70 Armoured Regiment is an armoured regiment of the Indian Army. The regiment was raised on February 11, 1968 at Ahmednagar by Lieutenant Colonel (later...
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66th Armoured Regiment 67th Armoured Regiment 68th Armoured Regiment 69th Armoured Regiment 7 7th Lancers 7th Light Cavalry 70th Armoured Regiment 71st...
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Regiment (RTR) is the oldest tank unit in the world, being formed by the British Army in 1916 during the First World War. Today, it is the armoured regiment...
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Sherwood Foresters (redirect from The Sherwood Foresters (Derbyshire Regiment))
in 1940. In 1942, it was sent to India, where it was converted to the armoured role as 163rd Regiment Royal Armoured Corps. In common with other infantry...
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Frontier Force) in 1927 – amalgamated with the 15th Cavalry and 12th Armoured Regiment in 1940 [reformed as 12th Cavalry (Frontier Force) in the Pakistan...
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45 Cavalry is an armoured regiment in the Armoured Corps of the Indian Army. The regiment distinguished itself in operations during the 1971 Indo-Pakistan...
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Operation Crusader (category Battles and operations of World War II involving India)
battalion of Royal East Kent Regiment ("The Buffs"), supported by ten I tanks, an armoured car squadron of the Central India Horse, a company of Bombay...
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1942, it was sent to join 70th Infantry Division in India, where it was converted into a Light Anti-Aircraft/Anti-Tank Regiment in 1943. In this guise,...
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The Grenadiers (redirect from Grenadiers Regiment)
Independence of India. The regiment has won many battle honours and gallantry awards, and is considered to be one of India's most decorated regiments with three...
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the 3rd Artillery Brigade (the special division for artillery missions), 70th Infantry Brigade, reassigned from Demchok, Ladakh, on the Chinese border...
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Scottish Reconnaissance Regiment was a World War II unit of the British Army's Reconnaissance Corps, itself part of the Royal Armoured Corps. Formed from a...
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Reforms by the amalgamation of the 31st (Huntingdonshire) Regiment of Foot, the 70th (Surrey) Regiment of Foot, the 1st Royal Surrey Militia and the 3rd Royal...
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Indian Army during World War II (category Military of British India)
for India. Concerned with what the Japanese were planning and the requirement to replace the divisions sent overseas, seven new armoured regiments and...
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getting Junagadh and Hyderabad to sign the instrument of accession to India. 1st Armoured Division did the actual incursion into Hyderabad. In 1961, the Indian...
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The 70th Infantry Division was an infantry division of the British Army that fought during the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War. What would...
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10th Hampshire was also transferred to the Royal Armoured Corps, becoming the 147th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps, and was assigned to the 34th Army Tank...
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Brigade, 6th Infantry Division (later 70th Infantry Division) 3rd (Militia) Battalion (3rd West York Regiment of Militia) 1st (Hallamshire) Volunteer...
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Reserve Light Infantry serving with 20th Armoured Brigade, paired with 1st Battalion Royal Anglian Regiment 4th Battalion — Army Reserve serving with...
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Infantry regiment. It was disbanded at Stirling Castle in March 1784. The regiment was again raised for service in India by the Honorable East India Company...
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was transferred to the Royal Armoured Corps and converted to armour, becoming the 153rd (Essex) Regiment Royal Armoured Corps. While the men donned the...
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was converted to armour as the 110th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps. The men continued to wear their Border Regiment cap badge on the black beret of the...
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of the 6th Armoured Division. The battalion was transferred to the Royal Armoured Corps and converted to armour in 1942 as the 162nd Regiment of the Royal...
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converted to tanks in India, becoming the 150th Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps, in the 254th Indian Tank Brigade. The 150th Regiment used Lee tanks with...
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and 70th (RWF) immediately rejoined as its A/T regiment until after the end of the war. The TA was reconstituted on 1 January 1947, when 70th (RWF)...
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tanks of the 2nd Armoured Division would have been overhauled. The 2nd Armoured Division had a reconnaissance regiment and the 3rd Armoured Brigade (Brigadier...
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along with 101 Field Regiment (SP) and 71 Medium Regiment were allotted to provide timely and accurate fire support to 1 Armoured Brigade during the Battle...
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infantryman in the Border Regiment, part of 17th Infantry Division, during the Burma Campaign of World War II "Doklam: How India misjudged China's intentions...
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Royal Lancers (category Regiments of the Royal Armoured Corps)
colonel-in-chief of the regiment. The regiment is an Armoured Cavalry Regiment. Previously equipped with the Scimitar armoured reconnaissance vehicle,...
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Military beret (section India)
Army Commando Regiment Black – Sri Lanka Armoured Corps, Army Special Forces Regiment, Navy Special Boat Squadron, Air Force Regiment Special Force Commando...
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King's Royal Rifle Corps (redirect from 60th (Royal American) Regiment of Foot)
an infantry rifle regiment of the British Army that was originally raised in British North America as the Royal American Regiment during the phase of...
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