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Avik

Aha!!!...The moment I mentioned the Infantry Brigade, I was expecting a question from you...my fellow Orbat junkie

Thanks Guru! Didnt know the A&N bde was a mountain bde.

What Corps/ Divs do these two bdes come under?

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BTW, we also have a single Infantry Brigade tasked for Amphibious Operations

Rohit : Do we have 1 or 2 amphib bdes? One in S-India and the other one in A&N. Or am I missing something?

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I actually find this response from TSPA to the floods rather strange - This is a complete khokhla country. Anything happens, these eediots scream for international aid. Do they not have any domestic capacity at all? I mean, just in the last 1 year, I have seen them screaming for international aid d...

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During his visit, he proposed to provide Artillery Guns that India was looking for.

Kanson: Could you please point towards a media source/news link about this? Just want to understand the background here..

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People: I have a noob question . Why are the CPMFs looking for C-27s (calibre) and not C-130s(calibre)? From what I have observed, CPMFs deployment take place at a minimum of company or battallion level. A company size is between 120-175, deployment of which would be easier in a bigger aircraft like...

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Those vehicles are part of the column that are carrying out flag marches. Usually, you have those red flags during Flag Marches.

I guess these photos are from the last couple of weeks when the IA was called in to conduct flag marches in J&K.

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this urban legend just refuses to go away, the paki artillery firing was directed by spotters on mountain tops and their accurate firing stopped once the spotters were dislodged. people don't seem to ask this common sense question, how many artillery positions did we lose to counter-battery fire in...

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Avik -- your posts do not provide any insight why DRDO is to be blamed for what happened in kargil. I would like to hear your view! Nukavarapu: Did I at anytime blame DRDO for failure to produce WLR? All I said was WLR was not there and its presence would have helped IA- Period. So, pls quit buildi...

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CJ : You diss the Army; you call the Army brass a bunch of poltroons; you call an ex-COAS a liar and an ediot. You propound to us that WLR is not essential and battles were won with jazba and not equipment. A WLR could have been used even in the wars before. Why wasn't it made? Why don't you answer ...

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Dear Avik, It was reported (by army chap, i guess)and discussed in this same forum that Army found WLR even if fielded might not be effective in Kargil. They even tried with sound triangulation technique to see if that could be effective in Kargil type terrain and came back with the conclusion that...

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@Rohit and @Avik You guys are being overly agressive for no reason. Rohit - you started the 'BS' terminology. I think it is not required. You cant shout somebody out because you think so. Boss, in logic driven circles and forums, if you propound and pontificate on something, you have to come up wit...

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CJ : Counter Bombardment means counter arty fire!! For God's sake, pls read! This is simply counter arty fire- that is counter bombardment. Not fighter aircraft operations!! There was counter arty fire throughout- It would have been more accurate had there been WLRs. ROFL. who told you this? KIA hap...

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" You think we all don't know all this. Initially, even i used to think that weapons win the war. Down the line, the people who fight have told me that its partially true. They say in war the best laid plans fail. All you can do is figure out how to take off the dammed gun or the bunker. Even i...

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"As far aw which WLR in kargil? They knew most positions of weapons in kargil. What best WRL we could get." "there was no India-paki duel with artillery. we all knew where the fire was coming from." Sir, respectfully, what nonsense is this? Sounds like the days of yore, when if ...

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^^^^^^^ Vina: Hitachi traction motors are used in the current production versions of WAG-7 and WAP-4 locos of IR. They are supposed to be very good. While they are being used in the current production models, in the past, they have been used in WCM-3, WCM-4 (the old Bombay Ghat section DC locos) and...

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nrshahji, Thank you for showing me the true path and err..the true 'facts'. There are such things called 155 mm, 130 mm howitzers. There are also such things called BM 21's. Pls compare the volume and effectiveness of fire provided by them vis-a-vis IMG/IFGs and Pinaka.Maybe , we can have a discussi...

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Any reasons why DRDO never ventured into Howitzers?

Thanks God for small mercies! Else Kargil would be a Pakistani District while we went around blaming burst barrels and autofrettage.

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AdityaM: BJP can be blamed for being complete nincompoops...how else do we explain their demand for banning beef from athlete's diet during the games? If the BJP wants to have gatte ki sabzi and maah di daal during its adhiveshans and chintans, no one gives a schitt, literally and figuratively. But ...

