Indian Army: News and Discussion

[NoobWannaLearn]

Army getting more Pcs

 

[mist_consecutive]

India receives fresh batch of Igla-S air defence system from Russia, to be deployed at LAC

Order for Igla-S was placed last year to fulfil Army's current requirements. With improved interception range of up to 6 km, Igla-S provides advantage over older Igla-1M systems.

theprint.in

 

[NoobWannaLearn]

 

[Zoid Raptor]

CRPF Jawan with his K9 officer

This isn't IA but I couldn't find a thread related to Indian paramilitary forces

 

[zathura98]

Army Trains Soldiers on Newly Introduced AK-203 Rifle in Madhya Pradesh

A group of soldiers from the Central Command of the Indian Army are undergoing training on operating the newly introduced AK-203 rifle at the Grenadiers Regimental Center in Madhya Pradesh's Jabalpur. The rifle is set to provide more firepower to the soldiers and give boost to the Centre's 'Make...

www.etvbharat.com

 

[NoobWannaLearn]

RR guys from today's encounter

 

[stat231]

True?

 

[rkhanna]

True?

yes but context to consider

1. I dont think Pakistan's Production under lisence includes the seakers (i could be wrong)
2. A number of those Paki missles are past their shelf life.
3. in a conventional war ManPads hold more currency in the Mountains (high altitudes) and in Urban places (against Rotary wings) - where IMO Pak intends to do most of the fighting.
4. A smaller (defensive) military will always have a higher number of Defensive Ordanance - The context is what is India's offensive Air weaponary against Pak?
5. That being Said our Pocurement has yet to catch up with a reorientation to China (where we will be the defensive military and will be fighting in the mountains) - MANPADs though get set off in parts with SHORADS / AKASH SAM systems etc.

 

[mist_consecutive]

True?

I am surprised we have even half of MANPADS as of Pakistan.

For a brief context, During 80s Pakistan decided it is more economical investing its smaller defence budget in cheaper, portable MANPADS than buy full-fledged SAM systems. Resultantly, they got -

• FIM-92 Stingers from USA (pretty effective, caused us a lot of headache in Kargil)
• Cloned the Stinger into Anza series of MANPADS
• RBS-70 from Sweden
• Chinese FN-6 MANPADS

Meanwhile, we invested in stand-off SAMs

• SA-6 (KUB, reason for more than half of the aircrafts being downed in Russo-Ukraine war).
• SA-3 (S-125 Goa)
• SA-13 (Strela)
• SA-8 (Gecko)
• S-300 (for BMD protection, not confirmed).

Now it seems we have decided to license-manufacture Igla's, which will shoot up our MANPAD inventory much further.

Indian Army gets portable Igla-S Air defence system; Here's all about next-gen missiles to be deployed at China, Pakistan borders

The Indian Army has received the first batch of Igla-S Man Portable Air Defence Systems (MANPADS) from Russia, part of a larger deal for 120 launchers and 400 missiles. These systems enhance the Army's Very Short Range Air Defence (VSHORAD) capabilities, particularly in high mountainous terrain...

economictimes.indiatimes.com

 

[Zoid Raptor]

 

[Kumata]

 

[Kumata]

Seems like col Bakshi is on fire

 

[Jimih]

New COAS

 

[NoobWannaLearn]

Aab me kia bolu

 

[binayak95]

Aab me kia bolu

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Atleast they have holographic sights mate.

 

[NoobWannaLearn]

Atleast they have holographic sights mate.

Yea but look at that helmet that too in 2024

 

[NoobWannaLearn]

No sights on sigs and 30 year old NVGs Indian Army in 2024 everyone

 

[airborneCommando]

No sights on sigs and 30 year old NVGs Indian Army in 2024 everyone

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I Agree that a lot of personal kit looks (and is) old but they seem to have decent Communication, EW and UAV equipment and a lot of them are uniformly equipped with night vision (though old in form factor). Now pair that with weapons training and experience you get a decent fighting unit.