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I am still mystified at the lack of clarity as how much would the Rafale cost this country. The per-unit figure being bandied about goes from 100-250 million € mark, costs which might or might not include maintenance & armaments contracts. Whatever might take our local prestitute's fancy. If one...

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Exclusive: Made in India rifles to replace INSAS As I suspected, the author has now revised the figures in the new article to 2400 rounds for the excalibur from the earlier quoted 24000 rounds. Much more realistic and inline with known requirements globally. The IA must be told to wean away from th...

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The above pics are NSG. The last pic is dodgy, the badge is right but the rest are all worn at wrong places. For relatively young chap he has far too many service ribbons and is wearing all sorts of embellishments like rings and gold chain all looked down upon. His lack of a dangree is another point...

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Armoured Engineer Regiments use a Full Width Mine Plough to clear the entire width of the track and mark it. http://www.pearson-eng.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Full-Width-Mine-Plough-Heavy-Tracked-229x129.png Armoured Regiments on the other hand use a lighter Track Width Mine Plough to clear only...

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d_berwal wrote:T-55 even the one given to Engnrs are being replaced by T-72 based Troll and T-72 based FWMP with mine plough

what ever T-55 based troll remain in IA are being replaced by T-72 based one either troll or FWMP with plough

Berwal Sahib,

Russian tanks Troll and the rest Trawl.....

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Karan, Wasn't T-55 Gulmohar upgrade the one which had to be scaled down because of sanctions on Yugoslavia or some other country? Edit: My bad.... “Project Gulmohar has reached fructification as the workshop has completed the overhaul of its last T-55,” said Commandant Brig N K Dutta. “Project Gulmo...

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Couple of points; While it is completely true for rotary assets should be held by the IA, fixed assets as LCA etc need to be kept at an arm's length. We should avoid this trap of stepping onto each other's shoes. The navy's case is unique and quite different as they need air platforms to operate con...

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In the era of Manpads and ATGMs being available down to Platoon level, the use of Helos is dangerous and not feasible. Did you mean the ATGM platoon, because neither are held at a platoon level in a regular infantry battalion. Even in case of the PakArmy its with platoons only with the LAT/HAT batt...

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Maitya: ...... I want to take a detour and come up with some thing that my pongo friends would love to see in the sky . :D :D :D It really does not matter whether the pilot wears blue or olive green. Pongo...I haven't heard that word in soo many years... :lol: :lol: Of course the landlubbers consid...

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^^ Because that would include the entire radar/C2 systems for battery and regimental level. There are few if any comparable AD guns available in the western world, this could become a single vendor situation. Static Skyshield 35 Oerlikon Revolver Gun Mk2 The Revolver Gun Mk2 is a remotely controlled...

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Rohit, Have you heard of the PA raising a new formation solely for the China-Pak Economic Corridor?? Supposedly, 34th Inf Div to tackle Balochistan and protect Gwadar. Well, the only new 'raising' that I've been dealing lately with are my two months old twins...no time for tracing any other new rai...

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Indian Army kills Pakistani terrorist who beheaded Lance Naik Hemraj The militant that was killed by Indian Army yesterday in Poonch along the Line of Control (LoC) has been identified as Anwar khan who was involved in the beheading of Lance Naik Hemraj in January 2013. Yesterday, a group of milita...

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ToI reporting that the CNC is processing 6 more C-17s. We need 6 more to form 2 squadrons for north and east each. Wonder where will the last airframe come from? This was Apr 2015: Indian Air Force has initiated a proposal to purchase three more Boeing C-17 Globemaster III aircraft from the US for ...

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Guys a nube question, what is the tripod thingy in the foreground to the gun in the picture. That's a north-seeking gyroscope that determines both true and grid azimuth with an accuracy of ±0.2 mils. Its used by the GPO (Gun Position Officer) in conjunction with GPS/INS units nowadays. http://www.g...

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Rohit,

Have you heard of the PA raising a new formation solely for the China-Pak Economic Corridor?? Supposedly, 34th Inf Div to tackle Balochistan and protect Gwadar.

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Philip, The least, basic, minimum the Armoured Corps could have done is a Tank-ex. The problem is they are all Frunze CCA graduates and cannot look beyond russian products. Even the soviet fighting phisophy has seeped in now, meek set-piece battles and little imagination. A far cry from the days of ...

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The original Bofors gun used by the Indian Army is a 155mm/39 caliber gun with a range of 28 kilometers. The Dhanush developed by OFB is 155mm/45 caliber gun with a range of 38 kilometers. Caliber of a howitzer signifies the length of the barrel of the gun with respect to its bore. ‘155mm/39 calibe...

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You dont get it do you...with only one stoppage for 24,000 rounds they are demanding higher reliability for the excalibur than even the INSAS that for a full auto weapon. Let's not jump to conclusions here. The tests were carried out at ARDE's establishment and might not reflect standard field cond...

