11th Armoured Regiment (India)

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11 Armoured Regiment
Active1984 – present
Country Flag of India.svg India
AllegianceIndia
Branch Flag of Indian Army.svg Indian Army
Type Armoured Corps
SizeRegiment
Nickname(s)The Double First [1]
Sprocket Power Risala [2] [3]
Motto(s)जीत ही जीत
‘Jeet-Hi-Jeet’ (Always Victorious)
Equipment T-72 tanks
Commanders
Colonel of
the Regiment
Maj Gen Praveen Chhabra [4]
Insignia
Abbreviation11 Armd Regt

11 Armoured Regiment is an armoured regiment of the Indian Army.

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Formation

11 Armoured Regiment was raised on 07 May 1984 by Lieutenant Colonel HS Lamba at Kaluchak, Jammu in Jammu and Kashmir. [5] It has an all-India all-class composition, drawing troops from various castes and religions. [6]

Equipment

The regiment is presently equipped with T-72 tanks. [7]

Regimental Insignia

The Regimental insignia consists of crossed lances with pennons, overlaid with the numeral "11" inside a sprocket at the crossing of the lances, mounted by an armoured fist and a scroll at the base with the regimental motto in Devanagari script.

The motto of the regiment is जीत ही जीत (Jeet-Hi-Jeet), which translates to ‘Always Victorious’. [8]

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References

  1. "Raising Day of 11 Armoured Regiment". 2014-05-08. Retrieved 2021-01-06.
  2. "Soldiers on cycles". 2011-07-11. Retrieved 2021-01-05.
  3. "Raising Day". 2012-07-01. Retrieved 2021-01-05.
  4. "Gazette of India, No 44" (PDF). 2018-11-03. Retrieved 2021-01-05.
  5. "Remembering The Raising of 11 Armoured Regiment". 2016-05-06. Retrieved 2021-01-06.
  6. Gautam, PK (2016). Indigenous Historical Knowledge: Kautilya and His Vocabulary, Volume III. IDSA/Pentagon Press. p. 153. ISBN   978-81-8274-909-2.
  7. "Allies regroup, deepen ties to take on new scenario". 2013-10-26. Retrieved 2021-01-06.
  8. "Raising Day of 11 Armoured Regiment". 2014-05-08. Retrieved 2021-01-06.