Miscellaneous Pictures - Indian Military

Raja Bose · Post by **Raja Bose** » 22 Mar 2009 08:53

kaangeya wrote: It's a v.tough course and the LCs too like GCs go thru hell for those 12 months. Years ago one morning at Madras Central as I was getting off the Blr-Mds Mail one morning I walked passed wagon loads of OTA cadets. I first walked the GCs assembling on the platform, and then after that I came across another bunch of cadets, these looked a little different, and I was startled to hear a v.different but more authoritative voice (nani, my mom, my school teacher) before I realised it was the LCs falling in line, with a v. tough looking squad leader.

OT but Allah help those ghazis who fall afoul of these lady officers!

shyamd · Post by **shyamd** » 22 Mar 2009 20:17

An Indian soldier near the Line of Control (LOC) in 2002. The LOC separates the Indian and Pakistani administered regions of Kashmir. An Indian soldier was injured when Pakistani troops fired at Indian army positions across the de facto border that divides Kashmir.
(AFP/File/Sajjad Hussain)

sum · Post by **sum** » 22 Mar 2009 20:47

The bright orange of the INSAS seems to stand out in the surroundings...

A Sharma · Post by **A Sharma** » 22 Mar 2009 21:30

That's AK and not INSAS

sum · Post by **sum** » 22 Mar 2009 21:31

Oopsie...need to get my eyesight checked, i guess

Even the AK seems to be having the INSAS style "furniture" glow!!!

rkhanna · Post by **rkhanna** » 23 Mar 2009 03:10

Did the singaporians get the shiny new Leo2s ???!!!!

srai · Post by **srai** » 23 Mar 2009 09:33

rahuldevnath wrote:Very Heavy Lift certainly comprises of An-124 class. But as far as I know, IAF right now is more interested in replacing / supplementing the Il-76MD, the C-17 is most probably like join IAF in near future. Very Heavy Lift Category transports, will also be eventually inducted but may be in limited numbers, something like what we did we did with Mi-26.

It's very important to note that the An-124 is used for delivering any of the fighters in Semi K Down, conditions, such as Su-30MKI. About 6 An-124's will give IAF that edge.

Well most NATO countries charter An-124 as needed from a Russian company that operates them. For example, RAF has some sort of agreement where it can request to have two made available within 4-8 days of notice and two more the following week or something like that for any out-sized cargo (i.e. bigger than C-17 capacity).

So it is not necessary for IAF to own one. They can setup a usage agreement and charter as needed (which is rare).

Whereas, C-17 sized planes are used much more frequently. C-17 can carry twice the payload of lL-76. Maybe 4-6 units is all that's required but which would greatly improve IAF's strategic airlift capability of large-sized heavy payloads. (I mean it has the payload & dimension capacity to carry the Arjun MBT.)

Anurag · Post by **Anurag** » 23 Mar 2009 09:38

While there has been discussion about the C-17 and An-124 for heavy/very heavy lift capabilities, don't forget to add the C5 Galaxy which has a payload capacity far greater than the C-17 but less than the An-124.

kobe · Post by **kobe** » 23 Mar 2009 11:04

talking about large transporters..

airbus beluga
another beluga

Ajay K · Post by **Ajay K** » 23 Mar 2009 15:12

Airbus beluga is small compared(in terms of swallowing capacity) to the An-124.

k prasad · Post by **k prasad** » 24 Mar 2009 00:18

rkhanna wrote:Did the singaporians get the shiny new Leo2s ???!!!!

Yeah, but they're 2nd hand... check pics on FIDSNS...

anishns · Post by **anishns** » 24 Mar 2009 06:24

There is an even bigger AN-225

http://www.vectorsite.net/avantgt.html

There's only been one produced though!

Ajay K wrote:Airbus beluga is small compared(in terms of swallowing capacity) to the An-124.

