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# भारतीय थलसेना

### विकिपीडिया, एक मुक्त ज्ञानकोष से

  यह लेख आधुनिक भारतीय सेना से सम्बन्धित है । भारत की स्वतन्त्रता से पहले के सैन्य इतिहास के लिए, जिसमें ब्रिटिश-भारतीय सैन्य इतिहास सम्मिलित है, देखें ब्रिटिश-भारतीय सैन्य इतिहास ।

## [बदलें] यह लेख निर्माणाधीन है ।

--Landoflakes १०:३७, १९ जुलाई २००६ (UTC)

## [बदलें] भारतीय थलसेना

भारतीय थलसेना भारत की सशस्त्र सेनाओं की थल इकाई है और इसका प्रमुख दायित्व थल आधारित युद्ध है । यह विश्व की तीसरी सबसे बड़ी सक्रिय सेना है ।

यह एक अत्यंत निपुण,प्रशिक्षित तथा आधुनिक अस्त्र-शस्त्र से सुसज्जित सेना है । इसकी सदस्य संख्या दस लाख से अधिक है । यह एक पूर्णतया स्वैच्छिक सेवा है; भारत में अनिवार्य सैन्य सेवा (Conscription) कभी कार्यान्वित नहीं की गई ।

भारतीय सेना को देश की भौगोलिक विभिन्नताओं के चलते अलग- अलग भौगोलिक क्षेत्रों में युद्ध का बहुमूल्य अनुभव है, और साथ ही संयुक्त राष्ट्र शान्ति सेनाओं में उत्कृष्ट योगदान के लिए जानी जाती है ।

भारतीय थलसेना के प्रमुख थलसेनाध्यक्ष होते हैं - जनरल जे.जे.सिंह (जोगिन्दर जसवंत सिंह ) वर्तमान थलसेनाध्यक्ष हैं ।

(the next chief is due to be Lt Gen Deepak Kapoor, currently the Northern Army Commander). The highest rank in the Indian Army is Field Marshal, but it is a largely ceremonial rank and appointments are made by the President of India, on the advice of the Union Cabinet of Ministers, only in exceptional circumstances. (See Field Marshal (India)). General S.H.F.J. Manekshaw and the late General K.M. Cariappa are the only two officers who have attained this rank.

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Indian soldiers are known as Jawans in Hindi. Shown here are Indian Jawans of the Madras Regiment during the annual Republic Day Military Parade in 2004

## [बदलें] History

Template:Military of India See the British Indian Army for the pre-independence Indian Army.

Upon British India gaining independence in 1947, the British Indian Army was divided into two parts to serve the newly created nations of Union of India and Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Most units went to India, and the rest to Pakistan. Some Gurkha units from the force were also retained in the British Army.

### [बदलें] Indo-Pakistani War of 1947

Almost immediately after independence, tensions between India and Pakistan began to boil over. And the first of three full-scale wars between the two nations broke out over the then princely state of Kashmir. Upon the Maharaja of Kashmir's reluctance to accede to either India or Pakistan, an impatient Pakistan sponsored a tribal invasion of parts of Kashmir. The men are alleged by India to have also included Pakistan army regulars. Soon after, Pakistan sent in its troops to annex the state. The Maharaja, Hari Singh, appealed to India, and to Lord Mountbatten -- the Governor General -- for help, but it was pointed out to him that India saw no reason to do so. He signed the Instrument of Accession and Kashmir unilaterally acceded to India (a decision ratified by the former colonial masters but never accepted by Pakistan). Immediately after, Indian troops were airlifted into Srinagar and, in a famous operation, repelled the invaders. An intense war was waged across the state and former comrades found themselves fighting each other. Both sides made some territorial gains and also suffered significant losses, but the Indian Army is generally believed to have had the upper hand when hostilities ceased in 1948.

An uneasy UN sponsored peace returned by the end of 1948 with Indian and Pakistani soldiers facing each other directly on the Line of Control, which has since divided Indian from Pakistani-held Kashmir. Tensions between India and Pakistan, largely over Kashmir, have never since been entirely eliminated.

### [बदलें] Indian Army participation in UN peace-keeping Operations

India is currently the largest troop contributor to the UN. Presently, the Indian army has dedicated one brigade of troops to the UN's standby arrangements. Through its large, sustained troop commitments India has come in for much praise for taking part in difficult operations for prolonged periods.

