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The US has entire units dedicated to providing OPFOR, India doesn’t have even 1 in any service, after even the slightest engagement the response is always to run to emergency procurements- that tells you all you need to know about preparedness and the seriousness they are taking

The biggest joke is this came from the IA’s offfual handle in a demo in front of the freaking COAS no less- this is the real face of the IA, not the handful of dedicated procurements made ahead of foreign exercises

I keep being told change is happening, wait x more years etc but then the reality comes and hits you across the face when you see the true situation not just a handful of pre-selected troops going on foreign exercises...

Most issues with INSAS come from experiences with the early versions, since then many iterations have taken place- I doubt any veteran has even held the MK1C version as the IA stopped inducting INSAS beyond the 1B1 (a 15 year old model) and instead went shopping for foreign toys if IA had been...

I don’t really understand this part and it’s not properly explained in the article. The AKs are 7.62X39 so what’s the talk of the 7.62NATO? Clearly More Sigs are not an option for whatever reason and this news is coming because the AK-203 deal is in trouble due to the Ukraine conflict So are...

This whole saga shows what a bunch of myopic morons run the IA- at best https://x.com/ksingh_1469/status/1721613396817125381?s=46&t=8QPJecNQmmoeL0BRyMQdjg Only now are they thinking what’s most cost effective, supply chain resilient and sensible from a training point of view. Normally it’s...

Standard IA ‘modernisation’ - 2 steps forward, 1 back

When in doubt- throw bodies at the problem. life is cheap in india and some seem more interested in hailing ‘martyrs’ than preventing them

I think you are underestimating the quantum of the tech being brought in- the integrated sights to be issued as standard issue have built in ballistic computers for all infantry the enhanced vision helmets will unlock plenty of completely new capabilities never seen on the battlefield before...

I think you are missing the wood for the trees. A plate carrier in 2003 might be similar in form to one in 2023 but almost everything about it is different from design to composition to ergonomics ditto helmets and the rest and I still fundamentally reject the notion that modern infantry...

Well this is just completely wrong. almost every single item carried by a NATO soldier today has gone through 3-4 iterations since 2003- from head to toe Some decent insights into the different generations of gear as time went by An even more in depth discussion: 2003 representative...

company level purchases for specific foreign exercises. This is not standard issue at all

They just brought this into the Defence minister’s office for fun I’m sure

British army 2025: Indian Army 2035(?):

Any ideas what products (SMPP) were ordered? I hope not those crappy IA designed plate carriers. + so those Sikh helmets have actually been ordered, lmao https://www.republicworld.com/india-news/general-news/indian-army-to-get-steel-piercing-bulletproof-jackets-helmets-by-year-end-articleshow.html

Anyone know what IA HQ (procurement) does other than writing RFIs and going on foreign trips? https://x.com/ksingh_1469/status/1283176448715558916?s=46&t=8QPJecNQmmoeL0BRyMQdjg

But it isn’t their standard issue new camo so wtf? Why is the IA pathologically unable to match camo patterns? Put their ACHs on and 1 soldier will have 3 different camo patterns on their body, how unbelievably incompetent can one force look?

Tactical scarves and sunglasses in the woods during autumn though The Americans will be laughing their backslides off in private and for a long time after

LARPers seriously. not even foliage in their helmets like the yanks- that’s what those loops on their ACHs are for- to break up their silhouette, basic infantry stuff that the guys from the 1980s would’ve followed. all professionalism left this army a long time ago.