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Karan, Its not even as if they are treated shabbily....in addition to 45 hour weeks, night shift, extra time allowance they get govt accommodation and health benefits...... Now consider this nugget.... Sources say on an average a worker draws up to Rs 40,000 a month but a major part includes the pie...

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You dont get it do you...wih only one stoppage for 24,000 rounds they are demanding higher reliability for the excalibur than even the INSAS that for a full auto weapon.

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A total of 12,237 rounds were fired. The total number of "stoppages" where rounds get jammed during continuous use was under one per cent, a vindication of the Army's stand, since the international norm for small arms is two per cent. [/color] Those statistics need to be studied in totali...

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Has IAF not crashed Non HAL planes. Do u remember Transport planes they have crashed whose paint has not even dried... IAF like any other AF which trains hard has training accidents. That for a squadron which will insert SF units using the very same maneuvers into enemy territory, the margin for er...

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Nachiket, My bad, they would not indeed load up a tank with an anti mine plough. They have just made the tank more heavier with unending requirements like ERA etc. Ramana Sir, Armoured Regts have a trawl troop to neutralise enemy minefields. The KMT series does duty on roosi tin cans. Manually breac...

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Military vehicles are transported on two types of railway wagons; BFAT Wagons for A Vehicles BOMN Wagons for B Vehicles ASC Tank Transporter Companies then transport them to the AoR via these; 65tonTrailer None however have a payload capacity for the mk2's 68tons and will need minor modifications. O...

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144 Dhanush will make (8) Medium Regiments.

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We need to look at the tremendous AD capability with PLA also which cannot be discounted. Unlike pakistan which focuses against low level protection exclusively. Lets forget the PLAGF for the moment, the PLAAAF roughly deploys an entire AD Div with each of its MRAF's. Thats an SAM Bde and two AD Bde...

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Looks like they made changes to the op system. Would love to know the details on the endurance test, what would be important would be the cyclic rate of fire.

Now troop trials at Mhow and production prototype testing should be only left.

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Since i am bored to death...

Tsarkar sir,

Automobiles are still far way off.....

How many guys on BRF exclusively do vacation's within desh and not capitulate under SHQ's thunderous looks for trips to France...

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Viv, Ideally the guy to start with would be BC Khanduri. Old guard but still highly respected, was the BJP's chief whip for LS till '04. This year Namo got him back on a committee in the Transport Ministry. He presides over the Standing Committee on Defence and can summon everyone less the service c...

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The SIG was the template to follow, much like the INSAS it has similar lineage from AK designs but has carved out a niche for itself in all these years from various improvements. Easily one of the most accurate 5.56mm rifles on the planet today, super expensive as well though. The NSG boys swear by ...

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http://i58.servimg.com/u/f58/15/11/39/27/helica10.jpg For representation sake: The 23x115mm round used in the 23mm 6 barrel GSh-23-4 gatling and the 30x165mm round is used on the 30mm 2A42 BMP-2 auto-cannon. IIRC, The monstrous second last 30x113mm round should be from the M230 chain gun on the AH-...

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..gsqr called for 1km accurate range on the rifle.. :shock: Is that correct ? 1 Km range is dedicated sniper rifle territory. Even the common Sniper Support rifles or Designated Marksman rifles have accuracy optimized for around 500 meters engagement (maximum effective ranges are higher) 1000 yards...

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As long as it would reasonably require for ARDE to develop a product that satisfies IA's needs (not wild desires), with the full support of IA and all funding required. :mrgreen: Reasonable being the operative word here. How many years??..umm or decades.. Last time around the remit was clear all th...

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You should have read the discussion from a couple of pages back. The primary issue is should we develop small arms on our own. Yes most definitely. The question no one seems to be able to answer is this... How long in your notion a service needs to left high and dry if the presumed development doesn...

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The Infanrty Dte after IPKF asked for standardised 5.56 NATO platform for the rifle, carbine and LMG to enable troops to carry more rounds into battle, provide burst fire and a common cartridge capability for the rifle and full auto for the carbine to replace the 9mm Sterling. OFB had problems manuf...

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Thakur, They don't need to, despite other opinions on the forum. The IA still remains the only service which shares its long-term perspective plans and Capital Acquisition Plan with the DRDO, less the armoured corps chaps that is... We both know the entire story with the LMG and carbine, the rifle i...

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Truth be told, there isn't really that urgent an operational requirement for the fanciest new rifles now is there? Because if that indeed be the case, why is IA still at the comparative trial stage for a process it officially began in 2011 with no real end in sight? Given the problems with foreign ...

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The "opposition" are the ones beholden to the largesse in the first place. Acting as handmaidens for the better part.... For the uninitiated, lutyens delhi across party lines strongly believes in sharing is caring wala farmoulah. After haranguing eachother in parliament for the day, they w...

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@adgpi 7h hours ago
A New Battalion of The Brigade of Guards raised at Bhusawal on 01 July 2015

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Why is it so important for the DGMF to put an organisation's integrity into question over a tank which has performed well.

A couple of years and these Frunze CAA alumni would have all retired.

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