Equipment of the Indian Army

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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 Indian Ordnance Factories under control of Ordnance Factories Board manufacture most of Army equipment like small arms, ammunition, combat vehicles, artillery, tanks etc.

Infantry weapons

Small arms

Name	Weapon	Type	Caliber	Origin	Notes
Pistol Auto 9mm 1A		Semi-automatic pistol	9×19mm Parabellum	Canada  India	Standard issue side-arm of the Indian Army.
Glock 17		Semi-automatic pistol	9×19mm Parabellum	Austria	Standard issue Special Forces pistol.
SAF Carbine 2A1		Sub-machine gun	9×19mm Parabellum	India  United Kingdom	Silenced version of SAF Carbine 1A. To be replaced by the MSMC.
Micro-Uzi		Sub-machine gun	9×19mm Parabellum	Israel	For use by Special Forces. Micro-Uzi variant used.[1]
Heckler & Koch MP5		Submachine gun	9×19mm Parabellum	Germany	Standard submachine gun used by Indian Army Special Forces like MARCOS, Force-1, SPG and NSG
IMI Tavor TAR-21		Assault rifle	5.56×45mm NATO	Israel	Standard issue Special Forces assault rifle.[2][3]
M4A1 Carbine		Assault rifle	5.56×45mm	USA	Standard issue Special Forces assault rifle
T91 assault rifle		Assault rifle	5.56×45mm NATO	Taiwan	Standard issue Special Forces assault rifle
Heckler & Koch PSG1		Sniper rifle	7.62×51mm NATO	Germany	Standard Semi-automatic Sniper rifle
FN P90		Bull Pup Carbine	5.7×28mm NATO	Belgium	Used by India's SPG
FN F2000		Bull Pup Assault rifle	5.56×45mm NATO	Belgium	Used by India's SPG
Mauser SP66		Sniper rifle	7.62×51mm NATO	Germany	Standard issue bolt-action sniper rifle.
IMI Galil 7.62 Sniper		Sniper Rifle	7.62×51mm NATO	Israel	For use by Indian Army Special Forces snipers.
Denel NTW-20		Anti-material rifle	14.5×114mm, 20×82mm and 20×110mm Hispano-Suiza]]	South Africa	Bought in small numbers.
IMI Negev		Light machine gun	5.56×45mm NATO	Israel	For use by Special Forces. Specially Marcos and Para(SF).
MG 2A1 MG 5A MG 6A		General purpose machine gun	7.62×51mm 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.
M2 Browning		Heavy machine gun	.50 BMG	United States	M2HB variant in service.[4]
AKM Assault Rifle[4]		Assault rifle	7.62×39mm	Soviet Union  Poland  East Germany	AKM fixed stock and AKMS under-folding stock variants used. Mainly used in CT (Counter Terrorism) Ops.
vz. 58		Assault rifle	7.62×39mm	Czech Republic	Mainly used in CT Ops.
AK-103[5]		Assault rifle	7.62×39mm	Russia	Mainly used in CT Ops.
Dragunov SVD59		Sniper rifle	7.62×54mmR	Soviet Union  India	Standard issue Designated Marksman rifle(DMR). To be replaced by a 7.62mm NATO DMR under the Army modernisation plan.[6]
PKM		General purpose machine gun	7.62×54mmR	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 as section LMG. Manufactured at Ordnance Factory Tiruchirappalli.
NSV		Heavy machine gun	12.7×108mm	Soviet Union
KPV		Heavy machine gun	14.5×114 mm	Soviet Union	Manufactured at Ordnance Factory Tiruchirappalli.
Indigenous Gun
Modern Sub Machine Carbine		Carbine	5.56×30mm MINSAS	India	Status : Currently Undergoing Trails
Vidhwansak		Anti-materiel rifle	12.7×108mm, 20x82mm	India	Status : Inducted
Multi Caliber Individual Weapon System		Assault Rifle	5.56×45mm NATO 7.62×39mm 6.8×43mm SPC	India	Status : Currently undergoing trials(Completed By 2016) . ARDE produced multicaliber rifle to replace all AK standard and Insas rifle from the general duty to become the next standard issue assault rifle of the Indian Army. Currently undergoing trials by the Army.
Excalibur		Assault Rifle	5.56×45mm NATO	India	Status : Under Development/Testing(In Service By 2017-18)
Kalantak micro		Assault Rifle	5.56×45mm NATO	India	Status : Under Development/Testing . It is a version of INSAS Rifle with range : 300m and rate of fire : 650-700rpm.
1B1 INSAS		Assault rifle	5.56×45mm NATO	India	Status : Inducted . Standard issue assault rifle of the Indian Army. Replaced the 1A SLR. Folding 1B2 and fixed butt 1B1 variants used. Insas Assault Rifle with full-auto selector lever along with the burst lever and black polymer furniture also procured. Manufactured at Ordnance Factory Tiruchirappalli.
INSAS LMG		Light machine gun	5.56×45mm NATO	India	Status : Inducted . Standard issue Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) of the Indian Army. Light machine gun derivative of the INSAS assault rifle. Both fixed- and folding-butt variants used. Newer INSAS LMG with black polymer furniture procured. Manufactured at Ordnance Factory Tiruchirappalli.
Amogh carbine		Carbine	5.56×30mm MINSAS	India	Status : Under Development/Testing . It is a version of INSAS Rifle with range : 200m and rate of fire : 700rpm.[7]

