The 252nd Indian Armoured Brigade was an armoured formation of the Indian Army during World War II.
It was formed as the 3rd Indian Cavalry Brigade

3rd Indian Cavalry Brigade

The 3rd Indian Cavalry Brigade was a cavalry formation of the Indian Army during World War II.It was formed in Meerut in September 1939, and converted to the 2nd Indian Armoured Brigade in February 1940,-Formation:*1st The Royal Warwickshire Regiment...

 in September 1939, and then when mechanized renamed the 2nd Indian Armoured Brigade in February 1940, and finally the 252nd in January 1942, when it was attached to the 10th Indian Infantry Division. Thereafter it served with the 31st Indian Armoured Division

31st Indian Armoured Division

The 31st Indian Armoured Division was an armoured formation of the Indian Army during World War II, formed in 1940, as 1st Indian Armoured Division; it consisted of units of the British Army and the British Indian Army...

 in the Middle East until being disbanded in August 1945.

Formation

• 4th Duke of Cambridge's Own Lancers
• 13th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers
• 14th/20th Hussars
• 1/4th Bombay Grenadiers
  4th Bombay Grenadiers
  The 4th Bombay Grenadiers were an infantry regiment of the pre-independence Indian Army, formed on 1 March 1922 as part of the reforms of the Indian Army that took place after the end of the First World War. Following this, the Regiment spent the next fifteen years serving in British Somaliland in...
  
  
• 15th Field Regiment Royal Artillery
  Royal Artillery
  The Royal Regiment of Artillery, commonly referred to as the Royal Artillery , is the artillery arm of the British Army. Despite its name, it comprises a number of regiments.-History:...
  
  
• 32nd Field Squadron Indian Engineers

from May 1942

• 14th Prince of Wales's Own Cavalry