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The '''50th Indian Tank Brigade''' was an [[Armoured warfare|armoured]] [[brigade]] formation of the [[Indian Army during World War II]]. It was formed for service in the [[Burma Campaign]] of [[World War II]] from units of the [[British Army]] and the [[British Indian Army]]. The brigade's formation emblem was a white upraised fist and forearm on a black disc.<ref>{{cite web|title=fireandffury|url=http://www.fireandfury.com/orbats/paccommonwealth_burma.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=fepow-community|url=http://www.fepow-community.org.uk/monthly_revue/html/alfsea.htm}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=burmastarassoc|url=http://www.burmastar.org.uk/tanks.htm|access-date=2008-07-28|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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The 50th Indian Tank brigade was placed under the command of [[XV Corps (British India)|XV Corps]] in October 1944 as armoured support for the Arakan campaign and located north of Maungdaw at Waybin in early December. Units of the brigade took part in actions at Buthidaung, The Mayu Peninsula, the Myebon Peninsula and Kangaw. The brigade was withdrawn from the Arakan in February 1945.<br />
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==Composition==<br />
:[[25th Dragoons]] with [[M3 Lee|Lee/Grant tanks]]<br />
:[[146th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps|146th Regiment]] of the [[Royal Armoured Corps]] , raised from a Battalion of the [[Duke of Wellington's Regiment]], with Lee/Grant tanks<br />
:[[19th King George's Own Lancers]], with [[Lend-Lease Sherman tanks|Sherman tanks]]<br />
:[[45th Cavalry]], with [[Stuart tank|Stuart light tanks]]<br />
:2/[[4th Bombay Grenadiers]]<br />
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==See also==<br />
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* [[List of Indian Army Brigades in World War II]]<br />
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==Notes and references==<br />
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[[Category:Armoured brigades of the British Indian Army]]<br />
[[Category:Brigades of India in World War II]]<br />
[[Category:Military units and formations in Burma in World War II]]<br />
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