Indian Army Armoured Corps

The Indian Army Armoured Corps is one of the combat arms of the Indian Army. Formed in 1947 from two-thirds of the personnel and assets of the Raj’s Indian Armoured Corps. It currently consists of 63 armoured regiments, including the president’s bodyguards. The naming of the regiments varies. 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