Miscellaneous Pictures - Indian Military

Indrajit · Post by **Indrajit** » 27 Jan 2011 12:13

It is ZTAR carbine,manufactured at OFB,good to see these stuff ! hope it will replace all the Sterlings and Stens .

Dmurphy · Post by **Dmurphy** » 27 Jan 2011 15:16

Indrajit wrote:It is ZTAR carbine,manufactured at OFB,good to see these stuff ! hope it will replace all the Sterlings and Stens .

Thats a pleasant surprise. Wasn't it reported that the manufacturing was held up pending enquiry against IWI? And that tussle between Tavor and SAR-21 (flashback)? Evil yindoos doing stuff chup chupke!

sarabpal.s · Post by **sarabpal.s** » 27 Jan 2011 15:34

Indian is always poor in PR& marketing.

Well good find we can expect zittara in hand of poor CISF chap who guarding in Delhi metro with long barrel INSAS

Gaur · Post by **Gaur** » 27 Jan 2011 15:43

sarabpal.s wrote: Well good find we can expect zittara in hand of poor CISF chap who guarding in Delhi metro with long barrel INSAS

Not necessarily. He may be from SOG who are known to have been using Tavors for a long time.

anirban_aim · Post by **anirban_aim** » 27 Jan 2011 17:04

^^^^^ He is definitely not SOG.

Gaur · Post by **Gaur** » 27 Jan 2011 17:32

anirban_aim wrote:^^^^^ He is definitely not SOG.

How can one tell the difference?

abhishek_sharma · Post by **abhishek_sharma** » 27 Jan 2011 17:37

some good pictures are in republic day thread

nachiket · Post by **nachiket** » 27 Jan 2011 21:08

Abhishek, I think you are confusing between the SOG and SPG. The SPG protect the PM, president, ex-PMs etc. and hence have TFTA weapons and clothes and looks. SOG is different. Gaur is right, you can't really tell if that picture is of a SOG jawan or not.

sarabpal.s · Post by **sarabpal.s** » 27 Jan 2011 21:24

i think this may clear the air

The Army’s special forces were the first to receive them. It was then the turn of security personnel in J&K. Finally, CRPF personnel [Central Reserve Police Force paramilitary force] operating in Maoist-infested Lalgarh have got access to sophisticated weapons imported from Israel.

In 2009, Union home minister P Chidambaram cleared the procurement of 10,147 assault rifles from IWI in a `144-crore deal. The defence ministry had also imported similar weapons for use by its special forces.

http://revolutionaryfrontlines.wordpress.com/2010/09/

Gaur · Post by **Gaur** » 27 Jan 2011 21:47

SG was the first to recieve Tavors (specially the micro Tavors). After that it was the turn of PARA, RR & J&k Police SOG. Now MARCOS have also operating them it it seems that many other are also in the process of doing so. So, I am not saying that the person in A Sharma's post has to be SOG. It is just more probable because I have never heard that J&K Police (other than SOG) wear hands free comm set and carrrying Tavors. Of course, AFAIK there is way to tell from that pic whether the person is from SOG or not. Sometimes you can tell the difference when they are wearing mixed camos during operations but not when they are in proper uniform.

PS: I have seen a pic of a SOG personnel carrying Tavor many times on the net. The picture is taken from very low height and shows a khakhi clad masked policeman looming over while carrying Tavor. Unfortunately I am not able to find that pic now. If anybody comes across that pic, it would be very nice if a link could be provided. In fact it is a very common pic and I am bewildered that I am not able to find it now.

sum · Post by **sum** » 27 Jan 2011 21:53

Think from the link above, it seems that it was a CRPF guy holding the Zittara/Tavor..

Gaur · Post by **Gaur** » 27 Jan 2011 21:57

By the way, here is a pic of NSG from previous Republic Day security preperations. I do not think this one has been posted before.

Gaur · Post by **Gaur** » 27 Jan 2011 22:05

sum wrote:Think from the link above, it seems that it was a CRPF guy holding the Zittara/Tavor..

Why do you say so? Because of Beret colour?

biswas · Post by **biswas** » 27 Jan 2011 22:15

Gaur wrote:By the way, here is a pic of NSG from previous Republic Day security preperations. I do not think this one has been posted before.
[img]*edited*

So badass.

