45 Cavalry is an armoured regiment in the Armoured Corps of the Indian Army. The regiment distinguished itself in operations during the 1971 Indo-Pakistan War winning one Maha Vir Chakra.
T- 90 (Bhishma) of 45th Cavalry passes through the Rajpath, at the 70th Republic Day Celebrations, 2019
Image: 45 Cavalry a
Image: 45 Cavalry b
Image: 45 Cavalry c
Indian Army Armoured Corps
The Indian Army Armoured Corps is one of the combat arms of the Indian Army. Tracing its origins from the first regiment formed in 1776, the present corps was formed in 1947 from two-thirds of the personnel and assets of the British Indian Army's Indian Armoured Corps. It currently consists of 67 armoured regiments, including the President's Bodyguard.
9th Hodson's Horse (Bengal Lancers), Indian Army, near Vraignes, France, April 1917.
Indian Armoured Corps in a Sherman III tank in the Middle East, March 1944.
A Sherman tank of the Indian Armoured Corps on the road to Rangoon, Burma Campaign.
Tanks of the Indian Army Armoured Corps and BMP-2 IFVs during a training exercise in 2006.