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^^^I have saying this repeatedly on Twitter - India is sitting on a cusp of technology and manufacturing revolution in defense sector. Indian Army can shape up to match the Chinese Army in almost all departments (if not in quantity, at least in quality) through domestic production. These domestic pr...

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Rohit, Do mountain divisions have artillery components or not? BTW the PLA combat battalion groups are based on Soviet-era formations. I once did a study on them. All divisions have organic artillery brigade, including mountain divisions. As for the Chinese, they've tried to model themselves, and i...

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PART 2 - Integrated Battle Group For reference, this is what a Combined Arms Brigade (Medium) of the PLA looks like - - Mechanized Combined Arms Battalion: 4 - Recce Battalion: 1 - Artillery Battalion: 1 - Air Defense Battalion: 1 - Operations Support Bn: 1 - Service Support Bn: 1 The above is a sel...

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PART 1 - Integrated Battle Group (IBG) Before we analyze the concept of IBG, we need to understand the existing command and control set-up. (A) Division and Brigade - A typical infantry or a mountain division consists of 3 x Infantry/Mountain Brigades. - Each Brigade in turn typically has 3 x Infant...

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<SNIP> The cardinal difference between army and the IAF is that IAF even now fights as a single, all-India command. Various regional commands are placeholders and facilitate the logistics of air operations. The way I see it, one possible course of action is to dissolve all regional IAF Commands and...

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https://twitter.com/SJha1618/status/1582272132037611520?s=20&t=sOGkyRNYmQHjm64gCph55w ---> Alright, let me share some unequivocally 'good' news with you: 1. The tender for import of 155 mm/52 caliber howitzers has been scrapped with the file being closed. 2. Internal Army modalities for the pro...

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With respect to theater commands, IAF has valid concerns, which are independent of the size of the force. Rather than try and understand them and have an informed debate, it is depressing to see people here calling IAF and its leadership names. Be that as it may, coming to the topic, the two key poi...

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Thakur_B wrote:El/M 2084 was also given the monicker Arudhra by IAF.

Revised name of DRDO developed MPR is now Anuradha.

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IAF senior officers are responsible for this. No amount of articles will change their minds. - And not the geniuses who made LCA into a science project rather than aim to deliver a fighter in a timely manner? - Secondly, what's this government doing? Neither ordering more Rafales, not increasing th...

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So, how many tubes in all were employed? How would India do it differently today? - Between 300-350 guns of various caliber. - And I hope we don't reach a similar situation in 2022 or ever. - But if we do find ourselves in a set-piece battle like this, we will most likely be hitting Pakistan/advers...

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I've read almost everywhere that artillery came into the picture later on during Kargil war. Is that due to an under-appreciation of the threat itself or because we didn't have enough artillery to go around or that the Kargil-Dras sector wasn't seen as a place where artillery was needed at that tim...

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Does anyone else find it weird that Indian IDDM products have to go through countless trails in every Indian environment but imports can be ordered with the intention of only serving in one area (hence don’t get tested in any other sectors)?<SNIP> Or, it could be a case of an equipment ordered for ...

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Mounted Gun System (MGS) is a sine qua non for modern battlefield. Simply because with sensor to shooter cycle being compressed, you need to move out from point A to point B in double quick time. As for transportation - transportation over long distances from peace to forward locations happens predo...

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ramana wrote:The early contract was for 114 Dhanush. 8 guns/ battery. Plan was to order more once the production line is qualified. Looks like it's going well.

Artillery battery is 6 guns per battery.
114 guns is 6 x Regiments plus 6 additional guns for training/conversion.

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Did we miss this? - Indian Army RFI for procurement of mounted 105/37mm gun system - Indian vendors. - Quantity not mentioned - I remember IA working with BF on their soft-recoil gun mounted on TATA 4x4 truck (the truck in the picture is an in-service truck of the Indian Army. Which means it was loa...

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YES, Arjun can deal with most modern tanks. But can Arjun deal with the idiosyncrasies of Indian bureaucracy? If it meets modern tanks in battle. If it is used as a spearhead. Arjun Regiments form part of Jaisalmer based armored brigade of 12 RAPID. So, rest assured, these will be most likely the a...

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Ultra Light Weight Howitzer (ULWH) Story - PART 1: - If you look at the acquisition process of ULWH, the first question that comes to your mind is whether the gun was needed in the first place or not? - Why the skepticism, you ask? Read on. - The original GSQR written for ULWH was, lets say, written...

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A friend of mine sent some info Just wanted to check with Indian Army History Buffs Is it true that PM Shastri disbanded Muslim Regiment in the Indian Army after 30,000 defected to Pak during the war with their arms and ammunition!! Also did Banditiji suppress perfidy of the Shanthidooth in that ki...

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X-Posting my own post. I think we need more discussion on this topic because it generally gets lost amongst the discussion on more fancy stuff like fighters, and missiles. Over last decade, Pakistan Air Force has made conscious efforts to have a wider precision guided, and stand-off weapon delivery ...

