Indian Army BMP 2 Infantry Fighting Vehicle Sarath

[WolfPack86]

'Sorry State' of #IndianArmy BMP-2 > Regretfully the fleet`s ATGM don`t work at night, awful 285 HP engine for cross country, IA want min 380HP, STANAG 3 at rear & sides Will take +10yrs for upgrade & It`s haven`t started yet.

 

[Tanmay]

'Sorry State' of #IndianArmy BMP-2 > Regretfully the fleet`s ATGM don`t work at night, awful 285 HP engine for cross country, IA want min 380HP, STANAG 3 at rear & sides Will take +10yrs for upgrade & It`s haven`t started yet.

In the comments below the original post, it is clear that night sights have been bought.

 

[WolfPack86]

OFB BMP 2 Sarath armoured ambulance.

 

[Rohan Naik]

OFB BMP 2 Sarath armoured ambulance.

kya Mutlub hai aise innovation ka? Ambulance should be fast such that it can travel to the hospital in time.

 

[Emperor Kalki]

kya Mutlub hai aise innovation ka? Ambulance should be fast such that it can travel to the hospital in time.

 

[Rohan Naik]

What shall I make out of this expression?

 

[WolfPack86]

Here's one more of the NAMICA launching a Nag (Prospina) ATGM. For those who came late, the Nag now boasts a 640 x 512 MWIR seeker instead of the older LWIR seeker.

Here's a stunning shot of the NAMICA tank destroyer developed by
@DRDO_India
& built by
@OFB_India
. The platform carries six Nag (Prospina) 3rd Gen anti-tank guided missiles in ready to fire mode. All six can be launched in a span of 20 seconds.
Behold, a couple of stunning photos of the NAMICA tank-destroyer developed by
@DRDO_India
& built by
@OFB_India
. Carries six Nag ATGMs in ready to fire mode. #AtmaNirbharBharat

 

[Rohan Naik]

Here's one more of the NAMICA launching a Nag (Prospina) ATGM. For those who came late, the Nag now boasts a 640 x 512 MWIR seeker instead of the older LWIR seeker.

Here's a stunning shot of the NAMICA tank destroyer developed by
@DRDO_India
& built by
@OFB_India
. The platform carries six Nag (Prospina) 3rd Gen anti-tank guided missiles in ready to fire mode. All six can be launched in a span of 20 seconds.
Behold, a couple of stunning photos of the NAMICA tank-destroyer developed by
@DRDO_India
& built by
@OFB_India
. Carries six Nag ATGMs in ready to fire mode. #AtmaNirbharBharat

great. Is army going to order them in good numbers?

 

[Suryavanshi]

kya Mutlub hai aise innovation ka? Ambulance should be fast such that it can travel to the hospital in time.

For non lethal wounds. If wounds are lethal helicopter will be used.

 

[WolfPack86]

Supply of 156 ICVs To Begin Next Year
Hyderabad: Amid the surcharged atmosphere along the border, the Indian Army is looking forward to the infantry combat vehicles (ICVs) manufactured at the Ordnance Factory Medak (OFM) in Telangana.




The OFM will start supplying 156 upgraded ICVs to the Army from next financial year with work at the factory going on at a frenetic pace. While the first lot of the ICVs will be delivered next year, other ICVs will be supplied subsequently. An indent for Rs 1,094 crore worth Boyevaya Mashina Pekhoty (BMP) 2/2K ICVs was placed in June this year.



“We are absolutely charged up and geared up to meet any additional requirement for the Indian Army due to enhanced threat at our borders,” said OFM general manager Alok Prasad.



While the Indian Army is in possession of Sarath ICV, which is a BMP-II vehicle with technology transferred from the erstwhile USSR, the OFM has come up with other variants also.



Prasad said so much more is happening in terms of giving upgraded features to Sarath. New features will enable the ICV to navigate better in the war field and also have better communication. “There will be an advanced navigation system, radio sets and digital cable harness,” Prasad said.



OFM has also taken up another project for night-enablement for BMPs. Trials are going on. Previously, BMPs were not night-enabled. “But, if missiles have to be fired in the night, the ICV has to be made night-active. This is being done with the help of Bharat Electronics Limited,” sources said.



The integrated fire control system will also give Sarath power to fire guns and missiles accurately even in night. “This upgradation is being made available for earlier produced ICVs also,” Prasad said.

At a time when the Centre is keen on indigenous products under Make in India and also Atmanirbhar Bharat initiatives, the ICVs manufactured at OFM are 98% indigenous, he added.

