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List of equipment of the Indian Army

List of equipment of the Indian Army

Weapons of Indian army


This is a list of present equipment used by the Indian Army.

Individual equipment

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Infantry weapons

Knives and Bayonets

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Small arms

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Explosives

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Vehicles

Armoured combat vehicles

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Utility and staff transport

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Goods and field transport vehicles

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Engineering and support vehicles

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Unmanned ground vehicle

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Artillery

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Air Defence System

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Missile systems

Anti-tank guided missiles

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Ballistic and cruise missiles

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Aircraft

Helicopters

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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

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Loitering Munitions

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Vessels

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Radar

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Future procurements

The major ongoing weapons programmes of the Indian Army are as follows:

Infantry equipment

  • Light machine gun - On 25 August 2023, Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) approved the Acceptance of Necessity (AoN) for the induction of new 7.62×51mm LMGs for the Indian Army.[319]
  • Sniper Rifles - MoD released Request for Proposal in October 2022 to 30 vendors for 4,849 (including 4,549 for Army, 212 for the Air Force and 88 for the Navy) new sniper rifles in .338 Lapua Magnum and 7,841,575 rounds. These rifles will replace older Dragunov SVD.[45]
  • Anti-materiel rifles - 1000 new anti materiel rifles are to be acquired for which global RFI's have been issued by the MOD.
  • Ballistic helmet - The Indian Government has approved procurement of 170,000 (1.7 Lakh) ballistic helmets.[320]
  • Bullet-resistant vest - The Ministry of Defence has ordered about 186,138 (1.86 Lakh) bulletproof vests on 9 April 2018. These will be manufactured in India by SMPP Pvt Ltd. This is in addition to the 50,000 vests ordered in 2016 under emergency procurement.[321]

Mechanised Forces

  • Futuristic Main Battle Tank (FMBT) – Upgraded version of Arjun Mk 1A. Fourth Generation MBT. It will be a 50 tonne tank powered by an indigenous 1,500 hp or 1,800 hp engine. At the conceptual stage.
  • Abhay IFV – Future Infantry Combat Vehicle (FICV). Upto 1750 in number to replace the older BMP-2 Sarath.

Missiles

  • Agni P missile test fired
    Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles
    • Prahaar (missile) – With a range of 150 km (90 mi).[322]
    • Agni P- Also known as Agni Prime. 1,000 km (620 mi)2,000 km (1,200 mi) range. To replace Agni-I.[323]
    • Agni-IV – Also known as the Agni-II prime in the earlier times, it has an effective range of 4000 km and a cruise altitude of 900 km.
    • Agni-V 7,000 km (4,300 mi)8,000 km (5,000 mi) Successfully Tested ninth time by DRDO on 22 December, 2022.
    • Agni-VI 10,000 km (6,200 mi)12,000 km (7,500 mi) range with MIRVed warheads. Currently in planning stage.
  • Cruise Missiles
  • Anti-Tank Guided Missiles

Artillery

K-9 VAJRA-T at the 71st Republic Day (2020)
  • Under the Field Artillery Rationalisation Plan (FARP) of 2010, the army plans to procure 3000 to 4000 units of artillery at the cost of 200 billion (US$3 billion). This includes purchasing 1580 towed, 814 mounted, 180 self-propelled wheeled, 100 self-propelled tracked, and 145 ultra-light 155 mm/39 calibre guns. The requirement for artillery guns would be met with indigenous development and production.[324]

Vehicles

  • Tata Motors offers a full range of 6×6, 8×8, and 12×12 multi-purpose high mobility carriers, designed especially for integrating specialist rocket and missile systems. The Tata 2038 6×6 vehicle platform has, after rigorous field-firing evaluation trials, been qualified by the Indian Army to carry the GRAD BM21 Multi Barrel Rocket Launcher (MBRL) application.
  • Mahindra Axe – Light utility vehicle to be purchased.
  • The army needs 3,000 light support vehicles and 1600 heavy motor vehicles for mounting rockets and radar, and for reconnaissance and transportation, at a cost of Rs 15 billion.[332]

Field firing ranges

This is a list of Indian military's field firing ranges used for testing the weapons, training the troops and wargaming.

See also

Notes

  1. 200 engines to be directly imported, rest to be locally manufactured



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