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{{short description|Armoured warfare arm of the Indian Army}}
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|unit_name= Indian Army Armoured Corps
|image=[[File:Indian Armoured Corps Insignia (India).svg|100px]]<br />
Symbol of Indian Armoured Corps
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|dates= 1941 - Present
|country={{flag|India}}
|allegiance=
|branch= {{army|India}}
|role=[[Armoured Corps]]
|size=67 Armoured regiments<ref name="The Quint 2018">{{cite web|url=https://www.thequint.com/news/world/pak-procuring-600-battle-tanks-to-boost-combat-capability-sources|title=Pak procuring 600 battle tanks to boost combat capability |author=Press Trust of India|website=The Quint|date=31 December 2018|access-date=31 December 2018}}</ref>
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The '''Indian Army Armoured Corps''' is one of the [[combat arms]] of the [[Indian Army]]. Tracing its origins from the first regiment formed in 1776, the present corps was formed in 1947 from two-thirds of the personnel and assets of the [[British Indian Army]]'s [[British Indian Armoured Corps|Indian Armoured Corps]]. It currently consists of 67 armoured regiments, including the [[President's Bodyguard]].<ref name="The Quint 2018"/>
[[File:Indian Lancers near Vraignes 1917.jpg|thumb|305x305px|9th Hodson's Horse (Bengal Lancers), Indian Army, near Vraignes, France, April 1917.]]

== Centre and School ==

The Armoured Corps Centre and School (ACC&S) is located in [[Ahmednagar]] (now Ahilya Nagar), Maharashtra. In 1921, six Armoured Car companies arrived and in 1924 the Royal Tank Corps School was established at Ahmednagar to train the personnel of the Royal Tank Corps. This school was the forerunner of the Fighting Vehicle School, which began to impart driving & maintenance training. The Fighting Vehicle School along with the Machine Gun School, the training regiments, the recruit training centre, Armoured Corps Depot and Armoured Corps Records were amalgamated to form the present school and centre in 1948.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://164.100.185.107/html_docs/AhmednagarCity.htm|title=Ahmednagar District|date=|access-date=2021-02-07}}</ref>

==Armour Day==

The Armoured Corps of Indian Army celebrates 'Armour Day' on 1 May. It was on this day in 1938 that [[14th Prince of Wales's Own Scinde Horse|Scinde Horse]] became the first regiment to dismount from their horses and move to tanks.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/armoured-corps-centre-school-ahmednagar-celebrate-78th-armour-day-2783170/|title=Armoured Corps Centre & School, Ahmednagar celebrate 78th Armour Day|date=2016-05-04|access-date=2021-02-07}}</ref> The first equipment inducted were Vickers Light Tanks and Chevrolet Armoured Cars.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sainiksamachar.nic.in/englisharchives/2019/may01-19/h9.htm|title=Armoured Corps Centre and School Celebrates Armoured Corps Day|date=2019-05-01|access-date=2021-02-07}}</ref>

==Naming Convention of the Armoured Regiments==

The naming of the regiments reflects its historical origins. The terms ''Cavalry'', ''Horse'' and ''Lancers'', which have been dispensed with in the case of units raised post-independence, are historical legacies from the raising and renaming of these units when part of the [[East India Company]]'s army and/or later the [[British Indian Army]].{{citation needed|date=October 2021}}

==Composition of an Armoured Regiment==

An armoured corps regiment is commanded by a [[Colonel (India)|Colonel]] ranked officer, who is known as the Commandant of the Unit. An armoured regiment comprises 3 ''Sabre Squadrons'' and a ''Headquarter Squadron''. Each squadron is commanded by a [[Major (rank)|Major]] ranked officer. He holds the appointment of a Squadron Commander.<ref name="ABP">{{cite web|url=https://news.abplive.com/news/india/know-the-indian-army-a-glance-into-the-armoured-corps-regiments-1278359|title=Know The Indian Army: Hailed As 'King Of Battlefield', The Armoured Corps Packs A Punch With Lethal Tank Fire|date=2020-06-06|access-date=2021-02-07}}</ref>