Supply of 156 ICVs To Begin Next Year

Hyderabad: Amid the surcharged atmosphere along the border, the Indian Army is looking forward to the infantry combat vehicles (ICVs)...

www.indiandefensenews.in

 

[WolfPack86]

#IndianArmy releases EOI to upgrade armament of BMP-2/2K. 1) 3rd Gen Thermal Imager based Gunner Sight. 2) 3rd Gen Thermal Imager based Commander Sight (Panoramic). 3)Modernised FCS 4) Automatic Target Tracker. 811 platforms will be upgraded

 

[WolfPack86]

Medak armour set to add more muscle to Indian Army
Amid the charged atmosphere along the border, the Indian Army is looking forward to the infantry combat vehicles (ICVs) manufactured at the Ordnance Factory Medak (OFM) in Telangana.

The OFM will start supplying 156 upgraded ICVs to the Army from next financial year with work at the factory going on at a frenetic pace. The ICVs are different from main battle tanks (MBTs), in role and onboard weapons. These vehicles can be deployed as light tanks, command or recon vehicles, weapons carrier or an ambulance.

An indent for Rs1,094 crore worth Boyevaya Mashina Pekhoty (BMP) 2/2K ICVs was placed in June.


While the Army is in possession of Sarath ICV, which is a BMP-II vehicle, the OFM has come up with other variants. “There will be an advanced navigation system, radio sets and digital cable harness,” said Alok Prasad, OFM general manager.

The OFM has also taken up another project for night-enablement for BMPs. Trials are going on. “If missiles have to be fired in the night, the ICV has to be made night-active. This is being done with the help of Bharat Electronics Limited,” sources said.

The integrated fire control system will give Sarath power to fire guns and missiles accurately even at night. “This upgradation is being made available for earlier produced ICVs also,” Prasad said.

The ICVs from OFM are 98% indigenous, he said.

Medak armour set to add more muscle to Indian Army

Amid the charged atmosphere along the border, the Indian Army is looking forward to the infantry combat vehicles (ICVs) manufactured at the Ordnance Factory Medak (OFM) in Telangana. The OFM will start supplying 156 upgraded ICVs to the Army from next financial year with work at the factory...

www.defencenews.in

 

[Rohan Naik]

Medak armour set to add more muscle to Indian Army
Amid the charged atmosphere along the border, the Indian Army is looking forward to the infantry combat vehicles (ICVs) manufactured at the Ordnance Factory Medak (OFM) in Telangana.

The OFM will start supplying 156 upgraded ICVs to the Army from next financial year with work at the factory going on at a frenetic pace. The ICVs are different from main battle tanks (MBTs), in role and onboard weapons. These vehicles can be deployed as light tanks, command or recon vehicles, weapons carrier or an ambulance.

An indent for Rs1,094 crore worth Boyevaya Mashina Pekhoty (BMP) 2/2K ICVs was placed in June.


While the Army is in possession of Sarath ICV, which is a BMP-II vehicle, the OFM has come up with other variants. “There will be an advanced navigation system, radio sets and digital cable harness,” said Alok Prasad, OFM general manager.

The OFM has also taken up another project for night-enablement for BMPs. Trials are going on. “If missiles have to be fired in the night, the ICV has to be made night-active. This is being done with the help of Bharat Electronics Limited,” sources said.

The integrated fire control system will give Sarath power to fire guns and missiles accurately even at night. “This upgradation is being made available for earlier produced ICVs also,” Prasad said.

The ICVs from OFM are 98% indigenous, he said.

Medak armour set to add more muscle to Indian Army

Amid the charged atmosphere along the border, the Indian Army is looking forward to the infantry combat vehicles (ICVs) manufactured at the Ordnance Factory Medak (OFM) in Telangana. The OFM will start supplying 156 upgraded ICVs to the Army from next financial year with work at the factory...

www.defencenews.in

I am confused. Are going for WhAP or BMP?

 

[JBH22]

I am confused. Are going for WhAP or BMP?

More BMP2 useless buggers been churning out same shit for the last decades. Have to give them something to keep busy plus IA cannot take on new platform at this moment without thorough knowledge of the system.
This also keeps oFB factory running

 

[Bleh]

More BMP2 useless buggers been churning out same shit for the last decades. Have to give them something to keep busy plus IA cannot take on new platform at this moment without thorough knowledge of the system.
This also keeps oFB factory running

I learnt that only 800 BMPs are being upgraded because the FICV prototype is doing exceptionally well in trials... Massive commonality with BMP-2.

