Indian Army Armoured Corps

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. ==Armour Day==

The Armoured Corps of Indian Army celebrates 'Armour Day' on 1 May. It was on this day in 1938 that Scinde Horse became the first regiment to dismount from their horses and move to tanks. The first equipment inducted were Vickers Light Tanks and Chevrolet Armoured Cars. ==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. ==Composition of an Armoured Regiment==

An armoured corps regiment is commanded by a 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 ranked officer. He holds the appointment of a Squadron Commander. 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. Each squadron consists of four troops, each consisting of 3 tanks. ==Black Beret==

The officers and troops of Armoured Corps regiments wear the 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. == Equipment ==

The Armoured Corps of the Indian Army is currently equipped with the following tanks- • Arjun MBT – Mk.1 variant in use and Mk.1A under order. • T-90 – M and S variants with DRDO made upgrades. • T-72 – M1 variant with upgrades namely Ajeya MK1/MK2 and Combat Improved Ajeya. 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 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 ==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. • The original 5th Horse (Probyn's Horse) was transferred to Pakistan in 1947. • Original 6th Lancers (Watson's Horse) was transferred to Pakistan in 1947. ==Notes==