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XII Corps (India)

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Active
  
1987–Present

Branch
  
Indian Army

Size
  
Corps

Country
  
India

Type
  
Army Corps

Part of
  
Army Southern Command

XII Corps is a corps of the Indian Army. It is the only corps in the Army’s Jaipur-based Southern Command. With two combat divisions on the order of battle of Southern Command and increasing operational importance of the desert sector, by January 1987, a Corps Headquarters was sanctioned. HQ 12 Corps was raised at Jodhpur under Lt Gen A K Chatterjee in February 1987, during the volatile days of Operation Trident.

It currently consists of:

  • 4th Armoured Brigade
  • 34th Infantry Brigade (Amphibious)
  • 11th Infantry Division headquartered at Ahmedabad
  • 12th Infantry Division headquartered at Jodhpur. Amongst 12th Division's units is the 140th Armoured Brigade, which has two regiments equipped with Arjun tanks.

    • References

    XII Corps (India) Wikipedia
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