So the platform is here to stay. Older ones will be mothballed or transferred.

 

[Rohan Naik]

More BMP2 useless buggers been churning out same shit for the last decades. Have to give them something to keep busy plus IA cannot take on new platform at this moment without thorough knowledge of the system.
This also keeps oFB factory running

these idiots have changed their cars, bikes, home interior, phones, and what not. All updated things for themselves. Chuts couldn't bring any level of upgrades in their products. I mean, why are we paying them cutting our pockets.
Let them draw same salary, why to give them hike???? Simple rule - perform and get paid.... No need to be couch potato..... I hate them.

 

[WolfPack86]

MEDAK ARMOUR SET TO ADD MORE MUSCLE TO INDIAN ARMY
HYDERABAD: Amid the charged atmosphere along the border, the Indian Army is looking forward to the infantry combat vehicles (ICVs) manufactured at the Ordnance Factory Medak (OFM) in Telangana.


The OFM will start supplying 156 upgraded ICVs to the Army from next financial year with work at the factory going on at a frenetic pace. The ICVs are different from main battle tanks (MBTs), in role and onboard weapons. These vehicles can be deployed as light tanks, command or recon vehicles, weapons carrier or an ambulance.

An indent for Rs1,094 crore worth Boyevaya Mashina Pekhoty (BMP) 2/2K ICVs was placed in June.

While the Army is in possession of Sarath ICV, which is a BMP-II vehicle, the OFM has come up with other variants. “There will be an advanced navigation system, radio sets and digital cable harness,” said Alok Prasad, OFM general manager.

The OFM has also taken up another project for night-enablement for BMPs. Trials are going on. “If missiles have to be fired in the night, the ICV has to be made night-active. This is being done with the help of Bharat Electronics Limited,” sources said.

The integrated fire control system will give Sarath power to fire guns and missiles accurately even at night. “This upgradation is being made available for earlier produced ICVs also,” Prasad said.

The ICVs from OFM are 98% indigenous, he said.

Medak Armour Set To Add More Muscle To Indian Army

HYDERABAD: Amid the charged atmosphere along the border, the Indian Army is looking forward to the infantry combat vehicles (ICVs) ma...

www.indiandefensenews.in

 

[WolfPack86]

Must Upgrade 811 ‘Nightblind’ BMPs To Handle ‘Belligerent Neighbours’, Says Army
Chinese hostilities in eastern Ladakh appear to have compelled — and coloured — the Indian Army’s latest effort to upgrade the firepower on over 800 BMP-2/2K infantry combat vehicles. In a formal request for information (RFI) scouting armament packages from Indian industry, the Army notes, “The terrain along our borders lends itself to conduct of large scale mechanised operations and the belligerence of our adversaries on the borders necessitate that our capabilities are adequately built up to match the threat.”


That ongoing military tensions have found mention an otherwise staid procurement document is telling, and perhaps points to the all-consuming nature of the standoff with China which has escalated steadily since early May and seen multiple violent clashes, most notably one on June 15 in the Galwan River valley where 20 Indian Army personnel and at least 16 Chinese personnel lost their lives. Incidentally, Indian Army BMP fighting vehicles, the kind it is now trying to fit better weapons on, were deployed in the area of the Galwan clash, and withdrawn over a month after the bloodshed.


An element of exasperation also appears to have filtered into the Army’s RFI document, especially the curiously categorical declaration that the BMP fleet is ‘night blind as on date’ and that this is a ‘critical operational void’. Documents like these are generally pretty vanilla when identifying the nature of the requirement being addressed, and always stay away from articulating voids of any kind, even if they’re obvious.

“Battlefield illumination does not limit itself to specific ammunition but also to have inherent night fighting capability existing in each weapon system. The present equipment of Mechanised Infantry i.e BMP-2/2K was inducted into service in 1985 and has been the mainstay equipment of Mechanised Infantry since then. The armament system is night blind as on date and needs to be upgraded with modern sights thereby fulfilling the critical operational void,” says the Army’s document published on September 4.


The Indian Army wants Indian vendors to prototype an upgraded weapons package for the BMP and outline its offer by October 16. The Army has stated that the package must include a 3rd generation thermal imager based gunner sight, 3rd generation thermal imager based panoramic commander sight, a modernised fire Control System, automatic target tracker. The Army wants all of these to elevate the existing weapons on the BMP.


