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That is why I said 'if'. Well they have to be heavy,after all these are Level III armor steel plates,but they also come with the big advantage of great durability,that they can repel a massive number of hits from regular FMJ rifle ammunition and still wouldn't fall apart.So the weight is worth...

But I heard it was like 6+6 kg,as in 6 kg for the front plate and 6 for the black,which makes it total 12 kg for hard armor plating + ~5 kg additional weight if NIJ level IIIA soft armor materials are used.

What if the bags are placed in multiple layers??I mean sand and the bags - both are dirt cheap.

But the sandbag structures - can they provide protection against anti material rifles??

Well,these may be good against assault rifle ammunition but what if they are stuck with UBGL rounds or worse,RPGs or any indirect fire weapons??

Damn!!The Indian one can hardly withstand small arms firing,I don't dare to imagine what would happen to this 'bunker' and its occupants if hit by some indirect fire weapon. :(

So no matter what,trying to take one such position from the enemy would always be too dam costly in men and materiel.Then why these days many people are heard saying that "static defences are things of past and obsolete these days"??any particular reason behind that??

@Ray sir,can a standard concrete pillbox withstand hits from artillery shells,for example,say an 155mm shell??And by the way,I had always wanted to know how do you suppress the pillboxes fitted with emplaced automatic weapons??Because from what I have heard,they built in a way to be able to...

Of course.But this can not even be classified as a sanghar,this is more like a foxhole.And correct me if I'm wrong,I think mules can not survive in such extreme cold climate on Siachen.

Damn!!That means soldiers have to carry all those materials from base-camp right up to the Saltoro ranges,traversing the whole swath of the Siachen glacier!!That's some Herculean task they have done.

@Ray sir,what kind of defensive fortifications are at place on the peaks of the Saltoro ridge??I mean there is virtually no local material that can be used to build permanent structures and there are no roads connecting that place with rest of the country.So again sir,what sort of materials have...

@pkroyal sir @Ray sir @Kunal bhai,I just want to ask whatckind of static defensive structures are presently set in place along the LAC?? I'm not asking for any detailed plans,just the kind of defensive structures-a.concrete pill boxes or b.sanghars made of stone and mud...

Indeed sir,especially in today's battlefield where shoulder fired ATGMs and smart munitions have been widely proliferated. But my question remains the same to you sir-do you think IA is yet ready (or will be ready in forseeble future) to fight such a moving/maneuvering/fluid war??If my limited...

@pkroyal sir,a nice post indeed.It would be a great thing to have such an Army that could attack the enemy territory at will,does the IA have such kind of mechanisation to swiftly move through enemy defences?? Whether the political elite has such a resolve (we have already seen their resolve...

I was not referring to the Maginot line as DCB but this following sentences of yours "Our situation is a combination of static & mobile troops. Bunkers well forward, mobile troops held centrally as reserve to thwart a massed attack. Bunkers are for guarding the borders & first line of defence."...

Do you mean the ditch cum bund line?Isn't it possible to set up a similar obstackle in the NE along the LAC? By the way,do you guys have any contingency plan to cross the Ichogil canals in Paki punjab during any future hostilities with Pak or is it out of question?