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Interesting pictures on the FATA website. Some of the locals look like Punjabis, others can pass for Europeans. Pathans are not part of our Hindustani composite culture which the Punjabi Paks and Sindhis are. They have more in common with Iranians and Central Asians. Certainly if the time comes back...

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Anga kuda ade varthai use panarangalla?

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Dera means "home" or "Place where you set up" or "Encampment" in Bihar you say colloquially "Dera ja rahe hain" instead of "Ghar ja raha hoon" when you are going home. You sound like a South Indian enx.

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SBajwa, What was the ethnic make up of the Mughal troops garrisoning Punjab at the end of Mughal Era? Punjabi Muslims were not generally recruited into the Mughal Army (IIRC to maintain the balance between the Pathan and Rajput factions). So when these jihad calls went out, who answered? Pathan Set...

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The pratihars hated the rashtrakutas and accordingly, the Rashtrakutas encouraged the Arabs, their Western enemies. An Arab writer describes the Rashtrakuta king as one of the Four Great Monarchs of the world, the other three being the Caliph at bagdad, the Eastern Roman Emperor of Byzantium and the...

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There were not three but four Muslim "upper castes" among the Ashrafi and they were all of foregin descent with large influx of Hindu blood after three-four generations. The Sayyeds - these were the descendants of the prophet Mohmed, (PBUH)of the tribe of Quraish. Typicallly they will have...

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[ quote] HOW GHURI DIED: In 1206, Ghuri was camping on the banks of the Jhelum river. In the night, about 20 Hindu tribals of Punjab called Gakhars raided his tent. Ghuri was stabbed 22 times in his sleep to avenge the atrocities he had committed on their tribe. On hearing the news of the assassinat...

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In fact, the legitimacy of then Mughal Emperor was so overwhelming, even when all the territory around Delhi was controlled by mahratta Cheiftans, they still recognized him as overlord. In an interesting connect with our age, it was an ulema-man Shah Wali Ullah, who blamed the fall of the Mughals no...

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I have been thinking about the loss of Kandahar Fort by Shah Jehan. I think this is the seminal event which separated Afghanistan from India. Throughout history the frontiers of civilizational India were at the borders of Afghanistan. With this loss, Afghanistan spun out of Indic mileu. In a way th...

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The same weapon SLR L1AI, ishapore on an army firing range produced a 2 cm grouping and a 25 cm grouping on a man-size target at 100m. The difference in dispersion? My Army uncle a good shot fired the first time and optically challenged me fired the seond time.

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not claiming historical accuracy for Prithviraj raso, only the zafranis do that. But it is a fascinating read none the less.

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A thought just crossed my mind....the Indo-israeli collaboration in defence is eerily similar to the collaboration between the Vijayanagar empire and the Portugese. The Vijayanagar empire depended upon the Portugese for horses, damascus steel and other equipment. But the portugese decline on the hi...

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I am always on the lookout for Indian medieval weaponry/tactics books. ParGha (or anyone), can you suggest some titles/authors that caught your eye? Particularly Indian archery and tactics. [/quote] You will enjoy E Jaiwant Paul's Indian arms and armour. Char baans, chaubis gaz, ungal asht pramaan,...

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I have some questions about the IOF 12 bore shotgun, is it currently being used as a combat shotgun, like the American (well, Italian) M1014 Combat Shotgun, in the Indian army or is it only being used by police and civilians? I have no idea about the IOF 12 never seen any in hands of a service pers...

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I have some questions about the IOF 12 bore shotgun, is it currently being used as a combat shotgun, like the American (well, Italian) M1014 Combat Shotgun, in the Indian army or is it only being used by police and civilians?[/quote]QUOTE Very useful when the CO- Sahib feels like having some partrid...

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I would not indulge into semantics ,having said that even the H&K has opted for gas operated and rotary bolt mechanism for G-36 and MG-43 (close resemblance to minimi).[/quote] QUOTE FM NEGI NEGI, my bro, Not "indulging" in "Semantics" - when I said that the G3 was the German...

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[quote="tsarkar"]Jais â€“ â€œThe radar also can determine type and class of targetâ€

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BTW, Kartman, your experience with the Kalashnikov was really interesting and vivid. I can just hear the bolt clanging on the stamped-out receiver. Thanks for sharing. I have "cradled" an IPS officer buddy's Glock in my hand but have of course never loosed off a round. A pal fm the Gurkhas...

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You are right, it is the more modernized and lighter version of the AK-47 assault rifle. My error of articulation. Thank you for the clarification. No probs :) Just that it's best if one is 400% sure onlee before stating something as fact on here... simply because many people have come to rely on B...

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Was told on a youtube forum by a proud Pathan that a countrymade AK-47 is available in the village markets of the Khyber agency for 12k Pak rupees.

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Still :roll: And, btw, the AKM is not the "assault rifle version" of the AK-47... You are right, it is the more modernized and lighter version of the AK-47 assault rifle. My error of articulation. Thank you for the clarification. As regards my half-breed pedigree comment, our ordinance de...

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I must share with you the one of my highlights of my schooldays, blowing up a lot of ammo on the firing ranges at the tax payer's expense thanx to Area Commander chacha. The 9mm Browing was hopelessly inaccurate, The Sterling was incredibly easy to use, just a steel tube with a banana clip, the SLR ...

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AKM and AK-47 Same gun, same ammo, 7.62 x 39, AKM is assault rifle version, more compact Eh, what :shock: The INSAS is the half-breed child of the SLR and the AK-47. :-) :roll: The INSAS rifle is broadly based on the Kalashnikov AK-47 action, but with many modifications. The basic gas-operated acti...

