• 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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    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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    Indian Armoured Corps Training Centre in 1940. Re-raised in 1955-1956 in both Indian and Pakistan Armies. 21st King George’s Own Central India Horse:...
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  • 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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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  • Brigade, 6th Infantry Division (later 70th Infantry Division) 3rd (Militia) Battalion (3rd West York Regiment of Militia) 1st (Hallamshire) Volunteer...
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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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    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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    Royal Anglian Regiment (humorous malapropism) The Armoured Chavalry – Royal Tank Regiment The Armoured Farmers – 3rd Royal Tank Regiment (raised in the...
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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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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  • Infantry Brigade from 36 Infantry Division, 2 Independent Armoured Brigade (less one regiment) and one mechanised battalion. 33 Infantry Division was sent...
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  • Batteries went to India. The present Piffers include the Frontier Force Regiment, seven armoured regiments and The First (SP) Medium Regiment Artillery of...
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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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    The Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) was an infantry rifle regiment of the British Army formed in January 1800 as the "Experimental Corps of Riflemen"...
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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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    Riding) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) 70th (West Riding) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) 71st (West Riding) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery...
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