Modernisation of Indian Army Infantry

[NoobWannaLearn]

Some more

 

[binayak95]

Is that fucking tape on their boots?

Yeas. And that is the best way to muffle the rustling sounds that your trousers make by rubbing against shoes.
And not to mention to prevent critters and water running into shoes. Nothing sucks more during such maneuvers than wet socks. Urgghh

 

[Automatic Kalashnikov]

Sterlings

 

[vidhwanshak]

is that bren?

 

[Aditya Ballal]

Sterlings

This is a bloody embarrassment using that obsolete gun at this day and age.

 

[Kumaoni]

Ik I wasn’t the only one who saw this

 

[aspdeepak]

This is a bloody embarrassment using that obsolete gun at this day and age.

Why on earth they didn't switch to MSMC or ASMI

They do endless trials and end up nowhere!!

 

[nongaddarliberal]

Is that fucking tape on their boots?

Apart from Rashtriya Rifles and a few troops in Ladakh and Arunachal, all the other troops from the various IA exercises seem to have the same early 2000's equipment. This has to be the slowest rate of infantry modernization of any country.

 

[nongaddarliberal]

Ik I wasn’t the only one who saw this

And right on cue, same tin helmets and a fucking sterling SMG.

 

[Aditya Ballal]

Apart from Rashtriya Rifles and a few troops in Ladakh and Arunachal, all the other troops from the various IA exercises seem to have the same early 2000's equipment. This has to be the slowest rate of infantry modernization of any country.

Seriously? Early 2000s
More like 1980s equipment.

 

[STORE]

 

[Aditya Ballal]

It’s not new though, it’s been seen with Para Airborne and RR before.

 

[Corvus Splendens]

Why on earth they didn't switch to MSMC or ASMI

They do endless trials and end up nowhere!!

Because they are not foreign maal. If they induct JVPC/ASMI their chance to induct imported maal goes out of the window. They'd rather keep importing more MCX and MP9s.

 

[nongaddarliberal]

Seriously? Early 2000s
More like 1980s equipment.

Yeah, early 2000s for us. This is beyond any budgetary constraints. This is sheer neglect and an outdated concept of what a Jawan is on the part of our top brass.

I made up a categorization of infantry generations. Don't know if anyone else has done something similar.

1st gen: ww2 infantry, mostly bolt action rifles and SMG's.

2ng gen: self loading battle rifles or assault rifles, belt fed machine guns become common in squads. Camouflage starts becoming widespread. 1960s-70s.

3rd gen: introduction of BPJ's and Kevlar helmets. Happened in the 80s for the US, 90s for most other NATO countries.

4th Gen: Real game changer, with individual night vision gear, improved BPJ vests and helmets, improved communication systems, and modular rifles with picatinny rails with sights and IR illuminator as standard for all troops.

US infantry was already 4th gen in 2003, and most other modern militaries standardized their infantry to 4th gen by 2010.


In India's case, the vast majority of our infantry, around 80% in my estimate, remain at the 2nd gen. Not even 3rd gen. The percentage of troops that have modern protective gear, NVG goggles on helmet mounts, and modern rifles with good optics and IR illuminators for night fighting, I.e 4th gen, is not even 5%. Taking into account the current orders of BPJ's, NVG's and new helmets, we'll have 1.5 lakh 4th gen infantry AT MOST in the next 5-6 years.

Hell, even the paki infantry is now majority 3rd gen. If they had our budget they would have all entered 4th gen 10 years ago.

 

[vidhwanshak]

Godzilla defense to counter paki drones:

How do you see those drones in the middle of the night?

 

[mist_consecutive]

Godzilla defense to counter paki drones:

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How do you see those drones in the middle of the night?

 

[SGOperative]

Because they are not foreign maal. If they induct JVPC/ASMI their chance to induct imported maal goes out of the window. They'd rather keep importing more MCX and MP9s.

When did army get MCX tho? Aise sapne na dikhao

 

[NotASussyBoi]

When did army get MCX tho? Aise sapne na dikhao

nibba probably meant the sig mpx

 

[SGOperative]

nibba probably meant the sig mpx

Those are with NSG tho

 

[Suryavanshi]

Sterlings

are we going to enter 2030 and still most of our soldiers will be wearing a dozen different helmet, camo, battle gear?
it seems so.
F-INSAS is a fucking blunder more so than Demonetization and GST combined.