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^^For the un-initiated, some terrain briefing. The names would be familiar all too well to most folks. All the gulley's are infamous infiltration routes... Kupwara District Kupwara district was initially part of the erstwhile Baramulla district and in July 1979, it was carved out as a separate distr...

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Sudeep, Full fording snorkel on the T series has also to be prepared and then undertaken. Under all combat conditions the primary capability to cross dry and wet gaps would be provided by the Bridge Laying Tanks (BLT). These are integral to an Armoured Brigade's Engineer Squadron. The domestic T-72 ...

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Akshay, My 2 cents, if the news about the Radars being present at the troop level is correct then it really wouldn't matter. According to the brochure the GCC can transmit upto 30Kms from each other. Could be even higher, the new tactical control radars can automatically transfer radar plots upto 20...

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Sorry no idea, could be an IAF specific variant.

You are right these parachutes look larger and with no holes results in very strong canopy oscillations.

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Answering my own question. In Vayu Shakti 2010, they used the PTA-M which is quite state-of-the-art. There is also the PTR-M , which is also conical but used for drops from higher altitudes. However, the parachutes shown in Iron Fist 2016 are quiet interesting. There are no perforations or holes. T...

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Srai,

IA missile groups are larger in size and have 4 missile batteries. That would give us 32 akash launchers not 24.

Troop level radars are definite plus, would allow commanders to site troops to cover a larger area. Very different from the current russian influenced warfighting.

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Karan,

Did you mean this is the troop level radar?

http://www.newsvoir.com/images/article/ ... 0Radar.JPG

You could be right, but that would give an abnormally high number of 32 launchers for the missile group.

I need to dig more on this.

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K-9 & K-10 Vajra spec sheet

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Srai/Karan AFAIK, a missile AD group would have the 3D CAR and GCC held centrally at HQ's with 4 AD batteries. Batteries are further divided into 2 missile troops each. What is possibly new here is that Battery surveillance radars have been possibly done away with. Although that could well be a typo...

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Armoured vehicles are generally moved via rail which is more efficient. Indian bridges are not a problem on any of the highways generally, not so much on district roads bridges which connect the hinterland. Highway bridges: In India, highway bridges are designed in accordance with IRC bridge code. I...

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Field Marshal Klaw fires a new one from the hips. Armyism The military chiefs were aware, or should have been, that Muslim organisations, including the moderate Muslim Personal Law Board, had expressed alarm at what they considered right-wing Hindutva sponsorship of yoga, the singing of Vande Matara...

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FB page for the ASEAN+ Field Training Exercise (FTX) 18 at Pune.

https://www.facebook.com/Force18/?fref=photo

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Vaibhav can you comment on Sniper and DMR role/deployment in the Army? Have we started deploying DMR down to Section level? AFAIK, they are held at the battalion level attached to rifle coys as the need arises. Role is varied either in a defensive role or to recce enemy positions forward of their o...

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Numbers matter. At least they matter in our corner of the world. The Indian Army is being used for counter-insurgency, riot control, natural disaster relief operations and what not.. and looking at the way things are going (West Bengal, Kerala,..) those humble, oft-neglected boots on the ground are...

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^^ For an infantry section, first line scale is 750 rounds in 25 mags for its LMG. AFAIK, only one LMG is carried per section not two. The 84mm Carl Gustav is a platoon level weapon in line infantry not section level, though every section carries the extra rocket rounds on a march they drop them at ...

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Capt. Pawan -Troop Commander (10 Para SF) RIP https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xtl1/v/t1.0-9/fr/cp0/e15/q65/12718176_10153638329668071_8200562993989079015_n.jpg?efg=eyJpIjoidCJ9&oh=9f51b9fe5880b6be8740304338e724cb&oe=572BAF68&__gda__=1462386035_d9a3b832b504e3b6750889dc8e...

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IA buys shelters for use in all high altitiude areas. These can be broken down and transported as required.

One of the biggest suppliers is this subsidiary of MKU Kanpur.

FRP Shelters

The other company is prince composites.

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IIRC, Shangruti is located across the LC well inside Pakistani side opposite Chorbat La.

Rohit would know the area better.

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The NSG sniper detachment uses a Barrett M98 bravo in .338.

The SF guys on the detachment do less than 1 inch 5 round groups.

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^^ Vaibhav, as per the OFB website, the difference in velocity between SS109 (from a "standard" test barrel, most likely 20 inches) and 5.56INSAS Ball ammo (from a 22 inch barrel) is only marginal. But I agree with you, in retrospect, 5.56INSAS cartridge instead of SS109 doesn't seem like...

