IA to undergo an upgrade?

dabrownguy

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:eek http://in.news.yahoo.com//040415/43/2ckwd.html

The Indian Army will soon induct an array of sophisticated equipment, ranging from hi-tech helmets to bulletproof jackets, to boost its ability to wage counter-insurgency operations in Jammu and Kashmir and the northeast.


Maj. Gen. Deepak Samanwar, additional director general (public information), told reporters the army would soon acquire new "ballistic helmets", over 350,000 bullet-proof jackets, night vision devices and improved tents.

While the new helmets would be provided to the entire force, troops engaged in counter-insurgency operations would get special versions equipped with radio sets and night vision sights, he said.

The army will soon conduct field trials of helmets supplied by various foreign firms to select one for its soldiers.

A total of 30 snow scooters would be inducted soon for the troops deployed on the Siachen glacier, the world's coldest and highest battlefield. The army currently has over 100 scooters in the region

The commanders also discussed the need for high mobility vehicles for desert and strike formations. These will be 6x6 vehicles and will be locally procured," Samanwar said

To make up for a 40 percent deficiency in night vision devices, the state-owned Bharat Electronics Ltd will supply some 600 devices a year, he said.






Army sanctions bullet-proof jackets, helmets


The Army brass on Thursday finalised an order for 26,700 bullet-proof jackets at the bi-annual Army Commanders' Conference in the Capital. Shortage of bullet-proof jackets is to the tune of 3,53,000, slightly higher than the total number of Army troops deployed in J&K.

The order, which will be placed on two Indian firms, is a small beginning to meet the current requirement of troopers which several governments have been strangely unable to fulfil. The first lot of 26,700 jackets, which will be made available to the Army in six months, will have one armour plate weighing 5.5 kg. Fifteen models of the new type have been shortlisted and are under trial. The Army also decided to provide soldiers with new ballistic helmets of the type worn by American troops.
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dabrownguy

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IA has a large number of armored jackets in service. I just would like to see some new helmets. I also would like to see that new GPS watch i keep hearing about.
 
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