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| [[PT-76]] || Amphibious Light tank || || {{USSR}} || Retired.
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| [[BMP-2#India|BMP-2 "Sarath"]] || [[Infantry fighting vehicle]] || 1,500+<ref name="Indian Army Equipment">{{cite web |author=John Pike |url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/india/army-equipment.htm |title=Indian Army Equipment |publisher=Globalsecurity.org |deadurl=no |accessdate=14 June 2012}}</ref> || {{USSR}}<br>{{Flagu|India}} ||Additional Being modernised with TISAS (thermal imaging stand alone sights), better fire control, and more modern ATGM armament (Konkurs M). BMP-1 has been phased out and the upgraded BMP-2 is BMP-2 M with two thermobaric missiles and two tandem warhead Konkurs missiles. Its also has an integrated TI sight, an LRF, and has an AGL mounted on the turret which is also stabilised in the horizontal plane. 100 gets added each year. To enhance the rate to 125 a year.<ref name="Indian Army: Armoured Fighting Vehicles"/> Currently more than 900 are in active service.<ref name="Indian Army: Armoured Fighting Vehicles">{{cite web|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/LAND-FORCES/Equipment/Armour/346-BMP-2.html |title=Land Forces Site – BMP-2 |publisher=Bharat Rakshak |date=20 February 2002 |accessdate=2012-04-21}}</ref> Manufactured locally in India by [[Ordnance Factory Medak]].
| [[BMP-2#India|BMP-2 "Sarath"]] || [[Infantry fighting vehicle]] || 1,500+<ref name="Indian Army Equipment">{{cite web |author=John Pike |url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/india/army-equipment.htm |title=Indian Army Equipment |publisher=Globalsecurity.org |deadurl=no |accessdate=14 June 2012}}</ref> || {{USSR}}<br>{{Flagu|India}} ||Additional Being modernised with TISAS (thermal imaging stand alone sights), better fire control, and more modern ATGM armament (Konkurs M). BMP-1 has been phased out and the upgraded BMP-2 is BMP-2 M with two thermobaric missiles and two tandem warhead Konkurs missiles. Its also has an integrated TI sight, an LRF, and has an AGL mounted on the turret which is also stabilised in the horizontal plane. 100 gets added each year. To enhance the rate to 125 a year.<ref name="Indian Army: Armoured Fighting Vehicles"/> Currently more than 900 are in active service.<ref name="Indian Army: Armoured Fighting Vehicles">{{cite web|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/LAND-FORCES/Equipment/Armour/346-BMP-2.html |title=Land Forces Site – BMP-2 |publisher=Bharat Rakshak |date=20 February 2002 |accessdate=2012-04-21}}</ref> Manufactured locally in India by [[Ordnance Factory Medak]]. All BMP-2/2K vehicles are to be upgraded to BMP-2M standard.<ref>[http://www.deagel.com/news/Indian-Army-to-Upgrade-its-BMP-22K-Infantry-Combat-Vehicles-to-BMP-2M-Standard_n000011456.aspx Indian Army to Upgrade its BMP-2/2K Infantry Combat Vehicles to BMP-2M Standard] - Deagel.com, May 6, 2013</ref>
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| [[BMP-1]] || [[Infantry fighting vehicle]] || 700 || {{USSR}}<br>{{Flagu|India}} || 700 are in active service. Manufactured locally in India by [[Ordnance Factory Medak]].
| [[BMP-1]] || [[Infantry fighting vehicle]] || 700 || {{USSR}}<br>{{Flagu|India}} || 700 are in active service. Manufactured locally in India by [[Ordnance Factory Medak]].

Revision as of 18:50, 7 May 2013

This is a list of some of the modern & historical equipment used by Indian Army. Most of the army equipment is of foreign design and license produced in India but efforts are on to progressively design and manufacture equipment indigenously. The 41 Ordnance Factories under control of Ordnance Factories Board manufacture most of Army equipment like small arms, ammunition, combat vehicles, artillery, etc.

