‘Critical’ shortages of ammunition nearly made up, Army to PAC

[Sage]

A lesson learned nonetheless.

Keep learning this way !

 

[StormShadow]

You nuts bro ? Dynasty is in the very genes of Indians they are meant to be ruled by dynasty .

Not everybody has a slave mentality and want to be under one family. With changing times, you need to evaluate your strategy. It is the era of "perform or perish" . If medieval mentality is present, history will forget you.

 

[randaam janmam]

A lesson learnt in the most hardest way !


Srinagar: Army trooper, who was critically injured last night in a brief gunfight at Imamsahab area of Shopian in south Kashmir, succumbed to injuries Thursday morning.

Official sources told GNS that army’s 62 RR and SOG had cordoned off the Barbugh village in Imamsahab area following the specific information about the presence of some militants.

In the initial gunfire, a soldier Ramesh Kumar had received serious bullet injuries, they had said, adding that the injured Kumar was immediately shifted to army’s 92 base hospital here in Srinagar.

Kumar today morning succumbed to injuries, the official added.

I said "wage war", not commit individual acts of terrorism or murder. Your country hasn't dared to move and attack as an army, either in uniform or in mufti. You can't get land by the acts of one or two terrorists now and then.

 

[Imran Khan]

why you need ammo ? its harmful for humans . show empty guns and scare the enemy

 

[RescueRanger]

Yes Indeed Very Hard Lesson For PAkistan and its Aftermath

 

[Sage]

I said "wage war", not commit individual acts of terrorism or murder. Your country hasn't dared to move and attack as an army, either in uniform or in mufti. You can't get land by the acts of one or two terrorists now and then.

Who told you that we have an appetite for land ...we hit ...and that we do best

 

[Beta-Fighter]

Who told you that we have an appetite for land ...we hit ...and that we do best

reply also too hot too handle that .... running one country to another asking them Stop India in order lift xxxx

 

[randaam janmam]

Who told you that we have an appetite for land ...we hit ...and that we do best

You are the best at taking hits. In Pakistan, every day is 26/11.

And don't pretend you don't want Kashmir, just because you know you won't get it. That's the sour grapes mentality of losers.

 

[Sage]

You are the best at taking hits. In Pakistan, every day is 26/11.

And don't pretend you don't want Kashmir, just because you know you won't get it. That's the sour grapes mentality of losers.

Know your facts, Son ...we have taken one part of Kashmir ...the rest ...we will take it ...had it been sour grapes ...your soldiers would not be getting killed on weekly basis
26/11 still haunts you, no ?

 

[Omega007]

Know your facts, Son ...we have taken one part of Kashmir ...the rest ...we will take it ...had it been sour grapes ...your soldiers would not be getting killed on weekly basis
26/11 still haunts you, no ?

We know our facts very well grandpa,don't worry about that...............the point being,you didn't take that part from India or Indian Army but from the poorly armed and trained forces of the Maharaja.Had it been the Indian Army,none of your so called mard-e-momins would have returned home alive,let alone taking the part of land.

 

[randaam janmam]

Know your facts, Son ...we have taken one part of Kashmir ...the rest ...we will take it ...had it been sour grapes ...your soldiers would not be getting killed on weekly basis
26/11 still haunts you, no ?

You took it from the independent Kashmir country. That's hot Kashmir lost their independence, due to Pakistani tribals and army. Then Kashmiris lawfully acceded to India, and invited Indian forces to stop your invasion. We did just that. Your tribals were driven out of the valley, Srinagar airport etc.

You didn't take anything from India, and never will. Deal with it.

 

[Hindustani78]

Ministry of Defence
30-July, 2015 16:44 IST
Shortage of Ammunition with the Army

The Government has taken into consideration the deficiencies in some of the critical ammunitions on priority and has also taken effective steps to mitigate the deficiencies to ensure desired level of operational-preparedness commensurate to threat perception in a dynamic strategic scenario.

The C&AG Report covers the status as existed in March, 2013. However, steps taken further to mitigate deficiencies includes:

• Second Five Year Ammunition Roll on indent for the period 2014-19 has been placed on Ordnance Factory Board (OFB).

• A road map on ammunition has been approved which envisages procurement ex-import and ex-trade to build up adequate targeted stocks in addition to training requirement.

