Modern
Indian Armoured Brigade

1969-1972 India

List IN8M

by Mark Bevis

1. Teeth Arm

Armoured Regiment

    RHQ (Bttn HQ): 2x Vijayanta Mk1 or Centurion Mk.7 or T-54 or T-55
    3 Squadrons@
      SHQ: 3x Tanks
      4 Troops@ 3x Tanks

Mechanised Infantry Battalion

    Bttn HQ: 2 AR/SMG sqds, 1 LMG, 2x BTR-60, 1 truck, 1 Jeep
    4 Companies@
      CHQ: 1 AR/SMG sqd, 1x BTR-60PB
      3 platoons@ 3 AR sqds, 3 LMG, 3x 3.5" M20 bazooka, 3x BTR-60PB

    1 Support Company:
      CHQ: 1 AR/SMG sqd, 1 truck
      1 platoon: 6x 81mm mortars, 6 trucks, 1 radio Jeep
      1 platoon: 4x Jeep/106mm M40
      1 Recce Platoon: 4x Jeeps, 2(6 man) AR/SMG sqds

2. Brigade Support

Armoured Brigade HQ: 2x Tanks, 2x BTR60PB, 4 lorries, Air Liaison Team in truck with:

1 Armoured Recce Squadron:

    SHQ: 2x AMX-13/75
    3 Troops@ 3x AMX-13/75

1 Field Artillery Regiment:

    BHQ: 4 AR/SMG sqds, 2x FV432, 4 lorries
    1 battery: 6x 105mm Abbot, 2 LMG, 1x FV432, OP Team
    2 batteries@ 6x 25pdr guns, 6 trucks, radio truck, OP Team

3. Notes

    a) Radios are in all AFV and other PHQ.
    b) Infantry squads have some kind of A/T grenades. AR is FN, LMG is Bren or FN-GPMG. SMG is Sterling.
    c) There are 5 Independent Armoured Brigades each of 3 Armoured Regiments and one Mechanised Battalion.
    d) Details are provisional.
    e) The 2nd and 16th Armoured Brigades are fully T-55/54 equipped. The 3rd Armoured Brigade has the Central Indian Horse and 72nd Armoured Regiments with T-55 and the 8th Light Cavalry Regiment with Vijayanta, plus the 7th Mechanised Grenadiers in BTR-60. The other two Armoured Brigades share four Centurion and two T-55 regiments.
    f) Tanks have APDS. In the 1971 war the T-54/55 had fake bore evacuators fitted around their gun barrels to help identify them apart from the neighbouring Type 59 tanks.


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