Modernisation of Indian Army Infantry

[ezsasa]

I might have seen a software define radio before, Is it like a mini computer with radio attached ?

The frequencies in the comm. devices will be controlled by algorithms rather than hardware. it will enable the comm. devices to send data instead of just voice. data could also mean encrypted video .shape of the comm. devices will probably remain more or less the same as legacy systems. Primarily this is a move towards net centric capability.

for the purpose of this discussion, once SDR are adopted, soldiers should be able to send realtime video feed from their helmet cams. UAV and Chopper will be able to send the surveillance feed directly to soldier and not just the controller.

RFI :
http://indianarmy.nic.in/writereaddata/RFI/506/rfisig5.pdf

 

[Prashant12]

After Waiting For Decades, Army Jawans To Finally Get Their First Modern Helmet

The new helmets are designed to bear the impact of 9 mm ammunition fired from a short range (File photo)

New Delhi: For the first time ever, each and every jawan of the Indian Army will be equipped with a world-class helmet, an essential piece of kit that can be the difference between life and death during military operations. NDTV has learnt that an Indian company, the Kanpur-based MKU Industries has been contracted to manufacture 1.58 lakh helmets in a deal worth Rs. 170 and 180 crore, and the production of the new helmets is now beginning. This is the first large scale order of helmets by the Army in more than two decades.

The new helmets will be delivered within three years by MKU Industries, which is a world leader in the manufacture of body armour (bulletproof jackets and helmets) which it exports to armed forces around the world.

The new helmets are designed to bear the impact of 9 mm ammunition fired from a short range. This meets the global standard for protection among leading armed forces. They are also designed to be comfortable and many of them can be integrated with communications devices.

More than a decade back, the Indian Army's elite para special forces were equipped with an Israeli OR-201 helmet made of Glass Reinforced Plastic. However, regular soldiers in infantry formations had to make do with heavy domestically-made helmets which were not comfortable to wear during combat situations. A unique and often preferred solution for Indian Army soldiers, particularly during counter-insurgency operations, is wearing a bulletproof 'patka', though these have severe limitations since they offer protection only on the forehead and the back of the head. In addition to this, they weigh more than 2.5 kilograms.

In March last year, the government signed an 'emergency contract' to purchase 50,000 new bulletproof jackets from Tata Advanced Materials Limited after a delay of more than 10 years. This is a stand-in acquisition - the Army is in the process of evaluating far more advanced jackets which can provide soldiers a greater degree of protection from enemy bullets or shrapnel in the battlefield.

http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/exclusive-indian-army-jawans-to-finally-get-a-modern-helmet-1649923

 

[Prashant12]

'Smart Soldiers' with Bullet Proof Jackets for Hi-tech Battles

 

[sthf]

Do we have the names of specific models of helmets and bpjs on order?

 

[Chinmoy]

Do we have the names of specific models of helmets and bpjs on order?

The helmets are probably MUKUT varieties from MKU.

http://www.mku.com/en/Strong-Mukut

 

[sthf]

The helmets are probably MUKUT varieties from MKU.

http://www.mku.com/en/Strong-Mukut

I guessed the same. Any idea on bpjs?

 

[Immanuel]

BJPs are coming from TATA

http://i.imgur.com/uAD3KxA.jpg

 

[Chinmoy]

BJPs are coming from TATA

http://i.imgur.com/uAD3KxA.jpg

First 50,000 lot are from TATA Advance Material. As far as news goes, DRDO has developed another prototype of light weight BPJs which could even withstand 7.62 NATO round.
Can't vouch for the news though. Would only know when the first lot of delivery completes by next month.

 

[Metty]

indian news channel dikhate hai aise jaise sirfindia ke pass hi sabkuchh ho ..

o idiot news channle walo thoda to sense dikhao

 

[Kunal Biswas]

Lobby influence article to promote multicam over others ..

How U.S. Army spent $5BILLION on 'failed' pixel camouflage... because they 'wanted to look cooler than Marines'

• Camouflage made of grey and green pixels was designed to work in desert
• But soldiers say uniform 'universally failed in every environment'
• Design was based on Marine Corps uniform and experts say it was result of a 'political' effort to stay 'cool' in comparison

By Hugo Gye

Published: 23:25 GMT, 25 June 2012 | Updated: 08:56 GMT, 26 June 2012

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  The U.S. Army is set to replace its 'Universal Camouflage Pattern' less than a decade after it was first introduced at a cost of $5billion.
  
  The design, which combines grey and green blotches in a pixellated pattern, was supposed to disguise soldiers equally well in desert and in more temperate terrain.
  
  But critics claim that the camouflage did not work properly in either environment - and some have even suggested that its main purpose was to make the Army appear 'more cool' than the Marines.
  
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  Innovative: But the original design is said to be no improvement on wave-based camouflage patterns
  
  The inspiration for the innovative design, known as UCP, came after the start of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to The Daily.
  
