Miscellaneous Pictures - Indian Military

Gaur · Post by **Gaur** » 24 Oct 2010 16:22

^^
Looks all right to me.

Notice that the back of the helmet is slightly curved to a lower position in the first picture. So it could not have been worn backwards.
BTW, can anyone id the unit? The Naga regiment of 66 Mountain Brigade was one of the unit that had participated in the excercise. But these soldiers carry different gear from them. Are they Para?

Aditya Watts · Post by **Aditya Watts** » 24 Oct 2010 16:25

Gaur wrote:Gaurav_S,
I do not know about this particular case, but talking in general terms, IA has a very robust intelligence setup in J&K. For eg: JAKLI TA is mostly comprised of ex-militants who are very highly regarded for their information gathering capabilities.
I guess that BSF and J&K police also employ similar methods.

Ex-militants or military?

Aditya G · Post by **Aditya G** » 24 Oct 2010 16:26

abhik wrote:<picture 2>

This rifle has a bipod.

Gaur · Post by **Gaur** » 24 Oct 2010 16:32

Aditya Watts wrote:
Gaur wrote:Gaurav_S,
I do not know about this particular case, but talking in general terms, IA has a very robust intelligence setup in J&K. For eg: JAKLI TA is mostly comprised of ex-militants who are very highly regarded for their information gathering capabilities.
I guess that BSF and J&K police also employ similar methods.
Ex-militants or military?

Ex-militants. IIRC, J&K police also employ ex-militants. BSF also has a very good intelligence network but I am not sure whether they employ ex-militants or not.

JE Menon · Post by **JE Menon** » 24 Oct 2010 17:10

Bihanga wrote:
shyamd wrote:
Paramilitary soldiers are dressed for wet weather as they patrol a hilly terrain, a day after a gun battle in the region, in Pulwama, India, Friday, Oct. 22, 2010. The Indian Army said troops killed three suspected rebels in a nine-hour battle in a village on the outskirts of Srinagar. (AP Photo) ** INDIA OUT.
Just look at above photograph and rainy wears of our soldiers. It just look plain hilirious in this modern age to wear something like this, heck even soldiers of World Wars had better gears when it comes to dealing with wet conditions.

I know, plain bloody hilarious. Not to mention, as far as I know, ALL the living soldiers in World War II had heads. Look carefully, it appears one of our soldiers has been sent on patrol without his/her head even... what a shame...

Lalmohan · Post by **Lalmohan** » 24 Oct 2010 18:25

^^^ they are not IA soldiers, they are an Elvish patrol out of Lothlorien, looking for Orcs

Gaur · Post by **Gaur** » 24 Oct 2010 18:33

^^
It is always good to meet another LOTR nerd.

Back to the topic, I have never heard of jawans having any problem with these raincoats. The only nitpick that one can make is that these raincoats are a lot heavier than those we frail civilians use. But considering how rugged they need to be, this is not even an issue.

D Roy · Post by **D Roy** » 24 Oct 2010 18:40

Gaur,

what you saw in the videos posted earlier was a prelude to the "interaction" with our special forces.

That was a warm up with elements of 2 Naga who were armed with standard IA infantry issue - INSAS , INSAS LMG , Assault rifle ( black furniture with telescopic sight capable of full auto and drum magazines. For extended firepower they also carried the OFB's Milkor MGL derived multishot grenade launcher.

The Indian SF we see seem to resemble the Golani brigade in their equipment fit.

Gaur · Post by **Gaur** » 24 Oct 2010 18:53

^^
Thanks for the info.

Lalmohan · Post by **Lalmohan** » 24 Oct 2010 18:54

ponchos are also used as ground sheets or bivouacs when out in the field, they have many uses... hence their sturdiness
and if engaged, can be easily thrown off to allow the soldier freedom of movement

D Roy · Post by **D Roy** » 24 Oct 2010 19:46

anybody who has trudged through mud and rain or done any camping can tell you that those thick sheets are far more effective than any fancy raincoat.

You do not need any phancy phancy military knowledge.

D Roy · Post by **D Roy** » 24 Oct 2010 19:55

Aditya G,

This rifle has a bipod.

designated marksman version with trijicon sight removed.

Gaur · Post by **Gaur** » 24 Oct 2010 20:27

^^
Do Indian Tavors even use Trijicon sights?

