'tank escort' infantry protecting tanks against sniper attack in jungle conditions: 1/4th Battalion, 252nd Indian Armoured Brigade, 31st Indian Armoured Division 2/4th Battalion, 50th Indian Tank Brigade 3/4th Battalion, 254th Indian Tank Brigade 4/4th Battalion, 255th Indian Tank Brigade Regimental battalions 2nd Battalion (102nd KEO Grenadiers) (second to none) 3rd Battalion (108th Infantry) (Param Vir Chakra Paltan) 4th Battalion (109th Infantry) (The Fighting Fourth) (Param Vir Chakra Paltan) 5th Battalion (finest fifth) 6th Battalion (joshila sixth) 8th Battalion (Chakra Bn) 9th Battalion (Mewar, ex-State Forces unit) 10th (Training) Battalion - (113th Infantry) 11th Battalion (ex-Territorial battalion) 12th Battalion (Thundering Twelfths) 13th Battalion (Ganga risala) 14th Battalion 15th Battalion (The Dare Devils) 16th Battalion (Shola) (Kargil) 17th Battalion (desert hawks) (Motorized Infantry) 18th Battalion (Param Vir Chakra Paltan) (Kargil) 19th Battalion (Jalim Khanzar) 20th Battalion (Double Axe) 21st Battalion (Awwal Ekkis) 22nd Battalion (Bravest of the Brave) (Ashok Chakra Paltan) (Kargil) 23rd Battalion 24th Battalion 25th Battalion (Parakrami Pacchees) 12 Rashtriya Rifles 29 Rashtriya Rifles 39 Rashtriya Rifles 55 Rashtriya Rifles The Grenadiers including these battalions have 4 battalions in the Rashtriya Rifles and 2 battalions in the territorial army. 1st Battalion, The Grenadiers became 2nd Battalion Brigade of the Guards in 1950 7th battalion, The Grenadiers became 9th Battalion Mechanised Infantry Regiment 118 (TA) Battalion - Bhusaval, Maharashtra 123 (TA) Battalion - Jaipur, Rajasthan Battle honours Battle Honour (Pre-Independence) Prior to Indian independence, the Regiment had won many battle honours as part of the British Indian Army. These battle honour include: Pre-World War I Mangalore – 1784 Mysore – 1786 Srirangapatnam – 1799 Egypt – 1802 Koregaon – 1818 Beni Boo Alli – 1821 Kirkee – 1827 Hyderabad – 1831–43 Meeane – 1843 Punjab – 1848 Central India – 1858 Abyssinia – 1868 Afghanistan – 1878–1880 Kandahar 1880 Afghanistan 1878–80 Burma 1885–87 Somaliland (Dharatol) – 1901–04 World War I East Africa 1914–16 Egypt – 1916–17 Baghdad – 1917 Kut-Al-Amara – 1917 Gaza – 1917 Battle of Sharqat – 1918 Megiddo Nablus – 1918 Palestine 1917–18 Mesopotamia – 1915–18 Aden – 1914–19 Afghanistan 1919 Tigris – 1919 World War II Kohima – 1944 Kalewa – 1944 Naga Village – 1944 Fort Dufferin, Mandalay – 1945 Pwabwe – 1945 Capture of Meiktila – 1945 Defense of Meiktila – 1945 Pegu – 1945 Taungtha – 1945 Battle Honour (Post-Independence) Since 1947, the Regiment has won the following battle honours as part of the