latest CAG report of Indian Army gives out full stocking details of almost every critical ammunition

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[John Reese]

This only 48

Lol this more Of Production Short Fall detail rather All Stock detail
Reports Talks About 152 Types Various Am-munitions

Most Of these Ammunition Needs are already under procurement

After CAG Report, Sources Say Critical Ammo To Start Arriving In Weeks

 

[Tea addict]

Sometimes i think CAG does this on purpose, just to make our enemies underestimate us
So many deficiencies and despite that such an aggressive posture on both fronts?

 

[John Reese]

Sometimes i think CAG does this on purpose, just to make our enemies underestimate us
So many deficiencies and despite that such an aggressive posture on both fronts?

No Its serious deficiencies CAG is only organisation Which Works For benifit of country

WWR is calculated on premises on Gen VK Singh said in an interview that the CAG guy who did that audit was himself a part of the war planning commission and he knows 'how these things are done', implying that he knows that there are hidden reserves which are not subject to CAG audit so the CAG is only auditing the weapons stock which we have officially declared to the world.

He categorically stated two things, first is that we have the reserves to fight an intense war of much more than 100 days, and second, even a 10 day 'intense war' reserve is enough to demolish Pakistan.

Please note that this phrase 'intense war' is a technical term and represents a massive material usage which means that ALL guns you have are firing all day long and all the tanks you have are running all day long. To put everything in contest, even the Kargil war which lasted 3 months saw the use of the equivalent of a 10 day 'intense war' reserve (3L Bofors shells) which cost a total of 4B$ which was 6% of our defense budget in 1999. A country like India going into an intense war would mean a world war like situation. In a normal war (non-intense/ short depth skirmish) your 100 day intense war reserves will last a year, and within that duration they will be constantly replenished by the manufacturing factories. Even one shipment of material from a friendly country boosts the capacity by another 3 months.

We have the war reserves, now put this issue to rest.

In the present geopolitical scenario, no war can last more than 30 days max due to international pressure etc. Having said that, here's how ammo is stocked:

First Line ammunition is the Service ammunition, which is authorized at given scales to a unit on its War/Peace Establishment (WE/PE) for the weapons authorized. It is held with respective units and issued to individuals. It is the scale of ammunition required for two intense engagements.

Second Line ammunition is the immediate reserve with a formation, authorized at given scales for all units in the formation. This is usually kept with units of holding formations as unit reserve. It can also be held in formation ammunition dumps depending on the situation. It is the scale of ammunition required for one intense engagement.

Thus units can fight three intense engagements with the immediate available ammo. These engagements could last a week or more.

War Wastage Reserve (WWR) ammunition is the reserve intended to meet the requirements for the expected duration of operations or until the indigenous production can get into its stride or other arrangements are made for procurement of ammunition. This procurement action and distribution could take 30 to 40 days. So effectively, there would be enough ammo available to fight another 40 days and so on. (WWR forms the basis for working out the requirements of ammunition during the provisioning review).

I hope that clarifies the doubts on ammo classification