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I am not sure what you mean. But the 58 Gorkha Training Center should be listed as Shillong.

You are correct. the 58 GTC is in Shillong.<P><BR>However there is a Gorkha Recruiting Depot at Kunraghat, U.P.<P>Infact there is a Gorkha Recruiting Depot even in Katakpahar, W.B<P><p>[This message has been edited by bishwa (edited 28-09-2000).]

Looks like most regimental centers support 18 infantry units apart from RR and TA units.<P>Anybody knows the logic behind this?

DSandhu,<BR> Many thanx.<BR> <BR> Laloo and Rabri are going to be very angry. You missed the Bihar regiment figures

I have a list of various regiment battalions around somewhere, its supposed to be goog untill the<BR> late 1990's. IF i find it do you want me to post it on this thread <P>DSandhu,<BR> That will be great!!. Please feel free to post it here. Then we can update the number of units each regimental cen...

dsandhu,<BR> It is possible you are correct. Mandeep's Sikh Regiment page lists 18 units. I calculated the number of units from the BR Sikh Regiment page.<P> The difference between the two pages are<BR>1. 9 Sikh is present in BR it is not present in Mandeeps.<BR>2.14 Sikh is present in Mandeeps page...

dsandhu, how can that be <P>Sharing of regimental centers is not new.<P>The Kumaun and Naga do it. The Nagas having only 3 battalions being the factor.<P>The Gorkhas do it. A Gorkha regiment having only 5-6 battalions is a factor.

Bishwa: I'd like to copy your list to my site with the credit to you.<P>Ravi,<BR> Go ahead.<BR> <BR> Meanwhile, I have not recieved your RR details. Thanks, Ravi <P>You will get it in a couple of days if not earlier.

Also is the 2 Sig Training Centre in Goa?

Bishwa<BR> Is the Para Center not in Agra? <P>DSandhu,<BR> I am not very sure. Can somebody else confirm this please.<P> Bishwa<P> Add this<P> Army Ordnance Corps Center, Secunderabad <P>Jagan,<BR> Is there a AOC center in Secunderabad? I thought it was in Jabalpur.<P> Again can somebody confirm th...

Thanx folks.<P>One more<P>RVC Centre and School Meerut

DSandhu,<BR> Lets hope the current rulers of delhi dont prove to be Lal-loos <P> Point well taken.

Please add to and correct any mistakes if any. <P>Figure in first () indicates the number of battalions supported by each center as per BR page (early 90 info)<P>Figure in second () indicates the number of battalions supported by each center as per D Sandhu (late 90 info)<P>1. Bihar Regimental Centr...

Sunil,<BR> I used 1 for single not division number. yes it is possible that division is no 7.

Those two groups will be like our Army Commands I suppose. Ex Northern command with 14,15,16 corps.<P><BR>The Quetta based 12 could act as a backup for their Southern Command and the Peshawar based 11 as the backup for the Northern Command.<P>However I understand these 2 corps already have their are...

<BR> Messers Sairam & Co,<BR> Please note the description of the "superior training" the PAF Engineering branch receives in<BR> <A HREF="http://www.defencejournal.com/aug98/niazhussain.htm" TARGET=_blank>http://www.defencejournal.com/aug98/niazhussain.htm</A> which I am repro...

Rupak,<BR> W.r.t the monitor article <A HREF="http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/MONITOR/ISSUE2-4/rupak.html" TARGET=_blank>http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/MONITOR/ISSUE2-4/rupak.html</A> <P><BR> Please note that<P> 1. PIADS has removed the article " Air Accidents Inspite of High Efficiency&...

Sunil,<BR><I> that map is nice. is it possible to reduce the size and put a key </I><P><I> Is it possible to mess around with the map and what is the source? </I><P> This map appeared in India-Today IIRC last year. I found this scan on the web and posted a IMG SRC. <BR>IIRC the original India-Today ...

<A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Base/ ... stance.jpg" TARGET=_blank>http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Base/ ... nce.jpg</A> <p>[This message has been edited by Rakesh Koshy (edited 24-06-2000).]

