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  1. Vijyes

    Indian Army: News and Discussion

    Tendering is mainly to test weapons. Once ordered, one doesn't keep ordering. For example, Ak203 has orders of 7 lakh rifles. Do you want this every 6 month to have 7 lakh order repeatedly
  2. Vijyes

    Indian Army: News and Discussion

    Sorry. My bad. Will not intervene without reading context next time
  3. Vijyes

    Indian Army: News and Discussion

    This is helicopter missile. Also, it is specific to Mi35. How do you expect NAG to be used here?
  4. Vijyes

    Indian Army: News and Discussion

    Army commanders whose bases breached in terror attacks may be told to quit Commanders who were in charge of the Uri brigade, the Sunjuwan military camp and the Nagrota army base in Jammu and Kashmir when their establishments were stormed by terrorists in past years may have “to go home”, the...
  5. Vijyes

    Indian Army: News and Discussion

    I read it. I understood it. By the way, your profile picture changing regularly distracts people and may even confuse those who don't pay much attention at your profile name
  6. Vijyes

    Indian Army: News and Discussion

    In India we call it 4th generation. Ask Israelis what is the 3rd and 4th generation ATGM. They just skipped 3rd generation outright. We don't need 4th generation Spike (according to israel, 5th generation) as we need a more or less manportable fire and forget ATGM and not a wire guided advanced...
  7. Vijyes

    Indian Army: News and Discussion

    That is where SPIKE-MR ToT comes in. I am not sure if we will ever get SMAW type shoulder launch ATGM with 0.5-1 km range. That will be very hard
  8. Vijyes

    Indian Army: News and Discussion

    NAG can be used anywhere. Even in 50 degree Celsius heat, NAG can hit accurately due to the change in seeker. Nag now has 3 IIR seekers for different scenarios and one of them will always hit in any temperature. LoC is highly mountainous and difficult for using ATGM. For the border post...
  9. Vijyes

    Indian Army: News and Discussion

    Spike ER is 35 kg and range is 8km while NAG is 45 kg with range of 4km. How is it meaningful?
  10. Vijyes

    Indian Army: News and Discussion

    Spike MR is not a shoulder launched ATGM and is hence quite cumbersome. I am not sure why India selected it at all. Shoulder launched missile was more important. Spike is a tripod launched missile. It requires one person to carry the tripod, one to carry the launcher and a missile and another...
  11. Vijyes

    Indian Army: News and Discussion

    It is not about motor of missile but about guidance system that defines generations
  12. Vijyes

    Indian Army: News and Discussion

    The generations of RPGs are as follows: 1st gen - simple controlled RPG, controlled by joystick and radiowaves like in vido games 2nd gen - wire controled laser guided whereby the shooter has to point at the target with a laser and the rocket homes in 3rd gen - seeker based fire and forget...
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