The regiment was raised in September 1979 at Ahmednagar. The first commandant was Lieutenant Colonel (later Brigadier) Iesh Rikhy.[1] The regiment was initially equipped with Vijayanta tanks and later converted to T-72 tanks. It has an all-India, all-class composition, drawing troops from various castes and religions.[2] Brigadier Satish Kumar is the current Colonel of the Regiment.[3]
88th, armoured, regiment, india, armoured, regiment, armoured, regiment, indian, army, armoured, regimentactive1979, presentcountryindiaallegianceindiabranchindian, armytypearmoured, corpssizeregimentmotto, अभय, अजय, abhay, ajeya, fearless, invincibleequipment. 88 Armoured Regiment is an armoured regiment of the Indian Army 88 Armoured RegimentActive1979 presentCountryIndiaAllegianceIndiaBranchIndian ArmyTypeArmoured CorpsSizeRegimentMotto s अभय ह अजय ह Abhay Hai Ajeya Hai Fearless and InvincibleEquipmentT 72 tanksCommandersColonel ofthe RegimentBrigadier Satish KumarInsigniaAbbreviation88 Armd RegtHistory EditThe regiment was raised in September 1979 at Ahmednagar The first commandant was Lieutenant Colonel later Brigadier Iesh Rikhy 1 The regiment was initially equipped with Vijayanta tanks and later converted to T 72 tanks It has an all India all class composition drawing troops from various castes and religions 2 Brigadier Satish Kumar is the current Colonel of the Regiment 3 Gallantry awards and honours EditThe regiment has won the following awards COAS Commendation Cards 1 4 The regiment with its Vijayanta tanks took part in the Republic Day parade in 1990 5 References Edit Regiment celebrates silver jubilee 26 November 2004 Retrieved 8 May 2021 Gautam PK 2016 Indigenous Historical Knowledge Kautilya and His Vocabulary Volume III IDSA Pentagon Press p 154 ISBN 978 81 8274 909 2 Gazette of India No 45 Page 1744 PDF 7 November 2020 Retrieved 7 May 2021 COAS Commendation Cards 2017 Retrieved 8 May 2021 Sainik Samachar The Pictorial Weekly of the Armed Forces Volume 37 1990 This article about a specific Indian military unit is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 88th Armoured Regiment India amp oldid 1022151066, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
