INDIAN ARMY

INTRODUCTION TO INDIAN ARMY

• Land based branch .
• The largest component of the Indian Defence
Forces.
• Motto – SERVICE BEFORE SELF
• Headquarters - Integrated Defence
Headquarters,Ministry of Defence,New Delhi.
• At present – 12,37,117 active personnel.
• Includes about 36000 officers
• Commander of Indian Army:-
President of India
• Chief of the army staff:-
General Manoj Mukund Naravane
• Father of Indian Army:-
Maj Gen Stringer Lawrence
• First field marshal:-
Sam maneskshaw
Indian Army flag
 TASK OF INDIAN ARMY
• War Fighting to meet External Aggression.

• Internal Security Management to include Internal

Threats.

• Peace Keeping Operations or Military Assistance to

friendly foreign countries.

• Render Humanitarian Assistance, Disaster Relief

and Aid to Civil Authorities.
 ARMY DAY
• Celebrated 15 January
every year.
• In recognition of Field
Marshal
Kodandera.M.Cariappa
taking over as the first
Commander-in-Chief of
the Indian Army.
 RANKS
CLASSIFICATION:-
• Commissioned Officers
• Junior Commissioned Officers
• Other Ranks (Non-Commissioned Officers and
Soldiers)
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS
JUNIOR COMMISSIONED OFFICERS
OTHER RANKS
STUCTURE OF INDIAN ARMY
 COMMAND OF INDIAN ARMY
1.CENTRAL COMMAND
LOCATION: Lucknow,
Uttar Pradesh
ACTIVE SINCE : 1963
 2.NORTHERN COMMAND

LOCATION: Udhampur,
J&K
ACTIVE SINCE : 1972
 3. WESTERN COMMAND

LOCATION: Chandiman
dhir, Haryana
ACTIVE SINCE : 1947
 4. EASTERN COMMAND

LOCATION: Kolkata, WB
ACTIVE SINCE : 1920
 5. SOUTHERN COMMAND

LOCATION: Pune,
Maharastra
ACTIVE SINCE : 1908,
predominantly hold the
armoured corp in
control
 6. SOUTH-WESTERN COMMAND

LOCATION: Jaipur,
Rajasthan
ACTIVE SINCE : 2005
 7. ARMY TRAINING COMMAND

LOCATION: Shimla,
Himachal Pradesh
ACTIVE SINCE : 1991
 UNIFORM
TYPES:-
▪ General duty
▪ Blue patrol
▪ 6A / 6B
▪ Ceremonials
▪ Combat
▪ Black
▪ Dugarees
▪ Smocks
 General duty
Gives formal and smart look
SUMMER:-

▪ Olive green-Standard uniform

in peace areas.
▪ First worn in 2005 when
Army moved from khaki to
Olive green.
 WINTER
• The officers wear a
peach colour shirt,
black tie and an olive
green blazer along with
a beret or a peak cap.
This is called Dress 5SD.
• Regiments - certain
colour of their
traditions.
 BLUE PATROL
• Dress code for
ceremonial uniform
during winters.
• Worn with a ‘bandgala’
coat.
• The shoulder pips are
embroidered along with
ranks on the coat.
 BLUE PATROL
• Except for armoured
corps officers who wear
a chain mail along with
their ranks on the
shoulders.
• Prefered as mess dress
in winters.
 6 ALPHA/6 BRAVO
• Code 6-mess dress of
IA.
• The 6 Alpha is the white
mess/formal dress.
 CEREMONIALS
• Worn during military
ceremonial
occasions like guard of
honour, wreath laying,
military funeral.
• The ceremonials include
neck scraf,
cummerbund, medals
and decorations.
WINTER CEREMONIALS
 COMBATS
• Standard field uniform
of Indian Army.
• Also called “Jungle
Dress”.
• Ranks - embroidered on
flaps and the usual
metal ranks are not
worn.
 BLACK
• Black are the a tough,
uncompromising
person.
• Worn by the officers
and men of the
Armoured Corps,NSG.
 DUGAREES
• For the pilots and
aircrews.
• Name tab and rank is
worn on the dungarees
along with the aircraft
symbol they are
associated with.
 SMOCKS
• Smock is worn by the highly qualified tough,
uncompromising person of the Indian Army.
• Worn by paratroopers -winters.
 CORPS
• Corps is a battlefield formation composed of
two or more divisions, and typically commanded
by a lieutenant general.

