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65th Armoured Regiment, is an armoured regiment which is part of the Armoured Corps of the Indian Army. Raised after the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, on 1 September 1966, as the 65th Cavalry, its designation was changed to 65th Armoured Regiment in August 1967. The first CO was Lt Col K.K. Kaul. Initially equipped with Sherman Mk IV and Mk V tanks, it was later equipped with Vijayantas.〔 The President of India Late Shri Fakhru-ud-din Ali Ahmed presented a guidon to the regiment on 11 November 1976.〔 ==Operations== The regiment was part of 1st Armoured Division during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 and was located in the general area of Muktesar and Malaut but did not see any action.〔 65th Armoured Regiment was one of the first regiments in the Army to be equipped with T-72 tanks. Along-with its new tanks, it proceeded to Sri Lanka during Operation Pawan. It was one of the first units to reach Sri Lanka, arriving in Jaffna in October 1987, and was amongst the last to de-induct, returning to India in March 1990. The regiment performed a wide variety of roles including clearing road-blocks, keeping railways and roads open, ambushes and raids. The regiment lost an officer, one JCO and 15 soldiers killed, and nine soldiers wounded.〔 A troop of tanks of "A" squadron of the Regiment was the first to be airlifted to Jaffna and they participated in the battle of the Jaffna University along with 72 & 115 Infantry Brigades under 54 Infantry Division. This action culminated in the subsequent relief of Jaffna Fort. The troop eas later augumented by the complete squadron. It was during this action that the Regiment earned its first gallantry awards in combat, One VrC and One SM (Posthumous) It has since actively participated in OP Rakshak II (J&K CI Ops (1996) as also in OP PARAKRAM (2002). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「65th Armoured Regiment (India)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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