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{{Short description|Indian Army regiment}}
{{Infobox military unit
|unit_name=70th Armoured Regiment
|image=[[File:70 Armoured Regiment.svg|250px]]
|caption=Cap Badge of 70th Armoured Regiment
|dates= 1968 – 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-90]]

|Past Commanders=
|ceremonial_chief=
|colonel_of_the_regiment=
|notable_commanders= Lieutenant General Devendra Sharma<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/in.gazette.central.w.2025-12-27.268912/|title=Gazette of India, No 52|date=2025-12-27|access-date=2026-01-16}}</ref>
|identification_symbol=70 Armd Regt
|identification_symbol_label=Abbreviation

|nickname=
|patron=
|motto= करके रहेंगे<br/>''Karke Rahenge'' (We shall do it)
|colors= Black and Red
|march=
|mascot=
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}}

'''70 Armoured Regiment''' is an armoured regiment of the [[Indian Army]].

== Formation ==
The regiment was raised on February 11, 1968 at [[Ahmednagar]] by Lieutenant Colonel (later Brigadier) R Christian as '''70 Guided Missile Regiment'''. Brigadier AN Jatar, MVC, AVSM was the first Colonel Commandant.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://egazette.gov.in/WriteReadData/1968/O-1536-1968-0018-68854.pdf|title= Gazette of India No 18|date=1968-05-04|access-date=2020-11-01}}</ref>

It was the first anti-tank guided missile regiment of the Indian Army. It also has the distinction of being the first armoured regiment with a “mixed class” composition, drawing troops from various castes and religions.

==Equipment==
At the time of raising, the Regiment was equipped with the [[Nord SS.11|SS11B1]] anti-tank missiles.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bharat-rakshak.com/ARMY/units.html|title=Bharat Rakshak Army Unit|access-date=2020-11-01}}</ref> In 1975, the Regiment handed over its missile equipment, along with some officers and other ranks to 15 Guards and was reorganised as a tank regiment and was equipped with [[T-54/T-55|T-55]] tanks. It converted to MBT [[T-90]] in 2010.
[[File:T-90 republic day.jpg|thumb|350x350px|T-90 tanks of 70 Armoured Regiment during the full dress rehearsal for the Republic Day Parade, 2011|alt=|right]]

==Operations==
;[[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]]: The regiment took part in the 1971 Indo-Pak war on the western front. Sub-units of the Regiment saw action in [[Jaisalmer]]/ [[Rann of Kutch]], [[Sri Ganganagar|Ganganagar]] and [[Fazilka]] sectors.<ref name="Gill 2003">{{cite book|last=Gill|first=JH|title=An Atlas Of 1971 India Pakistan War - Creation of Bangladesh|date=2003|publisher=National Defense University, Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies|page=87-89}}</ref> It achieved its first tank kill on the Sabuna drain in the Fazilka sector on December 7, 1971.<ref name=" Chandar 2018">{{cite book|last= Chandar|first= Col Y Udaya|title= Independent India's All the Seven Wars|date=2018|publisher= Notion Press|isbn= 978-1948473217}}</ref> Dafadar Uttam Singh was awarded the [[Sena Medal]] for his bravery in the Fazilka sector.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://egazette.gov.in/WriteReadData/1974/O-1253-1974-0026-55507.pdf|title= Gazette of India No 26|date=1974-06-29|access-date=2020-11-01}}</ref>

The Regiment was presented the President's Standard on 27 November 2011 by the then President of India Mrs [[Prathiba Patil]]. 70 Armoured Regiment along with four other Armoured Regiments of the [[1st Armoured Division (India)|1 Armoured Division]] got their colours in [[Patiala]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/presidential-standards-conferred-on-five-armoured-regiments/article2666026.ece|title=Presidential Standards conferred on five armoured regiments in 'The Hindu'|date=2011-11-28|access-date=2020-11-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2011/20111128/main5.htm|title='Prez honours 5 armoured corps regiments' in 'The Tribune'|date=2011-11-28|access-date=2020-11-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://sainiksamachar.nic.in/englisharchives/2011/dec16-11/h7.htm|title='President's Standards Rare Recognition' in 'Sainik Samachar'|date=2011-12-16|access-date=2020-11-01}}</ref>

==Regimental Insignia==
The regiment has a unique cap badge for an armoured unit - it consists of a [[Nord SS.11|SS11B1]] anti-tank missile with the numeral "70" inscribed over it. The Regiment chose Black and Red as its colours, signifying 'Death (Black) to the Enemy, at any cost (Red)'. The motto of the Regiment is करके रहेंगे ''Karke Rahenge'' (We shall do it).

==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Indian Army Armoured Corps |state=expanded}}
[[Category:Military units and formations established in 1968]]
[[Category:Armoured and cavalry regiments of the Indian Army from 1947]]

70th Armoured Regiment India - Revision history

MonroeDunning09 at 07:03, 16 January 2026