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33rd Armoured Division
Formation Badge of the 33rd Armoured Division
Founded	15 November 1982 – present
Country	India
Branch	Indian Army
Type	Armoured
Size	Division
Part of	I Corps
Garrison/HQ	Jaipur

The 33rd Armoured Division, based at Hisar Military Station, is part of I Corps "Strike Corps" of Indian Army. I Corps is a battle formation under South Western Command headquartered at Jaipur.

Indian armoured regiment, the 1 Horse (Skinner's Horse) raised by James Skinner at Hansi in 1803 is based at Hissar.

History

Formation

33rd Armoured Division was raised on 15 November 1982 by Major General L. B. Sondhi. It was converted into an Armoured Division in December 1993.

Arjun Tank Trial

Phase II of Arjun Tank was conducted at Hisar, Haryana and check was made for medium fording capability.

Component units

Command: South Western Command (Jaipur)

The 33rd Armoured Division is part of I Corps under South Western Command of Indian Army.

• I Corps, headquartered at Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, consists of the following 3 army divisions:
  • the 4th Infantry Division (Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh) also called Red Eagle
  • the 23rd Infantry Division(Ranchi, Jharkhand) also called Cockerel
  • the 33rd Armoured Division (Hisar Military Station, Haryana)
• the X Corps headquartered at Bathinda, Punjab consists of
  • the 16th Infantry Division (Sudarshan) (Ganganagar, Rajasthan)
  • the 18th RAPID (Kota, Rajasthan)
  • the 24th RAPID (Bikaner, Rajasthan).
  • the 6th Independent Armoured Brigade, SAND VIPER BRIGADE (Suratgarh, Rajasthan).

Corps: I Corps (Mathura)

The I Corps strike corps of the South Western Command, created in 1965 and headquartered at Mathura, consists of the following 3 army divisions:

• the 4th Infantry Division (Allahabad), Uttar Pradesh), also called "Red Eagle"
• the 23rd Infantry Division (Ranchi), Jharkhand, also called "Cockerel"
• the 33rd Armoured Division (Hisar Military Station, Haryana)

Division: 33rd Armoured Division, (Hisar)

The 33rd Armoured Division has 5 Brigades (3 Armoured, 1 Artillery & 1 Air Defence brigades).

Brigade: 5 Brigades of the 33rd Armoured Division

A Regiment is a homogenous unit specializing in one thing e.g. Armoured (tank), Mechanised (vehicles), Artillery, etc. A Brigade is multi-functional unit composed of different types of Battalions from various Regiments.

The '33rd Armoured Division' has total 5 Brigades:

• the 39th Armoured Brigade (formerly '39th Mechanised Brigade')
• the 57th Armoured Brigade (formerly '57th Mechanised Brigade')
• the 88th Armoured Brigade (formerly '88th Mechanised Brigade')
• the 627th (Independent) Armoured Air Defence Brigade (formerly '627th (Independent) Mechanised Air Defence Brigade')
• the 33rd Artillery Brigade

It initially consisted of the 88 Mechanised Brigade (was already in existence), the 39 Mechanised Brigade and the 33 Artillery Brigade were also raised on 15 November 1982. The 57 Mechanised Brigade was raised on 1 March 1983. The 627th (Independent) Mechanised Air Defence Brigade became part of the Division's Orbat (Order of battle) on 1 December 1989. Later, all Mechanised Brigades were converted to the Armoured Brigades.

Battalion: each Armoured Brigade of 3rd Armoured Division has two Mechanised Battalions

• Each of three Armoured Brigades (39, 57 & 88 Armoured Brigades) in the 33rd Armoured Division comprise
  • Two Armoured Regiments ((includes T-72 Tanks and potentially T-90 and/or Arjun Tank in future)). This includes the historical 1 Horse Armoured Regiment (Skinner's Horse) raised by James Skinner at Hansi in 1803.
  • 2 Mechanised Battalions (amphibious vehicles e.g. BMP-2).
• the 33rd Artillery Brigade comprises three regiments:
  • 1 x Towed artillery Regiment (e.g. Howitzer),
  • 1 x Self propelled artillery Regiment
  • 1 x LT AD (Light Air Defence) artillery and was located at Faridkot & Ferozpur. See details of Artillery of India.

Notable Soldiers

• late Maj. Gen. L.B.S. Sondhi - founder of 33rd Armoured Division

See also

• Mechanized Infantry Regiment
• Order of battle

References

1. "Army exercise". The Telegraph. Calcutta, India. 5 April 2012. Archived from the original on 6 April 2012. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
2. ^ "Bharat Rakshak :: Land Forces Site - Armoured Formations". bharat-rakshak.com. Archived from the original on 29 September 2014. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
3. ^ "Armoured Formations". Bharat Rakshak. Archived from the original on 29 September 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
4. "The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Haryana". tribuneindia.com. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
5. John Pike. "33 Armoured Division". globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 24 August 2014.

• Orbat.com, Indian Armoured Divisions - vignette, archive

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