Explosives,Rockets,and Mortars

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[8]	India	Status : Inducted .Standard issue grenade of the Indian Army. This modular grenade is available in Hand mode offensive, hand mode defensive and rifle mode. Types can be interchanged by changing outer sleeve.[9][10]
GP-25	Grenade launcher (40mm)		Soviet Union
Multi Grenade Launcher 40mm	Grenade launcher (40mm)		India	Status : Inducted .Semiautomatic six shot 40mm x 46mm low velocity grenade launcher. Manufactured at Ordnance Factory Tiruchirappalli. *
AGS-17 Plamya	Automatic grenade launcher (30mm)		Soviet Union
AGS-30	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
B-300 Shipon	Rocket Launcher		Israel	For use by Special Forces. Specially Marcos and Para(SF).
RPO-A Shmel	Rocket Launcher		Russia
OFB E1 51mm	Mortar		India
OFB E1 81mm L16 81mm mortar	Mortar	5000+	India  United Kingdom  Canada
OFB E1 120mm	Mortar		India
AGS-17 RCL MK III L16 81mm mortar Shipon

Vehicles

Utility and miscellaneous

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Name	Type	Quantity	Origin	Notes
Mahindra 550 DXB	Light Utility Vehicle		India
KrAZ-6322	Heavy Utility Truck		Ukraine
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[11]
Maruti Gypsy	Light Utility Vehicle	31,000	India	Additional 4,100 ordered in September 2014.[12]
Windy 505	Fast attack vehicle	700	India	In service from 2005.[13]
VFJ LPTA 713 TC	Medium 4X4 truck		India	2.5 Ton truck. Manufactured by Vehicle Factory Jabalpur.
Ashok Leyland Topchi	Medium 4x4 truck		India	3 Ton truck
Sisu Nasu	All-terrain transport vehicle		Finland
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.
Ashok Leyland Crash Fire Tender	Fire Tender		India
Tata LPTA 1615 TC	Artillery Tractor Truck		India
Tata Prima 4038S/4938S	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[14]	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.
Maruti Gypsy 5000 Litres Water Bowser on Stallion 2000 Litres Water Bowser on LPTA Kitchen Container on Stallion Light Recovery Vehicle on Stallion Field Ambulance on LPTA Caravan for Army LPTA 713, now being replaced by LPTA 715 Stallion Mark I, now being replaced by Stallion Mark IV BEML Tatra

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.
Bridge 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[15][16]
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	7362	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.
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.[17]
Armoured Vehicle Tracked Light Repair	Armoured recovery vehicle		India	Based on BMP-2 for Light Repair being manufactured at Ordnance Factory Medak.[18]
WZT-2	Armoured recovery vehicle	196	Poland
WZT-3M	Armoured recovery vehicle	352	Poland	204 on order.[19] 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 Armoured recovery vehicles based on T-72-chassis.

