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. 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.

List of regiments

The list of regiments forming part of the Armoured Corps of the Indian Army is as follows :
NameOther NameRaising DateRaising CommanderRaising LocationCurrent LocationReferencesTank
President's Bodyguard-
1st HorseSkinner's Horse, The Yellow Boys23 February 1803Col. James SkinnerHansiT-72
2nd LancersGardner's Horse1809Lt Col William GardnerFarrukhabad and MainpuriT-72
3rd CavalryFlamingoesT-72
4 HorseHodson's Horse1857TangtseT-72
5th Armoured Regiment**1 December 1983Lt Col J.P.S. HanspalJodhpurPatialaT-90
6th Lancers***1 February 1984Lt Col R.S. Deol, SMNabha-
7th Light Cavalry3rd Madras Lancers, 28th Light Cavalry1784T-72
8th Light Cavalry5th Madras Native Cavalry, 1st Madras Native Cavalry, 4th Nizam of Hyderabad's Contingent Cavalry, 30th Lancers, 26th Prince of Wales' Own Cavalry, 26th King George's Own Cavalry8th King George's Own Light Cavalry23 Oct 1787Maj Henry DarleyArcotT-72
9th Deccan HorseThe Royal Deccan Horse1790-
10th Armoured Regiment16 April 1984Lt Col Kulwant SinghAhmednagarT-72
11th Armoured Regiment7 May 1984Lt Col Harjeet Singh LambaKaluchak-
12th Armoured RegimentBarsinghas1 October 1984Lt Col L.R. VaidKapurthalaT-90
13th Armoured RegimentTriskaideca, Nightstrikers21 December 1984Lt Col Balram Singh MehtaAhmednagarT-90
14 HorseThe Scinde Horse1838/1846T-72
15th Armoured Regiment1 March 1985Lt Col M.D. LawMamunT-90
16th Light Cavalry1776T-72
17 HorseThe Poona Horse, Fakr-e-Hind15 July 1817SirurT-72
18 Cavalry31 January 1842AmritsarT-72
19th Armoured RegimentT-90
20th Lancers1857/1858
Re-raised 10 July 1956		Lt Col Umrao SinghAhmednagarT-72
Central India Horse21st King George V's Own Horse-
41st Armoured Regiment1 July 1980Lt Col J P SinghAhmednagarT-72
42nd Armoured Regiment1 January 1981Lt Col Ranjit TalwarBabinaT-90
43rd Armoured Regiment1981Lt Col B M KapurAhmednagarArjun Mk1
44 Armoured Regiment15 December 1981Lt Col D.S. DhillonAhmednagarT-72
45th CavalryPaintalis Risala16 May 1965Lt Col S.K. CandadeNew DelhiT-90
46th Armoured RegimentThunderbolts1 July 1982Lt Col Prithpal Singh SandhuAhmednagarT-72
47th Armoured RegimentPenetrators15 November 1982Lt Col Tejvir Singh SirohiBabinaJammuT-72
48th Armoured Regiment1 December 1982Lt Col DS DhadwalMeerut-
49th Armoured RegimentFalcons1 October 1983Lt Col J.P.S. NakaiAhmednagarJodhpur-
50 Armoured RegimentFear NaughtJuly 1989Lt Col A..K BhatiaAhmednagarT-72
51 Armoured RegimentThe Unicorn15 July 1989Lt Col R S Gill-
52 Armoured Regiment1 February 1994Col Jugvir SinghRoorkeeT-72
55 Armoured RegimentT-90
56 Armoured RegimentLion Hearts1 October 2011-
57 Armoured Regiment-
58 Armoured RegimentT-90
59 Armoured Regiment-
61 Cavalry1 October 1953Lt Col. Phulel SinghGwalior-
62 Cavalry31 March 1957Lt Col RS ButaliaAmbalaDehradunT-72
63 CavalryTresath2 January 1957Lt Col Harmandar SinghAlwarT-72
64 Cavalry31 March 1966Lt Col Trevor Lancelot PerryBabina-
65 Armoured Regiment1 September 1966Lt Col K K KaulT-72
66 Armoured Regiment1 September 1966Lt Col Narinder SinghAhmednagarT-72
67 Armoured Regiment15 September 1967Lt Col Niranjan Singh CheemaAhmednagarT-72
68 Armoured RegimentGladiators1 March 1968Lt Col R.N. ThumbyAhmednagarT-72
69 Armoured Regiment-
70 Armoured RegimentT-90
71 Armoured RegimentT-90
72 Armoured RegimentThe Chhamb Knights01 July 1971Lt Col Inderjit ChopraAhmednagarT-90-
73 Armoured Regiment-
74 Armoured Regiment-
75 Armoured Regiment12 March 1972Lt Col Vijai SinghSaknaJaisalmerOnly regiment to be raised on foreign soilArjun Mk1
76 Armoured RegimentT-72
81 Armoured Regiment-
82 Armoured Regiment01 Oct 1975-
83 Armoured RegimentT-90
84 Armoured Regiment1976Lt Col Tarif Singh DhiyiaPathankotT-72
85 Armoured Regiment1 October 1976Lt Col D P SinghAhmednagarNyomaT-72
86 Armoured RegimentChhiassi1 March 1977Lt Col NS MalikAhmednagarNabhaT-90
87 Armoured RegimentKavarchik Regiment01 July 1979Lt Col D D SinghAhmednagarSuratgarh-
88 Armoured Regiment-
89 Armoured Regiment1 February 1980NamkumT-72
90 Armoured Regiment15 August 1979Lt Col Manjit Singh SawhneyPawan Da ChakAmritsar-

** The original 5th Horse was transferred to Pakistan in 1947.
*** Original 6th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers was transferred to Pakistan in 1947.

Equipment