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The first program in such a scenario, produces a workable rifle, a workable LMG and fails the carbine. That's 2/3. Either you accept that, or junk the entire program and go back to square 1 - imports which is what the MCIWS was. Till some chief thought different and asked for a MIR & the local ...

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Arun, that makes sense. A LMG with an even longer barrel than an INSAS. Quoting the original post again Hi guys, 1. The problem with the carbine is that it fired the same high powered ammunition, with muzzle velocity in excess of 900 m/s, that was used in the rifle and the LMG. The 'pressure-veloci...

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Its not an ARDE excuse since the gent writing those comments was probably IA so lets not dismiss the account out of hand. If ARDE can design a 120mm rifled or put together a MBRL, and it can't manage a carbine then clearly there is something more, which is the exact point that account makes. That t...

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Karan, Completely agree on the H&K issue. Seems along the lines of their VW brethren. The XM16E1's and its derivatives were the land forces equivalent of the F-35 of the 60's and have always been subjected to fervent criticism. It has its share critics and admirers across the aisle. The US Army ...

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That fault lies with H&K completely, the auditor reports as early as 6 months ago have noted that. According to the Court of Auditors' report and the Bundeswehr Research Institute of the Armed Forces found evidence of interest. In the plastics mixture of the housings of the series rifles, the ad...

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Even if an acquisition of the S400 is considered it will likely be limited by its high costs. A single battery is rumored to cost upto 500 million $. That said it is a very powerful system and much better value for money than those Rafales.

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If we go by the report, L&T has gone and adopted the easy way without actually manufacturing the hull, engine or the transmission. The Allison auto transmission is a derivative of the one on M1 Abrams. They could have helped get a back door for the FMBT programme and help the engineering conglom...

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Not to forget: Another interesting factoid. The gents involved in this august venture included Gurmeet Kanwal, father of journalist Rahul Kanwal. http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-dna-special-tyagi-was-on-track-2-to-bundle-army-out-of-siachen-heights-1799803 Karan, We are forgetting the wheelbar...

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Singha wrote:https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/che ... th-to-now/

can anyone id the tripod gun seen in the link?

IIRC, that's the soviet SPG-9 AT Gun.

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Thakur, IIRC, Raptor's are Elbit-ITL Sights. They could be license manufactured by Alpha. Actually, Elbit MARS sights are listed as is on Aplha's site. Raptor does not seem to be similar to MARS. It could very well be IRDE designed stuff. It's ITL only. For other applications ITL introduced the Rap...

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Karan, This top-down driven gyan is not ideal possibly even harzourdous but far better than a stand-off approach. As the DG Infantry it is but natural that he be involved into a speedy induction of the rifle. ARDE's competency on that score is another matter altogether at the other end of the spectr...

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On 1 September Gen Singh, accompanied by Lieutenant General Sanjay Kulkarni, Director General Infantry (DGI), visited the RFI and personally conducted the 'water' and 'mud' tests on the rifle, which it reportedly cleared. Both officers also proposed ergonomic alterations to the rifle to render it m...

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Our largest field formation is 16 Corps. It also is one of the largest in the world. Training for command roles for batch toppers happens at Army War College. They are taught combined arms ops and would go on to lead brigades. Beyond that training is more strategic in nature at NDC for prospective M...

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Thakur,

IIRC, Raptor's are Elbit-ITL Sights. They could be license manufactured by Alpha.

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Does that not look like a gas tube above the vertical grip?

Have they gotten rid of the piston and moved to DI action?

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Praveen ISPR Swami.......... An untold story: Pakistan terror suspects held, sent back home to pakistan after cases collapsed As New Delhi prepares to confront Islamabad with evidence that arrested jihadist Muhammad Naveed was recruited and trained at a Lashkar-e-Taiba camp in Pakistan, The Indian E...

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As usual local kashmiri journos with juicy details!! On May 27, the group comprising Naveed and Noman (the militant who died in the encounter at Samroli on August 5), besides Ukasha and Mohammad Bhai, both from Khyber Pakhtunkhwah area of NWFP, set off from Halan. On June 2, it crossed into Gulmarg ...

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Gagan wrote:Udhampur terror attack: Hafiz Saeed's son Talha mastermind, claims captured terrorist
The fruit didn't fall very far from the tree hain?

Its a family enterprise....His son controls ops from Muzaffarabad and son-in-law from Muridke.

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Raghu Raman, former CEO of the Indian National Intelligence Grid (NATGRID)

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There is nothing shady or wrong in what Bharat Forge has done. That is simply Manu Pubby's pathetic attempt to rake muck. They said its "likely" it will be cleared which is entirely reasonable and akin to conjecture. He is known roosi hack......writes for their publications and regularly ...

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