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In the Regiment of Artillery the battalion-sized units are referred to as regiments, a point of confusion on occasion. These units are equipped and named based on their type of equipment. There are two types of units. The majority are regiments that have weapons as their equipment, such as missiles, rockets, field guns, medium guns or mortars.
Upon the establishment of India's independence in 1947, the country became a dominion within the British Commonwealth of Nations.Nevertheless, the armed forces, namely, the British Indian Army (IA), the Royal Indian Navy (RIN) and the Royal Indian Air Force (RIAF) - under the helm of King George VI as the Commander-in-Chief - retained their respective pre-independence ranks and corresponding ...
Used by the Naga Regiment for various purposes Khukri: Utility knife: Gorkha Kingdom: Status: In Service. Standard issue Utility knife of the Gorkha regiments. Khukri traditionally associated with Gurkha. [24] Kirpan: Dagger: Khalsa: Status: In Service. Carried by the Sikh Regiment and Sikh Light Infantry as per the Sikh religious commandments ...
Indian Army: 15 infantry regiments, 12 armoured corps units, 18.5 artillery regiments and 61 engineer units. [44] Of the Nepalese Gorkha regiments formerly attached to the British Indian Army, the 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th (Royal), 8th and 9th Gorkha Rifles remained in Indian service, [ 45 ] with the first and second battalions of the 2nd, 6th, 7th ...
N S Sarna AVSM, SM, VSM [53] Commandant Army Air Defence College: Commandant College of Military Engineering: AK Ramesh SM [54] Commandant Military College of Telecommunication Engineering: Vivek Dogra Commandant Military College of Electronics and Mechanical Engineering Neeraj Varshney VSM [55] Commandant Army Service Corps Centre and College ...
200 units [79] Status: In service. [80] 200 units Bought instead of rq-11. Elbit Skystriker Israel: Loitering munition: 100 units [81] Status: In Service. Made in India by Alpha Design and Elbit Systems joint venture with ToT. [82] WBE Warmate Poland: Loitering munition: 100 units [83] Status: In Service. [84] Johnnette JM-1 Loitering Munitions ...
Mechanised Infantry Regiment: S. K. Sharma 1 May 1994 30 March 1995 Armoured Corps: S. K. Jetley 31 March 1995 11 October 1996 Central India Horse: S. S. Mehta 12 October 1996 19 March 1998 63 Cavalry [15] Gurbaksh Singh Sihota 20 March 1998 30 September 2000 Regiment of Artillery [16] Kapil Vij 1 October 2000 29 January 2002 70 Armoured Regiment
The regiment was raised as 101 Field Regiment (Self Propelled) on 1 October 1963 at Babina, Uttar Pradesh, the first Indian artillery regiment to be raised as a self-propelled regiment. The troops were drawn from other existing medium and field artillery regiments. The first commanding officer was Lieutenant Colonel (later Major General) RCV ...