JaiS · Post by **JaiS** » 25 Mar 2009 07:54

Combat Exercise by Indian Paratroopers

pmund · Post by **pmund** » 25 Mar 2009 18:15

http://img230.imageshack.us/gal.php?g=kash1.jpg

Weapons and gadgets seized from dead Lashkar terrorists after the encounter in Kupwara. Note the GPS devices and painkiller diclonofenac. Pictures by AP and PTI

shyamd · Post by **shyamd** » 25 Mar 2009 19:05

Indian Army soldiers display seized arms and ammunition after a gunbattle, at an army base in Srinagar, India, Wednesday, March 25, 2009. The Pakistan-based rebel group Lashkar-e-Taiba blamed for last year's Mumbai attacks on Wednesday threatened more attacks in Indian Kashmir after a five-day gunbattle between government troops and suspected insurgents killed 25 combatants.

India army's Brigadier Gurmit Singh speaks during a news conference after a gun battle in Srinagar March 25, 2009. The Pakistan-based militant group blamed for the Mumbai attacks threatened on Wednesday more violence in disputed Indian Kashmir after a five-day gun battle with troops that killed 25 people.

Anshul · Post by **Anshul** » 25 Mar 2009 19:44

Tally:-

17 Pigs Dead.

Weapons --- I can see 10 Nos AK,3 Nos GPS,3 Compass and 4 UBGLs.

So where did the rest go?

The GPS receiver is from GARMIN.So pasting some stuff from the GARMIN Site

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Now Marine relates to Mumbai Landings and Recreational relates to Kupwara.Incidentally Karachi and Islamabad have GARMIN dealers and EASTWEST looks like an ISI enterprise.

derkonig · Post by **derkonig** » 25 Mar 2009 22:54

^^
OT, but any relation with our desi erstwhile EAST WEST airlines? The promoters apparently had connections with the 'gelf'.

ssmitra · Post by **ssmitra** » 26 Mar 2009 00:14

JaiS wrote:Combat Exercise by Indian Paratroopers

am I mistaken or does it seem that in the non-INSAS pictures the paratroopers seem to have the Vz58 and not AK's
Are the Vz's still used. I know they are very coveted by the older JCO's.

Surya · Post by **Surya** » 26 Mar 2009 01:38

ssmitra

A lot of the SF and paras love the Vz version

shyamd · Post by **shyamd** » 26 Mar 2009 02:20

---------More Funeral Photo's----------------------

Kashmiri men mourn during the funeral of slain Indian army soldier Shabir Ahmed Malik at Dab Wakoora, northeast of Srinagar on March 24, 2009. An army statement said that eight soldiers and 16 rebels have died in the fighting in Kupwara district close to the Line of Control that divides the Indian and Pakistani-controlled parts of the Himalayan region so far. Well attended funerals for militants, fighting Indian rule in Kashmir, are common but it is for the first time that an Indian soldier's death was mourned in a region where anti-India sentiments run deep. AFP PHOTO/Tauseef MUSTAFA (Photo credit should read TAUSEEF MUSTAFA/AFP/Getty Images)

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Indian army soldiers gather at a farewel
Indian army soldiers gather at a farewell function ahead of their departure to Sudan on a United Nations (UN) Peacekeeping mission in New Delhi on March 13, 2009. An Indian Army Contingent of two Infantry Battalions, some 2,000 soldiers including army female soldiers. army doctors and army engineers are set to travel to Sudan to act as UN peacekeepers. AFP PHOTO/RAVEENDRAN (Photo credit should read RAVEENDRAN/AFP/Getty Images)

A Kashmir woman (L) walks past an Indian Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) soldier near the spot where suspected militants hurled a grenade at a CRPF Bunker in Srinagar on March 11, 2009. One policeman was injured in the attacks. AFP PHOTO/Rouf BHAT (Photo credit should read ROUF)

shyamd · Post by **shyamd** » 26 Mar 2009 02:31

Indian women paramilitary soldiers from the Rapid Action Force (RAF) 100 Battalion participate in shooting practice at Vastral, some 20 kms from Ahmedabad on March 7, 2009 the eve of International Women's Day. The Rapid Action Force (RAF) is a specialised wing of the Indian Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) which operates during communal riots, unrest, anti-terror operations and operations in the aftermath of a natural calamity. AFP PHOTO/Sam PANTHAKY (Photo credit should read SAM PANTHAKY/AFP/Getty Images)

Ankit Desai · Post by **Ankit Desai** » 26 Mar 2009 05:38

Source Rediff,

Really kupwara serves as an eye opener. Another para martyred.

