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{{Infobox military unit
|unit_name=52 Armoured Regiment
|image=
|caption=
|dates= 1994 – present
|country={{flag icon|India}} [[India]]
|allegiance=India
|branch= [[File:Flag of Indian Army.svg|24px]] [[Indian Army]]
|type= [[Armoured Corps]]
|role=
|size= Regiment
|command_structure=
|equipment= [[T-72]]

|Past Commanders=
|ceremonial_chief=
|colonel_of_the_regiment= Brig Samarth Nagar<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2020/223002.pdf|title=Gazette of India No 45|date=2020-11-07|access-date=2020-11-24}}</ref>
|notable_commanders=

|identification_symbol=52 Armd Regt
|identification_symbol_label=Abbreviation

|nickname=
|patron=
|motto= We lead through danger
|colors= French Grey, Buff, Red and Green
|march=
|mascot=
|battles=
|anniversaries=
|decorations=
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}}

'''52nd Armoured Regiment''' is an armoured regiment of the [[Indian Army Armoured Corps]].

==Formation==
The regiment was raised on 1 February 1994 at [[Roorkee]] with [[T-72]] tanks. The first commandant was Col Jugvir Singh. The first Colonel of the regiment was Brigadier A.S. Sinha.<ref>{{cite book|last=Sharma|first= Gautam|title= Indian Army, a Reference Manual|date=2000|publisher= Reliance Publishing House|isbn=978-8175101142}}</ref> The regiment has an all India, all class composition.<ref>{{cite book|last=Gautam|first=PK|title= Indigenous Historical Knowledge: Kautilya and His Vocabulary, Volume III|date=2016|publisher= IDSA/Pentagon Press |isbn= 978-81-8274-909-2|page=153}}</ref>

==History==
Capt Upmanyu Singh of the regiment was posthumously awarded the [[Sena Medal]] in 2011 for gallantry during counter insurgency operations at [[Sopore]] in north Kashmir's [[Baramulla district]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.honourpoint.in/profile/capt-upmanyu-singh-sm-2/|title= Capt Upmanyu Singh SM| access-date=2020-12-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://sainiksamachar.nic.in/englisharchives/2011/sep01-11/h5.htm|title= Gallantry Awards and Other Decorations|date=2011-09-01|access-date=2020-12-05}}</ref>

The present Colonel of the regiment is Brig Samarth Nagar.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2020/223002.pdf|title=Gazette of India No 45|date=2020-11-07|access-date=2020-11-24}}</ref>

==Regimental Insignia==
The cap badge of the regiment is unique in the [[Indian Army]], as it consists of a [[Welsh dragon]] motif against a background of two vertically parallel lances with a scroll below bearing the words "52 Armoured Regiment".

The motto of the regiment is "We lead through danger".

The unit flag contains four colours - French Grey, Buff, Red and Green which signify the phrase "In misty dawn, through sand and blood to green fields beyond."

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Indian Army Armoured Corps}}

[[Category:Armoured and cavalry regiments of the Indian Army from 1947]]
[[Category:Military units and formations established in 1994]]

52nd Armoured Regiment India - Revision history

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