Mine protected, Mine clearing and Mine laying

Name	Vehicle	Type	Quantity	Origin	Notes
Casspir[20]		Armoured personnel carrier	255	South Africa	Status : Inducted .
Tarmour AFV		Armoured personnel carrier	900*	India	Status : Inducted .Based on Indian T-55 Tank.[21] *potential quantity based on existing T-55 stock.
Hydrema		Mine clearing Vehicle	24	Denmark  India	Status : Inducted .Manufactured locally by OFB India
T-72 FWMP		Mine plow		India	Status : Inducted .
Aditya		Mine protected Vehicle	1300+	India	Status : Inducted .OFB India. 1400 to be produced. 20/month manufactured at Ordnance Factory Medak AND Vehicle Factory Jabalpur.
DRDO Daksh		Bomb disposal robot	190+	India	Status : Inducted .The Army has placed orders for 200 Dakshs."[22]

Combat

Name	Image	Origin	Quantity	Notes
Tanks
Arjun MBT		India	124 MK1 & 118 MK2 Ordered	Mk1 Status : Inducted . Mk2 Status : Inducting .With a total of 248 to be built by Heavy Vehicles Factory.[23] 118 Arjun MK-II(60Mt/1400 hp)ordered after clearing Army trials in February 2015. Arjun MBT Mk. II to be fielded by 2016.[24][25]
T-90S "Bhishma" T-90M(50mt/840hp)		Russia  India	1250	Status : Inducted .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.[26][27] In all, India plans to have 310 T-90S and 1,330 T-90M tanks in service by 2020 (total of 1,657 tanks with upgradation of night visions by 2020).[28] 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.[29][30] This takes total no. of T-90 tanks to 2011.
T-72 Ajeya(41Mt/780hp) Combat Improved Ajeya		Soviet Union  Poland  India	~2414[31][32]	Status : Inducted .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.. Ajeya-M2 Standard equivalent to the Polish PT-91 Twardy. Manufactured locally in India.
Infantry fighting vehicles
BMP-2 "Sarath"		Soviet Union  India	1,800+[33]	Status : Inducted .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. It 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.[34] Currently more than 900 are in active service.[34] Manufactured locally in India by Ordnance Factory Medak. All BMP-2/2K vehicles are to be upgraded to BMP-2M standard.[35]
Abhay IFV		India		Status: Unknown.
Armoured Personnel Carriers
BTR-50		Soviet Union	100+	Status : Inducted .Total 200 Inducted.
TATA Kestrel		India		Status : Under Development(Ready By 2017) .
Tank destroyers
NAMICA		India	13+ 200	Status : Inducted .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.
BRDM-2		Soviet Union		Used as a Tank Destroyer.
Reconnaissance vehicles
CMT		Mortar Carrier 198 + 21 ordered	India	Status : Inducted .BMP-2 based mortar carrier. Developed by CVRDE and manufactured by Ordnance Factory Medak.
OT-62 TOPAS OT-64 SKOT		Armoured Personnel Carrier	Czechoslovakia  Poland	TOPAS-2A converted into a Technical support vehicle
DRDO Armoured Ambulance		Armoured Ambulance	India	Status : Inducted .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	Status : Inducted .BMP-2 based CRBN developed by VRDE and produced by Ordnance Factory Medak.Vehicle[36]
Mahindra Rakshak		Armoured Vehicle	India	Bulletproof vehicle with composite armour which offers protection against 7.62mm bullets.[37][38][39]
PRP-3		Battlefield surveillance system	Soviet Union	1RL126 "Small Fred" Battlefield Surveillance Radar based on BMP-1. NATO designation was BMP M1975
TATA LAMV		Light Armoured Multipurpose Vehicle	India	Status : Under Trails as of 2015(Completed By 2016)

Artillery

Notes	Image	Type	Quantity	Origin	Notes
M777 howitzer		Howitzer	149	USA	Status : Negotiating/Inducting .Ordered through FMS.
DRDO 155 mm artillery gun		Howitzer		India	Status : Under Development(Ready By 2019) .155 mm 55 Caliber gun made by OFB.
Dhanush Howitzer		Howitzer	449	India	Status : Inducted .155 mm 48 Caliber gun made by OFB. Final Trilas Ended. First 6 Gun Inducted. Rest To Be Inducted By 2020.
Haubits FH77/B		Howitzer	200[40]	Sweden	Status : Inducted .155 mm gun made by Bofors. 410 acquired from 1986–1991.All Being Replaced By Dhanush Howitzer.
M-46		Howitzer	900	Soviet Union  Israel	M-46 130 mm howitzer guns upgraded to 155 mm standard by Soltam.[41][42]
D-30		Howitzer	550	Soviet Union	Status : Inducted/Replacing .Being replaced by the M-46.
180 mm gun S-23		Heavy Gun	100	Soviet Union	[43]
Indian Field Gun MK 1/2/3		Field gun	1700	India	being upgraded with digital FCS and INS, to extend the range up to 30 km with bleed base;
Light Field Gun		Field gun	700+	India	105mm gun. ongoing upgrade.
FV433 Abbot SPG		Self-propelled artillery	~80	United Kingdom	Status : Inducted/Replacing .105 mm howitzer. Being replaced by the K9 VAJRA-T.
2S1 Gvozdika		Self-propelled artillery	110	USSR	Status : Inducted/Replacing .122 mm howitzer. Being replaced by the K9 VAJRA-T.
K9 Thunder		Self-propelled artillery	100	South Korea	Status : Inducted .155 mm howitzer. It is a variant K9 Thunder howitzer.
Smerch 9K58 MBRL		Multiple rocket launcher	62	Russia	Status : Inducted .300 mm multiple rocket launch system.
Pinaka MBRL		Multiple rocket launcher	80+ batteries	India	Mk1 Status : Inducted Mk2 Status : Testing/ Induction Phase(Completed BY 2016).214 mm multiple rocket launch system. Replacing the 122 mm BM-21.[44] Being produced at a heavy rate of 5000 missiles per year.[45]
BM-21		Multiple rocket launcher	150+ batteries	Soviet Union	Status : Inducted/Replacing .Modernized rockets with range of 40 km was purchased from Russia. To be replaced by Pinaka.