An Armoured Regiment has around 45 to 50 tanks in all. Each Sabre Squadron consists of 14-15 tanks and one Armoured Recovery Vehicle. 3 tanks are assigned to the Headquarter Squadron, including that of the commandant.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bharat-rakshak.com/ARMY/units/3-armoured-regiment-toe.html|title=Armoured Regiment Structure|date=2016-10-12|access-date=2021-02-07|archive-date=21 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121005621/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/ARMY/units/3-armoured-regiment-toe.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Each squadron consists of four ''troops'', each consisting of 3 tanks.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theprint.in/opinion/strike-corps-reorientation-comes-for-ladakh-but-army-needs-larger-restructuring/584936/|title=Strike Corps reorientation comes for Ladakh but Army needs larger restructuring|date=2021-01-14|access-date=2021-06-21}}</ref>

==Black Beret==

The officers and troops of Armoured Corps regiments wear the [[Black beret|Black Berets]] as opposed to the rifle green and blue coloured berets which are worn by the regiments of other arms and services respectively. The Black Beret gives the Tankman a distinct identity of their own within the Army fold.<ref name="ABP"/>

== Equipment ==
The Armoured Corps of the Indian Army is currently equipped with the following tanks-

* [[Arjun (tank)|Arjun MBT]] – Mk.1 variant in use and Mk.1A under order.
* [[T-90]] – M and S variants with [[Defence Research and Development Organisation|DRDO]] made upgrades.
* [[T-72]] – M1 variant with upgrades namely Ajeya MK1/MK2 and Combat Improved Ajeya.
<gallery>
File:Arjun MK1.webm|Arjun MK1 firing on the move at Pokaran Field Firing Range.
File:Indian Armoured Corps in the Middle East 1944.jpg|Indian Armoured Corps in a [[Lend-Lease Sherman tanks|Sherman III]] tank in the Middle East, March 1944.
File:The War in the Far East- the Burma Campaign 1941-1945 IND4650.jpg|A [[Sherman tank]] of the Indian Armoured Corps on the road to [[Rangoon]], [[Burma Campaign]].
File:Vijayanta Vickers MBT. (49141256562).jpg|The [[Vijayanta]] - [[main battle tank]] of the Indian Army between 1965 and the early 2000s.
File:Indian Army Armoured Corps.jpg|Tanks of the Indian Army Armoured Corps and [[BMP-2]] IFVs during a training exercise in 2006.
File:Arjun MK1A field trials.jpg|MBT Arjun MK1A
File:Arjun MBT bump track test.JPG|MBT Arjun MK1
File:Indian Army T-90.jpg| T-90 tank
File:Indian Army T-72 image1.jpg| T-72 tank
File:Armoured Corps Centre and School.jpg|Armoured Corps Centre and School, Ahmednagar
</gallery>

