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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>The '''43rd Indian Armoured Division''' was an armoured division of the [[Indian Army during World War II]]. It was formed in July 1942. It never saw any combat and was broken up to form the [[44th Armoured Division (India)|44th Armoured Division]] in February 1943.<ref>The Indian Army 1914-1947 By Ian Sumner, p.25</ref><!--44 AB began forming in April 44 from 44 Armd--><br />
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==Formation==<br />
===[[268th Indian Armoured Brigade]]===<br />
Converted to 268th Indian Infantry Brigade October 1942<br />
*[[51st Regiment (India)|51st Regiment]] [[British Indian Armoured Corps|Indian Armoured Corps]] (ex 7/[[5th Mahratta Light Infantry]]) <br />
*[[53rd Regiment (India)|53rd Regiment]] Indian Armoured Corps (ex MG/[[10th Baluch Regiment]])<br />
*[[54th Regiment (India)|54th Regiment]] Indian Armoured Corps (ex 9/[[13th Frontier Force Rifles]])<ref name=oob1>{{cite web|access-date=2009-10-15|publisher=Order of Battle|title=43 Indian Armoured Division|url=http://www.ordersofbattle.com/UnitData.aspx?UniX=6149&Tab=Sub}}{{Dead link|date=June 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><br />
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===[[267th Indian Armoured Brigade]]===<br />
*[[52nd Armoured Regiment (India)|52nd Regiment]] Indian Armoured Corps<br />
*[[116th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps]] (ex 9th Btn [[Gordon Highlanders]])<br />
*[[160th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps]] (ex 9th Btn [[Royal Sussex Regiment]])<br />
*[[163rd Regiment Royal Armoured Corps]] (ex 13th Btn [[Sherwood Foresters]]) <ref>{{cite web|publisher=burmastar.org|title=Royal Tank Corps|access-date=2009-10-15|url=http://www.burmastar.org.uk/tanks.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090712023307/http://www.burmastar.org.uk/tanks.htm|archive-date=2009-07-12|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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===[[268th Indian Infantry Brigade]]===<br />
*8/[[13th Frontier Force Rifles]]<br />
*17/[[10th Baluch Regiment]]<br />
*17/[[7th Rajput Regiment]]<br />
*2/[[4th Bombay Grenadiers]]<br />
*5/4th Bombay Grenadiers<br />
*1st [[Assam Regiment]]<br />
*1st [[The Chamar Regiment]]<br />
*4/[[3rd Madras Regiment]]<br />
*[[Kalibahadur Regiment]] Nepal<br />
*[[Mahindra Dal Regiment]] Nepal<br />
*1/3rd Madras Regiment <br />
*2nd [[The King's Own Scottish Borderers]]<br />
*2nd [[The South Lancashire Regiment]]<br />
*429 Field Company [[Indian Engineers]]<ref name=oob1/><br />
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===Divisional troops===<br />
*18th Field Regiment [[Royal Artillery]]<ref name=oob1/><br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Indian Divisions in World War II}}<br />
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[[Category:Indian World War II divisions]]<br />
[[Category:British Indian Army divisions]]<br />
[[Category:Military units and formations established in 1942]]<br />
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