Indian Army Armored Vehicles

WolfPack86

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FICV developed by OFB Medak

The RFI issued by the Indian Army specifies that it intends to procure up to 1,750 FICVs in three versions.
The three versions are a 'gun version', a command version and a command and surveillance version. The
'gun version', which is primarily meant for combat operations, will constitute the bulk of the intended order
quantity (55 per cent). Command versions of infantry combat vehicles are used by battlefield commanders
to direct operations and correspond with superiors.
Broad Operational Requirements laid down in the RFI
 FICV will have amphibious capability in terms of mobility
 FICV will have high protection levels in the frontal arc at STANAG 5 against 25mm APDS, which can be

upgraded to STANAG 6 against 30mm APFSDS, with removable armour panels. It also lays down STANAG
4, against 14.5mm AP, on the sides & top as also STANAG 3B, 8kg mine explosive under belly.
 FICV should have a power to weight ratio of 30HP/Ton
 the gun version of the FICV should be capable of housing a crew of three and carrying at least eight
soldiers, the remaining two variants should have a crew of three and should carry four soldiers.

 FICV should be equipped with at least a 30mm main gun and anti-tank missiles.

 Command versions of the FICV should be capable of carrying drones for surveillance and also suicide
strike missions (known as 'loitering munitions').

 New systems like loitering munitions and mini-UAV for targeting and battlefield awareness

The main Indian contenders are The Ordnance Factory Board (OFB), BEML, Mahindra Defence, Ashok
Leyland, Larsen and Toubro, Reliance, Bharat Forge and others. DRDO has also developed an FICV platform
called Abhay.
 

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They'll have to learn it hard like the mericans ie deploy . realize turret is needed , order heavy kits then realize we only really needed a light mrap
The armour protection of this for what it is is perfectly adequate, I doubt india will be getting into a deep insurgency on foreign soil that will require all troops to be moving around in V shaped hulls.

but not having a RCWS or at the very least some kind of modern turret on top but that WW2 kind of mount just shows how backwards and inexperienced the Indian military is. They will have to learn the hard way.

The baffling part is in the last 4-5 years the units in JK have uparmoured all their vehicles including turret protection (Fixed turrets but still something), somehow they can’t apply learning from one area into another. They think when they put these things against the PLA they don’t have the means to hit back?
 

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