Infantry weapons

Small arms

Name Type Caliber Origin Notes
Pistol AUTO 9 mm 1A Semi-automatic pistol 9mm Parabellum  Canada
 India		 Standard issue side-arm of the Indian Army. Licensed copy of the Canadian Inglis 9mm pistol.
Glock 17 Semi-automatic pistol 9×19mm Parabellum  Austria Standard issue Special Forces pistol.
Beretta 92 Semi-automatic pistol 9mm Parabellum  Italy
SIG Sauer P226 Semi-automatic pistol 9mm Parabellum  Germany
 Switzerland
Brügger & Thomet MP9 Machine pistol 9x19mm Parabellum  Switzerland
Modern Sub Machine Carbine Sub-machine gun and Personal defence weapon 5.56×30mm MINSAS  India
SAF Carbine 1A Sub-machine gun 9mm Parabellum  India
 United Kingdom		 Indian made Sterling L2A1 SMG. To be replaced by the MSMC.
SAF Carbine 2A1 Sub-machine gun 9mm Parabellum  India
 United Kingdom		 Silenced Carbine. To be replaced by the MSMC.
Micro-Uzi Sub-machine gun 9mm Parabellum  Israel For use by Special Forces. Micro-Uzi variant used.*[1]
Heckler & Koch MP5 Sub-machine gun 9mm Parabellum  West Germany MP5A3, A5, SD3 and SD6 models in service.
Heckler & Koch MP5K Sub-machine gun 9mm Parabellum  West Germany Shortened version of the MP5 used by Special Forces.
1B1 INSAS Assault rifle 5.56mm NATO  India Standard issue weapon of the Indian Army. Replaced the 1A SLR. Folding 1B2 and fixed butt 1B1 variants used. Insas AR with full-auto selector lever along with the burst lever and black polymer furniture also being procured. Manufactured at Ordnance Factory Tiruchirappalli.
OFB 1A1 Rifles
OFB 1C Rifles		 Battle rifle 7.62×51mm NATO  India
 Belgium		 Was the standard issue rifle of the Indian army and manufactured at Ordnance Factory Tiruchirappalli. Now being replaced by the INSAS. 1C full automatic variant used by mechanised infantry battalions as a firing port weapon on the BMP-2S Sarath Infantry fighting vehicle.
Ishapore 2A1 rifle Reserve Weapon 7.62mm NATO  India Most were phased out from service.
Trichy Assault Rifle 7.62 mm Assault rifle 7.62x39mm  Soviet Union
 India		 Indian AKM clone. Distinguished from the AKM by using the polymer furniture of the INSAS instead of wood. Both fixed and folding stock versions used. Manufactured at Ordnance Factory Tiruchirappalli.
AKM[1] Assault rifle 7.62x39mm  Soviet Union
 Poland		 AKM fixed stock and AKMS under-folding stock variants used.
Arsenal Co. AR Assault rifle 7.62x39mm  Bulgaria Bulgarian produced AK-47. Imported for police and paramilitary forces, used in some quantities by Army as well. AR fixed stock and AR-F under-folding stock variants used.
MPi-KM Assault rifle 7.62x39mm  East Germany East German produced AKM.MPi-KM-72 fixed stock and MPi-KMS-72 side-folding stock variants used.Both bakelite and wooden lower handguard variants used.
Pistol Mitralieră model 1990 Assault rifle 7.62x39mm  Romania Romanian version of the AKM. Palmswell lower handguard versions in use.
AK-103[2] Assault rifle 7.62x39mm  Russia
Vz. 58 Assault rifle 7.62x39mm  Czechoslovakia Vz. 58 P fixed stock and Vz. 58 V side-folding stock variants used.
IMI Tavor TAR-21 Assault rifle 5.56mm NATO  Israel 3070 purchased for the Special Forces from Israel[3][4]
M4A1 Carbine Carbine 5.56mm NATO  United States Bought under foreign military sales. For use by Indian Army Special Forces.
Dragunov SVD59 Sniper rifle 7.62x54mmR  Soviet Union
 India		 Standard sniper rifle.
IMI Galil 7.62 Sniper Sniper Rifle 7.62mm NATO  Israel For use by Indian Army Special Forces.
Mauser SP66 Sniper rifle 7.62mm NATO  Germany Standard bolt-action sniper rifle.
Heckler & Koch PSG1 Sniper rifle 7.62x51mm NATO  West Germany
Vidhwansak Anti-material rifle 12.7x108mm, 14.5x114mm and 20x82mm  India Manufactured by OFT Trichy. In service with Border Security Force (BSF).[5]
Denel NTW-20 Anti-material rifle 20x82mm and 20x110mm Hispano-Suiza  South Africa Bought in small numbers.
Gepard GM6 Lynx Anti-material rifle 12.7x108mm & 14.5x114mm  Hungary For use by the Indian Army Special Forces.
INSAS LMG Light machine gun 5.56mm NATO  India Light machine gun derivative of the INSAS assault rifle. Both fixed and folding butt variants used. Newer INSAS LMG with black polymer furniture being procured. Manufactured at Ordnance Factory Tiruchirappalli.
MG 1B Light machine gun 7.62mm NATO  India Indian made Bren.Currently being withdrawn from service.
IMI Negev Light machine gun 5.56x45mm NATO  Israel
MG 2A1
MG 5A
MG 6A		 General purpose machine gun 7.62mm NATO  Belgium
 India		 Indian made MAG 58. Also in service as the MG 5A (Co-axial) and MG 6A (Commander's gun) with some armoured vehicles.
PKM General purpose machine gun 7.62x54mm  Soviet Union PK machine guns used as co-axial weapons in Russian produced T-90S Bhishma, T-72M Ajeya and BMP-2S Sarath and used as general purpose machine gun. Also used by Special Forces. Manufactured at Ordnance Factory Tiruchirappalli.
M2 Browning Heavy machine gun 12.7×99mm  United States
NSV Heavy machine gun 12.7×108mm  Soviet Union
KPV Heavy machine gun 14.5×114mm  Soviet Union

