i dont even see a sidearm. No uniformity even during an exercise.
Like I have said before- they are playing at being soldiers, where are their spare mags? If their primary jams what do they do then?
Western militaries learned long ago- you train as you fight.
there are definitely going to be niche areas where an Indian soldier will have an edge on the average Western soldier but take them as a whole and view the respective units holistically and Indian units are decades behind and capability wise not even on the same planet.
+ guys the Patka debate is OVER. The marginal benefit of having a crudely fashioned steel band around your head that offers zero protection from blunt force trauma or shrapnel from any other direction but laterally is massively outweighed by lack of functionality and poor ergonomics of the product. RR switching over to ACH tells you all you need to know.
Stop worshiping jugaad and don’t fantasise over the idea that somehow India has come up with a design optimised for a unique set of circumstances even if NO other military on earth shows even the remotest interest in it- in fact they are moving in the exact opposite direction.