Sunil,<BR> The NLI is officered by people on deputation from other regiments. Something like the Assam Rifles.<P>2) What is/are the 69,165 Fd Regt? <BR> Must be field arty regiments<BR> <BR>4) What is Avn? <BR> Must be aviation<BR> <P><BR>

This tells you more about the NLI:<BR> <A HREF="http://www.armyinkashmir.org/kargil/kargil5.html" TARGET=_blank>http://www.armyinkashmir.org/kargil/kargil5.html</A>

Well going by PIADS figures of 3 aircraft lost in 1997 and AAKs figures of 1.4 aircraft lost per 10000 Hrs of flying we can conclude that the PAF put in a mere 21428 hrs of flying in 1997. Assuming a 90% fighter time, that comes out to be 19285 Hrs on fighters.<P>Assuming PAF has 2 pilots per plane,...

Rupak,<BR> PIADS lists only 3 aircraft lost in 1997. This is from <I> <A HREF="http://www.piads.com.pk/attritionpaf97.html" TARGET=_blank>http://www.piads.com.pk/attritionpaf97.html</A> </I><P> At a attrition level of 1.4 aircraft lost per 10000 hours for 1997, that works out to be just 21...

Lt Gen Harbaksh Singh cremated <P> EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE <P> NEW DELHI, NOV 15: ``In 1965 after winning the war<BR> against Pakistan, India was returning Pakistani territory. My<BR> father ordered that all mosques that had been damaged in<BR> shelling be repaired, repainted and offered prayers before...

> can we afford to use high value items like a 152/155mm guns in a bunker busting role? <P>Depends on where the bunker is, how strategic the bunker is and what are the other alternatives to get rid of it.<P>> more due to pressing circumstances than a result of precalculated doctrine. <P>When Rommel ...

Rupak & LNS,<BR> I agree. Kargil was not the first time arty was used in DF mode and it will not be the last.

> major artillery pieces will be employed as infantry support guns <P>We could afford to use even aircraft as infantry support weapons in Kargil. We have been using ZSUs in direct fire mode for sometime in kashmir/siachen. Gen Rommel used his good old 88MM as anti tank weapons in France. Sometimes t...

Ramen,<BR> The reasons given for that was two fold namely the fact that the gun could be swiveled better and it was low powered. In other words it could be pointed at places where the tank gun could not be. Its low power also was considered to be an asset in many situations.<P> Another reason I thin...

As an aside the soviets found out the hard way in afghanistan that the most effective army weapon system in their armoury in the mountains was the low powered 70+ mm gun mounted on their BMPs. It could be swiveled anywhere and was more effective than the tanks or other systems. Something to think ab...

> At last, a living hero!<P>Mahadev,<BR> What do you mean? Surely you must have heard of the exploits of Subedar Major Bana Singh (PVC) (JAK LI) ?!!

This is from IE:<P>The officer who has received a very rare personal message<BR> from the Army Chief is Major Sonam Wangchuk serving with<BR> the Indus Wing of Ladakh Scouts. Major Wangchuk led his<BR> team on an extremely difficult operation in the Chorbat La<BR> area, occupying a peak thus effecti...

You must have noticed that the name of the peak was not mentioned. Wonder why? Generally strategically located peaks are given names.<P>Since we dont come across 18000 ft peaks often I tried to find out more about them. I found mention of the following two. If you come across more please to put then...

Rediff on Batalik Top action:<P>With Captain Amol Kalia and 13 of his jawans laying down their lives in an<BR> exceptionally gallant operation to win back a key position in the Batalik<BR> sub-sector yesterday, the casualties among Indian troops rose to 86 dead,<BR> 220 wounded and eight missing in ...

From FrontLine<P>ON May 5, as summer set in on the Kargil heights, the 121 Brigade sent out its first reconnaissance patrol into the Kaksar area. The patrol's job was essentially to see whether the snow had retreated enough to allow troops to reoccupy their high-altitude summer positions along the L...