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Apropos some of the remarks above about our response compared to China's preparation for Olympics.... Frankly, lets not breast beat and self-flagellate too much!! China also went through the same cycle..pls read up on what Beijing's readiness was during the 1996 Asian Games, the subsequent East Asia...

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Rohitvats,
Thanks Boss! Thanks for the caution as well

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Rohitvats, The Inep Bde for Uttarakhand will most probably be for the Pithoragarh area. This area is distinct from the Joshimath area- Mana , Malari sectors that are within the remit of 9 Bde. I agree with you on the deployment for Ladakh.Interestingly, 3 Div is "two faced"- one bde in Sia...

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BRO comes under the admin control of Ministry of Surface Transport

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Haresh : Tollyboys refers to a subset of anglicised Indian men who used to frequest the Tollygunge Club in Calcutta till the late seventies/early eighties. These guys were all Indians educated at the convent schools in Calcutta or the Darjeeling hills, had a put-on anglicised plummy accent at times ...

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^^^^^^^^ rkhannaji: Great to learn about your illustrious heritage , although am not too sure whether that can be conflated to your expertise regarding AFSPA and the circumstances of its imposition. Just wanted to therefore, point out a couple of key aspects: The Army does not always seek the cover ...

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Sir, am not too sure whether during emergencies and war, cargo planes will be available like taxis at a street corner!

Thre is such a thing called sanctions that are applied on countries like India!!

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Bhart..you are quite right. CRPF is rated higher than SSB. SSB has actually started to improve since it was made a specialised border force under the "One border, one force" policy of the NDA Govt. Prior to that, the SSB was more of an auxiliary/border observation force. The older battalli...

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Thank you tsarkar, Singha !!

Your posts were very helpful.

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Question for tsarkar and all Naval Gurus...I had asked this question ealrier, but am looking for a more complete answer, if possible... The question is on the induction and production schedule of capital warships of the IN over the next few years. It appears that all the Shivaliks will be inducted b...

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Possible, as well, for part of the equipment. But, Kutch defences are in a better state given that it has long been 11 Div's AoR and the associated ER normally deploys at least one company during winters in the area for exercises.

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^^^^^ E-in-C's Branch is indeed Engineer in Chief's Branch, the DG (so to speak) of the Corps of Engineers and MES. The ACVs appear to be for deployment on the NE and Ladkah Regions of the China border. They will be utilised to carry Engineer sections for recce and survey (the 10 passenger ones) and...

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So..is this happenning? When..where ? Pls to enlighten..

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Dear Doc,
Very much possible and very interested!

Please contact me at avikbhattacharyya at hotmail dot com

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So that his daughter could commute to CMC, Vellore?

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Guys, I have a question on the induction and production schedule of capital warships of the IN over the next few years. It appears that all the Shivaliks will be inducted by 2011; the three modified follow on Krivaks will also have come by 2012; all the three Kolkata classes will be commissioned by ...

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^^^^^^^ Rohit : Thanks Sir....no need for Sirji for me though !! Just a few more details.if u dont mind.. 1) I thought 39 Mountain Div is tasked for the Pakistan Front , either Samba or Rajouri. But, I take your point on 6 MD. I had missed that one. Now, given that 6 MD is for Uttarakhand/ sugar sec...

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Rohitvats: A few questions on the number of Mountain Divs: 1) I can count 7 divs in the NE + 1 Div in Ladakh for the China front. That besides there are the two new divs, which were raised last earlier. But which are the two reserve mountain divs that can be deployed ? The reason i ask this is becau...

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""IAF, IA, IN togther can level PAk in less than 10 minutes no matter what kind of weapons US gives PAK. By 2012 our air space will be impregnable and nothing the PAkis can throw at us can actually get through. "" Brahmananda : Would you be kind enough to pls enlighten us how you...

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I tend to agree with Dr Shiv on this. We are forever looking to see what others can do for us. And, if someone is not aligned with us all the way, we feel hurt, let down , frustrated, anger etc. Case in point, the shock quite a few felt when Putin during his recent visit said that Indians need to lo...

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Putnanja : In a lot of ways, the 124 tanks being provided to the IA is the "pilot production batch" or LSP or whatever you may term it. Hence, one would expect these tanks to have some problems. So, Tank #1 would meet about (say) 60% of performance requirements while Tank # 62 should ideal...

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