==List of regiments==

The list of regiments forming part of the Armoured Corps of the Indian Army is as follows. This list is as per unit serial number but not as per the order of precedence of the Indian Army. In that list, The President's Bodyguard is first, but is followed by 16 Light Cavalry, 7 Light Cavalry, 8 Cavalry and 1st Horse. As a matter of tradition, each Armoured Regiment has its own "Colonel of the Regiment", an honorary post for a senior officer who oversees the regimental issues concerning the unit.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-armoured-corps-of-indian-army-celebrates-its-82nd-armour-day-gen-mm-naravane-extends-wishes-2823247|title=Armoured Corps of Indian Army celebrates its 82nd Armour Day; Gen MM Naravane extends wishes|date=2020-05-01|access-date=2021-02-07}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
! scope="col" style="width: 160px;"|Name
! scope="col" style="width: 150px;"|Other Name(s)
! scope="col" style="width: 120px;"|Raising Date
! scope="col" style="width: 120px;"|Raising Commander
! scope="col" style="width: 40px;"|Raising Location
! scope="col" style="width: 120px;"|References and notes
! scope="col" style="width: 10px;"|Tank
|-
|[[President's Bodyguard (India)|President's Bodyguard]]
|Rashtrapati Angrakshak
|1773
|
|
|
|Horse
|-
|[[Skinner's Horse|1st Horse]]
|Skinner's Horse, The Yellow Boys
|23 February 1803
|[[James Skinner (East India Company officer)|Col James Skinner]]
|[[Hansi]]
|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/india/skinners-horse.htm |title=1st Horse / Skinner's Horse |author=John Pike |publisher=GlobalSecurity.org |access-date=11 June 2020}}</ref>
|T-72
|-
|[[2nd Lancers (Gardner's Horse)|2nd Lancers]]
|Gardner's Horse
|1809
|[[William Linnæus Gardner|Lt Col William Gardner]]
|[[Farrukhabad]], [[Mainpuri]]
|<ref name="RTR">{{cite web |url=https://www.royaltankregiment.com/en-GB/2ndlancers.aspx |title=2nd Lancers |date=2011 |publisher=The Royal Tank Regiment Association |access-date=9 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110404024127/https://www.royaltankregiment.com/en-GB/2ndlancers.aspx|archive-date=4 April 2011}}</ref>
|T-72
|-
|[[3rd Cavalry (India)|3rd Cavalry]]
|
|1822
|
|
|<ref>[http://www.indianpost.com/viewstamp.php/Alpha/3RD%20CAVALRY History of the 3rd Cavalry].</ref>
|T-72
|-
|[[4 Horse|4th Horse]]
|Hodson's Horse, Flamingoes
|1857
|[[Brevet (military)|Bvt]] Maj [[William Stephen Raikes Hodson|WSR Hodson]]
|[[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab]]
|<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indiancavalry/hodsons.htm|title=Hodson's Horse in 'British Empire'|date=|access-date=2021-04-25}}</ref>
|T-72
|-
|[[5th Armoured Regiment]]**
|
|1 December 1983
|Lt Col JPS Hanspal
|[[Jodhpur]]
|<ref name="BR">[http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/LAND-FORCES/Units/Armoured.html Web-page on "armoured Corps" at ''Bharat Rakshak''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140719090458/http://bharat-rakshak.com/LAND-FORCES/Units/Armoured.html |date=19 July 2014 }}, accessed December 2009.</ref><ref>Globalsecurity.org, [http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/india/5-ar.htm 5 Armoured Regiment], accessed 23 July 2010</ref>
|T-90
|-
|[[6th Lancers (India)|6th Lancers]]***
|
|1 February 1984
|Lt Col RS Deol, SM
|[[Nabha]]
|
|T-90
|-
|[[7th Light Cavalry]]
|3rd Madras Lancers, 28th Light Cavalry
|1784
|
|
|
|T-72
|-
|[[8th Light Cavalry]]
|Gordon's Horse
|23 October 1787
|Maj Henry Darley
|[[Arcot, Tamil Nadu|Arcot]]
|
|T-72
|-
|[[9th Deccan Horse|9th Horse]]
|The Deccan Horse
|1790
|
|
|
|
|-
|[[10th Armoured Regiment (India)|10th Armoured Regiment]]
|
|16 April 1984
|Lt Col Kulwant Singh
|[[Ahmednagar]]
|
|T-72
|-
|[[11th Armoured Regiment (India)|11th Armoured Regiment]]
| The Double First, Sprocket Power Risala
|7 May 1984
|Lt Col Harjeet Singh Lamba
|[[Jammu|Kaluchak]]
|
|
|-
|[[12th Armoured Regiment (India)|12th Armoured Regiment]]
|Barsinghas
|1 October 1984
|Lt Col LR Vaid
|[[Kapurthala]]
|
|T-90
|-
|[[13th Armoured Regiment (India)|13th Armoured Regiment]]
|Triskaideca, Nightstrikers
|21 December 1984
|Lt Col Balram Singh Mehta
|Ahmednagar
|
|T-90
|-
|[[14th Prince of Wales's Own Scinde Horse|14th Horse]]
|The Scinde Horse, Jacob's Horse
|8 August 1839
|Capt W Ward
|[[Hyderabad, Sindh]]
|<ref>{{cite book|last1=|first1=|title=Record book of The Scinde Irregular Horse, Volume 1|date=1856|publisher= Smith, Elder and Co, London|isbn=|page=}}</ref>
|T-90
|-
|[[15th Armoured Regiment]]
|
|1 March 1985
|Lt Col MD Law
