmoured Combat
Size67 Armoured regiments[1]
For more information on the pre-1947 corps, see Indian Armoured Corps.

List of regiments
Indian Army Armoured Corps in 2006

The list of regiments forming part of the Armoured Corps of the Indian Army is as follows :[2]

Name Other Name(s) Raising Date Raising Commander Raising Location Current Location References Tank
President's Bodyguard
1st Horse Skinner's Horse, The Yellow Boys 23 February 1803 Col. James Skinner Hansi [3] T-72
2nd Lancers Gardner's Horse 1809 Lt Col William Gardner Farrukhabad and Mainpuri [4] T-72
3rd Cavalry Flamingoes [5] T-72
4 Horse Hodson's Horse 1857 Tangtse T-72
5th Armoured Regiment** 1 December 1983 Lt Col J.P.S. Hanspal Jodhpur Patiala [6][7] T-90
6th Lancers*** 1 February 1984 Lt Col R.S. Deol, SM Nabha
7th Light Cavalry 3rd Madras Lancers, 28th Light Cavalry 1784 T-72
8th Light Cavalry 5th Madras Native Cavalry, 1st Madras Native Cavalry, 4th Nizam of Hyderabad's Contingent Cavalry, 30th Lancers(Gordon's Horse), 26th Prince of Wales' Own Cavalry, 26th King George's Own Cavalry8th King George's Own Light Cavalry 23 Oct 1787 Maj Henry Darley Arcot T-72
9th Deccan Horse The Royal Deccan Horse 1790
10th Armoured Regiment 16 April 1984 Lt Col Kulwant Singh Ahmednagar T-72
11th Armoured Regiment 7 May 1984 Lt Col Harjeet Singh Lamba Kaluchak
12th Armoured Regiment Barsinghas 1 October 1984 Lt Col L.R. Vaid Kapurthala T-90
13th Armoured Regiment Triskaideca, Nightstrikers 21 December 1984 Lt Col Balram Singh Mehta Ahmednagar T-90
14 Horse The Scinde Horse 1838/1846 T-72
15th Armoured Regiment 1 March 1985 Lt Col M.D. Law Mamun T-90
16th Light Cavalry 1776 T-72
17 Horse The Poona Horse, Fakr-e-Hind 15 July 1817 Sirur [8] T-72
18 Cavalry 31 January 1842 Amritsar [9][10] T-72
19th Armoured Regiment T-90
20th Lancers 1857/1858
Re-raised 10 July 1956		 Lt Col Umrao Singh Ahmednagar T-72
Central India Horse 21st King George V's Own Horse
41st Armoured Regiment 1 July 1980 Lt Col J P Singh Ahmednagar [6] T-72
42nd Armoured Regiment 1 January 1981 Lt Col Ranjit Talwar Babina [6] T-90
43rd Armoured Regiment 1981 Lt Col B M Kapur Ahmednagar [6][11] Arjun Mk1
44 Armoured Regiment 15 December 1981 Lt Col D.S. Dhillon Ahmednagar [6][12][13] T-72
45th Cavalry Paintalis Risala 16 May 1965 Lt Col S.K. Candade New Delhi [6] T-90
46th Armoured Regiment Thunderbolts 1 July 1982 Lt Col Prithpal Singh Sandhu Ahmednagar [6][14][15] T-72
47th Armoured Regiment Penetrators 15 November 1982 Lt Col Tejvir Singh Sirohi Babina Jammu [16][17] T-72
48th Armoured Regiment 1 December 1982 Lt Col DS Dhadwal Meerut
49th Armoured Regiment Falcons 1 October 1983 Lt Col J.P.S. Nakai Ahmednagar Jodhpur
50 Armoured Regiment Fear Naught July 1989 Lt Col A. .K Bhatia Ahmednagar [18][19] T-72
51 Armoured Regiment The Unicorn 15 July 1989 Lt Col R S Gill
52 Armoured Regiment 1 February 1994 Col Jugvir Singh Roorkee T-72
55 Armoured Regiment T-90
56 Armoured Regiment Lion Hearts 1 October 2011
57 Armoured Regiment
58 Armoured Regiment T-90
59 Armoured Regiment
61 Cavalry 1 October 1953 Lt Col. Phulel Singh Gwalior
62 Cavalry 31 March 1957 Lt Col RS Butalia Ambala Dehradun [20] T-72
63 Cavalry Tresath 2 January 1957 Lt Col Harmandar Singh Alwar T-72
64 Cavalry 31 March 1966 Lt Col Trevor Lancelot Perry Babina
65 Armoured Regiment 1 September 1966 Lt Col K K Kaul T-72
66 Armoured Regiment 1 September 1966 Lt Col Narinder Singh Ahmednagar T-72
67 Armoured Regiment 15 September 1967 Lt Col Niranjan Singh Cheema T-72
68 Armoured Regiment Gladiators 1 March 1968 Lt Col R.N. Thumby T-72
69 Armoured Regiment
70 Armoured Regiment T-90
71 Armoured Regiment T-90
72 Armoured Regiment The Chhamb Knights 01 July 1971 Lt Col Inderjit Chopra Ahmednagar T-90
73 Armoured Regiment
74 Armoured Regiment
75 Armoured Regiment 12 March 1972 Lt Col Vijai Singh Sakna Jaisalmer Only regiment to be raised on foreign soil[21][11] Arjun Mk1
76 Armoured Regiment T-72
81 Armoured Regiment
82 Armoured Regiment 01 Oct 1975
83 Armoured Regiment T-90
84 Armoured Regiment 1976 Lt Col Tarif Singh Dhiyia Pathankot [22][19] T-72
85 Armoured Regiment 1 October 1976 Lt Col D P Singh Ahmednagar Nyoma [23] T-72
86 Armoured Regiment Chhiassi 1 March 1977 Lt Col NS Malik Ahmednagar Nabha [21] T-90
87 Armoured Regiment Kavarchik Regiment 01 July 1979 Lt Col D D Singh Ahmednagar Suratgarh
88 Armoured Regiment
89 Armoured Regiment 1 February 1980 Namkum [24] T-72
90 Armoured Regiment 15 August 1979 Lt Col Manjit Singh Sawhney Pawan Da Chak Amritsar

