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List of regiments and corps of the Indian Army

List of regiments and corps of the Indian Army

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This article lists the regiments of the Indian Army, including the various corps of supporting arms and services.

History

Historic list of regiments

The following old lists in this section have been replaced by the present list provided in the subsequent sections:

Regiments

Armoured

Artillery

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. The second type of regiment are those that have mission support equipment, such as UAVs, drones, surveillance radars, weapon locating radar etc.

Weapon equipped units

Weapon-equipped units of the Regiment of Artillery are listed below:

SATA units

Units of the Regiment of Artillery that have equipment other than weapons are listed below. These units mainly have Surveillance and Target Acquisition (SATA) equipment, Surveillance and target acquisition is a military role assigned to units and/or their equipment. It involves watching an area to see what changes (surveillance) for the purpose of enemy field artillery acquisition, then the acquisition of targets based on that information, and example of their equipment include Counter-battery radar (CoBRa) and Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) (see also Mobile Artillery Monitoring Battlefield Asset (MAMBA)).

  • 20 SATA Regiment
  • 21 SATA Regiment
  • 122 SATA Regiment
  • 124 SATA Battery
  • 125 SATA Regiment
  • 126 SATA Battery
  • 127 SATA Regiment
  • 128 SATA Regiment
  • 129 SATA Regiment
  • 131 SATA Regiment
  • 132 SATA Regiment
  • 201 SATA Battery
  • 202 SATA Battery
  • 203 SATA Regiment
  • 204 SATA Battery
  • 205 SATA Battery
  • 206 SATA Battery
  • 229 SATA Battery
  • 267 SATA Battery
  • 279 SATA Battery
  • 289 SATA Battery
  • 617 SATA Battery
  • 618 SATA Battery
  • 619 SATA Battery
  • 620 SATA Battery
  • 621 SATA Battery
  • 622 SATA Battery
  • 623 SATA Battery
  • 624 SATA Battery
  • 625 SATA Battery
  • 626 SATA Battery
  • 627 SATA Battery
  • 628 SATA Battery
  • 629 SATA Battery
  • 630 SATA Battery
  • 631 SATA Battery
  • 632 SATA Battery
  • 633 SATA Battery
  • 634 SATA Battery
  • 635 SATA Battery
  • 636 SATA Battery
  • 637 SATA Battery
  • 638 SATA Battery
  • 641 SATA Battery

Infantry

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Mechanised

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Corps of Army Air Defence

The list of army air defence regiments is as follows:

Corps of Engineers

The corps was formed from the Sapper and Miner Groups of each of the erstwhile presidencies of British India. The Corps consists of three groups of combat engineers, namely the Madras Sappers, the Bengal Sappers and the Bombay Sappers. The list of Engineer regiments is as follows:

  • 1 Armoured Engineer Regiment
  • 2 Engineer Regiment
  • 3 Engineer Regiment
  • 4 Engineer Regiment
  • 5 Engineer Regiment
  • 6 Engineer Regiment
  • 7 Engineer Regiment
  • 8 Engineer Regiment
  • 9 Engineer Regiment
  • 10 Engineer Regiment
  • 11 Engineer Regiment
  • 12 Engineer Regiment
  • 13 Engineer Regiment
  • 14 Engineer Regiment
  • 15 Engineer Regiment
  • 16 Engineer Bridge Regiment
  • 17 Engineer Regiment
  • 18 Engineer Regiment
  • 19 Engineer Regiment
  • 20 Engineer Regiment
  • 21 Engineer Regiment
  • 22 Engineer Regiment
  • 38 Assault Engineer Regiment
  • 51 Engineer Regiment
  • 52 Engineer Regiment
  • 53 Engineer Regiment
  • 54 Engineer Regiment
  • 55 Engineer Regiment
  • 56 Rapid (Strike) Engineer Regiment
  • 57 Engineer Regiment
  • 58 Engineer Regiment
  • 59 Engineer Regiment
  • 60 Engineer Regiment
  • 61 Engineer Regiment
  • 62 Engineer Regiment
  • 63 Engineer Regiment
  • 64 Assault Engineer Regiment
  • 65 Engineer Bridge Regiment
  • 66 Engineer Regiment
  • 67 Engineer Bridge Regiment
  • 68 Engineer Regiment
  • 69 Engineer Regiment
  • 70 Engineer Regiment
  • 71 Engineer Regiment
  • 101 Engineer Regiment
  • 102 Engineer Regiment
  • 103 Engineer Regiment
  • 104 Engineer Regiment
  • 105 Engineer Regiment
  • 106 Engineer Regiment
  • 107 Engineer Regiment
  • 108 Engineer Regiment
  • 109 Rapid (Strike) Engineer Regiment
  • 110 Engineer Regiment
  • 111 Engineer Regiment
  • 112 Engineer Regiment
  • 113 Engineer Regiment
  • 114 Armoured Engineer Regiment
  • 115 Engineer Regiment
  • 116 Engineer Regiment
  • 117 Engineer Regiment
  • 118 Engineer Regiment
  • 119 Assault Engineer Regiment
  • 120 Engineer Regiment
  • 121 Engineer Regiment
  • 122 Engineer Regiment
  • 201 Engineer Regiment
  • 202 Engineer Regiment
  • 203 Engineer Regiment
  • 234 Armoured Engineer Regiment
  • 235 Engineer Regiment
  • 236 Engineer Regiment
  • 237 Engineer Regiment
  • 267 Engineer Regiment
  • 268 Engineer Bridge Regiment
  • 269 Engineer Regiment
  • 270 Engineer Regiment