The Indian Army has participated in several UN peace-keeping operations, including the ones in Cyprus, Lebanon, Congo, Angola, Cambodia, Vietnam, Namibia, El Salvador, Liberia, Mozambique & Somalia. The army also provided a paramedical unit to facilitate the withdrawal of the sick and wounded in Korea.

### [बदलें] Operation Polo (1948)

After the partition of India, the State of Hyderabad, a princely-state under the rule of a Nizam, chose to remain independent. The Nizam refused to accede his state to the Union of India, although Hyderabad had an overwhelmingly large Hindu population. The following stand-off between the Government of India and the Nizam ended on 12 September 1948 when India's then deputy-Prime Minister Sardar Vallabhai Patel ordered Indian troops to secure the state. Within 5 days of intense fighting, the Indian Army, backed by the Indian Air Force, successfully defeated Hyderabad State forces. The following day, the State of Hyderabad was proclaimed as a part of the Union of India.

### [बदलें] Goa, Daman and Diu Operation (1961)

Even though the British and French vacated all their colonial possessions in the Indian subcontinent, Goa, Daman and Diu remained under Portuguese control. In 1961, after repeated Portuguese refusals to negotiate towards leaving, New Delhi ordered a small contingent of its troops to invade the Portuguese territories and secure them. It was called Operation Vijay. Unable to withstand the assault, Portugal signed a truce with India and gave up its control over the small territories, which formally became part of the Indian Union.

### [बदलें] Sino-Indian War (1962)

Since 1959 Indian Police posts had been pushed forward into territory claimed by the Chinese Government. Small scale clashes broke out as India insisted the border ran along the "traditional" watershed, in effect the British McMahon Line, which China disputed. In 1962 Indian soldiers were ordered to occupy the Thagla ridge near the border between Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh, which formed part of the watershed, but was some three miles to the north of the McMahon line. Tensions rose further when New Delhi discovered that the Chinese had constructed a road through Aksai Chin which India claimed. In September 1962 Chinese troops expelled the Indian soldiers from the ridge. On October 12, Nehru gave orders for the Chinese to be expelled from Aksai Chin. On October 20, Chinese soldiers attacked India in both the North-West and North-East parts of the border, entering the disputed Aksai Chin region along with Arunachal Pradesh in numbers. China then called on the Indian government to negotiate. With no peaceful agreement between the two counties, China unilaterally withdrew their troops from the territory they had occupied. The reasons for the withdrawal are disputed with India claiming logistical problems and diplomatic support from the US and China stating that it was returning to the borders that it had staked its diplomatic claim. The dividing line between the Indian and Chinese forces was christened the Line of Actual Control. A review committee was soon set up by the Indian government to determine the causes for India's defeat. The report apparently faulted much of India's armed forces command and especially the executive government for failures on several fronts. Despite frequent calls for its release this Henderson-Brooks Committee report still remains classified.

### [बदलें] Indo-Pakistani War of 1965

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Pakistani Patton M-48 tanks, captured during the Battle of Asal Uttar, on display near Bhilwand

A second confrontation with Pakistan happened in 1965, largely over Kashmir. Pakistani dictator General Ayub Khan launched Operation Gibraltar in August 1965, believing an Indian leadership still recovering from the 1962 war with China to be unable to effectively deal with such a military thrust. It proved to be a serious miscalculation for Ayub, who had also banked on the intelligence report claiming that the people of Kashmir would aid the Pakistani war effort. No such rebellion occurred and India responded almost immediately with armoured regiments being deployed to both counter enemy intrusions and strike across the border.

Initially, the Indian Army met with considerable success in the northern sector. After launching prolonged artillery barrages against Pakistan, India was able to capture three important mountain positions in Kashmir. However, by the end of the month both sides were on even footing as Pakistan had made progress in areas such as Tithwal, Uri and Punch and India had gains in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir, having captured the Haji Pir Pass eight kilometers inside Pakistani territory.

Pakistan launched Operation Grand Slam on September 1, invading the Chamb-Jurian sector. In retaliation, the Indian Army's 15th Infantry Division crossed the International Border on the Western Front on September 6, and attempted to head to Lahore. After suffering some initial reverses, the force managed to cross the Ichhogil canal and come within striking distance of Lahore. Stiff resistance meant the force could go no further and had to later withdraw. The Indian Army had made significant territorial gains on both the Northern and Western fronts. The Indian Air Force, while suffering losses, had also managed to thwart the Pakistani Air Force and provide support to Indian Army movements. Pakistani territory gained by the Indian army was estimated to be between 1500-2000 square kilometers. Much of the success enjoyed by the Indian Army has been attributed to divisional commanders and their innovative leadership. One such famous instance was the foiling of what was probably the most important Pakistani armoured thrust, towards Amritsar in Khem Karan. The brigade commander, Brig. Theogaraj, flooded the sugarcane fields, trapped the superior Pakistani Patton tanks and then proceeded to decimate them, with some help from the IAF (see Battle of Asal Uttar).

