11th Armoured Regiment (India) explained

Unit Name:	11 Armoured Regiment
Dates:	1984 – present
Country:	India
Allegiance:	India
Branch:	Indian Army
Type:	Armoured Corps
Size:	Regiment
Equipment:	T-72 tanks
Colonel Of The Regiment:	Maj Gen Praveen Chhabra^[1]
Identification Symbol:	11 Armd Regt
Identification Symbol Label:	Abbreviation
Nickname:	The Double First^[2] Sprocket Power Risala^[3] ^[4]
Motto:	जीत ही जीत ‘Jeet-Hi-Jeet’ (Always Victorious)

11 Armoured Regiment is an armoured regiment of the Indian Army.

Formation

11 Armoured Regiment was raised on 07 May 1984 by Lieutenant Colonel HS Lamba at Kaluchak, Jammu in Jammu and Kashmir.^[5] It has an all-India all-class composition, drawing troops from various castes and religions.^[6]

Equipment

The regiment is presently equipped with T-72 tanks.^[7]

Regimental Insignia

The Regimental insignia consists of crossed lances with pennons, overlaid with the numeral "11" inside a sprocket at the crossing of the lances, mounted by an armoured fist and a scroll at the base with the regimental motto in Devanagari script.

The motto of the regiment is जीत ही जीत (Jeet-Hi-Jeet), which translates to ‘Always Victorious’.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Gazette of India, No 44. 2018-11-03. 2021-01-05.
2. Web site: Raising Day of 11 Armoured Regiment. 2014-05-08. 2021-01-06.
3. Web site: Soldiers on cycles. 2011-07-11. 2021-01-05.
4. Web site: Raising Day. 2012-07-01. 2021-01-05.
5. Web site: Remembering The Raising of 11 Armoured Regiment. 2016-05-06. 2021-01-06.
6. Book: Gautam, PK. Indigenous Historical Knowledge: Kautilya and His Vocabulary, Volume III. 2016. IDSA/Pentagon Press. 978-81-8274-909-2. 153.
7. Web site: Allies regroup, deepen ties to take on new scenario. 2013-10-26. 2021-01-06.