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My question was more along the lines of is "L4:Bren = AKM:AK-47" ? As opposed to "Sterling:Sten = FAL:AK-47", if that makes any sense :P L4 and Bren, same gun diff ammo, 7.62 mm NATO, .303 inch WW2 AKM and AK-47 Same gun, same ammo, 7.62 x 39, AKM is assault rifle version, more ...

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Why dont we put some ideas here as to how you can negate the pakis new found capabilities ? Kit Sahib Pakistani had the very best many times before, they can have it again as far as land forces are concerned. There is nothing more satisfying than having a head of a paki on stick. BTW...I believe in...

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basically its difficult to classify one fighter against the other in short excercises. The envelope is so big that for a realistic analysis, both aircraft would have to fly 300 or maybe more sorties together for any sort of real evaluation. Well do you think when jets are being evaluated for purcha...

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Contacted a very, repeat very, Senior Officer yesterday. He said the only info he could share is what has been reported in the papers and the rest is all highly classified. He also said that the newspapers had got it all quite wrong though - basically its difficult to classify one fighter against th...

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BTW why do all of you refer to the Su30 as Rambha? As my understanding goes, dont see any connection with Indra's apsara. Its neither an official name nor do the men use it. I was delighted to find that name on this forum. Whoever thought it up, it is a delightful name evocative of the thrust-vecto...

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Though I admire the Russian engineering genius that has produced these beauties that the US and Europeans have been forced to copy/reinvent, , does anybody have any info on how the IAF's experince with the Thrust Vector nozzles of the Rambha's Lyulka's has been? have they been reliable?Have we devel...

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Convergent divergent exhaust nozzles. w/o afterburner they converge to maximize thrust. With afterburner they diverge. Usually convergent nozzles indicate subsonic flight and divergent supersonic flight. They are controlled by the FADEC unit that is linked to the flight computer. Wanted to know som...

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For subsonic flows, you want a convergent nozzle to accelerate the flow, whereas for supersonic flows you want a divergent one. To accelerate a subsonic flow to supersonic, you use a convergent geometry to accelerate upto mach 1 (at the throat) after which you use a divergent geometry to accelerate ...

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What a beautiful clip. Love the way the Rambha contracts her exhausts before the t/o run. Guess the smallest aperture maximizes newton's 3rd law. Not contract - they expand when the afterburners kick in. Right of course they should, perhaps that was the initial part of the movement only, thanks for...

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What a beautiful clip. Love the way the Rambha contracts her exhausts before the t/o run. Guess the smallest aperture maximizes newton's 3rd law. [quote="JaiS"] Video Got this off a different forum. A video DVD of MKIs and Ex. Indradhanush are available. The DVD will be 50 min. long and wi...

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Purleez tell me what happened to the EFTvs MKI duels, particularly the BVR ones. I heard the French won 60-40 of the engagements in Garuda against the Su-30k. This EFT is the next gen from the M2K - RDY the AdlA flew. On the other hand, we were flying MKIs, not Ks. So please someone, let me know. p...

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Purleez tell me what happened to the EFTvs MKI duels, particularly the BVR ones. I heard the French won 60-40 of the engagements in Garuda against the Su-30k. This EFT is the next gen from the M2K - RDY the AdlA flew. On the other hand, we were flying MKIs, not Ks. So please someone, let me know. p...

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Purleez tell me what happened to the EFTvs MKI duels, particularly the BVR ones. I heard the French won 60-40 of the engagements in Garuda against the Su-30k. This EFT is the next gen from the M2K - RDY the AdlA flew. On the other hand, we were flying MKIs, not Ks. So please someone, let me know.

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Hello Parshu Shankar's writing of last three years are being edited for the English as you mentioned. Just hold on for a little bit longer. Things will be a bit more orderly. Thanks Hari Sud Toronto Good to know that Shankar's excellent content will get the form it deserves. Pl sign me up when your...

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Hello Parshu Shankar's writing of last three years are being edited for the English as you mentioned. Just hold on for a little bit longer. Things will be a bit more orderly. Thanks Hari Sud Toronto Good to know that Shankar's excellent content will get the form it deserves. Pl sign me up when your...

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Dear Krishnan My post was about poor writing skills, not about typos, please credit me with the ability to distinguish between the two. Speed is no excuse for ungrammatical English. I volunteer to correct ( the English ) and proof-read ( the typos) of any article that Shankar fans want to mail me at...

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[quote="Shankar"] KULLI MUSA VILLAGE â€“PAKISTAN AFGANISTAN BORDER For the last 48 hrs they have been lying on a perched mountain top ,keeping watch on an half depleted mud rock building supposed to be the head quarters where the regional Taliban military commander was supposed to get his ...

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Iranian-Aryan Tribes

South India

Dera

Taking the liberty to answer

Age of three empires

Muslim castes

Today's Gokhars

Mughlai khichdi

Why the mughal Empire unravelled

Dispersion factors

chand bardai

Re: Uses of IOF shotgun by the IA

Uses of IOF shotgun by the IA

Gun banter

User experiences

Designerware

Kitchen kalshnikovs

INSAS features and design

Firing guns

Re: Typhoon vs Rambha

Typhoon vs Rambha

Rambha

TV Nozzles and our boys

Re: Rambha Ho!

Rambha Ho!

Shankar's typos

Upgrading Writing Skill