255th Indian Tank Brigade
- 255th Indian Tank Brigade
Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 255th Indian Tank Brigade
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dates= 1941 - 1945
country= British India
allegiance= British Crown
branch= British Indian Army
type= Tank
role=
size= Brigade
command_structure=
equipment= Stuart tank
M4 Sherman tank
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battles=Battle of Meiktila and Mandalay
Battle of Pokoku and Irrawaddy River operations
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battle_honours= BURMA 1944-1945
The 255th Indian Tank Brigade was an armoured brigade of the British Indian Army formed for service during World War II, it was part of the Fourteenth Army and saw action in the Burma Campaign. 255th Tank Brigade's tactical sign was a black bull, with yellow horns and red eyes, on a royal blue triangle.The Brigade fought with the 17th Indian Infantry Divisions in Burma and was involved in the, Battle of Meiktila, the Battle of Pokoku and Irrawaddy River operations and during Operation Dracula. [M3 Lee/Grant Medium Tank 1941-45 By Steven J. Zaloga, Hugh Johnson]
Formation
:116th Royal Armoured Corps Regiment, M4 Sherman tanks, raised from a Battalion of the Gordon Highlanders:5th King Edward's Own Probyn's Horse, Stuart tanks:9th Royal Deccan Horse, Sherman tanks:4/4 Bombay Grenadiers [cite web|title=fieandfury|url=http://www.fireandfury|url=http://www.fireandfury.com/orbats/paccommonwealth_burma.pdf]
Commander
*Brigadier CE Peat [cite web|title=ordersofbattle|url=http://www.ordersofbattle.com/UnitData.aspx?UniX=6134&Tab=App]
References
Further Reading
The Jungle, the Japanese and the British Commonwealth Armies at War, 1941-45:Whitehall Histories,by Tim Moreman:ISBN 0714649708
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