Pakistan army need to test all advance Chinese & Turkish weapons on LOC
especially 155mm artillery and anti tank weapons
TOW is 152mm. Its effect is devastating and it has pin point accuracy. One shot - 1 structure destroyed, many WIA/KIA.
While the Indian posts seem to be busy by engaging Pakistani trenches and bunkers, these team had taken the opportunity to finde an unnoticed location for Missile ambush on Indian lines, well keep on! More camouflaging would make the position stronger!
Indian Forces will fire at AJK civilians, their houses and vehicles, as they are easier targets.
I remember indians were trying to pinge Pakistan by doing this. They thought Pakistan will go bankrupt in an arms race with india when they spend so much. But they get ATGM raining on them and they have to resort to mere mortars and emergency spending on expensive weapons.
Mortar is cheap artillery but very effective for indirect fire. Place 3 x 81mm Mortars in dug outs, level them, deploy assigned angle/trajectory and pound an area for 1-2 minutes. Then relocate.
Hi,
Son---that is exactly what the muricans did in the first and second gulf war---.
They used TOW in Afghanistan since early 2000's. Pakistan was using SPG-9 and RR 106mm on CFL, then shifted to ATGM.
We Pakistanis are strange people. We always find use of something, even its old, and use it in situations where it delivers maximum efficiency. We initially started to "dump" older missiles of Baktar Shikan which were no longer that useful against Indian tanks (not with tandem warhead) and now we are doing same with TOW-I which has almost reached the shelf life. This "smart" use of force on one side has imparted fear within Indian army ranks, and on other side it has prompted them to undertake emergency and expensive purchase of Spike ATGM as a counterbalance.
TOW-I is still effective against more than half of Indian armored forces. TOW-I was also used effectively against miscreants in WOT by PAA AH-1F/S repeatedly.
Caliber matching in CFL has become significant. RR is 106mm, SPG-9 is 73mm, Artillery is 105mm, 122mm and 130mm. Indian Army uses 155mm. Secondly, accuracy and shoot/scoot is important. Commander identifies target, team moves in place, deploys, fires and relocates. Instead of concentrated fire by artillery, one precise shot by ATGM team, which could be covered by suppression fire of HMG and mortars. It takes weeks to rebuild the bunker again. Artillery can take out targets which dont require LOS.
We used C-130s as heavy bombers in 1965 with devastating effect on Indian Artillery & Armor/
Limited choices. Rotary Gunships were missing. PAA Helis were used for recon and transport back then. Pakistan Army had understood the importance of Gunships very late.
