Army’s legendary tanks now at Marina

The Marina Beach has a caller attraction — the brave warfare heroes, Centurion conflict tanks, which served successful the Army from its induction successful 1953 till its phase-out successful the 1980s.

The tanks person been installed by the Indian Army Headquarters, Dakshin Bharat Area, astatine salient locations, and established connected specially designed plinths by the Greater Chennai Corporation.

According to a property release, India acquired these tanks from the U.K. to modernise its Armoured Corps. Because of their unthinkable show connected the battlefield during respective wars, including the 1965 and 1971 Indo-Pak wars, these tanks earned the honorary title Bahadur (Brave).

During the 1965 Battle of Asal Uttar, Indian Centurions decimated Pakistan’s precocious M47 and M48 Patton tanks, earning the nickname, “Patton Killer”.

In the Battle of Basantar successful 1971, the Centurions from The Poona Horse regiment played a pivotal relation successful countering the Pakistani army.

These tanks featured dense armour and were famously upgraded with 105 mm L7 rifled guns. In the 1980s, the fleet was replaced by the indigenous Vijayanta and Soviet-built T-72 “Ajeya” tanks. Even aft status from ceremonial armoured regiments, immoderate hulls were utilized successful secondary roles specified arsenic static artillery fortifications oregon mobile howitzers on the Line of Control.

The merchandise said the inaugural forms portion of the ongoing nationalist outreach efforts to bring India’s subject practice person to the people, enabling citizens to amended recognize the Armed Forces, and their bequest of work and sacrifice.

The Centurion tanks volition service arsenic enduring symbols of valour, sacrifice, and nationalist pride, portion inspiring younger generations with the values of work and discipline, it said.

As revered warfare trophies and symbols of nationalist service, the Centurion tanks merit the highest standards of nationalist respect and care. Visitors are encouraged to sphere the dignity of the displays and dainty them arsenic enduring reminders of the courage, sacrifice, and dedication of the soldiers who service the nation, it said.

The inaugural besides reflects the beardown Civilian-Military synergy done the collaborative efforts of the Indian Army, the Government of Tamil Nadu, and the Greater Chennai Corporation, the merchandise added.