Objective details are sketchy but the Pakistani Army appears to have suffered considerable losses after some initial success. It is estimated by neutral observers that Pakistan lost over 250 main battle tanks and nearly 4000 personnel. Equivalent figures for India put its army's losses at over 100 tanks and nearly 3000 personnel. Strategically, the war proved to be a stalemate and the ceasefire on September 23 was followed by talks in Tashkent (brokered by the Soviet Union), where Indian Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri and Ayub Khan agreed to withdraw to virtually all pre-war positions.

### [बदलें] Indo-Pakistani War of 1971

Template:Seealso In 1971, rebellion broke out in East Pakistan, and India was forced to intervene as an estimated 10 million Bangladeshi refugees fled to India. War again came, but this time decisive change was effected. East Pakistan broke away with Indian intervention and became the independent state of Bangladesh. This was of great help to India, since it no longer had to worry about a two-front war and could concentrate its combat firepower against what had been West Pakistan and the PRC. Under the command of Lt. General J.S. Arora, the Indian army achieved a decisive victory over Pakistan in 1971, taking over 90,000 prisoners of war (38,000 Armed forces personnel and 52,000 civilians of West Pakistani origin) in the Bangladesh liberation war. Even on the western front, the Indian Army was successful in blocking Pakistan's invasion attempts (see Battle of Longewala) and counter attacked capturing more than 12,000 sq. km of enemy territory.

After 1971, tensions between India and Pakistan simmered, periodically threatening to break out into full-scale war, most notably in 1999 and 2002 in recent years. The 1998 tests of Indian and Pakistani nuclear weapons are seen by many commentators as acting as a restraining influence on both sides. Now that each can destroy the other in a war, according to the theory of deterrence, they are less likely to let tensions escalate.

### [बदलें] Counter-insurgency activities

The Indian Army has played a crucial role in the past in fighting insurgents and terrorists in the nation. The army launched Operation Bluestar and Operation Woodrose in 1980s to combat Sikh insurgents. The army, alongwith Indian Paramilitary Forces, has the prime responsibility of maintaining law and order in the troubled Jammu and Kashmir region.

### [बदलें] The Kargil Operation in 1999

Template:See also In mid 1999, Kashmiri insurgents and Pakistan military personnel took control of some deserted, but strategic, Himalayan heights in Indian-administered Kashmir. These had either been vacated by the Indian army during the onset of inhospitable weather conditions, or not occupied on the presumption that it would be foolhardy, for either side, to risk men in such a manner. The intruders took control of several key areas such as the heights overlooking the vital Srinagar-Leh highway, Batalik, Dras and the strategic Tiger Hill.

India, however, quickly responded to the intrusion by launching an assult with a strength of 20,000 troops. Backed by the Indian Air Force, the Indian army managed to regain occupied positions within 40 days of intense fighting. The army launched a major operation, Operation Vijay, which first involved blocking the intruder's supply routes and then attacking the holed intruders from one point to the other. During the intense, often bloody, operation, 532 Indian soldiers, NCOs and junior officers lost their lives in frontal attacks reminiscient of classic infantry slogs of the great wars. Around 4000 Pakistani military personnel and insurgents were killed during the conflict. It was proved on the basis of identity cards and other items recovered from the dead Pakistanis, that they were from 5th Northern Light Infantry. The resultant Kargil Review Committee set up by the Indian Government, and headed by strategic analyst K. Subrahmanyam, faulted a serious intelligence failure in not detecting the intrusions in time and its report has led to several large-scale changes in the national security set-up.

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A combat team composed of T-72M MBTs, T-90S MBTs and BMP-2 IFVs forming up for a training assault on an enemy held position.

### [बदलें] Major Exercises

#### [बदलें] Operation Parakaram

After the December 13 2001 attack on the Indian Parliament, Operation Parakaram was launched under which tens of thousands of Indian troops were deployed along the Indo-Pakistan border. It was carried out in retaliation to the involvemement of Pakistan-backed Kashmiri insurgents in the attack on the Parliament annexe. The operation was the largest military exercise carried out by any Asian country. The operation's prime objective was to prepare the army for any future nuclear conflict with the Islamic Republic of Pakistan which seemed increasingly possible after the December attack on the Indian parliament.

