Where Does Indian Army Stand?

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Indian Army has fought a number of limited wars, it lost some of them but mostly of them it won. It faces a range of threats, including terrorism and a persistent Maoist insurgency, but Indian Army always proves that the regimental colors its Jawans carry are still a matter of honor. In spite of this, what question arises is where does our prestigious Indian army stand in the world?

The Indian Army is the land force of the Armed Forces of India and has the prime responsibility of conducting land-based warfare. It is indeed a well-trained and well-equipped military service, with troop strength of over a million but how powerful a country’s army is, does not solely depend on the number of soldiers, airmen, sailors, and weapons. A country that has greater number in weapons or army manpower does not necessarily mean it has a powerful army, but how modern is the inventory of weapons and their firepower is matters more. Two big factors are the amount and how powerful are the country’s nuclear weapons. Another important factor are the updates, and future procurement plans of the countries. How much and how fast can they deliver the war resources to the battlefield is also an important factor to consider.

According to the recent analysis, Indian Army is the 4th largest standing army. The Indian Army dates back to the Stone Age. Today, it is known as being the largest all volunteer ground force in the world with more than a million active duty soldiers. However, to be on the top, there is a definite need to enhance its capabilities by concentrating on those technologies that are important to the Indian Army so as to modernize with utmost speed.

What Indian Army has?

Total Army Personnel: 1,129,900
Tanks: 4000
Anti-Tank (AT) Weapons: 51,000
Infantry Fighting Vehicles (IFV): 2200
Armored Personnel Carriers (APC): 500
Self-propelled Artillery (SPA): 230
Towed Artillery: 9500
Mortars: 5000
Anti-Aircraft (AA) Weapons: 15,500
Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS): 290
UAV: 170
Helicopters: 190
Logistical Vehicles: 70,000
Total Land Army Weapons: 75,100

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Infantry weapons:

Many Infantry Weapons are being used by Indian army, it includes Heavy machine gun, Semi-automatic pistol, Sub-machine gun, Assault rifle, Battle rifle, Carbine, Sniper rifle, Light Machine Gun, Heavy Machine Gun, Anti-material rifle, General Purpose Machine Gun, etc.

Explosives, rockets and missile systems:

The Indian Army uses many explosives, rockets and mis systems including Hand Grenade, Grenade Launcher, Automatic Grenade Launcher, Recoilless rifle, Rocket Launcher, Mortar, Cannon launch Anti-tank guided missile, Anti-tank guided missile, etc.

Artillery:

Artillery is known to be the King of the Battle. Undoubtedly the Regiment of Artillery has a variety of weapons which comprises guns, rockets and missiles and many more such as Howitzer, Field gun, Self-propelled artillery, Multiple rocket launchers.

Ballistic and cruise missiles:

India has achieved a significant milestone in the direction of developing many ballistic and cruise missiles, some of them are:

Brahmos Cruise missile
Short-range ballistic missile
Medium-range ballistic missile
Hypersonic Glide Missile
Tactical Ballistic Missile
Intermediate-range ballistic missile

Combat vehicles:

The Indian Army holds a variety of combat vehicles such as Infantry fighting vehicle, Tank destroyer, Mortar Carrier, Armored Personnel Carrier, Reconnaissance vehicle, Battlefield surveillance system

Army Aircraft:

The aircrafts that have been inducted into Indian Army Aviation are:

Attack helicopter-HAL Rudra
Utility helicopter-HAL Dhruv, Chetak, Cheetah
Transport helicopter-Mi-17V Hip

Indian Army’s Future Procurement:

For Indian Army’s modernizations, there are numerous procurements taking place.

Artillery and missile systems:

Anti-tank missile FGM-148 Javelin and Spike (missile)
Prahaar- the solid-fueled missile
Agni-V – Intercontinental version of the Agni missile system

Infantry Equipment:

Futuristic Infantry Soldier As a System (F-INSAS) is the Indian Army’s principal modernization program from 2012 to 2020

Modern Sub Machine Carbine

Aviation:

Light Utility Helicopter- Euro copter AS 550
Light multi-role helicopter- Euro copter AS550 Fennec; Kamov Ka-226, Agusta A109 Power or A119 Koala and McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Systems

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