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Over last decade, Pakistan Air Force has made conscious efforts to have a wider precision guided, and stand-off weapon delivery capability across its entire fleet. In this episode of The Perspective, I will provide an overview of various precision guided, and stand-off air-to-ground weapons, targeti...

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- In this episode of The Perspective, I will take you through the various branches of the Indian Army. - This will help you to understand better how the Indian Army is organized and how it functions. - Each branch of the Indian Army has an area of expertise and soldiers are trained in specific areas...

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Pakistan Army Primer - This is the first episode of a series which will explore the Pakistan Army in detail. - In this episode of The Perspective, we see the geographical spread of Pakistan Army nine Corps HQs, and their underlying armored, mechanized, infantry, light infantry and artillery division...

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Pakistan Army Primer - This is the first episode of a series which will explore the Pakistan Army in detail. - In this episode of The Perspective, we see the geographical spread of Pakistan Army nine Corps HQs, and their underlying armored, mechanized, infantry, light infantry and artillery division...

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Deans wrote:Another very informative and well researched video Rohit ji.

Many thanks, Sir.

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- In this episode of The Perspective, we will look at road network already put-in place, and those under-construction or planning, to improve connectivity of Daulat Beg Oldi Sector with Leh. - The analysis will also show how the road network is being done in a manner so that to reduce the risk of th...

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X-Posting my own post: India and Anti-Tank Guided Missile Scenario: - As per a 2010 news report, the Indian Army along has an inventory of more than 80,000 Anti-Tank Guided Missiles (ATGMs). - In this episode of The Perspective, we take a look at various types of ATGMs employed by the Indian Army, a...

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India and Anti-Tank Guided Missile Scenario: - As per a 2010 news report, the Indian Army along has an inventory of more than 80,000 Anti-Tank Guided Missiles (ATGMs). - In this episode of The Perspective, we take a look at various types of ATGMs employed by the Indian Army, and the Indian Air Force...

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LDev/Karan M: I feel we are missing a key point here—air defence (and by extension, SEAD) is a numbers game. No IADS is designed to be impregnable; instead, it is designed for resilience. In other words, can it be hit with multiple waves of attacks and still keep fighting cohesively? If the enemy m...

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<SNIP> China's entire strategy (if it can be called that) hinges on one fundamental, bedrock assumption - that India will not attack first. What if we do ? There are so many places across the 3000Km frontier to choose from, where should India make a counter move? :) This is exactly what happened wh...

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rohitvats, Awesome work, both about the S-400 system and the timeline. Thanks. One correction, I thought you were referring to the Sep. 2014 incident. 1. If you want to understand what happened in 2020, you need to first revisit an incident that happened in September 2017 2014. Thank you for correc...

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The presumption in this scenario is that the earth is flat, which it is not. Ground based radars have over the horizon limitations on how far they can see which in turn depends on the height at which the target is flying. At a distance of 600 km and assuming that the S-400 radar mast is located 20 ...

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Cyrano wrote:Nice work Rohitvats ji !

Many thanks!

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India-China stand-off Here are some thoughts on the subject - 1. If you want to understand what happened in 2020, you need to first revisit an incident that happened in September 2014. 2. Modi had just become the Prime Minister, and the Chinese initiated a big incursion in the Chumar sector. 3. They...

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Good morning! Details of S-400 System and its AD cover. - Details of key components like surveillance and fire-control radars, TELs, support vehicles etc. which constitute S-400 Air Defense Missile System. - Configuration of a typical S-400 missile regiment. - Likely configuration of S-400 squadron ...

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Good morning! Details of S-400 System and its AD cover. - Details of key components like surveillance and fire-control radars, TELs, support vehicles etc. which constitute S-400 Air Defense Missile System. - Configuration of a typical S-400 missile regiment. - Likely configuration of S-400 squadron ...

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1) The Chinese have built a road connecting the northern and southern bank of the Pangong Tso Lake. 2) This bridge has been built in the vicinity of Khurnak Fort. 3) In this episode of The Perspective, I will be explaining and evaluating this development. 4) The video explains the location, and stat...

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(1) In this second, and concluding part on Chang Chenmo Sector, I will be discussing the strategic importance of this sector from both the Indian and the Chinese perspective. (2) We will see how the Chang Chenmo Sector can be used a firm base by India to launch offensive in the upper reaches of Galw...

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Gogra & Hot Springs - Chang Chenmo Sector Explained (Part-1) - I've created a YT video where I've explained the geographical setting and challenges of the Chang Chenmo Sector, where Gogra and Hot Springs points are located. - In second, and concluding part on this sector, I'll explain the milita...

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Ladies (if there are any here :P ) and Gentlemen, - I've launched a separate Twitter thread dedicated to Defense, Geopolitics and Internal Security. - The idea is to have a common thread between my website, YouTube channel and Twitter. - This will be a platform for focused, clutter free discussion o...

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I made these two maps to show how MRSAM deployment in general area of Jaisalmer is a genuine game-changer. Following assumptions have been made: - Firing Unit is same as a battery and comes with 1 x FCR (Israeli EL/M-2084 radar), and 3 x Launchers (8 x Ready-to-Fire missiles) - Each Squadron has 2 x...

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