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{{Infobox military unit
|unit_name=87 Armoured Regiment
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|dates= 1979 – present
|country={{flag icon|India}} [[India]]
|allegiance=India
|branch= [[File:Flag of Indian Army.svg|24px]] [[Indian Army]]
|type= [[Armoured Corps]]
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|size= Regiment
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|equipment=[[T-72]]

|Past Commanders=
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|colonel_of_the_regiment= Brig Rajiv Sharma <ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2020/223002.pdf|title=The Gazette of India, No 45, Part I—Sec. 4|date=2020-11-07|access-date=2020-12-27}}</ref>
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|identification_symbol=87 Armd Regt
|identification_symbol_label=Abbreviation

|nickname=Lightning Streaks Regiment<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.coca-colaindia.com/stories/wr-highest-cycling-expedition|title=Wr: Highest Cycling Expedition|date=2018-01-08|access-date=2020-12-27}}</ref>
|patron=
|motto= निश्चय कर अपनी जीत करौं<br/>"Nischay Kar Apni Jeet Karon" (With determination, I will be triumphant)
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'''87 Armoured Regiment''' is an armoured regiment of the [[Indian Army]].
== Formation ==
The regiment was raised on 1 July 1979 at [[Ahmednagar]] under Lieutenant Colonel DD Singh. It has an all-India all-class composition, drawing troops from various castes and religions.<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=154}}</ref>

==Equipment==
The regiment was initially equipped with [[Vijayanta]] tanks, which was changed in 1995 to the [[T-72]] main battle tank.
==Operations==
87 Armoured Regiment has taken part in [[Operation Brasstacks|Operation Trident]], [[Indian Army operations in Jammu and Kashmir|Operation Rakshak]], [[Kargil War|Operation Vijay]], [[2001–2002 India–Pakistan standoff|Operation Parakram]] and [[Sumdorong Chu standoff|Operation Falcon]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.dnaindia.com/jaipur/report-president-standards-conferred-on-three-armoured-regiments-2565409|title= President Standards conferred on three armoured regiments in ‘DNA India’|date=2017-12-06|access-date=2020-12-27}}</ref>

==Awards and honours==
Two [[Param Vishisht Seva Medal|PVSM]], one [[Kirti Chakra]], two [[Ati Vishisht Seva Medal|AVSM]], one [[Shaurya Chakra]], three [[Sena Medal]]s, two [[Vishisht Seva Medal|VSM]] and several commendations have been conferred on the regiment.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.dnaindia.com/jaipur/report-president-standards-conferred-on-three-armoured-regiments-2565409|title= President Standards conferred on three armoured regiments in ‘DNA India’|date=2017-12-06|access-date=2020-12-27}}</ref> The recipients include-
*Kirti Chakra : Sowar Vijay Kumar, while serving in 22 Rashtriya Rifles (Punjab) was conferred the award posthumously. He was awarded for his gallant action against terrorists on 02 August 2018 in [[Baramulla district]] of [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]].
*[[Mentioned in dispatches]] : Naib Risaldar Agya Ram, Lance Daffadar Sanjeev Kumar, Sowar A.S. Rao.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050815/nation.htm|title=Kirti Chakra for one, Shaurya Chakra for 19|date=2005-08-15|access-date=2020-12-27}}</ref>
*[[ President's Colour Award|President's Standard]] : The Regiment was presented the ‘President’s Standards’ at [[Suratgarh]] on 5 December 2017 by General [[Bipin Rawat]], [[Chief of the Army Staff (India)|Chief of the Army Staff]], on behalf of the President of India, Mr [[Ram Nath Kovind]].<ref name=" Presidents-Standards">{{cite web |url=http://www.sainiksamachar.nic.in/englisharchives/2017/dec16-17/h8.htm|title=41 Armoured Regiment - Presidents-Standards|access-date=2020-11-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/no-let-up-in-operations-against-terrorists-says-army-chief/articleshow/61931904.cms?from=mdr|title= No let up in operations against terrorists, says Army chief in ‘The Economic Times’|date=2018-07-14|access-date=2020-12-25}}</ref>
*The Regiment had the honour of participating in the [[Delhi Republic Day parade|Republic Day]] parade in 1989 with its Vijayanta tanks.<ref>{{cite book|title=JPRS Report, Near East & South Asia, 23 March 1989|year=1989|publisher=Foreign Broadcast Information Service|page=37}}</ref>

==Regimental Insignia==
The Regimental insignia consists of a circle with three lightning streaks in front of crossed lances with pennons in red and black. The numeral "87" is inscribed between the crossing of the lances and a scroll added at the base with the words ‘Kavachit Regiment’ (Armoured Regiment) inscribed in [[Devanagari]] script on it.

The motto of the Regiment is निश्चय कर अपनी जीत करौं (Nischay Kar Apni Jeet Karon), which translates to ‘With determination, I will be triumphant’.

==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Indian Army Armoured Corps |state=expanded}}
[[Category:Military units and formations established in 1979]]
[[Category:Armoured and cavalry regiments of the Indian Army from 1947]]

87th Armoured Regiment India - Revision history

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