• It is divided into seven commands and 13 corps

headquartered throughout India.
 13 corps Headquarters
• I Corps - South Western Command , Mathura.
• II Corps - Western Command, Ambala.
• III Corps - Eastern Command, Dimathur.
• IV Corps - Eastern Command, Tezpur.
• IX Corps - Western Command,Dharamsala, Himachal
• XI Corps - Western Command, Jalandhar.
• XII Corps - Southern Command, Jodhpur.
• XIV Corps - Northern Command,Leh.
• XV Corps - Northern Command, Srinagar.
• XVI Corps - Northern Command, Nagrota.
• XXI Corps - Southern Command, Bhopal.
• XXXIII Corps - Army Eastern Command, Siliguri.
 TYPES OF CORPS

• There are 21 types of corps,

divided into 3 branches, They are

I. Non Technical Branch.

II. Technical Branch.
III. Service Branch.
 NON - TECHNICAL TECHNICAL SERVICE BRANCH
BRANCH BRANCH
1.ARMY MEDICAL CORPS
2.ARMY DENTAL CORPS
1.INFANTRY CORPS 1. CORPS OF SIGNAL 3.MILITARY NURSING SCHEME
2. ARMOURED CORPS 2. CORPS OF ENGINEERS 4.ARMY SERVICE CORPS
3. ARTILLERY CORPS 3. CORPS OF ELECTRICAL AND 5.ARMY ORDINANCE CORPS
4. ARMY AVIATION CORPS MECHANICAL ENGINEERING 6.REMOUNT & VETERINARY
CORPS
7.MILITARY FORMS
8.ARMY EDUCATION CORPS
9.MILITARY INTELLIGENCE
10.CORPS OF MILITARY POLICE
11.JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL
12.ARMY POINEER CORPS
13.CANTEEN STORE CORPS
14.DEFENCE SECURITY CORPS
15.ARMY POSTAL SERVICE
CORPS
16.TERRITORIAL ARMY.
INFANTRY CORPS
 INFANTRY CORPS
• Infantry basically attacks and defends.
• The soldiers of Infantry usually are at the first
always.
• It consist of 29 Regiments.
• Eg:- Brigade of Guards, Parachute Regiment,
Rajputana rifles etc..
REGIMENTS OF INFANTRY
ARMOURED CORPS
 ARMOURED CORPS
• Love of a die-hard tank enthusiast.
• Equipments are Arjun MBT, T-90, T-72.
• It was formed in 1947,Consisting of 63
armoured regiments.
• Eg:-10th Armoured Regiment,16th Light
Cavalry,17 Horse etc..
• The corps celebrates 1 May as the corps
raising day.
REGIMENTS OF ARMOURED
ARTILLERY CORPS
 ARTILLERY CORPS
• Artillery is the second largest arm of the Indian Army, It consists of guns,
mortars, rocket launchers, unmanned aerial vehicles, surveillance systems,
missiles and artillery firepower.
• It is subdivided into Field Artillery and Corps of Army Air Defence.
• Field Artillery - consists of mortars and guns to tackle enemy ground troops.
• Army Air Defence - consists of rockets and guns to tackle airborne enemy
threats -55 Regiments
• In the Indian Army, there are 3 Artillery Divisions. They are
• 40 Artillery Division (Ambala, Haryana)(under Western Command).
• 41 Artillery Division (Pune, Maharashtra)(under Southern Command).
• 42 Artillery Division (Alwar, Rajasthan)(under South Western Command).
• Weapon-equipped units of the Regiment of Artillery - 248
• SATA units (Surveillance and Target Acquisition) - 43 Regiments
AVIATION CORPS
 AVIATION CORPS
• AAC provides logistical support for the Indian
Army in remote and inaccessible areas, especially
in the Siachen Glacier.
• Also perform tasks like Combat search and
rescue, artillery lift, military prisoner
transportation and Medical evacuation
(MEDEVAC) during a war and natural calamities.
• Attack - HAL Rudra
• Transport - HAL Dhruv, HAL Chetak, HAL Cheetah.
CORPS OF SIGNALS
 CORPS OF SIGNALS
• Corps of Signals handles army’s military
communications.
• The Corps works closely with the Defence
Research and Development Organisation
(DRDO) to develop command and control
software.
CORPS OF ENGINEERS
 CORPS OF ENGINEERS
• This branch is for the tech savvy guys of the Indian
Army. All the engineer-related tasks are handled by
these men. Combat Engineers, MES, BRO, MAP and
Survey of India comes under this branch.
• Combat Engineers consists of three groups:
• I. Madras sappers
• II. Bengal sappers
• III. Bombay sappers
• They undertake construction works during wartime
like building bridges to transport armoured tanks,
etc.
CORPS OF ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
 CORPS OF ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL
ENGINEERING
• The Corps of EME has varying responsibilities
related to the design, development, trial,
inspection and refit of weapon systems and
equipment.
• They also provide technical advice to units and
conduct recovery operations in peace and war.
ARMY SERVICE CORPS
 ARMY SERVICE CORPS
• The ASC is mainly responsible for the
provisioning, procurement and distribution of
Supplies of food ration, fresh & dry eatable
items, FOL(Fuels, oil, lubricants), Hygiene
Chemicals, carriage & distribution of
ammunition, and items of Hospital Comforts
to Army, Air Force and when required for Navy
and other paramilitary forces.
 ARMY ORDINANCE CORPS
• AOC’s main responsibility is to provide material
and logistics support to the Indian Army and, if
required, to the Navy and Air Force during war
and peace.
• The inventory includes all the material required
by the troops ranging from clothes to weapons
including tanks, missiles etc., except fuel, fodder,
and medicines which are maintained by the Army
Service Corps, the Military Farms Service/Army
Remount and Veterinary Corps and the Army
Medical Corps respectively.
REMOUNT AND VETERINARY CORPS
 REMOUNT AND VETERINARY CORPS