VishalJ · Post by **VishalJ** » 28 Jan 2011 08:43

I was looking-up #AeroIndia hashtags on Twitter & came across these guys > http://twitter.com/FORCEmagazine

Cool shot that, its Goa right or some other place in the South?

Prasad · Post by **Prasad** » 28 Jan 2011 09:30

Vishalji,
that looks photoshopped more than anything. At Goa, the sea is at one end of the runway iirc. Don't think this picture is from there.

Btw, isn't this 'farce' mag that is derided on BR?

VishalJ · Post by **VishalJ** » 28 Jan 2011 09:40

Prasad wrote:Btw, isn't this 'farce' mag that is derided on BR?

I have no clue. Saw a nice looking photo & had a q about it thats all

Prasad wrote:At Goa, the sea is at one end of the runway iirc. Don't think this picture is from there.

I just guessed Goa due to that being a MiG 29K but yet unsure about it being Goa hence the Q

I tweeted them about that photo, lets see what/if they reply.

prithvi · Post by **prithvi** » 28 Jan 2011 09:52

Vishal Jolapara wrote:

I was looking-up #AeroIndia hashtags on Twitter & came across these guys > http://twitter.com/FORCEmagazine

Cool shot that, its Goa right or some other place in the South?

I am not a photography expert...but this picture looks like doctored to me... the depth is not matching..a

VishalJ · Post by **VishalJ** » 28 Jan 2011 10:00

prithvi wrote:I am not a photography expert...but this picture looks like doctored to me... the depth is not matching..a

I just looked it up on my pc & you maybe right.
One of the hazards of viewing stuff/posting via mobile phone

prithvi · Post by **prithvi** » 28 Jan 2011 10:16

Vishal Jolapara wrote:
prithvi wrote:I am not a photography expert...but this picture looks like doctored to me... the depth is not matching..a
I just looked it up on my pc & you're right.
One of the hazards of viewing stuff/posting via mobile phone

Vishal... on a side note.. I am a big fan of yours on Airliners.net..btw are you in personal touch with Sam Chui..? have not seen him in action for a while...

Raghavendra · Post by **Raghavendra** » 28 Jan 2011 10:31

Looks nice

Vishal Jolapara wrote:

I was looking-up #AeroIndia hashtags on Twitter & came across these guys > http://twitter.com/FORCEmagazine

Cool shot that, its Goa right or some other place in the South?

Gagan · Post by **Gagan** » 28 Jan 2011 10:59

Sir-ji, this looks real to me and it seems to be Goa.
This is a google earth pic from one possible angle that the pic has been taken from. The elevation is not correct of course, but the general direction is.

Prasad · Post by **Prasad** » 28 Jan 2011 11:09

--del --
forget it. google earth shows a better picture. What is that square called btw?

VishalJ · Post by **VishalJ** » 28 Jan 2011 12:42

prithvi wrote:Vishal... on a side note.. I am a big fan of yours on Airliners.net.
btw are you in personal touch with Sam Chui..? have not seen him in action for a while...

Thank You for the compliment, appreciate it.
I think many may be getting ready to harpoon me for starting a debate in a 'Photos Only' Thread

You can contact me via here

http://www.airliners.net/profile/contact?u=vishaljo

Btw, They just replied! The answer is:

@VishalJolapara it is an actual picture taken at air station in Goa
1 minute ago via Twitter for BlackBerry® in reply to VishalJolapara

Indranil · Post by **Indranil** » 28 Jan 2011 13:37

but the shadows don't match up.

For example the shadow of the guy standing next to the cockpit is completely off.

VishalJ · Post by **VishalJ** » 28 Jan 2011 13:50

indranilroy wrote:but the shadows don't match up.

For example the shadow of the guy standing next to the cockpit is completely off.

No its not, checkout the shadow of the canopy on the ground.
The angle is the same to that of the guy standing beside the cockpit.