|[[Pathankot|Mamun]]
|
|T-90
|-
|[[16th Light Cavalry]]
|
|1776
|
|
|
|T-72
|-
|[[The Poona Horse|17th Horse]]
|The Poona Horse, Fakr-e-Hind
|15 July 1817
|
|[[Shirur, Maharashtra|Sirur]]
|<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/the-poona-horse-regiment-completes-200-years-of-epic-journey-1725889|title=The Poona Horse Regiment Completes 200 Years Of Epic Journey|work=NDTV.com|access-date=2017-10-23}}</ref>
|T-72
|-
|[[18 Cavalry|18th Cavalry]]
|
|31 January 1842
|
|
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=137404|title=Standard presented to 18 CAVALRY by the Chief of the Army Staff|website=pib.nic.in|access-date=2017-10-23}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/army-chief-presents-president-s-standard-to-18-cavalry-in-amritsar/story-VslwnoAaZvSdxQp9AihtzI.html|title=Army chief presents President's Standard to 18 Cavalry in Amritsar|date=2016-03-08|newspaper=Hindustan Times|access-date=2017-10-23|language=en}}</ref>
|T-72
|-
|[[19th Armoured Regiment (India)|19th Armoured Regiment]]
|Invincibles
|25 March 1985
|
|Ahmednagar
|
|T-90
|-
|[[20 Lancers (India)|20th Lancers]]
|
|1857/1858; Re-raised 10 July 1956
|Lt Col Umrao Singh
|Ahmednagar
|
|T-72
|-
|[[21st King George V's Own Horse|21st Horse]]
|Central India Horse, Mayne's Horse, Beatson's Horse
|1857
|Capt Henry Otway Mayne
|
|<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/commemorations/henry-otway-mayne|title= Henry Otway Mayne|access-date=2020-12-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.britishempire.co.uk/article/palehorse/maynehenry.htm|title= Henry Mayne 1819 - 1861|access-date=2020-12-10}}</ref>
|
|-
|[[41st Armoured Regiment (India)|41st Armoured Regiment]]
|
|1 July 1980
|Lt Col JP Singh
|Ahmednagar
|<ref name="BR" />
|T-72
|-
|[[42nd Armoured Regiment (India)|42nd Armoured Regiment]]
|
|1 January 1981
|Lt Col Ranjit Talwar
|[[Babina, Uttar Pradesh|Babina]]
|<ref name="BR" />
|T-90
|-
|[[43rd Armoured Regiment (India)|43rd Armoured Regiment]]
|Charioteers
|1981
|Lt Col BM Kapur
|Ahmednagar
|<ref name="BR"/><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=138051|title=Standards presented to 75 Armoured Regiment and 43 Armoured Regiment by the Chief of Army Staff|date=16 March 2016|website=Press hip Bureau|access-date=2017-10-23}}</ref>
|Arjun Mk1
|-
|[[44th Armoured Regiment (India)|44th Armoured Regiment]]
|
|15 December 1981
|Lt Col DS Dhillon
|Ahmednagar
|<ref name="BR" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/gk-and-current-affairs/story/presidents-standards-presented-to-44-armoured-regiment-at-suratgarh-military-station-242323-2015-02-27|title=President's Standards presented to 44 Armoured Regiment at Suratgarh Military Station: Listicles: Microfacts|website=indiatoday.intoday.in|access-date=2017-10-23|archive-date=22 December 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222050746/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/education/story/presidents-standards-presented-to-44-armoured-regiment-at-suratgarh-military-station/1/421409.html}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-44-armoured-regiment-gets-president-s-standards-2064106|title=44 Armoured Regiment gets President's Standards {{!}} Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis|date=2015-02-25|work=dna|access-date=2017-10-23|language=en-US}}</ref>
|T-72
|-
|[[45th Cavalry (India)|45th Cavalry]]
|Paintalis Risala
|16 May 1965
|Lt Col SK Candade
|New Delhi
|<ref name="BR"/>
|T-90
|-
|[[46th Armoured Regiment (India)|46th Armoured Regiment]]
|Thunderbolts
|1 July 1982
|Lt Col Prithpal Singh Sandhu
|Ahmednagar
|<ref name="BR"/><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.oneindia.com/2008/10/17/standard-presentation-46-armoured-regiment-president-patil-1224252300.html|title=Standard presentation to 46-Armoured Regiment by President Patil|work=www.oneindia.com|access-date=2017-10-23|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/honour-for-46-armoured-regiment/374786/|title=Honour for 46 Armoured Regiment - Indian Express|website=archive.indianexpress.com|language=en-gb|access-date=2017-10-23}}</ref>
|T-72
|-
|[[47th Armoured Regiment (India)|47th Armoured Regiment]]
|Penetrators
|15 November 1982
|Lt Col Tejvir Singh Sirohi
|Babina
