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Bishwa

I cannot understand IA's obsession with tank cannon fired atgm. What exactly is the point.? Just have couple of Namicas or any other missile carrier vehicle accompany the tanks. They will be able to do this task much better. One use case for tank fired ATGM i have read about : The tank is behind a ...

Bishwa

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/UK_aircraft_carriers This is not directly related to INS Vikramaditya (the subject of this thread). It is on the HMS Queen Elisabeth. However it has a lot of useful information on carrier operations, cost overruns, carrier support groups, EMALS vs Ski jump...

Bishwa

Generally and speaking from the olden days. A squadron consisted of 4 wings or 4 flights. each of those consisting of 4 active non-trainer a/c type. There were definitely and usually 2 a/c of the trainer type. Attrition replacements were held at a command level. So what the good admiral is saying.....

Bishwa

Now that both HAL & IAF are talking of 40 more MKIs then the gov too shouldn't have a problem and we could see an order soon. I hope the order is placed for 45+ considering replacements for the ones lost in crashes A senior IAF officer at the Air Force Headquarters told Livefist, “The Su-30 is ...

Bishwa

There are 34 Divs in the IA and 37 Ind Bdes. Assuming ea ch Div has an average of 3 Bdes, that is a total of 139 Bdes that need to be commanded by a Brigadier. Add to this the appointment of Brigadiers as Dy GOC of 34 Divs and as BGS of 14 Corps and 7 Commands, it comes to a total of 194. This does...

Bishwa

As per this report, integration of meteor missiles on SU-30 and LCA has his some French road blocks

https://www.indiatoday.in/mail-today/st ... 2018-06-04

Bishwa

Why I"ve been stressing the need for a few hundred light tanks.If the Sprut's armour can be i.proved with better armour or ERA tiles it will still be in thd 20t+ range. I think that the IA still want an overwhelming superiority in armour iver the PA, to blunt any offensive by them or race deep...

Bishwa

Abhibhushan's note said "it will easily be within the top third of the list." Note the top third rather than top 3. How many types of fighters do we have? Su 30 MiG 29 Mirage 2000 upgraded and not yet upgraded Jaguar Darin II and now III MiG 21 variants BIS, Bison MiG 27 Tejas Are all Mig...

Bishwa

fanne wrote:My guess on the top 3 - SU30MKI, Mig 29 UPG, Tejas, M2k un-upgraded.....or SU30MKI, M2K upgraded, Tejas, Mig29 uph

Abhibhushan's note said "it will easily be within the top third of the list."

Note the top third rather than top 3.

How many types of fighters do we have?

Bishwa

well the cumbersome size and low elevation of the 130mm field guns restricts their operational envelope. they are not howitzers. cannot hide and fire from reverse slopes. The 130mm field guns were used from the base camp in Siachen. During the 1987 Bilafondla conflict, the 130mm guns were used exte...

Bishwa

11 Soldiers died in an attack at Swat, Pakistan. This includes an officer.

https://www.dawn.com/news/1387072

Bishwa

Atleast in 2000 timeframe OC or 2OC was from the parent infantry regiment. It was done to maintain regimental spirit.

I am not sure now. But likely continues

Bishwa

One can learn some lessons from the Soviet experience in Afghanistan http://www.militaryhistoryonline.com/20thcentury/articles/sovietexperience.aspx "The main battle tanks of the Soviet army were ineffective in the mountainous Afghan terrain due to the limited elevation capability of both the m...

Bishwa

http://webarchive.loc.gov/legacy/20011008234311/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/monitor/issue3-2/batt.html I wrote this article on the RR for the Bharat Rakshak Monitor 17 years ago. It has relevance to some of the discussions on RR and tactics that i see in this thread. Especially the growing up pain...

Bishwa

In Central school/CBSE we were taught about CHM Abdul Hamid PVC. I dont remember if we were taught about Lt. Col Tarapore PVC. Others may remember

Bishwa

ramana wrote:Bishwa thanks for the info.

So a systematic solution is needed to this problem.

The Operation Vajrashakti barrel burst was because the guns were firing at a rate higher than the recommended rate as per reports. It was during the height of the PA attack on Bilafondla.

Bishwa

During Operation Vajrashakti in Sept 87 to defend Bilafondla in Siachen, the 130MM guns were working overtime from Siachen Base Camp.

One of the 130MM guns barrel burst killing the gun crew. The gun commander was awarded a Vir Chakra (P).

Bishwa

https://www.dawn.com/news/1364641/pakis ... er-attacks

PA is fencing parts of the border with afghanistan. This article has a collection of photos including some of the sensors they are installing

Bishwa

UN posting has been given to units which performed well in the field. For example 18 Grenadiers was sent to United Nations Assistance Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) in 2000 just after the Kargil war in 1999. 18 Grenadiers is involved in a number of battles in Kargil including Tiger Hill (Grenadie...