The Army goes on to provide reasons for the nightfighting upgrade request: “The present armament sighting system in use is based on image intensifier technology which has its limitations and is not fit for modern day warfare. Present system is also deficient of modernised fire control system and automatic target tracker which adversely affects the capability of BMP-2/2K to fight both during day and night. All these aspects are critical requirements for Mechanised Infantry to operate in armour intensive battlefield. The capability being sought is to offset the existing deficiency in BMP-2/2K platform and thereby bringing it at par with other modern war fighting equipment of Indian Army.“

In June, the Indian MoD cleared decks for the Indian Army to order 156 upgraded BMP-2/2K infantry combat vehicles from the the Ordnance Factory Board which has license-built them for years in Medak, Telangana. Deliveries begin next year, and are to be completed by 2023. In July, the MoD’s Defence Acquisition Council also approved specific upgrades for the BMP fleet. The current quest for night-fighting upgrades is part of that effort. The Indian Army also has ongoing efforts to acquire new powerpacks and fitting new anti-tank guided missiles (ATGMs) as part of a larger upgrade thrust that’s been on for years.


Upgrading the BMP fleet also popped up in a recent video interview that Livefist did with Indian Army Armoured Corps veteran Maj Gen Birender Dhanoa on the topic of the Indian Army’s light tank requirement in Ladakh. In the interview, he speaks extensively on how the Army ought to prioritise the modernisation of its BMP-2/2K fleet before considering new platforms. You can watch that full illuminating interview here:

Must Upgrade 811 'Nightblind' BMPs To Handle 'Belligerent Neighbours', Says Army - Livefist

Chinese hostilities in eastern Ladakh appear to have compelled -- and coloured -- the Indian Army's latest effort to upgrade the firepower on over 800 BMP-2/2K infantry combat vehicles. In a formal request for information (RFI) scouting armament packages from Indian industry, the Army notes...

www.livefistdefence.com

 

[WolfPack86]

Amid border row, Army seeks to upgrade ‘night-blind’ infantry combat vehicles
The Indian Army has sought to upgrade its infantry combat vehicles (ICVs) with night-fighting capability to fill a critical operational void in its mechanised infantry fleet at a time of heightened military tensions between India and China in the Ladakh sector, officials familiar with the development said on Monday.

The army on September 4 invited expression of interest (EoI) from Indian vendors for developing prototype and subsequent procurement of upgraded armament for its BMP-2/2K ICVs inducted almost 35 years ago.

“The terrain along our borders lends itself to conduct of large-scale mechanised operations and the belligerence of our adversaries on the borders, necessitate that our capabilities are adequately built up to match the threat,” the EOI said. The army has deployed its ICVs along with tanks and artillery pieces in the Ladakh sector, where the two nuclear powers have been locked in a border row for more than four months.

The army said the armament system on BMP-2/2K --- the mainstay of the mechanised infantry --- is “night-blind as on date” and needs to be upgraded with modern sights to fill capability gaps.

Former army vice chief Lieutenant General AS Lamba (retd) said, “The BMP-2/2k is an excellent combat platform armed with advanced weapons. But it’s critical to equip the fleet with night-fighting capability to optimize its impact in the battlefield.”

According to the army, the current armament sighting system on the ICVs is based on image intensifier technology which is not fit for modern day warfare due to its vast limitations. “The present system is also deficient of modernised fire control system and automatic target tracker which adversely affects the capability of BMP-2/2K to fight both during day and night. All these aspects are critical requirements for mechanised infantry to operate in armour intensive battlefield,” the EOI said.

The army is planning to upgrade 811 ICVs with third-generation thermal imager-based gunner sight, modern thermal imager-based commander sight, modernised fire control system and automatic target tracker. Vendors have been asked to submit their responses to the EOI in six weeks. If the multi-stage process progresses smoothly, user trials could take place in two years.

In June, the defence ministry placed an order with the Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) for 156 BMP 2/2k ICVs for the army’s mechanised forces. The ICVs will be manufactured by Ordnance Factory Medak in Telangana at an estimated cost of Rs 1,094 crore.

The induction of the ICVs will be completed by 2023 and “the existing deficiency in the mechanised infantry battalions will be mitigated,” the ministry had then said.

Amid border row, Army seeks to upgrade ‘night-blind’ infantry combat vehicles

The army said the armament system on BMP-2/2K -- the mainstay of the mechanised infantry -- is “night-blind as on date” and needs to be upgraded with modern sights to fill capability gaps.

www.hindustantimes.com

 

[WolfPack86]

Indian army BMP-2 ifv Sarath.