Explosives, rockets and missile systems

Name Type Quantity Origin Notes
Grenade 36mm Hand Grenade  India Fragmentation grenade which can be hand thrown or rifle launched from 1A SLR.
Multi Mode Grenade Shivalik Hand grenade 1.8 million ordered[6]  India This modular grenade is available in Hand mode offensive, hand mode defensive and rifle mode. Types can be interchanged by changing outer sleeve. *[2] *[3]
Multi Grenade Launcher 40mm Grenade launcher (40mm)  India Semiautomatic six shot 40mm x 46mm low velocity grenade launcher. Manufactured at Ordnance Factory Tiruchirappalli. *[4]
GP-25 Grenade launcher (40mm)  Soviet Union
36M Grenade launcher (61mm)  India
 United Kingdom
RPO-A Shmel Rocket Launcher  Russia
36M Mk.I Rifle grenade  United Kingdom
AGS-17 Plamya Automatic grenade launcher (30mm)  Soviet Union
30 mm Auto Grenade Launcher Automatic grenade launcher (30mm)  India Replacing the AGS-17 and being manufactured at Ordnance Factory Tiruchirappalli.
RCL Mk II Recoilless rifle (84mm)  India
 Sweden		 Carl Gustav Recoilless Rifle produced by OFB.
RCL Mk III Recoilless rifle (84mm)  India
 Sweden		 Lighter, updated version of the RCL Mk II.
106mm M-40A1 Recoilless rifle 3000+  United States
RPG-7 Rocket propelled grenade (40mm)  Soviet Union
RPG-22 Rocket propelled grenade (72.5mm)  Soviet Union
OFB E1 51mm Mortar  India
OFB E1 81mm
L16 81mm mortar		 Mortar 5000+  India
 United Kingdom
 Canada
OFB E1 81mm HE Bomb
Smoke Bomb		  India
OFB E1 120mm Mortar
HE Bomb		  India
120mm AM-50 Mortar
HE Bomb		 1500+  France
160mm Tampella Mortar 200+  Finland
Shipon Rocket launcher (82mm)  Israel

Vehicles

Utility and miscellaneous

Name Type Quantity Origin Notes
VFJ Jonga Light Utility Vehicle  India Being phased out. Manufactured by Vehicle Factory Jabalpur.
Mahindra 550 DXB Light Utility Vehicle  India
KrAZ-6322 Heavy Utility Truck  Ukraine
Bedford TJ Medium4X4 Truck  India Bedford J6:6 Tone Truck. Being phased out.
Swaraj Mazda Medium 4X4 Truck 200+  India In service from 1996. 2.5 Ton truck
Mitsubishi Pajero Light Utility Vehicle  Japan Unknown numbers. Deployed at the Indo-Chinese Border[7]
Maruti Gypsy Light Utility Vehicle  India
Windy 505 Fast attack vehicle 700  India In service from 2005.[8]
Tata 407 Light 4x4 truck  India 1 Ton truck
VFJ LPTA 713 TC Medium 4X4 truck  India 2.5 Ton truck. Manufactured by Vehicle Factory Jabalpur.
VFJ Matang Medium 4X4 truck  India 3 Ton truck. Manufactured by Vehicle Factory Jabalpur.
Super Azad Medium 4x4 truck  India 3 Ton truck
Ashok Leyland Topchi Medium 4x4 truck  India 3 Ton truck
Sisu Nasu All-terrain transport vehicle  Finland
VFJ Shaktiman Medium 4x4 truck 7,000  India 4 Ton truck, in a wide range of configurations from Vehicle Factory Jabalpur.
VFJ Rampar Medium Amphibious truck  India Amphibious conversion of the Shaktiman truck manufactured by Vehicle Factory Jabalpur.
Tata Model 1210SD Medium truck  India 4 Ton truck.
VFJ Stallion Mk III
VFJ Stallion Mk IV		 Medium 4x4
6x6 Truck		 60,000  India 5 Ton trucks, in a wide range of configurations manufactured by Vehicle Factory Jabalpur.
Saab-Scania SBA 111 6x6 trucks 600[9]  Sweden
Ashok Leyland Crash Fire Tender Fire Tender  India
Tata LPTA 1615 TC Artillery Tractor Truck  India
Tatra 8x8 Mobile Decontamination Vehicle Mobile Decontamination Vehicle  India
Tata LPTA 1621 Medium 4x4 truck  India 5 Ton truck
BEML Tatra Heavy 4x4 trucks
6x6 trucks
8x8 trucks
10x10 trucks
12x12 trucks		 7000[10]  India
 Czech Republic		 License produced Tatra Force heavy truck. Various models. Used for carrying sensitive equipment like Radars as well as vehicle for Pinaka and Smerch MBRL systems.

