Indian Military Picture Thread

Roybot said:

Yeah bro the leafy camouflage, looks very outdated.

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Agreed, some units in the IAF have transitioned over to the current IA camo but a lot of the IAF still seems stuck in the past on this front I don't know why.

Abingdonboy said:

Very cool! I think this is the Mk.4 (effectively the Rudra but without the weapons).

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It's the MK4 standard with the latest EW upgrades, but it's the other way around, Rudra is based on the Dhruv MK4, with modifications to carry weaponstations and the FLIR / gun combo.
The interesting part on this Dhruv MK4 is, that it also has the winch that the naval version normally has and the FLIR, which indicates that it's purposly modified for the SAR role within the IAF.

Air warriors at the Air Traffic Control (ATC) of Air Force Station Srinagar controlling the heavy movement of aircraft and helicopters during rescue operations in J&K on 15 Sep 2014.



IAF Air Warriors on the lookout, keeping a watch for bird activity and reporting it, thereby providing valuable inputs to the pilots and ensuring safe flying environment at Air Force Station Srinagar on 15 Sep 2014.

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Here is a rare pic of the first Gnat for IAF being loaded into an IAF C-119 Flying Boxcar in the 50's. And besides is the pic of a disassembled Tejas being loaded into an IAF C-17 Globemaster III in recent days. The Irony of these two pics are that the Transports used on both cases are of US origin, a country which was not exactly a ''historical'' ally of India. Yet to be noted is that IAF always considered American transports to be more versatile than their Soviet counterparts.
@Water Car Engineer @Unknowncommando @Abingdonboy

Guys check this out. Can u I'd the weapon he is carrying. Kalantak excalibar or MCIWS.?????
Coast guard personnel.

Unknowncommando said:

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Guys check this out. Can u I'd the weapon he is carrying. Kalantak excalibar or MCIWS.?????
Coast guard personnel.

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Bro, that's an interesting find..... Not MCIWS, but maybe an improved INSAS.

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Looks like M-INSAS

Water Car Engineer said:

Bro, that's an interesting find..... Not MCIWS, but maybe an improved INSAS.

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Yes that I was thinking I didn't get which gun it is. Coz kalantak and excalibar have diff transparent magazine and MCIWS is just in trials and longer than the the gun in PIC. So that's why I asked coz many similarities can be seen in that gun of the guns I mentioned. We usually don't know abt the procurements of coast guard.

Lipizzaner_Stallion said:

Indian govt. is currently concentrating on big ticket implementations like Air-craft carriers (INS Vikrant, INS Vishal) , fighters (Sukhois and MMRCA), destroyers (Kolkata class), corvettes (Kamotra class), frigates (Project 17A), tanks (Arjuns and T-90s), submarines (Nuke Arihants and Scorpenes), helis (Apaches and Chinooks) and missile systems (K4, K15, Agni 3/5/6) etc etc ... which is going on at a fast pace and en mass level.

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Pakistan, and even my own country, is doing the same.

Pakistan is also inducting new ships (F-22ps), building more and latest fighter jets (JF-17s' block IIs), deploying and building new tanks (Al Khalid-Is, Al Khalid-IIs), Deploying latest and upgrading existing F-16s (F-16s block 52+, MLU for existing F-16 fleets), inducting force multipliers (Tankers, AWACS etc.) and building new missiles systems (Nasr, naval babur cruise missile) and so on.

This is at the time when they are fighting a multiple fronts as well.

Pakistan Military does seem to be much more operationally ready and flexible than Indian one. But may be this has to do with multiple factors.

And i don't want to comment on Pakistani equipments and spoil this thread. But i will better like to contend with India using its existing equipment for some more time, than to arm our soldiers with what Pakistan provides it to its soldiers and SFs.

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I'll tell you without any bias.

Pakistani troops look way better than Indian troops.

I've scrolled hundreds, if not thousands, of pictures of different troops in this and other forums. Watched parades and videos etc.

Pakistani troops look better built, better equipped, and their camo is also superior to Indian one.

Unknowncommando said:

Yes that I was thinking I didn't get which gun it is. Coz kalantak and excalibar have diff transparent magazine and MCIWS is just in trials and longer than the the gun in PIC. So that's why I asked coz many similarities can be seen in that gun of the guns I mentioned. We usually don't know abt the procurements of coast guard.

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It's AMOGH or MICRO INSAS.

The Sultan Erdogan said:

Pakistani troops look better built, better equipped, and their camo is also superior to Indian one.

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The Indian Army is going to go through a complete overhaul that's worth more than Pakistan's entire annual budget. By 2025, the IA will look scary, to put it the least.

bhangi bava said:

when will f insas program going to be implemented looking at the Pakistan infantry man & their special forces they seem quite well equipped compared to us

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Yes, they most definitely do.

But may be its because they are fighting a war and are continuously upgrading their military machine/uniforms/tactics due to the ongoing conflict?

Pakistani ground forces' camo has evolved continuously for past couple of years. And now, it looks really sophisticated and well thought out.

Water Car Engineer said:

The Indian Army is going go through complete overhaul that's worth more than Pakistan's entire annual budget. By 2025, the IA will look scary, to put it the least.

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I hope it gives great result for indian soldiers.

But as of now, Pakistani soldiers most definitely look better built, better equipped than IA soldiers..and Pakistani camo is much more sophisticated/up-to-date compared to Indian camo.

These aren't ramblings or my effort to put indians down in anyway. Not at all. But I'm just stating plain obvious facts.

IA is great institution as well!

There was nothing wrong with Pakistan's old camo.



Old camo. I personally think it's better than the new one.