• An institutionalized mechanism in the form of Working Group to review critical items has been set up.

• Ammunition with recurring large annual training requirement with high cost has been intimated to Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and OFB for indigenous development.

This information was given by Defence Minister Shri Manohar Parrikar in a written reply to Shri Neeraj Shekhar and Shri Arvind Kumar Singh in Rajya Sabha on Thursday, 30 July 2015.

 

[Hindustani78]

http://www.hindustantimes.com/india...on-shortage/story-NKD9UTDuws4DWQYAyKPfIK.html

Indian Army sources say as things stand, just building stocks of all types of ammunition to last 10 days could cost about Rs 20,000 crore.
india Updated: Nov 15, 2017 23:00 IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi

Indian Army chief Gen Bipin Singh Rawat at a seminar Future Armoured Vehicles India 2017 at the DRDO Bhawan in New Delhi on Wednesday.(PTI)

India has set June 2018 as its target for meeting critical shortage of ammunition held by the army — a deficiency that limits the force’s ability to fight prolonged wars — a top ministry official said.

Defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman has asked the army to implement its road map for building up the ammunition stock to “optimal levels” , the official told Hindustan Times on Wednesday.

The army is authorised to stockpile ammunition for 40 days of intense fighting, known as war wastage reserves (WWR) in military parlance. In case that is not possible for all types of ammunition, the requirement for WWR to last for at least 20 days was made mandatory by the government two decades ago.

While the official did not specify if the “optimal” levels that the minister referred to translated into 40 days, 30 days or 20 days, several army officers HT spoke to said the force would be comfortable with ammunition stocks that can last for at least 20 days of intense fighting.

Army sources said that as things stand, just building stocks of all types of ammunition to last 10 days could cost about Rs 20,000 crore.

“The government has shown its intent to improve the situation but funds will have to be made available to fill the gaps,” the sources said.

Though it was not clear how much money was being allocated, and where it would be taken from, the Centre in July bestowed sweeping financial powers to the army to meet deficiencies in ammunition and spares following a security review conducted in response to last year’s terror strike in Uri.

The army has been struggling to meet its ammunition targets , and a string of reports have exposed chinks in the armoury. A July 2017 report by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) revealed that almost 40% of the ammunition stockpile in September 2016 would not even last for 10 days.

Only 20% of WWR holding was sufficient for 40 days, the CAG said after an audit that covered 152 types of ammunition, ranging from that for smalls arms, artillery guns and tanks to infantry combat vehicles.

In 2013, the defence ministry approved a plan to build WWR for 20 days by March 2015 with instructions that the remaining deficiency be made up by March 2019. “We are still nowhere close to our target. Building WWR that can last for 10 to 20 days will be a good beginning,” said former northern army commander Lieutenant General DS Hooda (retd).

The shortage has been attributed to disregard of government policy, delay in placing orders, suppliers missing deadlines, and quality issues.

“We have set the ball rolling to improve our ammunition holding. But let’s be clear about one thing that no military can claim to have 100% ammunition for all types of weapons to fight long wars,” said an officer. “Huge costs are involved as ammunition has shelf life.”

Another senior army officer suggested it would be a good idea to review the army’s operational strategies to find out if such a large WWR was needed at all. As per the government’s operational directive, the force should hold enough ammunition for 30 days of intense fighting and 30 days of normal fighting (or 40 days of intense fighting).

“In this day and age, are we really going to fight a 60-day war?” he asked.

 

[Indian Jatt]

A lesson learnt in the most hardest way !


Srinagar: Army trooper, who was critically injured last night in a brief gunfight at Imamsahab area of Shopian in south Kashmir, succumbed to injuries Thursday morning.

Official sources told GNS that army’s 62 RR and SOG had cordoned off the Barbugh village in Imamsahab area following the specific information about the presence of some militants.

In the initial gunfire, a soldier Ramesh Kumar had received serious bullet injuries, they had said, adding that the injured Kumar was immediately shifted to army’s 92 base hospital here in Srinagar.

Kumar today morning succumbed to injuries, the official added.

WAR??? if thats called war then Mumbai is a war zone.....

Good development....India is very good at playing games like these and even Pakistan knows this, that our reserves are full.....they were never dry