AFAIK, Indian Tavors always use MARS sight as its optics. Nothing particularly "designated marksman version" about it.

sum · Post by **sum** » 24 Oct 2010 20:52

Ex-militants. IIRC, J&K police also employ ex-militants. BSF also has a very good intelligence network but I am not sure whether they employ ex-militants or not.

The BSF intel wing wing( G-Branch) was particularly feared in J&K for its effectiveness ( The current CRPF problems in J&K are due to lack of good CRPF intel branch). They seemed to be more reliant on TECHINT rather than informers , IMHO...

D Roy · Post by **D Roy** » 24 Oct 2010 21:42

Well its a designated marksman because of the bipod. The STAR-21 usually comes with Trijicon opitcal but it may also be one that uses the MARS red dot.

A designated marksman after all is supposed to be a squad integral sniper-lite who is also capable of laying down standard fare. So bipod Tavor qualifies as "designated marksman version".

Guddu · Post by **Guddu** » 25 Oct 2010 00:21

Bihanga wrote:
Just look at above photograph and rainy wears of our soldiers. It just look plain hilirious in this modern age to wear something like this, heck even soldiers of World Wars had better gears when it comes to dealing with wet conditions.

They look like Darth Vaders too me...

Rahul M · Post by **Rahul M** » 25 Oct 2010 00:42

Lalmohan wrote:^^^ they are not IA soldiers, they are an Elvish patrol out of Lothlorien, looking for Orcs

there is a lot of similarity between the story of origin of the orcs and pakis. orcs are after all descended from elves who were tortured to that hideous condition.

sorry for OT.

niran · Post by **niran** » 25 Oct 2010 08:39

Bihanga wrote: Just look at above photograph and rainy wears of our soldiers. It just look plain hilirious in this modern age to wear something like this, heck even soldiers of World Wars had better gears when it comes to dealing with wet conditions.

WWII sepoys had no rainy protection,indian sepoys wore half-trousers, GIs during Vietnam had similar prtection, and almost
all regular Defense forces in Tropics still uses similar protection, it is protection from Water
not some firearms, BTW the last person is headless

says about the truthfullness of the foto,no?

Raja Bose · Post by **Raja Bose** » 25 Oct 2010 08:48

Why are they wearing hoods with pointy edges in a thunderstorm. Don't these illiterate ill-trained brutal casteist anti-feminine anti-Cashmere anti-Islamic pro-occupation pro-violence non-English speaking Indian soldiers living on $1/day know anything?

oh BTW I want my scooter helmets back!

ArmenT · Post by **ArmenT** » 25 Oct 2010 10:10

Most militaries in the world use a similar style poncho.
USMC poncho
US GI poncho
Swiss poncho (3 pack)

Lalmohan · Post by **Lalmohan** » 25 Oct 2010 12:30

not onlee is last man headless, second man is wearing mini-poncho! couldn't GOI babus atleast have got him a regulation length poncho? or was it scammed off to make farm house in haryana?
and where is the IR suppression?
where is troposcatter comms?
where is digital camo?
where?
where?
and have you noticed that there are NINE of them!?!?! (eek!)

krishnabdt · Post by **krishnabdt** » 25 Oct 2010 16:04

shyamd wrote:
Formidable fourth : A view of demonstration on EW equipment conducted for Lt Gen Gyan Bhushan. Col Dalbir Rathi briefing on hand-held terminal.

Dear Shyamd,

Col Dalbir Rathi is my college mate...How can I get his contact details...please assist me.

Juggi G · Post by **Juggi G** » 25 Oct 2010 19:16

Bala Vignesh · Post by **Bala Vignesh** » 25 Oct 2010 21:12

Rahul M wrote:
Lalmohan wrote:^^^ they are not IA soldiers, they are an Elvish patrol out of Lothlorien, looking for Orcs
there is a lot of similarity between the story of origin of the orcs and pakis. orcs are after all descended from elves who were tortured to that hideous condition.

sorry for OT.

So sir, are you implying that they were tortured by indians???

Lalmohan · Post by **Lalmohan** » 25 Oct 2010 21:17

^^^ only due to jalwa from our success

Jamie Boscardin · Post by **Jamie Boscardin** » 26 Oct 2010 00:07

Raja Bose wrote:Why are they wearing hoods with pointy edges in a thunderstorm. Don't these illiterate ill-trained brutal casteist anti-feminine anti-Cashmere anti-Islamic pro-occupation pro-violence non-English speaking Indian soldiers living on $1/day know anything? oh BTW I want my scooter helmets back!

