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Indian Army has issued a requirement of 650 6×6 High Mobility Vehicles (HMV) with material handling crane for ammunition and heavy equipment transportation in mountainous terrains. [414] On 23 June 2021, the Indian Army issued an RFI for about 2,000 Gun Towing Vehicles for towing 155 mm Medium Artillery Guns. The GTVs should have a towing ...
The Infantry School is the oldest and largest training institution of the Indian Army, training over 7,000 Officers, Junior Commissioned Officers and Non-Commissioned Officers annually. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] The origin of the present school can be traced to The School of Musketry at Changla Gali (now in Pakistan ), which was established in the year 1886.
The INSAS, [11] or Indian Small Arms System, [12] is a family of infantry arms consisting of an assault rifle and a light machine gun (LMG). These weapons were developed in India by the Armament Research and Development Establishment and manufactured by the Ordnance Factories Board at its various factories. [13]
Units of the Regiment of Artillery that have equipment other than weapons are listed below. These units mainly have Surveillance and Target Acquisition (SATA) equipment, Surveillance and target acquisition is a military role assigned to units and/or their equipment.
This is a list of missiles used by the Indian Armed Forces and are under development by the Defence Research and Development Organisation This article contains dynamic lists that may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
F-INSAS is India's programme to equip its infantry with state-of-the-art equipment, F-INSAS standing for Future Infantry Soldier As a System. [1] [2] However the Indian Army has decided to drop the F-INSAS program in favour of two separate projects. The new program will have two components: one to arm the future infantry soldier with the best ...
F-INSAS is the Indian Army's principal infantry modernisation programme, which aims to modernise the army's 465 infantry and paramilitary battalions by 2020. The programme aims to upgrade the infantry to a multi-calibre rifle with an under-barrel grenade launcher, as well as bulletproof jackets and helmets.
There is one platoon in every infantry battalion in the Indian Army. Ghatak is a Hindi word meaning "killer" or "lethal". They act as shock troops and spearhead assaults ahead of the battalion. Their operational role is similar to Scout Sniper Platoon, STA platoon of the US Marine Corp and the Patrols platoon of the British Army. A Ghatak ...