#### [बदलें] Operation Sanghe Shakti

The main goal of this exercise was to validate mobilisation strategies of the Ambala-based II Strike Corps. Air support was a part of this exercise, and an entire batallion of paratroops was paradropped during the conduct of the war games, with allied equipment. Some 20,000 jawans took part in the exercise.

## [बदलें] Structure of the Indian Army

Initially, the army's main objective was to defend the nation's frontiers. However, over the years, the army has also taken up the responsibility of providing internal security, especially in insurgent-hit Kashmir and north-east.

The army has a strength of about a million troops and fields 34 divisions. Its headquarters is located in the Indian capital New Delhi and it is under the overall command of the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), currently General Joginder Jaswant Singh.

### [बदलें] Commands

The army operates 6 tactical commands and one training command known as ARTRAC. Each command is headed by General Officer Commanding-in-Chief with the rank of Lieutenant General. Each command is directly affiliated to the Army HQ in New Delhi. These commands are given below in their correct order of raising, location (city) and their commanders.

Command | Location | GOC-in-C
--- | --- | ---
Southern Command | Pune | Lt Gen Aditya Singh
Eastern Command | Kolkata | Lt Gen Arvind Sharma
Central Command | Lucknow | Lt Gen O P Nandrajog
Western Command | Chandigarh | Lt Gen Daljit Singh
Northern Command | Udhampur | Lt Gen Deepak Kapoor
ARTRAC | Shimla | Lt Gen K S Jamwal
South Western Command | Jaipur | Lt Gen K Nagaraj

Note: Certain information is not given as they are a restricted form of information and are not to be displayed to the public.

### [बदलें] Corps

A Corps is an army field formation responsible for a sector within a Command. There are 3 types of Corps in the Indian Army: Strike, Holding & Mixed. A Command generally consists of 2 or more Corps. A corps has many more army divisions under its control. The Corps HQ is the highest field formation in the army.

In addition to this (not to be confused with the Field Corps mentioned above) are the Corps (Departmental) of the Indian Army. The corps mentioned below are the functional divisions entrusted with specific pan-Army tasks.

Combat and Support Arms

1. Corps of Signals
2. Corps of Engineers
3. Regiment of Artillery
4. The Infantry Regiments
5. Anti Air Defence
6. Mechanised Infantry
7. Army Aviation Corps
8. Armoured Corps

Services

1. Army Dental Corps
2. Army Education Corps
3. Army Medical Corps
4. Army Ordnance Corps

5. Army Physical Training Corps
6. Army Postal Service Corps
7. Army Service Corps
8. Corps of Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
9. Corps of Military Police
10. Defence Security Corps
11. Intelligence Corps
12. Judge Advocate General Department
13. Military Farms Service
14. Military Nursing Service
15. Remount and Veterinary Corps

### [बदलें] Other Field Formations

  - Division: An army Division is an intermediate between a corps and a Brigade. It is the largest striking force in the army. Each Division is headed by General Officer Commanding (GOC) with the rank of Major General. It usually consists 15,000 combat troops and 8,000 support elements. Currently, 34 Divisions including 4 Rapid Action Divisions, 18 Infantry Divisions, 10 Mountain Divisions, 3 Armoured Divisions and 2 Artillery Divisions make up the Indian Army. Each Division composes of several Regiments and Brigades.
  - Brigade: The Brigade is smaller than the Division and is roughly of the same size as that of a Regiment. A Brigade generally consists of 3 Infantry Battalions along with elements of various Combat & Support Arms & Services and is headed by a Brigadier equivalent to a Brigadier General. The Indian Army also has 5 Independent Armoured Brigades, 15 Independent Artillery Brigades, 7 Independent Infantry Brigades, 1 Independent Parachute Brigade,3 Independent Air Defence Brigades, 2 Independent Air Defence Groups and 4 Independent Engineer Brigades. These Independent Brigades operate directly under the Corps Commander (GOC Corps).
  - Battalion: A Battalion is commanded by a Colonel and is the Infantry's main fighting unit. It consists of more than 900 personnel.
  - Company: Headed by the Major, a Company comprises of 120 soldiers.
  - Platoon: An intermediate between a Company and Section, a Platoon is headed by a Lieutenant or depending on the availability of Commissioned Officers, a Junior Commissioned Officer, with the rank of Subedar or Naib-Subedar. It has a total strength of about 36 troops.
  - Section: Smallest military outfit with a strength of 11 personnel. Commanded by a Non-Commissioned Officer of the rank of Havaldar or Sergeant.

