Indian Army: News and Discussion

[KaiGenji]

No don't even think that , it's a army rather one of largest in the world and not a rabble or a mob of bandits .
They are professional, have a set standardized equipment provided by the army .
Different unit commanders have the power to purchase some mission specific equipment to Fastrack the process.
Standardization, highest standards of drill and discipline along the courage are the hall marks of Indian army.
Some members here sadly have a tendency to berate the army for their own nefarious minds and to plant disinformation among forum members.

ok thank you.

 

[Love Charger]

ok thank you.

Do itashimashite.

 

[Love Charger]

ok thank you.

Dear Japanese friend , can you tell us some thing about modern japense army artillery?
Some pictures of guns used and also the ammunition.
Arigato and sayonara.

 

[Love Charger]

Artillery brings people together

 

[KaiGenji]

Dear Japanese friend , can you tell us some thing about modern japense army artillery?
Some pictures of guns used and also the ammunition.
Arigato and sayonara.

Top: FH70 (155mm りゅう弾砲 FH70)
　　Type 74(74式戦車)
Bottom: Loading part of FH70

 

[Love Charger]

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Top: FH70 (155mm りゅう弾砲 FH70)
　　Type 74(74式戦車)
Bottom: Loading part of FH70

Any pictures of ammunition

 

[Love Charger]

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Top: FH70 (155mm りゅう弾砲 FH70)
　　Type 74(74式戦車)
Bottom: Loading part of FH70

Any pictures of ammunition?

 

[Johny_Baba]

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Top: FH70 (155mm りゅう弾砲 FH70)
　　Type 74(74式戦車)
Bottom: Loading part of FH70

FH-70 from Britain was also part of '80s era Howitzer tender here,
but back then brits had a version on offer which lacked suitable APU for our purposes and required manual towing so on bases of that this was rejected
brits tried to compensate for its lack of mobility for shoot-and-scoot by offering german MAN brand towing trucks/tractors for free but proposal was turned down

at the end, FH-77B from Sweden got that tender, famous Bofors scam thing

I've heard most current FH-70s do have APU on them that can be used for moving it around, 'specially for shoot-and-scoot etc

 

[KaiGenji]

Any pictures of ammunition?

NOTHING

 

[Eagle Eye]

President of India Murmu terminated the services of Indian Army Major who was posted in Strategic Force Command(SFC), after found security lapses.

 

[Arjun Mk1A]

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Top: FH70 (155mm りゅう弾砲 FH70)
　　Type 74(74式戦車)
Bottom: Loading part of FH70

Question:
Can it be effective against Gojira?

 

[NoobWannaLearn]

Question:
Can it be effective against Gojira?

They have ultraman sitting in there basement waiting for that moment his entire life

 

[skunk works]

President terminates services of Army Major posted with Strategic Forces Command unit

The Army investigation into the Major’s activities had been carried out since March 2022 when a Board of Officers was formed to investigate matters relating to the compromise of national security by the officer.

The Board of Officers was authorised by the Strategic Forces Command to seize digital devices and carry out an initial investigation about the likely involvement of the Major in suspicious activities/social media violations/any security-related concerns, sharing/ leakage of classified info with unauthorised persons, suspicious financial transactions, and his likely involvement in espionage activities.

 

[samsaptaka]

if the idea is to understand this issue, going in tangents will not help. look at it from defence budget allocation and capex requirements perspective to start with.

numbers are available below to get started.

https://prsindia.org/files/budget/budget_parliament/2023/DfG_2023-24_Analysis-Defence.pdf

He has a fair point . If the idea is to reduce burden of pension, then the political body should clean it's own house first. I think both centre and state Babu's draw pension, what abt various other Babu's like IAS MoD civil etc...why target armed forces first ? Esp. since most of them are not corrupt unlike Babu's.

 

[ezsasa]

He has a fair point . If the idea is to reduce burden of pension, then the political body should clean it's own house first. I think both centre and state Babu's draw pension, what abt various other Babu's like IAS MoD civil etc...why target armed forces first ? Esp. since most of them are not corrupt unlike Babu's.

the concept originated in Kargil review committee report submitted to parliament in year 2000, pension was one factor not all of it. making it look like it is entirely entirely about pensions was media narrative. let's not forget short service commission for officers already exists.

excerpt from Kargil review committee report
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Counter-Terrorist Operations

There is general agreement that in the light of the new situation of proxy war and large scale terrorism that the country faces, the role and the tasks of the para-military forces have to be restructured particularly with reference to command and control and leadership functions. They need to be trained to much higher standards of performance and better equipped to deal with terrorist threats. The possibility of adopting an integrated manpower policy for the Armed Forces, para-military forces and the Central Police Forces merits examination.

The Army must be young and fit at all times. Therefore, instead of the present practice of having 17 years of colour service (as has been the policy since 1976), it would be advisable to reduce the colour service to a period of seven to ten years and, thereafter, release these officers and men for service in the country's para-military formations. After an appropriate period of service here, older cadres might be further streamed into the regular police forces or absorbed in a National Service Corps (or a National Conservation Corps), as provided for under Article 51A(d) of the Constitution, to spearhead a range of land and water conservation and physical and social infrastructure development on the model of some eco- development battalions that have been raised with a fair measure of success. This would reduce the age profile of the Army and the para-military forces, and also reduce pension costs and other entitlements such as married quarters and educational facilities. The Army pension bill has risen exponentially since the 1960s and is becoming an increasing burden on the national exchequer. Army pensions rose from Rs l568 crores in 1990-91 to Rs.6932 crores (budgeted) in 1999-2000, the equivalent of almost two-thirds of the current Army salary bill.

The para-military and police forces have their own ethos and traditions and might well be chary of such lateral induction as has been proposed. This objection might be overcome were the para-military forces to undertake recruitment on the basis of certain common national military standards and then send those selected for training and absorption in the Army for a period of colour service before reverting to their parent para- military formations. The Committee is aware of the complexities and sensitivities involved in any such security manpower reorganisation. Nevertheless, national security dictates certain imperatives which the country may ignore only at its peril. The proposed reorganisation would make a career in the armed forces attractive on the basis of the lifetime employment offered by the two or three-tiered secondment formula.

 

[Haldilal]

Ya'll Nibbiars The AK-203 with BEL Holographic Sight.

 

[samsaptaka]

Ya'll Nibbiars The AK-203 with BEL Holographic Sight.

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Is that a modern patka ?

 

[NoobWannaLearn]

Ya'll Nibbiars The AK-203 with BEL Holographic Sight.

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First pic of ak 203? @Love Charger dekh le bhai

 

[Haldilal]

Is that a modern patka ?

Ya'll Nibbiars That's The MKU Mukut Next Generation.

 

[jai jaganath]

First pic of ak 203? @Love Charger dekh le bhai

Atleast standardize sights with rifle
Be it any even Bel Halo would do atleast some progress
Atleast this time
IA has this opportunity