  While soldiers were issued with desert camouflage uniforms, their darker equipment - including flak jackets - stood out against the light-coloured clothing, making troops dangerously conspicuous.
  
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  So researchers at the United States Army Soldier Systems Center in Natick, Massachusetts got to work designing a replacement which could be used by soldiers wherever they are in the world.
  
  But their delicate work was held back by official meddling, accord to some of the people involved in the process.
  
  'It got into political hands before the soldiers ever got the uniforms,' Cheryl Stewardson, a textile technologist at the centre, told The Daily.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Redundant: The design is being replaced even though it has already cost the Army around $5billion
  
  The problem was apparently that Army commanders were envious of a cutting-edge new camouflage recently developed by the Marine Corps which incorporated pixels rather than the more traditional waves of colour.
  
  So officials from PEO Soldier, which is responsible for procuring equipment, ordered developers to adapt their new grey-green colour scheme into the pixel pattern - even though experts argued this compromise would leave soldiers vulnerable in battle.
  
  'Brand identity trumped camouflage utility,' according to military journalist Eric Graves. 'That's what this really comes down to: we can't allow the Marine Corps to look more cool than the Army.'
  
  The results, according to some of the soldiers who had to wear the new uniform after it was introduced in 2004, was a disaster.
  
  
  
  
  
  New look: This MultiCam design is a temporary replacement for the failed Universal Camouflage Pattern
  
  'Essentially, the Army designed a universal uniform that universally failed in every environment,' an Army specialist who served in Iraq told The Daily. 'The only time I have ever seen it work well was in a gravel pit.'
  
  He continued: 'As a cavalry scout, it is my job to stay hidden. Wearing a uniform that stands out this badly makes it hard to do our job effectively. If we can see our own guys across a distance because of it, then so can our enemy.'
  
  Now researchers are working on developing a replacement to the $5billion flop, and for the time being have introduced a temporary fix in the form of a new green and brown camouflage known as MultiCam.
  
  The permanent solution will not be ready for battlefield use until some time next year.
  
  When it is introduced, the UCP saga will formally come to an end, though not without a certain amount of recrimination within the military.
  
  'You've got to look back and say what a huge waste of money that was,' camouflage expert Lawrence Holsworth said. 'UCP was such a fiasco.'
  
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[Kunal Biswas]

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By everyday Soldiers & Officers of Indian Army are picking up Marpat originally meant for CRPF, Its best that Army should orders its own Marpat based on present colors ..

 

[Hemu Vikram Aditya]

Are Patkas Better than Chinese helmets
And what about the New Helmets compared to Chinese helmets

 

[ezsasa]

Are Patkas Better than Chinese helmets
And what about the New Helmets compared to Chinese helmets

Difficult to confirm what you are asking, only two Chinese soldiers have died in real operations in last thirty years as far as we know. That too on a UN mission last year in Africa.

 

[Chinmoy]

Are Patkas Better than Chinese helmets
And what about the New Helmets compared to Chinese helmets

Can't compare Patkas with Helmets. Direct hit protection by Patka is better then most ballistic helmets.
As far as new helmets are concerned, they are the same one used by NATO forces and its coming out from the same manufacturer.

 

[Hemu Vikram Aditya]

Can't compare Patkas with Helmets. Direct hit protection by Patka is better then most ballistic helmets.
As far as new helmets are concerned, they are the same one used by NATO forces and its coming out from the same manufacturer.

And are there any special composites in It Like Drdo Kanchen Armpur on Arjun or it's fully metal

 

[Chinmoy]

And are there any special composites in It Like Drdo Kanchen Armpur on Arjun or it's fully metal

Those are ballistic helmets, not armoured helmets :biggrin2:

 

[Hemu Vikram Aditya]

Those are ballistic helmets, not armoured helmets :biggrin2:

Fully metal then just thought was there something special about Patka other than design which help it survive a 7.62*51MM Round or 39MM Drdo always add some sort of Indianess In their products like by using special composites and I didn't meant that kanchan armor is used in Patkas

 

[Chinmoy]

Fully metal then just thought was there something special about Patka other than design which help it survive a 7.62*51MM Round or 39MM Drdo always add so,e sort of Indianess In their products like by using special composites and I didn't meant that kanchan armor is used in Patkas

Patkas does provide good protection against direct hit 7.62 AK round due to its full metal structure. As far as helmet is concerned, its not a DRDO product. Its an pvt entity outcome.

 

[Hemu Vikram Aditya]

Patkas does provide good protection against direct hit 7.62 AK round due to its full metal structure. As far as helmet is concerned, its not a DRDO product. Its an pvt entity outcome.

Bhartiya pvt entity if so then who?

 

[Chinmoy]

Bhartiya pvt entity if so then who?

MKU........

http://www.mku.com/en/