50th Indian Tank Brigade

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The 50th Indian Tank Brigade was an armoured brigade formation of the Indian Army during World War II. It was formed for service in the Burma Campaign of World War II from units of the British Army and the British Indian Army. The brigade's 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|access-date=2008-07-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090712023307/http://www.burmastar.org.uk/tanks.htm|archive-date=2009-07-12|url-status=dead}}

The 50th Indian Tank brigade was placed under the command of XV Corps in October 1944 as armoured support for the Arakan campaign and located north of Maungdaw at Waybin in early December. Units of the brigade took part in actions at Buthidaung, The Mayu Peninsula, the Myebon Peninsula and Kangaw. The brigade was withdrawn from the Arakan in February 1945.

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