Missile systems

Anti-tank

Name	Type	Quantity	Origin	Notes
Spike (missile)	Anti-tank guided missile	8,000 (on order)	Israel	Status : Inducting .Man portable and Selected over the U.S. FGM-148 Javelin.,[46] purchased along with 300 launchers
Nag missile	Anti-tank guided missile	40+ (400 on order)	India	Status : Inducted .For Namica Tank Destroyer (IFV)
MILAN	Anti-tank guided missile	30000+	France  India	Man portable and manufactured locally under license in India.
MILAN 2T	Anti-tank guided missile	4100	France	Man portable and purchased from France[47]
9M133 Kornet (AT-14 Spriggan)	Anti-tank guided missile	3000	Russia	Man portable and purchased with 250 Launchers
9M113 Konkurs (AT-5 Spandrel)	Anti-tank guided missile	15000+	Russia  India	For BMP-2 (IFV) and manufactured locally in India. Another 10000 Konkurs-M ordered in a USD 250 Million.[48]
9K114 Shturm (AT-6 Spiral)	Anti-tank guided missile	800	Russia
9M120 Ataka-V (AT-9 Spiral-2)	Anti-tank guided missile		Soviet Union
9M119 Svir (AT-11 Sniper)	Anti-tank guided missile		Russia	For use with the T-90S.
3UBK-Invar	Anti-tank guided missile	25000	Russia  India	Bharat Dynamics (BDL) signed a contract with MOD for Invar anti-tank guided missiles on 19-Aug-2013.[49][50] It is reported that 10000 will be procured from Russia while BDL will manufacture 15000.[51]
9K121 Vikhr (AT-16 Scallion)	Anti-tank guided missile	1500	Russia	For use with Mi-17
Helina	Air launched Anti-tank missile		India	Status : Inducted .It has been tested on July 12, 2015.It will is available in near future for HAL LCH and HAL Rudra.
Nag missile and the Nag missile carrier (NAMICA) MILAN, 2007 9M133 Kornet SPIKE ATGM

Ballistic and Cruise

Name	Type	Quantity	Origin	Range
Brahmos	Stealth Cruise missile		India  Russia	Status : Inducted .300 km range.
Nirbhay	Cruise missile		India	Status : Under Development/Testing(Ready By 2016-17) . 1,000 –1500 km range.
Prahaar	Tactical ballistic missile		India	Status : Inducted .150 km range.
Prithvi-I	Short-range ballistic missile		India	Status : Being Phase Out .150 km range.
Prithvi-II	Short-range ballistic missile		India	Status : Inducted .250 – 350 km range.
Prithvi-III	Short-range ballistic missile		India	Status : Inducted .350 – 600 km range.
Shaurya	Medium-range ballistic missile		India	Status : Inducted .700–1900 km range.
Agni-I	Medium-range ballistic missile		India	Status : Inducted .700 – 1250 km range.
Agni-II	Intermediate-range ballistic missile		India	Status : Inducted .2000 – 3500 km range.
Agni-III	Intermediate-range ballistic missile		India	Status : Inducted .3500 – 5000 km range.
Agni-IV	Intermediate-range ballistic missile		India	Status : Inducted .4000 – 6000 km range.
Agni-V	Intercontinental ballistic missile		India	Status : Under Development/Testing(Ready By 2016) .5000 – 8000 km range.(Tested in April 2012, September 2013 and January 2015. All successful launches [52] )
Agni-VI	Intercontinental ballistic missile		India	Status : Under Development(Ready By 2018) .8,000 – 10,000  km range.
PDV	Ballistic missile defence system		India	Status : Under Development/Induction Phase .5000 km.
Advanced Air Defence (AAD)	Ballistic missile defence system		India	Status : Testing/Induction Phase(Ready By 2016) .150 km.