Ankit

Nikhil T · Post by **Nikhil T** » 26 Mar 2009 11:30

Anshul wrote:Tally:-

17 Pigs Dead.

Weapons --- I can see 10 Nos AK,3 Nos GPS,3 Compass and 4 UBGLs.

So where did the rest go?

Obviously Anshul, this wasnt the only table display that they had put up.
See Link

A huge cache of arms and ammunition, including 17 AK assault rifles, four UBGLs, 19 UBGL grenades and two hand grenades, was recovered from the possession of the slain terrorists, the spokesman said, adding the operation witnessed fierce gun fight between the troops and the terrorists.

Anshul · Post by **Anshul** » 26 Mar 2009 11:51

Bhai...!It was BVR...so just counted what was WVR.

The kitting of the pukis was top notch.Imagine the kind of funding that goes into these ops!

Thuraya Phones,Garmin Receivers,Winter Clothing,Snow Boots,Painkilling Injections,UBGLs,....!They spend about 5+ lakhs per pig.Our average jawan gets half of that in annual salaries.

I can see someone weaving stories here...if we let them in...then we should have killed them much before they got a chance to fan out!The outfit wasn't carrying heavy weapons though...so most of the paras who died were seen first and ambushed or sniped.Maj.Rohit Sharma was shot from a vantage location.

shyamd · Post by **shyamd** » 27 Mar 2009 22:01

Indian Army soldiers stand beside a mobile satellite terminal vehicle during exercises on the beach at Madhavpur, some 475 kms. from Ahmedabad on February 9, 2009. Indian Army, Navy and Air Force jointly conducted exercises named 'Exercise Tropex-2009' at Madhavpur beach in the state of Gujarat. AFP PHOTO/ Sam PANTHAKY (Photo credit should read SAM PANTHAKY/AFP/Getty Images)

An Indian Paramilitary trooper stands guard near the National Highway at Pampore, south of Srinagar, on March 26, 2009. Fresh fighting broke-out between the Indian soldiers and heavily-armed militants along the Line of Control (LOC) when a group of rebels tried to infiltrate into Indian-administered Kashmir from the Pakistani-zone of the disputed region, the army said. AFP PHOTO/Tauseef MUSTAFA (Photo credit should read TAUSEEF MUSTAFA/AFP/Getty Images)

sudeepj · Post by **sudeepj** » 27 Mar 2009 23:32

Anshul wrote:Bhai...!It was BVR...so just counted what was WVR.

The kitting of the pukis was top notch.Imagine the kind of funding that goes into these ops!

Thuraya Phones,Garmin Receivers,Winter Clothing,Snow Boots,Painkilling Injections,UBGLs,....!They spend about 5+ lakhs per pig.Our average jawan gets half of that in annual salaries.

A Garmin GPS receiver costs about $200 or so, a thuraya (of which the terrorists carried only 2) costs about $1000. (check prices here http://www.satphonestore.com/index.cfm?page=thuraya)

Morphine injections cost < $1 per dose. Chinese Kalashnikovs cost <$200 per piece when purchased in bulk. AK rounds are probably < 10 cents a round.

As long as they were not going through Siachen, winter outdoor clothing would cost < $500 per person (down jacket, down sleeping bag, woolen inner wear, woolen socks, winter boots).. All in all, I cant see Pakis having spent more than $1500 per terrorist on kit, add another $2000-$3000 for their compensation to the family and reward money. Overall cost for the entire operation, not just the kit, <2 lakhs per terrorist. This was a cheap operation for them..

