50th Indian Tank Brigade

50th Indian Tank Brigade

The 50th Indian Tank Brigade was a armoured formation of the 14th Army. Formed for service in the Burma Campaign of World War II from units of the British Army and the British Indian Army.The brigades formation emblem was a white upraised fist and forearm on a black disc. [cite web|title=fireandffury|url=http://www.fireandfury.com/orbats/paccommonwealth_burma.pdf] [cite web|title=fepow-community|url=http://www.fepow-community.org.uk/monthly_revue/html/alfsea.htm] [cite web|title=burmastarassoc|url=http://www.burmastar.org.uk/tanks.htm]

Composition

:25th Dragoons with Grant Tank:146 Royal Armoured Corps Regiment, raised from a Battlion of the Duke of Wellington's Regiment, with Lee/Grant Tanks:19th King George's Own Lancers, with Sherman tanks:45th Light Cavalry, with Stuart tanks:2/4 Bombay Grenadiers

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