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Air Defense

Name	Type	Quantity	Origin	Notes
Akash	Surface-to-air missile	3000	India	Status : Inducted .More on Order. Indigenously developed surface-to-air missile to replace SA6. Both with Army and Air Force
Barak 8	Surface-to-air missile		Israel  India	Status : Induction Phase .Undergoing Trials To Be Inducted In Heavy Numbers In Army, Navy And Air Force.Akash And Barak 8 Will Replace Most Of The SAM's Currently In Service.
S-300VM	Surface-to-air missile	six batteries	Russia	Procured in August 1995.
Kub (SA-6 Gainful)	Surface-to-air missile	180 (as of 2012)	Soviet Union	To be eventually replaced by Akash
S-125 Neva/Pechora	Surface-to-air missile		Soviet Union
S-200	Surface-to-air missile		Soviet Union
9K33 Osa (SA-8 Gecko)	6x6 amphibious Surface-to-air missile system	80	Russia
9K35 Strela-10 (SA-13 Gopher)	Surface-to-air missile	250 (as of 2012)	Soviet Union
9K22 Tunguska[53]	Self-propelled anti-aircraft weapon	132–184	Russia
ZSU-23-4M 'Shilka'	Self-propelled anti-aircraft gun	75 (as of 2010)	Soviet Union	To be upgraded.
ZSU-23-2	Anti-aircraft artillery	800	Soviet Union	Twin 23 mm AA gun
L 70 AAA	Anti-aircraft artillery	3000+	Sweden	Indian Army is planning to replace the aging Anti Aircraft gun systems[54]
FIM-92 Stinger	MANPADS		United States	The Army plans to buy 5,175 VSHORAD systems with technology transfer expected
SA-18 Grouse	MANPADS		Russia

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Aircraft

Helicopters

Aircraft	Photo	Origin	Role	Version	Number[55]	Comment
Helicopters (136)
HAL Rudra		India	Attack helicopter	ALH-WSI	20	Status : Inducted .40 more on order.[56]
HAL Dhruv		India	Utility helicopter		73[55]	Status : Inducted .Total of 151 on order.[55]
HAL Cheetah, Cheetal & Lancer		India	Utility helicopter Utility helicopter Counter-insurgency	Cheetah Cheetal Lancer	23[55] 4[55] 12	Status : Inducted .18 more Cheetal on order replacing the older Cheetah.[55] Or it would be replaced by HAL Light Utility Helicopter(Near Future).
HAL Chetak & Chetan		India	Utility helicopter	Chetak	4[55]	Status : Inducted .Being withdrawn from service and replaced by HAL Dhruv.
HAL Light Combat Helicopter		India	Attack helicopter	LCH		Status : Under Trails(Completed By 2016).114 on order.[55] Trails of missile firing to be held on mid 2016.
HAL Light Utility Helicopter		India	Utility helicopter / Observation Helicopter	LUH		Status : Under Development(Ready by 2016) . Trails to be held on mid 2016.

UAVs

Aircraft	Photo	Origin	Role	Version	Number	Comment
IAI Heron		Israel	Unmanned aerial vehicle		50+
DRDO Nishant		India	Unmanned aerial vehicle		15+	Status : Inducted . Delivery of 12 UAV's in 2007.
IAI Searcher		Israel	Unmanned aerial vehicle	Searcher II Searcher I	120+
IAI Harpy		Israel	Unmanned combat aerial vehicle		40
DRDO Rustom 2		India	Unmanned combat aerial vehicle			Status : Under Development(Ready By 2016).Trails to be held on mid 2016.

Radar

Name	Type	Quantity	Origin	Notes
Rajendra	Passive electronically scanned array radar		India	Status : Inducted .
INDRA	Passive electronically scanned array radar		India	Status : Inducted .
BEL Weapon Locating Radar	Artillery Locating Radar		India	Status : Inducted .
Rohini	3D radar		India	Status : Inducted .
Samyukta	Electronic Warfare		India	Status : Inducted .

