ARMY MODERNISATION: The 155mm/52-cal Advanced Towed Artillery Gun System
A Masterpiece of DRDO Design
The future battlefield is going to be dominated by technological advancements in weapon systems to gain superiority over the adversaries....
IAF MODERNISATION: Indigenous Basic Trainer Aircraft HTT-40 Approved
The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) gave its approval for procuring 106 Basic Trainer Aircraft (Hindustan Turbo Trainer-40) HTT-40 from Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) on...
Project Cheetah to Arm Heron and Searcher Drones Revived
The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) gave its go-ahead, on 11 August 2020, for the purchase of equipment worth...
Army Acquiring Aerial Targets, Weapon Locating Radars, Ammunition
Aerial Targets
To enable live firing practice of air defence weapons on simulated targets for its soldiers, the Indian Army has launched a search for...
ARMY MODERNISATION: Army Making Plans to Acquire Light Tanks
In the wake of a standoff between India and China, the Army has got the government approval for emergency procurement of light tanks. The...
IAF and PLAAF: Where Do J20, Rafale and Su-30MKI Stand?
Hemesh M, Yuvraj S
India received the fully loaded Rafale fighter aircrafts, on 29 July, with the long-range Meteor air-to-air missiles (AAM) and Hammer air-to-surface...
INDIA-CHINA: The IAF and PLAAF in Ladakh and Tibet
By Hemesh M & Yuvraj S
India and China have had a violent confrontation after 1967 in Galwan Valley in June 2020. This has led...
IAF MODERNISATION: Arming to be Ready
Both India and China have significantly reinforced their deployments with fighter jets, helicopters, tanks, heavy artillery and missiles in the region that has garnered...
ARMY MODERNISATION: Army to Buy Smart Munitions, UAVs, Riot Gear Under Fast Track
Clash in Ladakh Galvanises Procurement
Loitering Munition
After the Indian army brought Spike Mark III anti-tank guided missiles from Israel as part of emergency purchases due...
The Battle Tank In Future Warfare
“The less there is to justify a traditional custom, the harder it is to get rid of it”
― Mark Twain,The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
The military tank was born to counter the stagnation of trench warfare during the Great Wars. Defences based on trenches, protected by anti-personnel measures like wire obstacles, minefields, booby-traps, et al, brought warfare to a grinding halt. Soldiers died more of disease and boredom than from gunshots. Emergence of the tank infused fresh impetus to the battlefield, rendering trenches and anti-personnel obstacle systems as redundant as a man’s nipples. The consequent return of “manoeuvre” to the battlefield resulted in new tactics, doctrines and weapon-systems from the 1920s to 1980s.
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