Engineering and support

Name Type Quantity Origin Notes
Kartik ABL Armoured vehicle-launched bridge 34  India Based on a Vijayanta chassis and manufactured by Heavy Vehicles Factory.
BLG-60M2 Armoured vehicle-launched bridge  East Germany
 Poland		 Retired.
Bridgle Laying Tank MT-55 Armoured vehicle-launched bridge  Soviet Union Based on T-55 Tank
T-72 BLT Armoured vehicle-launched bridge 12  India Developed by CVRDE and manufactured by Heavy Vehicles Factory.
Sarvatra Vehicle launched bridge  India 8x8 truck-mounted bridging system[11][12]
CEASE Canal bridging system 6  India The Canal Embankment ASsault Equipment
AERV Military Engineering Vehicle  India BMP-2 based engineering and reconnaissance vehicle (Armoured Engineer Reconnaissance Vehicle) being manufactured at Ordnance Factory Medak.
BMP-2 Armoured Amphibious Bulldozer  India BMP-2 with turret removed and bulldozer blade and other engineering equipment added and being manufactured at Ordnance Factory Medak.
FV180 Combat Engineer Tractor Armoured combat engineering vehicle 39  United Kingdom
VFJ Light Recovery Vehicle Light Recovery Vehicle (4x4)  India Manufactured at Vehicle Factory Jabalpur.
Yuktirath Light Recovery Vehicle Armoured Light Recovery Vehicle (4x4)  India Manufactured at Ordnance Factory Medak.
Vijayanta ARV Armoured recovery vehicle 200  India Being replaced by VT-72B.
Mat Ground Surfacing CL-70 All Terrain vehicle  India Mounted on Tatra vehicle with automated laying and recovery has been developed for providing mobility in sandy and marshy terrain.[13]
Armoured Vehicle Tracked Light Repair Armoured recovery vehicle  India Based on BMP-2 for Light Repair being manufactured at Ordnance Factory Medak.[14]
WZT-2 Armoured recovery vehicle 196  Poland
WZT-3M Armoured recovery vehicle 352  Poland 204 on order.[15] Assembled locally from kits and components produced in India.
VT-72B ARV Armoured recovery vehicle 200+  Slovakia
 Poland
 India		 Armoured recovery vehicle replacing the Vijayanta ARV
  • WZT-3
    WZT-3
  • Armoured recovery vehicles based on T-72-chassis.
    Armoured recovery vehicles based on T-72-chassis.

Mine protected, Mine clearing and Mine laying

Name Type Quantity Origin Notes
Casspir[16] Armoured personnel carrier 255  South Africa
Tarmour AFV Armoured personnel carrier  India Based on Indian T-55 Tank.
Hydrema Mine clearing Vehicle 24  Denmark
 India		 Manufactured locally by OFB India
T-72 FWMP Mine plow  India
Aditya Mine protected Vehicle 300+  India OFB India. 1400 to be produced. 20/month manufactured at Ordnance Factory Medak AND Vehicle Factory Jabalpur.
DRDO Daksh Bomb disposal robot 20  India The Army has placed orders for 20 Dakshs."[17]