### [बदलें] Regiments

See List of regiments of the Indian Army

#### [बदलें] Infantry Regiments

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#### [बदलें] Armoured Regiments

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#### [बदलें] Artillery Regiments

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## [बदलें] Indian Army Staff

### [बदलें] Strength

During a conflict, the air-arm of the Indian army plays a crucial role in providing essential supplies and air cover to the ground forces. Shown here is the Indian Army's HAL Dhruv.

Indian Army statistics
Active Troops | 1,400,000
Reserve Troops | 900,000*
Territorial Army | 200,000**
Main Battle Tanks | 5600
Artillery | 3800
Aircraft | 9 squadrons of helicopters
Surface-to-air missiles | 900

* includes 300,000 1st line troops and 500,000 2nd line troops

** includes 40,000 1st line troops and 160,000 2nd line troops

### [बदलें] Rank Structure

  See: Army ranks and insignia of India

The various rank of personnel are listed below in descending order:

- Field Marshal* (applicable only when a state of national emergency is declared)
- General (the rank held by Chief of Army Staff)
- Lieutenant-General
- Major-General
- Brigadier
- Colonel
- Lieutenant-Colonel
- Major
- Captain
- Lieutenant

Note: Not listed are Indian Army's Junior Commissioned Officers (JCOs). They rank below Commissioned officers & above Non-Commissioned Officers (NCOs).

*So far, there have been only two officers conferred the rank: Field Marshal K M Cariappa – the first Indian Commander-in-Chief (a post since abolished) – and Field Marshal S H F J Manekshaw, a distinguished former Army Chief who led the Army in the 1971 war with Pakistan. (See Field Marshal (India))

## [बदलें] Combat Doctrine

The current combat doctrine of the Indian Army is based on effectively utilizing holding formations and strike formations. In the case of an attack, the holding formations would contain the enemy and strike formations would counterattack to neutralize enemy forces. In the case of an Indian attack, the holding formations would pin enemy forces down whilst the strike formations attack at a point of Indian choosing. The Indian Army is large enough to devote several corps to the strike role. Currently, the army is also looking at enhancing its special forces capabilities.

## [बदलें] Equipment

Most of the army equipment is imported, but efforts are being made to manufacture indigenous equipment.

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### [बदलें] Light Weapons

- CGG Assault Rifle 7.62mm with 1.5x Optical Scope
- Browning Hi-Power FN 35 and GLOCK 17 9 mm pistols
- Heckler & Koch MP5 9mm carbines and the Carbine 1A 9 mm sub-machine guns
- INSAS 5.56 mm TAR-21(for special forces currently 3000 have been purchased from IMI) assault rifles replacing the FN FAL, 1A1, 1C, AKM and V.58 7.62 mm assault rifles
- INSAS 5.56 mm light machine guns replacing the 7.62 mm FN MAG, Bren L4 and the .50 cal Browning M2HB machine guns
- Dragunov, Mauser SP66 and Heckler & Koch MSG-90 7.62 mm sniper rifles
- AGS-17 Plamya 30 mm automatic grenade launcher
- M40 RCL 106 mm and Carl Gustav 84 mm recoilless rifles
- Igla-19K310 / SA-16 Gimlet replacing the Strela-2M /SA-7b Grail - portable SAM

### [बदलें] Combat vehicles

A T-90 tank on display.
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A Arjun tank on display. This a tank developed indigenously and is considered similar to western tanks in terms of design and capability.

- T-90S Bhishma - main battle tanks (2000) over 2200 more T-90S to be manufactured in India
- Arjun Mk1 - main battle tanks (124). The Army has ordered production of this tank and the first batch has already rolled out of the Avadi factory and are currently being put through trials to check the quality control of the production process. The remaining tanks will follow thereafter.
- T-72 M1 Ajeya - main battle tanks (1,900+). 250 T72M1 are being upgraded by the DRDO, India's R&D organization. While requests for proposal for upgrading approximately 1000 other T-72's have been sent to various firms in Israel, Russia, Poland and France.
- Vijayanta (1,200) and T-55 (700) main battle tanks. Vijayanta have been phased out while the T-55 are in the process of being phased out. Some of these tanks will be attached to infantry brigades and battalions, since despite their vintage, the 105mm L7 gun has substantial firepower.
- PT-76 (amphibious) and AMX-13 light tanks have been phased out over 20 years ago.
- Ferret armoured cars
- BRDM-2 amphibious reconnaissance vehicles
- BMP-1 (700) and BMP-2 (900+)Sarath - mechanised infantry combat vehicles relegated the OT-62/64 to mortar carriers. The BMP-2 are now being modernized with TISAS (thermal imaging stand alone sights), better fire control, and more modern ATGM armament (Konkurs M).
- An indigenous AFV called Abhay is under development.
- M4 Sherman tanks - sometimes upgraded versions of the US WWII medium tank (no longer in service).