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

*** Original 6th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers was transferred to Pakistan in 1947.

Equipment
  • Arjun MBT – Mk.1 variant in use and Mk.1A planned.
  • T-90 – M and S variants with DRDO made upgrades.
  • T-72 – M1 variant with upgrades namely Ajeya MK1/MK2 and Combat Improved Ajeya.

Notes
  1. Press Trust of India (31 December 2018). "Pak procuring 600 battle tanks to boost combat capability". The Quint. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  2. 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.
  3. John Pike. "1st Horse / Skinner's Horse". GlobalSecurity.org. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  4. "2nd Lancers". The Royal Tank Regiment Association. 2011. Archived from the original on 4 April 2011. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  5. History of the 3rd Cavalry.
  6. Web-page on "armoured Corps" at Bharat Rakshak Archived 19 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine, accessed December 2009.
  7. Globalsecurity.org, 5 Armoured Regiment, accessed 23 July 2010
  8. "The Poona Horse Regiment Completes 200 Years Of Epic Journey". NDTV.com. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  9. "Standard presented to 18 CAVALRY by the Chief of the Army Staff". pib.nic.in. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  10. "Army chief presents President's Standard to 18 Cavalry in Amritsar". Hindustan Times. 8 March 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  11. "Standards presented to 75 Armoured Regiment and 43 Armoured Regiment by the Chief of Army Staff". Press hip Bureau. 16 March 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  12. "President's Standards presented to 44 Armoured Regiment at Suratgarh Military Station : Listicles: Microfacts". indiatoday.intoday.in. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  13. "44 Armoured Regiment gets President's Standards | Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis". dna. 25 February 2015. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  14. "Standard presentation to 46-Armoured Regiment by President Patil". www.oneindia.com. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  15. "Honour for 46 Armoured Regiment - Indian Express". archive.indianexpress.com. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  16. "Army Chief presents Standard to 47 Armoured Regiment". www.tribuneindia.com.
  17. "General Bipin Rawat presented President's Standard to 47th Armoured Regiment". TimesNow. 21 October 2017. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  18. Delhi (5 November 2014). "Standards Presented to 50 Armoured Regiment and 84 Armoured Regiment by the Chief of Army Staff on 05 Nov 2014". Business Standard India. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  19. "Standards Presented to 50 Armoured Regiment and 84 Armoured Regiment by the Chief of Army Staff on 05 Nov 2014". pib.nic.in. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  20. "62 Cavalry celebrates its Golden Jubilee". www.oneindia.com. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  21. Lt Gen Kamal Davar takes over as director general mechanised forces, 4 August 2001.
  22. Delhi (5 November 2014). "Standards Presented to 50 Armoured Regiment and 84 Armoured Regiment by the Chief of Army Staff on 05 Nov 2014". Business Standard India. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  23. "Army Chief presents standards to 85 Armoured Regiment". The Hindu. Special Correspondent, Special Correspondent. 1 October 2011. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 23 October 2017.CS1 maint: others (link)
  24. "PressReader.com - Connecting People Through News". www.pressreader.com. Retrieved 23 October 2017.

Further reading
  • Cavalry Officers Association [2000] Valour Honour Tradition (Vignettes of the Indian Armored Corps 1773-2000. Director General Mechanized Forces, Sena Bhawan, New Delhi 110001.
  • THE INDIAN ARMOUR History of the Indian Armoured Corps. 1941-1971 Maj Gen Gurchan Singh Sandhu PVSM Vision Books (incorporating Orient Paperbacks), New Delhi, 1987, ISBN 81-7094-004-4.
  • Izzat: Historical Records and Iconography of Indian Cavalry Regiments 1750-2007 by Ashok Nath. Centre for Armed Forces Historical Research, United Services Institution of India, New Delhi.
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