254th Indian Tank Brigade
The 254th Indian Tank Brigade was an armoured brigade of the Indian Army during World War II. The brigade was part of the Fourteenth Army and saw action in the Burma Campaign. The 254th Tank Brigade's tactical sign was a symbol that looks like black railway tracks disappearing into the distance, on a red triangle.
| 254th Indian Tank Brigade | |
|---|---|
| Active | 1941–1945 |
| Country |  |
| Allegiance |  |
| Branch | |
| Type | Armoured |
| Size | Brigade |
| Equipment | Stuart tank M3 Lee tank M4 Sherman tank |
| Engagements | Battle of Kohima Battle of Imphal Battle of Meiktila and Mandalay Battle of Kyaukmaung Bridgehead Operation Dracula |
| Battle honours | Burma 1944–1945 |
The brigade fought with the 5th and 7th Indian Infantry Divisions in Burma and was involved in the Battles at Imphal, Kohima, Kyaumaung Bridgehead, Meiktila, and the Rangoon Road.[1]
Formation
- 3rd Carabiniers, Lee tanks
- 149th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps, Lee and Sherman tanks, raised from 7th Battalion of the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
- 150th Royal Armoured Corps Regiment, Lee tanks, raised from 10th Bn York and Lancaster Regiment
- 7th Light Cavalry, Stuart tanks
- 3/4th Bombay Grenadiers [2]
Commanders
- Brigadier WT Gill 10 Sep 1942 – 17 Nov 1942
- Brigadier RL Scoones 17 Nov 1943 – 15 Mar 1945 [3]
Lee tank and Gurkhas advance at Imphal
gollark: The sidebar bit is going to eventually contain stuff like search and quick shortcuts, but I haven't actually implemented that.
gollark: The current version isn't actually on there because I... don't really know how to use git very well, and it's quite unfinished, and the old version is designed very differently. I have this picture, though, showing its rough UI so far, the markdown rendering capability, and the "recent pages" bit at the side (I might move that).
gollark: I'm using dokuwiki for this now but it's pretty annoying in some ways; my thing has gotten as far as "you can create, edit and view pages", at least.
gollark: That vaguely reminds me of my current eternally unfinished project, actually. I'm making a wiki-styled personal note taking thing.
gollark: KAL just randomly decided to talk here I suppose.
References
- M3 Lee/Grant Medium Tank 1941-45 By Steven J. Zaloga, Hugh Johnson
- "fireandfury" (PDF).
- "ordersofbattle".
Further reading
- Moreman, Tim. (2005). The Jungle, the Japanese and the British Commonwealth Armies at War, 1941–45. Routeledge. ISBN 978-0-7146-4970-2.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.