• RVC is responsible for breeding, rearing and

training of all animals used in the army.
• RVC established the Zanskar Pony Breeding
and Training centre in Ladakh
• This Centre is involved in breeding Zaniskari
ponies for use by the army in high altitudes.
ZANISKARI PONY
MILITARY FARM
 MILITARY FARM

• The military farms were started nearly 130

years ago by the British to supply the Indian
Army with milk products. Over the years,
however, the utility of the farms have
diminished.
• They now contribute a mere 14 percent of
about 210 million litres of milk annually
consumed by 1.3 million-strong Indian Army.
ARMY EDUCATION CORPS
 ARMY EDUCATION CORPS

• The Army Education Corps develops soldiers

and officers of all ranks in a variety of
educational disciplines.
• The centre provides education in both combat
and non-combat operations.
• It also provides education in various military
academies like IMA, INA, AFA, NDA.
MILITARY INTELLIGENCE CORPS
 MILITARY INTELLIGENCE CORPS

• The primary mission of military intelligence is

to provide timely, relevant, accurate, and
synchronized intelligence support to tactical,
operational and strategic-level needs of the
Army
• It is also conducts counter-intelligence
activities to detect, identify and neutralize
adversarial intelligence threats inside Indian
Army.
CORPS OF MILITARY POLICE
 CORPS OF MILITARY POLICE

• CMP is trained to handle prisoners of war and

to regulate traffic, as well as to handle basic
telecommunication equipment such as
telephone exchanges.
• They can be identified by their red berets,
white lanyards and belts, and they also wear a
black brassard with the letters MP imprinted
in red.
JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL CORPS
 JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL CORPS

• It is the legal branch of the Indian army. The

JAG branch deals will all the court marshals,
legal advice to the Indian Army and practising
military law on its personnel.
ARMY PIONEER CORPS
 ARMY PIONEER CORPS

• A pioneer is a soldier employed to perform

engineering and construction tasks.
• The term is in principle similar to sapper of
the technical branch.
• Their major role of frontier road building had
now been allocated to civilian workers. Indian
Pioneer Corps was re-established in 1943.
DEFENSE SECURITY CORPS
 DEFENSE SECURITY CORPS

• The role of DSC is to ensure the protection

and security of designated defence
Installations against sabotage and pilferage.
• DSC provides security at Indian Ordnance
Factories, India’s nuclear laboratories and
Defence Research and Development
Organisation (DRDO) establishments along
with CISF.
ARMY MEDICAL CORPS
 ARMY MEDICAL CORPS
• AMC is a specialist corps in the Indian Army
which provides medical services to all Army
personnel.
• AMC has seen a lot of revamps to the corps
starting from Indian Medical Service, Indian
Medical Department, Indian Hospital Corps,
Army Hospital Corps, Army Bearer Corps, Indian
Army Medical Corps (IAMC).
• The IAMC was re-designated as Army Medical
Corps with effect from 26 January 1950.
ARMY DENTAL CORPS
 ARMY DENTAL CORPS

• The ADC officers help the troops maintain

their oral health care and provide them with
dental hygiene.
MILITARY NURSING CORPS
 MILITARY NURSING CORPS

• Military Nursing Service is an integral part of the

Armed Forces Medical Services (AFMS). The
women officers in the MNS were treated as
underdogs since the inception of AFMS in 1948.
• After the independence, the Officers of MNS
have not only served in India but have also
played a role in United Nations peacekeeping
missions abroad in UN missions.
EQUIPMENTS OF THE
INDIAN ARMY
Small Arms
Hand Guns
Pistol Auto SIG Sauer P226
9mm 1A

