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Mounted ZU 23 MM Twin Gun Tunguska Mount System OSA- AK Weapon System Akash surface to air missile. Air Defence Artillery in India was first established by the British Government ruling India in 1939, at the start of World War II to counter the growing aerial threat from the Axis powers, especially from the Japanese in East Asia.
Air Defence Systems Akashteer: Automated Air Defence Control & Reporting System 100 India: Status: In service. First batch delivered by BEL in April 2024. [271] All delivered by September 2024. [272] Barak-8 (MR-SAM) Medium-range surface-to-air missile: 5 regiments for Army (40 launchers). 18 squadrons for IAF. India Israel: Status: In service.
At the time of independence, Indian Artillery consisted of Field, Medium, Air Defence, Counter Bombardment, Coastal, Air Observation Post and Survey branches. After the partition of India in 1947, the Royal Indian Artillery was divided with India being allotted eighteen and a half regiments while remaining nine and half units went to Pakistan. [7]
At raising, the regiment was equipped with Bofors 40 mm L/60 guns.The unit was re-organised as a Composite Air Defence Regiment in November 1977, when it was equipped with one battery of the Soviet ZSU-23-4 Shilka self-propelled, radar-guided anti-aircraft weapon system and two batteries of Soviet ZU-23 towed 23×152 mm anti-aircraft twin-barrelled auto-cannons.
Advanced Weapons and Equipment India Limited (AWEL) is an Indian defence public sector undertaking, headquartered in Kanpur, India. [1] AWE primarily manufactures small arms and artillery guns for the Indian Armed Forces , foreign militaries, and domestic civilian use.
The launch platform has been integrated with both wheeled and tracked vehicles. While the Akash system has primarily been designed as an air defence SAM, it also has been tested in a missile defense role. The system provides air defence missile coverage for an area of 2,000 km 2 (770 sq mi).
The history of the college dates back to mid 1940s when anti-aircraft training battery was established by the British in July 1940 at Karachi (now Pakistan) to train the troops deputed to the newly established air defence artillery. Post-independence Air Defence & Guided Missile School and Centre was established at Gopalpur.
Honour Title - 29 AD Regiment was tasked to provide air defence protection to Vulnerable Areas / Vulnerable Points (VAs/VPs) of a Strike Corps during 1971 Operations. It provided AD protection to medium guns of an Independent Artillery Brigade. During the course of the operation, the Pakistan Air Force carried out several air raids on the VAs/VPs.