Combat

Name Type Quantity Origin Notes
Arjun MBT Mk-1 Main battle tank 248[18]  India With a total of 248 to be built by Heavy Vehicles Factory.[19] This to be followed by the Arjun MK-II and the FMBT.[20]
T-90S "Bhishma"
T-90M		 Main battle tank 907  Russia
 India		 Initially contract for 310 "T-90S" signed in 2001. A contract, worth $800 million, was signed on 26 October 2006, for another 330 T-90M MBTs that were to be built with locally-sourced raw materials. A third contract, worth $1.23 billion, was signed in December 2007 for 347 upgraded T-90Ms, the bulk of which will be licence-assembled built by Heavy Vehicles Factory. The Indian Army would begin receiving its first T-90M main battle tank (MBT) in completely knocked-down condition from Russia's Nizhny Tagil-based Uralvagonzavod JSC by the end of 2009.[21][22] In all, India plans to have 310 T-90S and 1,330 T-90M tanks in service by 2020 (total of 1,657 tanks by 2020).[23] Manufactured locally in India. Rs10,000-crore purchase of 354 new T-90MS tanks for six tank regiments for the China border has been approved.[24] This takes total no. of T-90 tanks to 2011.
T-72 Ajeya
Combat Improved Ajeya		 Main battle tank ~2414[25][26]  Soviet Union
 Poland
 India		 968 T72M1 have been upgraded by Heavy Vehicles Factory, while requests for proposal for upgrading approximately 1,000 other T-72's have been sent to various firms in Israel, Russia, Poland and France.[citation needed]. Ajeya-M2 Standard equivalent to the Polish PT-91 Twardy. Manufactured locally in India
T-55 Main battle tank  Soviet Union Retired on May 2011. Moved to reserve storage
Vijayanta Main battle tank  India
 United Kingdom		 Retired. Around 2200 produced by Heavy Vehicles Factory
PT-76 Amphibious Light tank  Soviet Union Retired.
BMP-2 "Sarath" Infantry fighting vehicle 1,500+[27]  Soviet Union
 India		 Additional Being modernised with TISAS (thermal imaging stand alone sights), better fire control, and more modern ATGM armament (Konkurs M). BMP-1 has been phased out and the upgraded BMP-2 is BMP-2 M with two thermobaric missiles and two tandem warhead Konkurs missiles. Its also has an integrated TI sight, an LRF, and has an AGL mounted on the turret which is also stabilised in the horizontal plane. 100 gets added each year. To enhance the rate to 125 a year.[28] Currently more than 900 are in active service.[28] Manufactured locally in India by Ordnance Factory Medak. All BMP-2/2K vehicles are to be upgraded to BMP-2M standard.[29]
BMP-1 Infantry fighting vehicle 700  Soviet Union
 India		 700 are in active service. Manufactured locally in India by Ordnance Factory Medak.
BMD-1 Airborne Amphibious Tracked
Infantry fighting vehicle		  Soviet Union
BMD-2 Airborne Infantry fighting vehicle  Soviet Union
NAMICA Tank destroyer 13+ 200  India BMP-2 based Nag missile carrier. Advanced version on Order after successful trial in July 2012. Production started jointly by Ordnance Factory Medak and L&T.
CMT Mortar Carrier 198 + 21 ordered  India BMP-2 based mortar carrier. Developed by CVRDE and manufactured by Ordnance Factory Medak.
Armoured Vehicle (VRDE) Armoured Personnel Carrier  India Technology Demonstrator designed by VRDE.
FV432 Armoured personnel carrier 80  United Kingdom Purchased from British Army surplus
OT-62 TOPAS
OT-64 SKOT		 Armoured Personnel Carrier 700+  Czechoslovakia
 Poland		 TOPAS-2A converted into a Technical support vehicle
BTR-152 Armoured Personnel Carrier  Soviet Union
BTR-50 Armoured Personnel Carrier  Soviet Union Total 200 Inducted.
BTR-60 Armoured Personnel Carrier  Soviet Union Retired. At peak there were 817 BTR-60s in service.
BTR-80 Armoured Personnel Carrier  Soviet Union
DRDO Armoured Ambulance Armoured Ambulance  India BMP-2 based Armoured Ambulance. 275 on Order, developed by VRDE and produced by Ordnance Factory Medak.
NBC Reconnaissance Vehicle CRBN Reconnaissance vehicle 16  India BMP-2 based CRBN developed by VRDE and produced by Ordnance Factory Medak.Vehicle[30]
BRDM-2 Reconnaissance vehicle 255  Soviet Union
Ferret Reconnaissance vehicle 100  United Kingdom Relegated to internal security roles.
Mahindra Rakshak Armoured Vehicle  India Bulletproof vehicle with composite armour which offers protection against 7.62mm bullets.[31][32][33]
PRP-3 Battlefield surveillance system  Soviet Union 1RL126 "Small Fred" Battlefield Surveillance Radar based on BMP-1. NATO designation was BMP M1975
  • Arjun Mk II
    Arjun Mk II
  • T-90 Bhishma
    T-90 Bhishma
  • T-72 Ajeya
    T-72 Ajeya
  • BMP-2 Sarath
    BMP-2 Sarath