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/jammu-kashmir/army-chief-presents-standard-to-47-armoured-regiment/485128.html|title=Army Chief presents Standard to 47 Armoured Regiment|work=www.tribuneindia.com|access-date=23 October 2017|archive-date=24 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171124115156/http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/jammu-kashmir/army-chief-presents-standard-to-47-armoured-regiment/485128.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.timesnownews.com/india/article/presidents-standard-47th-armoured-regiment-sunjwan-military-station-general-bipin-rawat-jammu-and/110426|title=General Bipin Rawat presented President's Standard to 47th Armoured Regiment |date=21 October 2017 |work=TimesNow|access-date=2017-10-23}}</ref>
|T-72
|-
|[[48th Armoured Regiment (India)|48th Armoured Regiment]]
|
|1 December 1982
|Lt Col DS Dhadwal
|[[Meerut]]
|
|T-90
|-
|[[49th Armoured Regiment (India)|49th Armoured Regiment]]
|
|1 October 1983
|Lt Col JPS Nakai
|Ahmednagar
|
|T-72
|-
|[[50th Armoured Regiment (India)|50 Armoured Regiment]]
|Fear Naught
|July 1989
|Lt Col AK Bhatia
|Ahmednagar
|<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/government-press-release/standards-presented-to-50-armoured-regiment-and-84-armoured-regiment-by-114110500934_1.html|title=Standards Presented to 50 Armoured Regiment and 84 Armoured Regiment by the Chief of Army Staff on 05 Nov 2014|last=Delhi|date=2014-11-05|work=Business Standard India|access-date=2017-10-23}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=111102|title=Standards Presented to 50 Armoured Regiment and 84 Armoured Regiment by the Chief of Army Staff on 05 Nov 2014|website=pib.nic.in|access-date=2017-10-23}}</ref>
|T-72
|-
|[[51st Armoured Regiment (India)|51 Armoured Regiment]]
|The Unicorn
|15 July 1989
|Lt Col RS Gill
|
|
|T-72
|-
|[[52nd Armoured Regiment (India)|52 Armoured Regiment]]
|
|1 February 1994
|Col Jugvir Singh
|[[Roorkee]]
|
|T-72
|-
|[[53rd Armoured Regiment (India)|53 Armoured Regiment]]
|Falcons
|1 April 2002
|
|
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20040402/punjab1.htm#15|title=Armoured regiment celebrates Raising Day|date=2004-04-02|access-date=2021-05-04}}</ref>
|
|-
|[[54th Armoured Regiment (India)|54 Armoured Regiment]]
|
|1 July 2010
|
|
|<ref>{{cite web|url= https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/haryana-captain-bhanghoo-from-panchkula-to-lead-republic-day-tank-contingent-at-rajpath/articleshow/80437305.cms|title= Haryana: Captain Bhanghoo from Panchkula to lead Republic Day Tank Contingent at Rajpath|website= [[The Times of India]]|date=2021-01-24|access-date=2021-01-26}}</ref>
|T-90
|-
|[[55th Armoured Regiment (India)|55 Armoured Regiment]]
|
|
|
|
|
|T-90
|-
|[[56th Armoured Regiment (India)|56 Armoured Regiment]]
|Lionhearts
|1 October 2011
|Col Anuj Kalia
|Ahilyanagar
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newsbharati.com/Encyc/2021/5/2/Armoured-Day.amp.html|title=Indian Tankmen and their beasts: Remembering the hero of Basantar on Armoured Day|date=2021-05-02|access-date=2021-05-04}}</ref>
|T-90
|-
|[[57 Armoured Regiment]]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|[[58th Armoured Regiment (India)|58 Armoured Regiment]]
|Awwal Atthawan, The Patiala Risala
|1 October 2014
|
|[[Patiala]]
|
|T-90
|-
|[[59 Armoured Regiment]]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|[[60th Armoured Regiment (India)|60 Armoured Regiment]]
|Panthers
|2019
|
|Ahmednagar
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/IaSouthern/status/1389871020916367360/photo/1|title=Southern Command tweet on 60 Armd|date=2021-05-05|access-date=2021-05-13}}</ref>
|T-90
|-
|[[61st Cavalry Regiment (India)|61 Cavalry]]
|
|1 October 1953
|Lt Col Phulel Singh
|[[Gwalior]]
|
|Horse
|-
|[[62nd Cavalry Regiment (India)|62 Cavalry]]
|
|31 March 1957
|Lt Col RS Butalia
|[[Ambala]]
|<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.oneindia.com/2006/03/31/62-cavalry-celebrates-its-golden-jubilee.-1143812202.html|title=62 Cavalry celebrates its Golden Jubilee.|work=www.oneindia.com|access-date=2017-10-23|language=en}}</ref>
|T-72
|-
|[[63 Cavalry]]
|Tresath
|2 January 1957
|Lt Col Harmandar Singh
|[[Alwar]]
|
|T-72
|-
|[[64 Cavalry]]
|
|31 March 1966
|Lt Col Trevor Lancelot Perry
|[[Babina, Uttar Pradesh|Babina]]
|
|
|-
|[[65th Armoured Regiment (India)|65 Armoured Regiment]]
|
|1 September 1966
|Lt Col KK Kaul
|Ahmednagar
|
|T-72
|-
|[[66th Armoured Regiment (India)|66 Armoured Regiment]]
|
|1 September 1966
|Lt Col Narinder Singh
| rowspan="3" |Ahmednagar
|
|T-72
|-
|[[67 Armoured Regiment]]
|
|15 September 1967
|Lt Col Niranjan Singh Cheema
|
|T-72
|-
|[[68th Armoured Regiment (India)|68 Armoured Regiment]]
|Gladiators
|1 March 1968
|Lt Col RN Thumby
|
|T-72
|-
|[[69th Armoured Regiment (India)|69 Armoured Regiment]]
|
|1 October 1968
|
|Ahmednagar