Army Aviation Corps

The Army Aviation Corps units are designated as 'Squadrons'. Each squadron generally consists of two Reconnaissance (Recce) and Observation Flights. R & O Flights might be part of squadrons or operate independently and do not have a parent squadron (designated by an (I) in their name). The suffix 'UH' stands for Utility Helicopter Flights and 'ALH-WSI' stands for Advanced Light Helicopter - Weapon Systems Integrated.[1][2]

Squadrons
  • 201 Army Aviation Squadron (UH)
  • 202 Army Aviation Squadron (UH)
  • 203 Army Aviation Squadron (UH)
  • 204 Army Aviation Squadron (UH)
  • 205 Army Aviation Squadron (UH)
  • 206 Army Aviation Squadron (UH)
  • 207 Army Aviation Squadron (UH)
  • 209 Army Aviation Squadron (UH)
  • 251 Army Aviation Squadron (ALH-WSI)
  • 252 Army Aviation Squadron (ALH-WSI)
  • 253 Army Aviation Squadron
  • 254 Army Aviation Squadron (ALH-WSI)
  • 257 Army Aviation Squadron (ALH-WSI)
  • 301 Army Aviation Squadron (Spec Ops)
  • 351 Army Aviation Squadron (LCH)
  • 451 Army Aviation Squadron (AH-64E)
  • 659 Army Aviation Squadron
  • 660 Army Aviation Squadron
  • 661 Army Aviation Squadron
  • 662 Army Aviation Squadron
  • 663 Army Aviation Squadron
  • 664 Army Aviation Squadron
  • 665 Army Aviation Squadron
  • 666 Army Aviation Squadron
  • 667 Army Aviation Squadron
  • 668 Army Aviation Squadron
  • 669 Army Aviation Squadron
  • 670 Army Aviation Squadron
  • 671 Army Aviation Squadron
Flights
  • 1 (I) R&O Flight
  • 2 R&O Flight
  • 3 R&O Flight
  • 4 R&O Flight
  • 5 R&O Flight
  • 6 R&O Flight
  • 7 R&O Flight
  • 8 R&O Flight
  • 9 R&O Flight
  • 10 R&O Flight
  • 11 R&O Flight
  • 12 (I) R&O Flight
  • 13 R&O Flight
  • 14 R&O Flight
  • 15 R&O Flight
  • 16 R&O Flight
  • 17 R&O Flight
  • 18 R&O Flight
  • 19 R&O Flight
  • 20 R&O Flight
  • 21 R&O Flight
  • 22 (I) R&O Flight
  • 23 (I) R&O Flight
  • 24 R&O Flight
  • 25 R&O Flight
  • 26 R&O Flight
  • 27 (I) R&O Flight
  • 28 R&O Flight
  • 29 R&O Flight
  • 30 (I) R&O Flight
  • 31 R&O Flight
  • 32 R&O Flight
  • 33 R&O Flight
  • 34 R&O Flight
  • 35 R&O Flight
  • 58 RPA Flight
  • 37 (I) R&O Flight
  • 38 (I) R&O Flight
  • 39 (I) R&O Flight
  • 40 (I) R&O Flight
  • 1 (I) UH Flight
  • 2 (I) UH Flight
  • 2011 UH Flight
  • 2012 UH Flight
  • 2021 UH Flight
  • 2022 UH Flight
  • 2031 UH Flight
  • 2032 UH Flight
  • 2041 UH Flight
  • 2042 UH Flight
  • 2051 UH Flight
  • 2052 UH Flight
  • 2061 UH Flight
  • 2062 UH Flight
  • 2071 UH Flight
  • 2072 UH Flight
  • 2511 ALH-WSI Flight
  • 2512 ALH-WSI Flight
  • 2521 ALH-WSI Flight
  • 2522 ALH-WSI Flight
  • 2571 ALH-WSI Flight
  • 2572 ALH-WSI Flight

Corps of Signals

See also


References

  1. "Army Aviation Corps". 2006-10-12. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
  2. "Indian Army". Retrieved 2021-03-09.

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