Artillery

Name Type Quantity Origin Notes
M777 Howitzer  United States 145 ultra-light howitzers to be procured.[34][35] Procurement delayed due to cuts in the defence budget.[36]
Haubits FH77/B Howitzer 200[37]  Sweden 155 mm gun made by Bofors. 410 acquired from 1986–1991.[38][39] 200 left in service.[37] An indigenous version is under development.[40]
M-46 Howitzer 200  Soviet Union
 Israel		 M-46 field guns to be upgraded to 155mm howitzers by Soltam. 160 more upgrade kits to be ordered.
D-30 Howitzer 550  Soviet Union Being replaced by the M-46.
METAMORPHOSIS 155 mm GUN Howitzer  India Indian upgrade of M46 Howitzer
M101 howitzer Howitzer  United States [41]
75mm Mountain Howitzer Howitzer 900  United Kingdom In Reserve[42]
88mm 25 Pounder Howitzer
Field gun		 800  United Kingdom In Reserve also used for Training[42]
180 mm gun S-23 Heavy Gun 100  Soviet Union [43]
M-46 Field gun 900  Soviet Union 130 mm field gun. 550 purchased. 100 used with the Catapult self-propelled gun. Some to be upgraded to M-46 howitzers.[27]
100mm M-1944 Field gun 350  Soviet Union In Reserve
BL 5.5 inch Medium Gun Field gun 150  United Kingdom Retired.
Indian Field Gun MK 1/2/3 Field gun 600–1300  India 105mm gun Being replaced by the M-46122 mm
Light Field Gun Field gun 700+  India 105mm gun. Being phased out.
100 mm field gun M1944 (BS-3) Field gun 350  Soviet Union In Reserve[42]
76 mm mountain gun M48 Mountain gun 215  Yugoslavia [42]
OTO Melara Mod 56 Mountain gun 50  Italy Retired.
Sprut anti-tank gun Anti-tank Gun  Soviet Union
FV433 Abbot SPG Self-propelled artillery ~80  United Kingdom 105 mm howitzer. To be replaced following selection of new system.
M-46 Catapult Self-propelled artillery 100–170  India 130 mm howitzer mounted on a Vijayanta hull. ~80 in storage. To be replaced following selection of new system.
2S1 Gvozdika Self-propelled artillery 110  Soviet Union
Smerch 9K58 MBRL Multiple rocket launcher 62  Russia 300 mm multiple rocket launch system.
Pinaka MBRL Multiple rocket launcher 80+  India 214 mm multiple rocket launch system. Replacing the 122 mm BM-21.[44] Still in Production
BM-21 Multiple rocket launcher 150+  Soviet Union Modernized rockets with range of 40 km was purchased from Russia. To be replaced by Pinaka.
  • 9A52-2 "Smerch" launch vehicle
    9A52-2 "Smerch" launch vehicle
  • A Haubits FH77
    A Haubits FH77
  • Pinaka MBRL
    Pinaka MBRL

Missile systems

Anti-tank

Name Type Quantity Origin Notes
Nag missile Anti-tank guided missile 443+  India On order.
MILAN Anti-tank guided missile 30000+  France
 India		 MILAN 30,000 produced under license in India.
MILAN 2T Anti-tank guided missile 4100  France MILAN 2Ts purchased from France[45]
9M113 Konkurs (AT-5 Spandrel) Anti-tank guided missile 15000+  Russia
 India		 Manufactured locally in India. Another 10000 Konkurs-M ordered in a USD 250 Million.[46]
9M133 Kornet (AT-14 Spriggan) Anti-tank guided missile 3000  Russia 3000 Missiles with 250 Launchers
9M111 Fagot (AT-4 Spigot) Anti-tank guided missile 1200  Soviet Union
 Russia		 In process of being phased out
9K114 Shturm (AT-6 Spiral) Anti-tank guided missile 800  Russia
9M120 Ataka-V (AT-9 Spiral-2) Anti-tank guided missile  Soviet Union
9K11 Malyutka (AT-3 Sagger) Anti-tank guided missile 6000  Soviet Union for BMP-1 IFVs
3M11 Falanga (AT-2 Swatter) Anti-tank guided missile  Soviet Union
ENTAC Anti-tank guided missile 2000  France Replaced by MILAN
Spike (missile) Anti-tank guided missile  Israel On order (8,356 Spike anti-tank missiles with 321 launchers, 15 training simulators and associated equipment).[47] Israel has upstaged the US in the ongoing race to bag the huge deal to supply third-generation anti-tank guided missiles (ATGMs) to the Indian Army, in a project which could well be worth $1 billion eventually.[48]
9M119 Svir (AT-11 Sniper) Anti-tank guided missile  Russia For use with the T-90S.
3UBK-Invar Anti-tank guided missile 25000  India Indian Variant of AT-11 Sniper Manufactured by Bharat Dynamics Limited[49] Another 25,000 ordered for Rs.20 billion (Rs.20 Billion). Of these 25000, 10000 will be bought from Russia directly and the rest manufactured by BDL.[50]
9K121 Vikhr (AT-16 Scallion) Anti-tank guided missile 1500  Russia For use with Mi-17
Lahat Anti-tank guided missile  Israel For use with the Arjun.
SS.11 Anti-tank guided missile  France
 India		 Some assembled in India
CLGM Missile Cannon launched Anti-tank guided missile  India For the use with MBT Arjun and T-90S.
  • Nag missile and the Nag missile carrier (NAMICA)
    Nag missile and the Nag missile carrier (NAMICA)
  • MILAN, 2007
    MILAN, 2007
  • 9M133 Kornet
    9M133 Kornet

Ballistic and cruise

Name Type Quantity Origin Notes
Brahmos Stealth Cruise missile  India
 Russia		 300 km range.
Prahaar Tactical ballistic missile  India 150 km range.
Prithvi-I Short-range ballistic missile  India 150 km range.
Prithvi-II Short-range ballistic missile  India 250 – 350 km range.
Prithvi-III Short-range ballistic missile  India 350 – 600 km range.
Shaurya Medium-range ballistic missile  India 700 km range.
Agni-I Medium-range ballistic missile  India 700 – 800 km range.
Agni-II Intermediate-range ballistic missile  India 2000 – 3500 km range.
Agni-III Intermediate-range ballistic missile  India 3500 – 5000 km range.
Agni-V Intermediate-range ballistic missile  India 5000 – 8000 km range.