|<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20031202/haryana.htm|title= Steps afoot to modernise forces, says Kalam in 'The Tribune'|date=2003-12-02|access-date=2020-12-26}}</ref>
|T-72
|-
|[[70th Armoured Regiment (India)|70 Armoured Regiment]]
|
|11 February 1968
|Lt Col R Christian
|Ahmednagar
|Raised as 70 Guided Missile Regiment
|T-90
|-
|[[71st Armoured Regiment (India)|71 Armoured Regiment]]
|
|1 January 1971
|Lt Col BS Chimni
|Ahmednagar
|
|T-90
|-
|[[72nd Armoured Regiment (India)|72 Armoured Regiment]]
|The Chhamb Knights, The Little Giants
|1 July 1971
|Lt Col Inderjit Chopra
|Ahmednagar
|Youngest armoured regiment of the Indian army to be blooded in war.
|[[T-90]]
|-
|[[73rd Armoured Regiment (India)|73 Armoured Regiment]]
|The Desert Rats
|3 December 1971
|Lt Col KM Dhody
|Ahmednagar
|
|[[T-90]]
|-
|[[74th Armoured Regiment (India)|74 Armoured Regiment]]
|Desert Hawks
|1 June 1972
|Lt Col KS Khajuria
|Ahmednagar
|
|[[T-90]]
|-
|[[75th Armoured Regiment (India)|75 Armoured Regiment]]
|
|12 March 1972
|Lt Col Vijai Singh
|Sakna
|Only regiment to be raised on foreign soil<ref name="ColRegt">[http://pib.nic.in/archieve/lreleng/lyr2001/raug2001/04082001/r040820011.html Lt Gen Kamal Davar takes over as director general mechanised forces], 4 August 2001.</ref><ref name=":0" />
|Arjun Mk1
|-
|[[76th Armoured Regiment (India)|76 Armoured Regiment]]
|
|21 March 1985
|
|Ahmednagar
|
|T-72
|-
|[[77th Armoured Regiment (India)|77 Armoured Regiment]]
|सशस्त्र शौर्य पराक्रम
|1 February 2021
|
|Ahmednagar
|
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|[[81st Armoured Regiment (India)|81 Armoured Regiment]]
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| 1 October 1973
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|[[82nd Armoured Regiment (India)|82 Armoured Regiment]]
|Toofan-e-Hind
|1 October 1975
|Lt Col Moti Lal Dhar
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|T-72
|-
|[[83rd Armoured Regiment (India)|83 Armoured Regiment]]
|83 Kavachit Risala / One for al l- All for one
|1 January 1976
|Lt Col Ashok Johar
|Ahmednagar
|<ref>{{cite web|url= http://sainiksamachar.nic.in/englisharchives/2010/nov01-10/h6.htm|title=Sainik Samachar Nov 2010|date=2010-11-01|access-date=2020-10-31}}</ref>
|T-90
|-
|[[84 Armoured Regiment]]
|
|1 July 1976
|Lt Col Tarif Singh Dhiyia
|Ahmednagar
|<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/government-press-release/standards-presented-to-50-armoured-regiment-and-84-armoured-regiment-by-114110500934_1.html|title=Standards Presented to 50 Armoured Regiment and 84 Armoured Regiment by the Chief of Army Staff on 05 Nov 2014|last=Delhi|date=2014-11-05|work=Business Standard India|access-date=2017-10-23}}</ref><ref name=":1" />
|T-72
|-
|[[85th Armoured Regiment (India)|85 Armoured Regiment]]
|
|1 October 1976
|Lt Col DP Singh
|Ahmednagar
|<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/army-chief-presents-standards-to-85-armoured-regiment/article2502344.ece|title=Army Chief presents standards to 85 Armoured Regiment|date=2011-10-01|work=The Hindu|access-date=2017-10-23|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
|T-72
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|[[86th Armoured Regiment (India)|86 Armoured Regiment]]
|Chhiassi
|1 March 1977
|Lt Col NS Malik
|Ahmednagar
|<ref name="ColRegt" />
|T-90
|-
|[[87th Armoured Regiment (India)|87 Armoured Regiment]]
|Lightning Streaks Regiment
|1 July 1979
|Lt Col DD Singh
|Ahmednagar
|<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>
|T-72
|-
|[[88th Armoured Regiment (India)|88 Armoured Regiment]]
|
|September 1979
|Lt Col Iesh Rikhy
|Ahmednagar
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20041126/haryana.htm|title=Regiment celebrates silver jubilee in 'The Tribune'|date=2004-11-26|access-date=2020-12-27}}</ref>
|T-72
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|[[89th Armoured Regiment (India)|89 Armoured Regiment]]
|
|1 February 1980
|Lt Col KL Bakshi
|Ahmednagar
|<ref>{{Cite periodical |periodical=Vayu Aerospace and Defence |date=28 Feb 2014 |url=http://www.pressreader.com/india/vayu-aerospace-and-defence/20140228/281595238615205|title=INS Vikramaditya arrives in india |via=PressReader |access-date=2017-10-23}}</ref>
|T-72
|-
|[[90 Armoured Regiment]]
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|15 August 1979
|Lt Col Manjit Singh Sawhney
|Pawan Da Chak
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<nowiki>**</nowiki> The original [[5th King Edward's Own Probyn's Horse|5th Horse (Probyn's Horse)]] was transferred to Pakistan in 1947.

