13th Lancers

13th Lancers
Active1804–present
Country British India
 Pakistan
AllegianceUnited Kingdom British Crown 1804–1947
President of Pakistan 1947–present
Branch British Indian Army
 Pakistan Army
TypeArmoured Regiment
Nickname(s)The Spearhead Regiment
Mascot(s)Elephant
EngagementsSecond Anglo-Maratha War 1804-05
First Afghan War 1839-42
Second Sikh War 1848-49
Indian Mutiny 1857-58
Second Afghan War 1878-80
Third Anglo-Burmese War 1885-87
First World War 1914-18
Third Afghan War 1919
Second World War 1939-45
Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
Commanders
Current
commander
Maj Gen. Muhammad Ali Khan, HI(M)

The 13th Lancers is an armoured regiment of Pakistan Army. It was formed in 1923 as 13th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers by the amalgamation of 31st Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers and 32nd Lancers. On Partition of India in 1947, the regiment was allotted to Pakistan.[1]

  1. ^ Ahmad, Lt Col RN. (2010). Battle Honours of the Baloch Regiment. Abbottabad: The Baloch Regimental Centre. It is the senior-most armoured regiment of Pakistan Army.