Air defence

Name Type Quantity Origin Notes
Prithvi Air Defense (PAD) Anti-ballistic missile  India Exoatmospheric (outside the atmosphere) interceptor system
Advanced Air Defence (AAD) Anti-ballistic missile  India Endo atmospheric (within the atmosphere) interceptor system
S-300PMU-2[51] Strategic Surface-to-air missile 6 systems  Russia Still officially unacknowledged.
SA-5 Gammon Strategic SAM system  Soviet Union Still officially unacknowledged.
SA-3 Goa[52] Strategic SAM system  Soviet Union It is designed to defend large areas from bomber attack or other strategic aircraft.
Akash Surface-to-air missile 3000+ Missiles  India More on Order. Indigenously developed surface to air missile to replace SA6. Both with Army and Air Force
Kub (SA-6 Gainful) Surface-to-air missile  Soviet Union
9K33 Osa (SA-8 Gecko) 6x6 amphibious Surface-to-air missile system 80  Russia
9K31 Strela-1 (SA-9 Gaskin) Vehicle-mounted SAM system 400  Soviet Union
9K35 Strela-10 (SA-13 Gopher) Surface-to-air missile  Soviet Union
Tigercat Surface-to-air missile  United Kingdom
S-75 Dvina (SA-2 Guideline) Strategic SAM system  Soviet Union
9K22 Tunguska[53] Self-propelled anti-aircraft weapon 132–184  Russia
ZSU-23-4M 'Shilka' Self-propelled anti-aircraft gun 100  Soviet Union To be upgraded.
Bofors L40/70 Anti-aircraft artillery 1920  Sweden 40mm gun. Upgraded L/60.
Bofors L40/60 Anti-aircraft artillery 1280  Sweden 40mm gun.
ZSU-23-2 Anti-aircraft artillery 800  Soviet Union Twin 23 mm AA gun
SA-16 Gimlet MANPADS  Soviet Union
SA-7 Grail MANPADS  Russia To be phased out.
SA-14 Gremlin MANPADS  Russia
SA-18 Grouse MANPADS  Russia
  • Akash SAM
    Akash SAM
  • SA-6 Gainful
    SA-6 Gainful
  • SA-8 Gecko
    SA-8 Gecko

Aircraft

Helicopters

See also: List of active Indian military aircraft
Photo Aircraft Origin Type Versions Quantity[54] Notes
HAL Rudra  India Attack Helicopter ALH-WSI 2 Total of 60 on order, first 20 to be delivered by 2013.[55]
HAL Light Combat Helicopter  India Attack helicopter LCH 114 on order.
HAL Dhruv  India Utility helicopter 32 73 on order.
HAL Lancer  France
 India		 Light Attack helicopter 12 Developed from HAL Cheetah.
HAL Chetak  France
 India		 Utility helicopter SA 316B Chetak 60 To be replaced.
HAL Cheetah  France
 India		 Utility helicopter SA 315B Cheetah
HAL Cheetal		 48 To be replaced. 22 HAL Cheetal on order[56]
Mi-17V Hip  Soviet Union Transport Helicopter 6

UAVs

Photo Aircraft Origin Type Versions Quantity Notes
IAI Heron  Israel Unmanned aerial vehicle 100+
DRDO Nishant  India Unmanned aerial vehicle 12+ Delivery of 12 UAV's in 2007.

Future procurements

Vehicles

File:Mahindra Axe.jpg
Mahindra AXE
  • Mahindra Axe – Light utility vehicle to be purchased.[citation needed]
  • Kroton – Possible sale of 80 mine laying vehicles from Poland.[citation needed]
  • Light Tank – 300 tanks (200 tracked 100 wheeled) to be deployed on China border.[57]
  • AHS Krab – Possible sale of 110 from Poland. Part of the deal that would also see the purchase of the Kroton and Loara.
  • PZA Loara Possible sale of 100 from Poland. Part of the deal that would also see the purchase of the Kroton and 2S1 Gvozdika.
  • BMP-2 based AKASH SAM carrier production started at Ordnance Factory Medak.
  • BMP-2 based 105mm Light tank to be manufactured at Ordnance Factory Medak.
  • BMP-2 based NBC protected recon vehicle to be manufactured at Ordnance Factory Medak.
  • TATA Light Specialist Vehicle – LSV with LMG, MMG to be purchased

