Indian Army Divisions, their badges and equipment

[sandwolf01]

look at the top left corner of the banner, not sure what that flag is? Also Garudas? never heard of them

 

[Saumyasupraik]

look at the top left corner of the banner, not sure what that flag is? Also Garudas? never heard of them

Snow Leopard Brigade Insignia.

 

[Opinion Snafu]

Also Garudas? never heard of them

Likely referring to the Guards battalion due to their badge being the Garuda.
Garud Ka Hun Bol Pyare

 

[Opinion Snafu]

But what is this insignia ?

Bengal Sub Area (formerly Bengal Area)

 

[Opinion Snafu]

9 - ?

Bengal Engineer Group Centre, Roorkee

 

[sandwolf01]

Top right corner, the snake flag I am assuming is the 6th (I) Armoured Brigade (Sand Viper Brigade) which I thought was deployed in Surathgarh?

 

[Saumyasupraik]

Top right corner, the snake flag I am assuming is the 6th (I) Armoured Brigade (Sand Viper Brigade) which I thought was deployed in Surathgarh?

Purva UP and MP sub area.


Sand Viper Brigade insignia is on a yellow background just like other armoured brigades and armoured divisions.

 

[Saumyasupraik]

16 (I) Armoured Brigade 'Black Arrow' currently under II Corps 'Kharga'.

7 Infantry Division 'Golden Arrow', 16 Infantry Division 'Panther', 23 (I) Armoured Brigade 'Flaming Arrow' and 55 (I) Mechanised Infantry Brigade 'Double Victory'.

 

[sandwolf01]

I believe the top image is of the 140th Armoured Brigade

Some more infantry divisions/ armoured brigades

Golden Axe Infantry Division + Unidentified Armoured Bde/Div
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Unidentified

23 (I) Armoured Brigade sign mostly

 

[Saumyasupraik]

I believe the top image is of the 140th Armoured Brigade

It's 254 Snow Leopard.

 

[sandwolf01]

 

[sandwolf01]

1st Skinner's Horse Regiment is part of Snow Leopard Brigade.

 

[Opinion Snafu]

17 Horse (The Poona Horse) is part of the 2 (I) "Fleur de Lis" Armd Bde.

 

[Angel of War]

Ah nostalgia , I am very familiar with Jaswant garh , we used to come here once in 2-3 months . Before my dad was posted to HQ XII corps in Jodhpur he was posted in Tenga valley in arunachal Pradesh as CO 107 Engr regt under 5 mountain Division ( Ball of fire division) . 5 div further comes under the command of IV Corps ( gajraj corps) .

 

[Angel of War]

Damn, you are awesome!

Still can't find any insignia of the 56th Mountain Division (Spearhead division) and 72nd Mountain Division, which was to be based at Pathankot.

@Saumyasupraik any idea ?

72nd div was never raised

 

[mist_consecutive]

72nd div was never raised

Any source ?

 

[Angel of War]

Any source ?

Thats what the news articles say.

 

[Angel of War]

Any source ?

This article ought to explain it

Explained: What happened to the Mountain Strike Corps?

Funds had always been a major issue for the raising of the strike corps, even when the initial raising expenditure of about Rs 65,000 crore was not additionally allocated but considered to be a part of the normal budget.

www.google.com

 

[Angel of War]

Any source ?

An extract from the same article I just posted
"The first division of the mountain strike corps was raised in the eastern sector but the raising of the second division at Pathankot in 2017-18 was never completed. The raising was stopped due to a paucity of funds with the government, along with a rethink within the Army over the limitations in launching a full-fledged strike corps at the current levels of border infrastructure"

 

[mist_consecutive]

An extract from the same article I just posted
"The first division of the mountain strike corps was raised in the eastern sector but the raising of the second division at Pathankot in 2017-18 was never completed. The raising was stopped due to a paucity of funds with the government, along with a rethink within the Army over the limitations in launching a full-fledged strike corps at the current levels of border infrastructure"

Thanks. With the current border dynamics, we need two more divisions, one each in the Central and Eastern sectors to strengthen our defensive and offensive powers.
China is rapidly developing infrastructure in Tibet and they will swarm us like flies in the coming years.