It crossed my mind that with a statement like this you don't even deserve to be a BRFite, therefore the mods on request give your IP address, you get tracked, pulled out into the street, stripped naked, video'd before been shot.

But then I realized that your statement was probably pun intended!

hnair · Post by **hnair** » 26 Oct 2010 02:03

IED Mubarakmund-e-Samar fest here!!

Raja Bose · Post by **Raja Bose** » 26 Oct 2010 04:14

Jamie Boscardin, A 1000 stribes on your peachy musharraf for casting doubt on a mullah.

Please report to Kave Kamplex #420 for vigorous de-briefing (Rupa briefs preferred).

amdavadi · Post by **amdavadi** » 26 Oct 2010 05:27

Ala re Ala IED dhamaka ala...

This is much better then a cat fight.....mullah vs mullah, cant get any better.

Lalmohan · Post by **Lalmohan** » 26 Oct 2010 13:01

mullah vs nanjha mujahid (with peachy bottom for baccha bazi)

rohitvats · Post by **rohitvats** » 26 Oct 2010 13:22

Now...in all the whine fest about those raincoats or ponchos or whatever....how did people miss the 120mm APFSDS Tank round in KYA exhibitions in Raipur?....Guess, which tank uses this ammunition?

shiv · Post by **shiv** » 26 Oct 2010 14:23

rohitvats wrote:Now...in all the whine fest about those raincoats or ponchos or whatever....how did people miss the 120mm APFSDS Tank round in KYA exhibitions in Raipur?....Guess, which tank uses this ammunition?

The one below? A tank that uses a 120 mm rifled bore for its main gun?

Let me guess..

Al Zarar?
Sherman?
PT-76?
Kurt Tank?

FalconAJ · Post by **FalconAJ** » 29 Oct 2010 20:59

Let me guess..

Al Zarar?
Sherman?
PT-76?
Kurt Tank?

[/quote]

Kurt Tank? ROFL!

Airavat · Post by **Airavat** » 30 Oct 2010 11:10

A tipper being off loaded from a M1-26 helicopter at a remote area of Reasi district in J&K.

Indian Air Force’s MI-26 helicopter took off from the Technical Airport Jammu this morning with Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) of the Northern Railways, R K Gupta and senior officers of the Konkan Railways Corporation Limited (KRCL) on board and airlifted heavy machinery like dozer, tipper and excavator etc in two sorties to Surukote area of the Reasi district where the Northern Railways has already constructed a helipad with the assistance of local populace.

This was for the first time in the history of the Indian Railways that Indian Air Force help had to be sought to airlift machinery for the construction activities. As soon as the machinery was off loaded from the helicopter, the Chief Administrative Officer of the Northern Railways performed ‘pooja’ and got the road construction work formally started from Dugga towards Sangaldan.

Daily Excelsior

Austin · Post by **Austin** » 30 Oct 2010 13:00

Finally the big beast is doing what it is suppose to do , do we know what was the tonnage involved during this airlift ?

shyamd · Post by **shyamd** » 31 Oct 2010 04:13

An Indian army soldier stands guard outside as Kashmiri separatist leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, unseen, launches a signature campaign on a petition to President Barack Obama in Srinagar, India, Sunday, Oct.24, 2010. The petition sought intervention by Obama on the long standing Kashmir dispute ahead of his upcoming visit to India. The conflict over Kashmir has been the main source of friction between India and Pakistan since they won independence from Britain in 1947.

Recent Indo - US exercise.
The exercise Shatrujeet-10 a joint Indo-US amphibious exercise was held at Camp Pendelton, California, USA recently. In the exercise, Indian side was represented by 16 Madras (Travancore) and the US side by 2/5 Marine Regiment.

Aditya G · Post by **Aditya G** » 31 Oct 2010 04:50

Statis test of LCH. Which areas are composite? Yellow or grey?

shiv · Post by **shiv** » 31 Oct 2010 05:24

^^I would expect the cage around the pilots and the frame to be metal - so metal must be yellow.

Indranil · Post by **Indranil** » 31 Oct 2010 05:38

What about the golden brown underneath the cockpit and elsewhere?

Aditya G · Post by **Aditya G** » 31 Oct 2010 14:22

As shiv mentioned, the yellow frame visible across the fuselage is metal, while the golden-brown looks like composite. Based on this diagram for Dhruv, it seems the grey is also composite (of different formula).