13th Armoured Regiment (India)

13th Armoured Regiment
Active	1984 – present
Country	India 1984-Present
Allegiance	India
Branch	Indian Army
Type	Armour
Size	Regiment
Nickname(s)	Triskaideca, Nightstrikers
Motto(s)	Veer Bhogya Vasundhara (The Brave shall inherit the Earth)
Insignia
Abbreviation	13 Armd Regt

13th Armoured Regiment, is an armoured regiment which is part of the Armoured Corps of the Indian Army.[1] The regiment was initially raised with Sikhs, Rajputs and South Indian classes, but was later converted to an all-class regiment. The regiment was raised on 21 December 1984 by Lt Col Balram Singh Mehta at Ahmednagar with Vijayanta tanks but later equipped with T-90 tanks.[1] It first assignment however was on counter-insurgency duties in Jammu and Kashmir.[1]

The cap badge of the unit is a sunburst with crossed lances and pennons. The regimental motto is inscribed on a circlet within the sunburst. Initially, the entire badge was made of white metal. This was later changed with the sunburst being converted to brass with no change of white metal for the rest of the badge.[1]

References

Nath, Ashok (2009). Izzat: historical records and iconography of Indian cavalry regiments, 1750-2007. Centre for Armed Forces Historical Research, United Service Institution of India. pp. 562–563. ISBN 978-81-902097-7-9.

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[Nath2009-1] Nath, Ashok (2009). Izzat: historical records and iconography of Indian cavalry regiments, 1750-2007. Centre for Armed Forces Historical Research, United Service Institution of India. pp. 562–563. ISBN 978-81-902097-7-9.