Future procurements

Vehicles

• 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.
• Light Specialist Vehicle – LSV with mounting provision for MMG to be purchased by Infantry division.
• Indian Army has shown interest in TATA LAMV(Light Armoured Multipurpose Vehicle) with mounting provision of MMG, BFSR, HHTI to be purchased by Mechanized Forces. It is slated to be future ready for Battlefield Management System (BMS).
• Future Infantry Combat Vehicle - 2600 FICV to be procured to replace old BMP-2s. Initially, GoI asked different private and public sector companies to delevelop FICV.But,it seems that the plan to develop new vehicle is put on hold due to budgetary cuts.Instead, upgradation of old BMP-2s with new powerful engines,transmission and new Kliver turret with 30mm gun and four Kornet-M ATGM launchers in being tried.
• Armoured Personnel Carrier - 100 APC to be procured for United Nations peace keeping missions.
• 1586 vehicles to be procured to mount ATGMs on these.
• Indian Army expects it would have to produce around 2000 TATA Kestrel Wheeled Amphibious Armored Personnel Carriers to replace its entire fleet of BMPs.

Artillery and missile systems

Under the Field Artillery Rationalization Plan, Indian Army plans to procure 3000 to 4000 155 mm towed, wheeled and tracked artillery systems. The requirement for artillery guns to be met with indigenous development and production.^[57] Production of crucial bi-modular charge system will be started soon at Nalanda ordnance factory. HEMRL, a DRDO lab has developed the technology indigenously.^[58]

• State-run Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) will deliver two types of indigenously developed 155mm howitzers to the Indian Army based on the FH77B howitzer purchased way back in 1986. One version will be 155/39 calibre while the other will be 155/45 calibre. Trials are to be completed by June 2013
• ^[59]Government is also evaluating 155mm/52 self-propelled howitzers wherein three Indian vendors, including two private sector companies, have been selected for trials of their equipment.
• Prahaar- the solid-fueled missile is slated to replace the liquid fueled Prithvi-1. Liquid-fueled missiles have lengthy preparation times giving adequate warning to the enemy, while solid-fueled ones can be ready in minutes.^[60]
• Agni-V – Intercontinental version of the Agni missile system. The missile was test fired for the first time on 19 April 2012 and was inducted in 2014.
• Bharat Dynamics Limited has tested Second Generation Amogha anti-tank missiles with a range of 2.8(Tested).This anti-tank missile will be handed to the Indian Army after some trails.
• DRDO will start working on Man portable Nag anti tank missile.

Infantry equipment

• Modern Sub Machine Carbine - to replace the Indian Sterling submachine gun.^[61]
• 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.
• Multi Caliber Individual Weapon System - A multi caliber assault rifle developed by ARDE for Indian Armed Forces. It can be fitted with either 5.56mm or 7.62mm or 6.8mm gun barrel. It is developed to replace INSAS rifles.It will be handed over to army after extensive user trials.
• Sniper Rifles - 3500 new sniper rifles to be procured to replace old Dragunov SVDs. The new sniper rifles should have 1000m range and should be fitted with bipods and fire the 7.62mm NATO bullets.

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 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 one of the competing company, Bell Helicopters.^[62][63] A fresh tender process was initiated later in which Eurocopter Fennec and Kamov Ka-226 were shortlisted for user trials.

Trials were completed and Kamov Ka-226 was declared winner and about 200 helicopters are to be made in India under the "Make in India" initiative, Indian Army have planned to replace obsolete Chetaks and Cheetahs with it, until the arrival of HAL LUH, as the later would be ready for its first flight only by 2017.

• Light Combat Helicopter: The HAL Light Combat Helicopter 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$55.3 million). The Dhruv's weaponised version, HAL Rudra is also being inducted in the Indian Army. 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.^[64] The first prototype of LCH completed its first ground run on 4 February 2010.^[65] HAL has a firm order to deliver 65 LCH to the IAF and 114 to the Army.^[66]

Gallery

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  Indian Army artillery gun

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  Indian Army Ambulance

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  BEL Battlefield Surveillance Radar-Short Range (BFSR-SR)

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  T-90 tanks during firing in Thar Desert.

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  A soldier tests a Beretta 92.

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  Indian Army T-72 with ERA

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  Indian Army Armoured Corps during a training exercise

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  Vijayanta Mk 1 MBT

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  T-72's belong to the Indian Army with UN markings.

See also

• Currently active military equipment by country
• Ordnance Factories Board

References

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