CalvinH · Post by **CalvinH** » 27 Mar 2009 23:50

^^Thats the upfront cost you see for a pig for one operation. They must have been trained and paid for this operation for a year at least. Then you need to take the cost of entire logistics of carrying out an operation like this including the supply chain. I am sure a dead pig doesnt comes cheap to terrorist company like ISI which must be funding this through the narcotics trade. Sustaining terrorists at some many front including in SWAT/NWFP/Afghanistan/Kashmir must cost enormous amount of money, a lot of which is paid unknowingly by US and others as part of the GWOT.

It would be interesting to work out the cost of a pig through his radicalization to meet the houris lifecycle. We can probably carry this discussion in some other and more relevant thread.

ssmitra · Post by **ssmitra** » 28 Mar 2009 00:05

Since I didn't get a reply to this I am reposting from the small arms thread
Is that a GALIL sniper rifle in the background held by the cop. Didn't know that it has been issued to the paramilitary also.
anyone know which paramilitary unit that is.

ParGha · Post by **ParGha** » 29 Mar 2009 00:40

ssmitra wrote:Since I didn't get a reply to this I am reposting from the small arms thread
Is that a GALIL sniper rifle in the background held by the cop. Didn't know that it has been issued to the paramilitary also.
anyone know which paramilitary unit that is.

Look at a couple of his other videos from the same range - its from Orissa.

ssmitra · Post by **ssmitra** » 29 Mar 2009 01:31

hmmm r u saying Orissa police now has Galil Sniper rifles

yaaaa my 100th post. took me 5 years to get here.

brar · Post by **brar** » 29 Mar 2009 04:27

that's not the only thing. he seems to know how to use the sniper to. look at his hands

Ankit Desai · Post by **Ankit Desai** » 29 Mar 2009 06:09

^^^^

He looks like some IPS officer. Is There any sniper training for IPS!?

Ankit

jaladipc · Post by **jaladipc** » 29 Mar 2009 07:00

JIHAD is your life and now you are a dead pig.

It means JIHAD leads the way to reach other dead pigs.

kobe · Post by **kobe** » 29 Mar 2009 09:11

is this the same Wushu Kung Fu Club?

i wonder if above is the same martial arts "university" where the pakistani pigs got their training, any way i sent an email to them to not train pakistani terrorists (with a link to the picture)

maz · Post by **maz** » 30 Mar 2009 02:08

Nice pics of IN/CG ships at Abu Dhabi

http://mangalorean.com/news.php?newstyp ... tid=118358

p_saggu · Post by **p_saggu** » 30 Mar 2009 02:56

The navy equips its soldiers with style.

Why can't the INSAS be all black?

shyamd · Post by **shyamd** » 30 Mar 2009 17:24

National Security Guard (NSG) Commandos provide security detail for a car transporting Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani following a press conference in New Delhi on March 29, 2009. The BJP demanded that the Government make efforts to bring back money deposited by Indians in foreign banks and asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to raise the issue at the upcoming G-20 summit. The party also promised to bring this money to the country, if the NDA comes to power. AFP PHOTO/Prakash SINGH (Photo credit should read PRAKASH SINGH/AFP/Getty Images)

shyamd · Post by **shyamd** » 31 Mar 2009 05:15

Indian Border Security Force (BSF) soldiers patrol along the India-Pakistan border at Wagah on March 30, 2009. Security at the India-Pakistan has been beefed up following an attack by gunmen at a police academy in Pakistan which left eight dead. AFP PHOTO /NARINDER NANU (Photo credit should read NARINDER NANU/AFP/Getty Images)

Gaurav_S · Post by **Gaurav_S** » 31 Mar 2009 05:40

From those pics of IN from Abu Dhabi. Sailors seem to be saluting every common visitor coming on board. Is this the norm?

Sriman · Post by **Sriman** » 31 Mar 2009 09:19

kobe wrote:is this the same Wushu Kung Fu Club?

i wonder if above is the same martial arts "university" where the pakistani pigs got their training, any way i sent an email to them to not train pakistani terrorists (with a link to the picture)

That seems to be just a Wushu/Kung Fu club at Monash University in Melbourne. I'm guessing the content on that t-shirt is just some made up gibberish.