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| dates = 3 July 1942 – 1 April 1943
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| command_structure = [[43rd Indian Armoured Division]]
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The '''267th Indian Tank Brigade''' was a short lived [[Armoured warfare|armoured]] [[brigade]] of the [[Indian Army during the Second World War]]. It was reconstituted as [[72nd Indian Infantry Brigade]].

==History==
The brigade was formed on 3 July 1942 at Sialkot with three [[regiment]]s of the [[Royal Armoured Corps]]. These were [[infantry]] [[battalion]]s of the [[British Army]] that were converted to an [[Armoured warfare|armoured]] role:
* [[116th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps]] formed on 24 July 1942 from 9th Battalion, [[Gordon Highlanders]]<ref name=Kempton1c>{{harvnb|Kempton|2003c|p=1}}</ref>
* [[160th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps]] formed on 15 July 1942 from 9th Battalion, [[Royal Sussex Regiment]] in the [[United Kingdom]]<ref name=Kempton2c>{{harvnb|Kempton|2003c|p=2}}</ref>
* [[163rd Regiment Royal Armoured Corps]] formed on 30 July 1942 from 13th Battalion, [[Sherwood Foresters]]<ref name=Kempton2c/>
It moved to [[Secunderabad]] in October under the command of the [[43rd Indian Armoured Division]] and then to [[Poona]].<ref name=Kempton4b>{{harvnb|Kempton|2003b|p=4}}</ref> The brigade was intended for service in the [[Burma Campaign]] during the [[Second World War]]<ref name=burmastar>{{cite web | title=Royal Tank Ccrps: 267 Indian Tank Brigade | url=http://www.burmastar.org.uk/tanks.htm#267th | publisher=burmastar.org | access-date=25 July 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090712023307/http://www.burmastar.org.uk/tanks.htm#267th | archive-date=12 July 2009 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}</ref> but in the event it never left India. On 1 April 1943, it was reconstituted as the [[72nd Indian Infantry Brigade]].<ref name=Kempton4b/>

==Units==
The brigade commanded the following units:<ref name=burmastar/><ref name=Kempton5b>{{harvnb|Kempton|2003b|p=5}}</ref>
* 116th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps ''(joined on 27 July 1942; left on 31 October 1942 for [[255th Indian Armoured Brigade]])''<ref name=Kempton1c/>
* 163rd Regiment Royal Armoured Corps ''(joined on 30 July 1942; left on 31 March 1943 when it reverted to 13th Sherwood Foresters in 67th Indian Training Brigade)''<ref name=Kempton2c/><ref name=Joslen543>{{harvnb|Joslen|1990|p=543}}</ref>{{efn|Kempton<ref name=Kempton57b>{{harvnb|Kempton|2003b|p=57}}</ref> acknowledges Joslen's<ref name=Joslen543/> information, but notes that there is no reference to a ''67th Indian Training Brigade'' in any official Indian Army records or orders of battle.}}
* 160th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps ''(joined on 22 December 1942; left on 1 April 1943 when it reverted to 9th Royal Sussex Regiment in 72nd Indian Infantry Brigade)''<ref name=Kempton2c/><ref name=Kempton8c>{{harvnb|Kempton|2003c|p=8}}</ref>
* 267th Armoured Brigade Signals [[Squadron (army)|Squadron]] ''(1942 to 1943; became 72nd Indian Infantry Brigade Signals Section)''
* 111th Field Post Office ''(July 1942 to April 1943)''

==See also==
{{portal|World War II}}
* [[List of Indian Army Brigades in World War II]]

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

==Bibliography==
* {{cite book
| last = Joslen | first = Lt-Col H.F.
| year = 1990
| orig-year = 1st. Pub. [[HMSO]]:1960
| title = Orders of Battle, Second World War, 1939–1945
| publisher = London Stamp Exchange
| location = London
| isbn = 0-948130-03-2
}}
* {{cite book
| last = Kempton | first = Chris
| year = 2003b
| title = 'Loyalty & Honour', The Indian Army September 1939 – August 1947
| volume = Part II Brigades
| publisher = The Military Press
| location = Milton Keynes
| isbn = 0-85420-238-2
}}
* {{cite book
| last = Kempton | first = Chris
| year = 2003c
| title = 'Loyalty & Honour', The Indian Army September 1939 – August 1947
| volume = Part III
| publisher = The Military Press
| location = Milton Keynes
| isbn = 0-85420-248-X
}}

==External links==
* {{oob unit | id = 6148 | name = 267 Indian Armoured Brigade }}

[[Category:Armoured brigades of the British Indian Army]]
[[Category:Military units and formations established in 1942]]

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