<nowiki>***</nowiki> Original [[6th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers (Watson's Horse)|6th Lancers (Watson's Horse)]] was transferred to Pakistan in 1947.

==Notes==
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==Further reading==
*Cavalry Officers Association [2000]. ''Valour Honour Tradition (Vignettes of the Indian Armored Corps 1773 - 2000.'' Director General Mechanized Forces, Sena Bhawan, New Delhi 110001.
*Maj Gen Gurchan Singh Sandhu, PVSM (1987). ''The Indian Armour- History of the Indian Armoured Corps : 1941 - 1971.'' Vision Books (incorporating Orient Paperbacks), New Delhi. {{ISBN|81-7094-004-4}}.
*Ashok Nath (2009). ''Izzat: Historical Records and Iconography of Indian Cavalry Regiments, 1750 - 2007.'' Centre for Armed Forces Historical Research, United Services Institution of India, New Delhi.

==External links==
*[https://indianarmy.nic.in/Site/FormTemplete/frmTempSimple.aspx?MnId=fmngqz4GqE+zrSNeG3hihg==&ParentID=Lm/2mT6BRBn93ubJeuly/Q==&flag=8CKP966uzg96kLov0aWdfQ== Army official website]
*[https://www.bharat-rakshak.com/ARMY/units/3-armoured-regiment-toe.html Structure of an Armoured Regiment] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121005621/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/ARMY/units/3-armoured-regiment-toe.html |date=21 January 2021 }}

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