Artillery and missile systems

  • Anti-tank missile FGM-148 Javelin is on order from the USA under Foreign Military Sales. India will buy some of the systems off-the-shelf, while a much larger number will be indigenously manufactured under licensed production. While the exact number of Javelin systems to be inducted is yet to be decided, it could be more than 60,000. The Army has a shortfall of around 44,000 ATGMs.[58]

The plan to go in for the American FGM-148 Javelin ATGMs has "virtually been shelved" because of Washington's reluctance to provide full military knowhow – licensed "transfer of technology (ToT) – to allow India to indigenously manufacture the "tank killers in large numbers after an initial off-the-shelf purchase.[59]

  • Under the Field Artillery Rationalization Plan, Indian Army plans to procure 3000 to 4000 155 mm towed, wheeled and tracked artillery systems.[citation needed] The requirement for artillery guns to be met with indigenous development and production.[60] Production of crucial bi-modular charge system will be started soon at Nalanda ordnance factory. HEMRL, a DRDO lab has developed the technology indigenously.[61]
  • Shaurya
  • Prahaar
  • Agni-IV
  • Agni-V – Intercontinental version of the Agni missile system. The missile was test fired for the first time on 19 April 2012 and is expected to be inducted by 2014–15.

Infantry equipment

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The TATA Groups contribution to F-INSAS.

.[63]

  • Futuristic Infantry Soldier As a System (F-INSAS) is the Indian Army's principal modernisation program from 2012 to 2020. In the first phase, to be completed by 2012,the infantry soldiers will be equipped with modular weapon systems that will have multi-functions. The Indian Army intends to modernise its entire 465 infantry and paramilitary battalions by 2020 with this program.
  • Indian Army has requirement for 300,000 modular body armour and ballistic helmets primarily for their Infantry regiments. RFI's have been issued.
  • 1000 Anti materiel rifles are to acquired for which global RFI's have been issued by the MOD.
  • Army has issued RFI's for multi-caliber assault rifles probably to be used as the weapon system in the F-INSAS program.
  • Indian army is looking for a heavy machine gun, RFIs for a new HMG have been sent to agencies that include Rosoboronexport for the Degtyarev Kord 12.7mm HMG, General Dynamics for the still in-development M806 HMG and also the Browning M2E50[64]

Aviation

  • Light Utility Helicopter: The Indian army has projected a requirement for up to 197 light helicopters to replace its ageing fleet of Chetaks and Cheetahs. The Indian Army chose the Eurocopter AS 550 under a US$550 million contract in summer of 2007. Under this contract 60 helicopters were to be supplied from Eurocopter in fly-away condition and the rest were to be assembled by HAL in India. This order was later scrapped due to allegations of unfair field trials from competing company Bell Helicopters.[65][66]

Five global helicopter majors are in the fray to sell India 197 multi-role, light helicopters, in a deal worth ₹30 billion (US$359.5 million). Eurocopter AS550 Fennec; Kamov Ka-226, Agusta A109 Power or A119 Koala and McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Systems (MD 520N) have been given time till 19 December 2008 to submit proposals.

Weighing less than three tonnes when armed, these multi-role, light turbine helicopters will replace the 1970s vintage Chetak and Cheetah helicopters operated by the Army Aviation Corps and the Air Force. They will undertake tasks such as reconnaissance and observation, casualty evacuation, electronic warfare, escort duties, anti-insurgency operations and ferrying personnel to and from the battlefield.

Of the 197 helicopters, which are to be bought in a fly away condition and via knock down kits, 133 are for the Army, while 64 will be delivered to the Air Force. The helicopter deal is part of a mega modernisation programme which will see the Army eventually receiving 197 helicopters and the Indian Air Force getting 188. The deal also includes an offset clause, under which the successful vendor must source defence-related goods and services to the value of 50 per cent of the deal from Indian companies.

The process – including discussions on offset proposals, technical evaluation, short-listing by the Defence Ministry, hot weather and winter trails – is expected to be completed by the middle of 2010.[67]

  • Light Combat Helicopter: The LCH is a derivative of the HAL Dhruv, which was inducted into the Indian armed forces. Using a successful and proven helicopter as the base platform is expected to conserve the project costs for the LCH, which is pegged at ₹3.76 billion (US$45.1 million).[citation needed] The HAL Dhruv weaponised version (WSI) is also being inducted in the Indian Army.[citation needed] The LCH was expected to be ready for the Initial Operational Clearance (IOC) by December 2010 with the Final Operational Clearance (FOC) in 2011. However, the revised timeframes hold that the 5.5-tonne LCH should be ready for induction into IAF by 2012–2013.[68] The first prototype of LCH completed its first ground run on 4 February.[when?][69] HAL has a firm order to deliver 65 LCH to the IAF and 114 to the Army.[70]

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