33rd Armoured Division

33rd Armoured Division, based at Hisar Military Station, is part of I Corps "Strike Corp" of Indian Army. I Corps is a battle formation under South Western Command of Indian Army Headquartered at Jaipur.
Indian armoured regiment, the 1 Horse (Skinner's Horse) raised by James Skinner at Hansi in 1803 is based at Hissar.
History.
Formation.
33rd Armoured Division was raised on 15 November 1982 by Major General L. B. Sondhi. It was converted into an Armoured Division in December 1993.
Arjun Tank Trial.
Phase II of Arjun) Tank was conducted at Hisar, Haryana and check was made for medium fording capability.
Component units.
Command: South Western Command (Jaipur).
The 33rd Armoured Division is part of I Corps under South Western Command of Indian Army.
Corps: I Corps (Mathura).
The "I Corps" strike corps of the "South Western Command", created in 1965 and headquartered at Mathura, consists of the following 3 army divisions:
Division: 33rd Armoured Division, (Hisar).
The 33rd Armoured Division has 5 Brigades (3 Armoured, 1 Artillery & 1 Air Defence brigades).
Brigade: 5 Brigades of the 33rd Armoured Division.
A "Regiment" is a homogenous unit specializing in one thing e.g. Armoured (tank), Mechanised (vehicles), Artillery, etc. A "Brigade" is multi-functional unit composed of different types of "Battalions" from various "Regiments".
The '33rd Armoured Division' has total 5 "Brigades":
It initially consisted of the "88 Mechanised Brigade" (was already in existence), the "39 Mechanised Brigade" and the "33 Artillery Brigade" were also raised on 15 November 1982. The "57 Mechanised Brigade" was raised on 1 March 1983. The "627th (Independent) Mechanised Air Defence Brigade" became part of the Division's Orbat (Order of battle) on 1 December 1989. Later, all Mechanised Brigades were converted to the Armoured Brigades.