### [बदलें] Artillery

- Agni medium-range ballistic missiles that can attack China and Pakistan and beyond.
- SS-150/Prithvi-1 and SS-250/Prithvi-III - short-range ballistic missiles
- GRAD MBRL Smerch 9K58 - 300 mm multiple rocket launch system
- Pinaka - 214 mm multiple rocket launch system replacing the 122 mm BM-21
- Abbot (105 mm) and M-46 Catapult (130 mm) to be replaced by 4000 new 155 mm self-propelled howitzers. On the short list is the Denel LIW T6 turreted Arjun and the Celsius (Bofors) FH-77AD
- Bofors FH-77B, upgraded Soltam M-46 155 mm towed howitzers
- Bhim Initial reports that the Arjun hull might be used with a 155 mm self-propelled howitzer by fitting the South African T6 turret which has the G5 howitzer fitted, proved to be misfounded. The SPH would be integrated at Bharat Earth Movers Ltd, which would manufacture additional Arjun chassis & hulls for the purpose. At present, the Bhim SPH program is in limbo, since Denel has been temporarily blacklisted by the Indian Ministry of Defence, while corruption charges are being investigated.
- Soltam M-46 130 mm field guns replacing the 105 mm IFG Mk1/2/3
- D-30 122 mm towed howitzers
- Tunguska M1 - low level air defense system
- Upgraded ZSU-23-4M Shilka self-propelled air defence guns (48)
- Upgraded Bofors L40/70 40 mm AA guns replacing the L40/60
- ZSU-23-2 twin 23 mm AA guns
- Due to delays in the Akash missile program the ZRK-SD Kvadrat / SA-6a Gainful air defence systems is being upgraded (100)
- Due to delays in the Trshul missile program the OSA-AKM / SA-8b Gecko air defence systems is being upgraded (50)
- S-300V / SA-10 Grumble
- Strela-10M3 / SA-13 Gopher - short-range, low altitude SAM

### [बदलें] Non-combat vehicles

- Bridge Layer Tank using a T-72 chassis and Kartik Armoured Bridgelayer on a Vijayanta chassis - armoured vehicle-launched bridges
- Multi-Hop and Extended Span Assault Bridges on T-72 chassis
- Sarvatra - 8x8 truck-mounted bridging system
- VT-72B ARV (200+) and WZT-3 ARV (124, 228 to be delivered by 2007) - armoured recovery vehicle replacing the Vijayanta ARV
- BMP-2 Armoured Amphibious Dozer and Engineer Reconnaissance Vehicle (ERV)
- Casspir - mine protected vehicles (165)
- Tata LPTA 1621 TC - 6x6 truck
- Mahindra - light multi-role 4x4
- Rampar - amphibious 4x4

### [बदलें] Aircraft

  This is a list of aircraft of the Indian Army. For the list of aircraft of the Indian Air Force, see List of aircraft of the Indian Air Force.

- Dornier Do 228-101 - light transport aircraft
- HAL Dhruv multi-role helicopter
- HAL Chetak
- HAL Cheetah
- SA 315B Lama
- Searcher UAV
- Searcher II UAV
- Heron II UAV
- Harpy UAV
- Nishant UAV

### [बदलें] Missiles

- Agni 1, 2 and 3 — intermediate ballistic missile
- BrahMos — supersonic cruise missile
- Prithvi 1 and 3 (Prithvi 2 with the IAF) — short-range ballistic missile
- Akash — surface to air missile
- Astra — air to air missile

## [बदलें] War Heroes

- Lt. Nawang Kapadia
- Major Navneet Vats
- Major Rajesh Singh Adhikari, MVC

## [बदलें] See also

- Military of India
- British Indian Army

## [बदलें] External links

- A repository of information on Defence Matters in India
- Official website
- Informative site
- Indian military guide

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