Indian Armed Forces at a glance

Indian Army gearing for major Artillery Upgrade By- Kartikeya Semwal Indian Army has been a recognized force across the world. With changing scenarios across the borders and keeping its eastern neighbour in mind, Indian Army is gearing up for a major upgrade of its artillery units. Recently it had brought 100 K9-Vajra self-propelled artillery guns that are of 155*52 calibre. It is going to repeat this order & buy another batch of 100 similar guns with modifications for cold weather & low temperature during winters. K-9 Vajra  Indian Army is also modifying its 21 regiments of 135*45 mm Sharang guns to 155*45 mm. 6 regiments have already been modified while the remaining 15 will be modified in the next 5 years. Besides, Indian Army is also buying indigenous Dhanush towed artillery guns that are of 155*45 mm calibre and can fire APFSD shells to destroy armoured tanks and bunkers of enemies.  Sharang As if this was not enough, Indian Army is also gearing up to buy atleast 150 ATAGS

  By-Kartikeya Semwal It has been over 10 months since Russia attacked Ukraine last year in February 2022. Yet, despite being more powerful and having bigger army, Russia hasn’t been able to defeat Ukraine and its hard-fighting combat troops. There are more than one reasons for that. First is that Russia is fighting an open war while Ukrainian troops are fighting Guerrilla war. This means that the attacking Russian troops remain in open while Ukrainian forces remain hidden. They attack in small groups, appear suddenly out of nowhere, attack and get away. That’s one big reason why they have been able to hold Russian troops for so long.  Second reason is use of man portable anti-tank guided missiles (MANPAD) systems that Ukrainian troops were supplied by US-UK and European countries. They used them precisely to suddenly attack, hit and destroy Russian tanks and infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) and run away to safety. This was one main reason why Russian troops lost so many tanks and IFV