Armour Day is celebrated by the Armoured Corps of Indian Army on 01 May every year to commemorate the commencement of mechanisation of the Indian Cavalry Regiments. On this day in 1938, The Scinde Horse became the first Regiment to shed their horses to be equipped with tanks. The first such equipment was the Vickers light tanks and Chevrolet Armoured Cars.
The Armoured Corps is one of the combat arms of the Indian Army and it currently consists of 67 armoured regiments, including the president’s bodyguards.
The Armoured Corps School and Centre is at Ahmednagar. Each Armoured Regiment has its own “Colonel of the Regiment”, an honorary post for an officer who takes care of the regimental issues concerning the unit.
According to Indian Army, the Armoured Corps has the elan of the horse-borne warrior of old, together with the infuriatingly languid air of confidence, of never being seen as perturbed in public. The ethos of Armoured Corps is a perfect reflection of professional competence and the operational success of Armored Corps is founded on moral strength and martial spirit.