Glock 19
Small Arms (continued)
SAF Carbine
IMI Galil AK-103
2A1

Micro-Uzi AKM Dragunov SVD

Heckler & Koch

Vz. 58 Vidhwansak
MP5
Explosives, Rockets and Missile Systems
Combat Vehicles
BMP-2 "Sarath" Arjun Main Battle Tank

T-90S "Bhishma" T-72 Ajeya OT-64 SKOT

Artillery
Ballistic and Cruise Missiles
Air Defence Missiles and Systems
 ARMY AVIATION
• The Army Aviation Corps is a component of the Indian Army which
was formed on 1 November 1986.
• The Army Aviation Corps is the main body of the Indian Army for
tactical air transport, reconnaissance, and medical evacuation.
• The Aviation Corps operates approximately 150 helicopters.
• The Indian Air Force flies attack helicopters such as the Mil Mi-
25/Mi-35 and HAL Rudra, which are under the operational control
of the army.
• Helicopters such as the HAL Chetak, HAL Cheetah and HAL Dhruv
provide logistical support for the Indian Army in remote and
inaccessible areas.
• The Army Aviation Corps also perform combat search and rescue
(CSAR), artillery lift, combat transportation, logistics relief, military
prisoner transportation and medical evacuation (MEDEVAC) in
wartime and during natural disasters.
 Army Aviation Corps
• For Transport and utility:
◆ HAL Dhruv, HAL Chetak, HAL Cheetah and
Cheetal
• For Attack and combat:
◆HAL Rudra, HAL LCH
 HAL Dhruv HAL Rudra

Aérospatiale SA 315B Lama -

HAL Cheetah, Cheetal & Lancer Alouette III - HAL Chetak
 UAVs

IAI Heron IAI Searcher

 NDA, OTA, IMA
• National Defence Academy (NDA)
• NDA is the joint services academy of the Indian Armed
Forces where cadets of the three services, the Army,
the Navy and the Air Force train together before they
go on to respective service academy for further pre-
commission training.
• The NDA is located in Khadakwasla, Pune,
Maharashtra.
• It is the first tri-service academy in the world.
• Motto: Service Before Self
• Established on 7 December 1954
• Commandant : Lt Gen Asit Mistry
 NDA, OTA, IMA
• Officers Training Academy (OTA)
• OTA are training establishments of the Indian Army that train
officers for the Short Service Commission (SSC).
• The 49-week course at the OTA prepares graduates for all
branches of the Army, except for the Army Medical Corps.
• Established on 15 January 1963 (OTA Chennai);
14 November 2011 (OTA Gaya) (In December 2019 the Defence
Ministry gave the go-ahead to shut OTA Gaya due to lack of
intake)
• Motto: OTA Chennai - Serve with Honour, OTA Gaya - Valour,
Wisdom and Resolve
• Commandant : Lt Gen Sanjeev Kanal (AVSM - Ati Vishisht Seva
Medal), OTA Chennai; Lt Gen Sunil Srivastava (AVSM,VSM**),
OTA Gaya
 NDA, OTA, IMA
• Indian Military Academy (IMA)
• IMA is an officer-training academy of the Indian
Army located in Dehradun, Uttarakhand.
• Established on 1 October 1932
• It was established in 1932 following a
recommendation by a military committee set up
under the chairmanship of Field Marshal Philip
Chetwode.
• Motto : Valor and Wisdom
• Commandant : Lt. Gen J S Negi
 Difference between NDA,
OTA, IMA
NDA OTA IMA

NDA trains cadets for All men and women IMA trains men for
the Permanent for Short Service the Permanent
Commission. Commission are Commission.
trained in OTA.
Through NDA exam, There are four ways to There are two ways to
after the completion get into OTA: through get into IMA: through
of 12th Grade. CDS, SSC Tech, NCC NDA or through CDS
Special Entry, Judge (Combined Defence
Advocate Entry Services) both have
different entry levels.
16.5-19.5 Years 19 to 25 years 19-25 Years
Decorations in the order of
precedence:
 REFERENCE
• 1. No. Of. soldiers, officers, Rank, Structure of Indian Army:-
• https://www.indianarmy.nic.in/
• https://ssbcrackexams.com/indian-army-uniforms-2/
• 2. Corps:-
• https://www.ssbcrack.com/2019/10/indian-army-corps.html
• https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/india/divisions-toe.htm
• https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_regiments_of_the_Indian_Army
• https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Corps_of_India
• 3. War, operation and decorations:-
• https://en.m.wikipedia.org
• https://ssbcrackexams.com
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vh6yQduvHVw
• 4. Different between OTA, IMA, NDA, Helicopters, Missile, Weapons:-
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_equipment_of_the_Indian_Army#Small_arms
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army_Aviation_Corps_(India)
• Cdr. N.K.Natarajan book
THANK YOU,
JAI HIND