Bishwa

Amar post does not go unsung in knowledgeable circles.. It played a pivotal role in the capture of Bana Post..

2nd Lt Balraj Sharma was posted here with a seven man detachment... a MG detachment from this post was crucial in cutting of Quaid Post and making it Bana Post

Bishwa

The book "The Long Road To Siachen The Question Why" by Kunal Verma ad Rajiv Williams has some great photos of that area.

Bishwa

https://www.bharat-rakshak.com/ARMY/images/Siachen2.jpg Some years back i had made this map of Siachen for Bharat Rakshak. It is still available in the site. It was made in conjunction with this article https://www.bharat-rakshak.com/ARMY/history/siachen/289-manning-siachen-glacier.html This articl...

Bishwa

Artillery guns have been deployed at the 16000 ft Kumar Post and Bofors and 130MM at the 12000 ft Siachen Base Camp. This is from the "Himalayan Conflict Forges Artillery Doctrine" by Major Pravin Shawney "The initial artillery deployments on the Siachen glacier were of 105mm Indian F...

Bishwa

Siachen Base Camp is at 12000 feet.
Kumar Post seems to be at 16000 feet

Bishwa

Bofors guns were/are deployed at Siachen Base Camp. Same for 130 MM guns. I have not heard/read of them being deployed in the Siachen Glacier.

I have heard/read of LFGs and Mortars being deployed in Siachen Glacier.

Bishwa

https://defenceaviationpost.com/army-ch ... s-akhnoor/

This is interesting.

This article says the army has converted the 10th Inf Div in Akhnoor to a RAPID division. That would be under XVI Corps.

Previous RAPIDS have been under X Corps (2), II Corps (1) and XXI Corps (1)

Bishwa

https://defenceaviationpost.com/make-india-gets-major-push-kalyani-drdo-made-atags-breaking-world-record-firing-48-km-range-pokhran/ As Nam mentioned, Bharat Forge gun did 48+ KM "A steady but arduous, technically challenging journey has seen many firsts in the development of this gun, culminat...

Bishwa

As per Major Praveen Sahwney in the article "Himalayan Conflict Forges Artillery Doctrine" "Once stabilized (in Siachen) , the FH-77B has shown itself to be both accurate and consistent, achieving a range of 42km from altitudes of 12,000ft using High Explosive Extended Range (HEER) ba...

Bishwa

http://www.thehindu.com/news/internatio ... epage=true

This article has some stats on China's oil imports and routes

Bishwa

https://sites.tufts.edu/gis/files/2013/ ... Daniel.pdf

Highly recommend reading this. It shows the enormous dependency of the Chinese on the Malacca Strait.

Our A&N assets and capabilities would be of serious concern to them

Bishwa

for all its worth

ITBP men with red banner

Posted in DFI

https://www.google.co.in/search?biw=360 ... rEg5FmWmlM:

Bishwa

I checked google earth photos of this area till back to 2004 The area had its square-ish shape even then... so it is not as if it any recent land reclamation or construction was done on it to give it, its current shape Also the scuffle at Finger Four took place at 6 a.m., and the one at Finger Five ...

Bishwa

rajfortyfive has reached the same conclusions as us - focus on finger 4 as the area of video and focus on finger 6 as the area of Chinese force concentration (surface search radar, boats etc).

This is good.

Bishwa

Finger 6 area has something written in chinese on the hill, above the boat jetty. Enclosed in a white boundary with a dozen white boxes.

Or am i mistaken? There seems to be heavy chinese presence around Finger 6.

Bishwa

This map is a good find. The below article has interesting details about previous incident in 2013 which are relevant to this one and the geography. 1) "Chinese stop Indian Army patrol near Finger-VIII area, also known as Siri Jap" 2) "China has managed to construct a road upto Finger...

Bishwa

This article has a lot more information which one can correlate to the video and the maps 1) "One ITBP man sustained head injuries" 2) "The scuffle at Finger Four took place at 6 a.m., and the one at Finger Five at 7.30 a.m. " 3) " The mountains sloping on the sides of the r...

Bishwa

The yellow marker in Claude Arpis article says Sinjab. In the Chushul area there are posts called Sinjab. Not sure if this is it.

Bishwa

"Soldiers of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) tried to enter the Indian side in two areas -- Finger Four and Finger Five -- twice between 6 am and 9 am. But on both the occasions their attempts were thwarted by alert Indian troops, they said." From http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/indian-t...

Bishwa

The accompanying text with the video posting says left is India and right is China. "Stone pelting between Indian Army and Chinese border guards at Ladakh region. To the left of the cliff: Indian Army Right: PLA border guards Courtesy: Prakash Katoch sir" It seems in the end of the video, ...

Bishwa

NDTV sources indicate, no thinning of forces has taken place http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/no-troop-reduction-by-india-at-doklam-say-sources-rebutting-chinas-claim-1732513?pfrom=home-lateststories The thinning of forces story was put out by China and fits their narrative and it is possible Indian j...

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