The sun seems about 10~11'o Clock to the Photographer & all shadows appear in accordance to that angle of light/azimuth.

krishnan · Post by **krishnan** » 28 Jan 2011 15:25

@VishalJolapara it is an actual picture taken at air station in Go, 11 minutes ago via Twitter for BlackBerry® in reply to VishalJolapara

Rahul M · Post by **Rahul M** » 28 Jan 2011 22:12

Vishal Jolapara wrote:
Prasad wrote:Btw, isn't this 'farce' mag that is derided on BR?
I have no clue. Saw a nice looking photo & had a q about it thats all

force has a bit of history with BR. force mag had carried articles by prasun sengupta which were word by word copies of articles by BR stalwarts(Rupak and others) hosted on the mainsite and also a couple of pics taken by ArunS @ a navy function. when the issue was brought to the notice of force management, they flatly denied that any such thing had happened (

) and even claimed that the photo was 'similar' because it was taken at the same place.

as a photographer do you think 2 frames of an event shot by two different people can have the exact same angle, shadow etc ?
to top it all, they threatened to sue BR for copyright abuse because some of their articles were quoted in the forum in the course of regular discussions. (as happens in an internet forum)

since then, BRF has a policy of not posting material from force. I'll let a lone pic pass but articles and such are not allowed.

p.s. apologies for disturbing the pics thread. this issue needed clarification.
cheers all !

shiv · Post by **shiv** » 28 Jan 2011 22:24

What I found really funny is the way Mr. Prasun Sengupta was posting on Shiv Aroor's blog and having a general rant about internet fora. Soon a lot of anonymous people started posting stuff about Mr Sengupta on the blog feedback. Shortly thereafter Uncle Google responded with Mr Sengupta's name among the top links in searches related to plagiarism. Shiv Aroor then went and deleted all the references in his blog.

But in certain word combinations on Google searches, some people have become immortal.

Indranil · Post by **Indranil** » 28 Jan 2011 22:36

Vishal Jolapara wrote:
indranilroy wrote:but the shadows don't match up.

For example the shadow of the guy standing next to the cockpit is completely off.
No its not, checkout the shadow of the canopy on the ground.
The angle is the same to that of the guy standing beside the cockpit.

The sun seems about 10~11'o Clock to the Photographer & all shadows appear in accordance to that angle of light/azimuth.

Notice the shadow of the guy to the extreme left.

jsbawa · Post by **jsbawa** » 29 Jan 2011 02:03

For those wondering about the lady officer on an armoured vehicle in the Army/Republic day parade, it's Capt Poornima on an NBC reccee vehicle.

Now. Just wanted to share my own experience and captures at the army day parade:

The New Age Cavalry | T-90 aka Bhishma | Indian army by ⌡K, on Flickr

T-72 and ALH Dhruv by ⌡K, on Flickr

HAL Dhruv in action by ⌡K, on Flickr

shiv · Post by **shiv** » 29 Jan 2011 05:58

^^
Those are beautiful pics - especially the B&W one

Jagan · Post by **Jagan** » 29 Jan 2011 06:10

Thank you Jaskirat.

For the crazy people among us (like yours truly)

SB054!!.... SB065!!!.... SB066!!!... SB137!!!

Sriman · Post by **Sriman** » 29 Jan 2011 06:15

Great pics JSB..

Gurneesh · Post by **Gurneesh** » 29 Jan 2011 06:46

Jagan wrote:Thank you Jaskirat.

For the crazy people among us (like yours truly)

SB054!!.... SB065!!!.... SB066!!!... SB137!!!

Hoping that Line up becomes a standard feature for the IAF...

jsbawa · Post by **jsbawa** » 29 Jan 2011 07:43

Thanks Shiv, Jagan, Sriman, Gurneesh.

Taking the liberty of sharing a few more.

Charge of the 61st Cavalry by ⌡K, on Flickr

The Last Indian Horse Mounted Cavalry by ⌡K, on Flickr

Untitled by ⌡K, on Flickr

You can check out more military themed pictures by me at : http://www.flickr.com/photos/jzsinr/set ... 11/detail/

Sandipan · Post by **Sandipan** » 29 Jan 2011 08:34

Courtesy : Military Photos
Can you guys see the Dhruv at the back

shiv · Post by **shiv** » 29 Jan 2011 08:51

Sandipan wrote:Courtesy : Military Photos
Can you guys see the Dhruv at the back

Where

Jagan · Post by **Jagan** » 29 Jan 2011 08:56

what dhruv?

Kartik · Post by **Kartik** » 29 Jan 2011 08:58

Holy crap ! Now only if HAL could get a hold of that pic and after copyright work and all that, get it as the cover pic for ALL Dhruv related brochures !