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Indian Army

The Indian Army is a voluntary service, the military draft having never been
imposed in India. It is one of the largest standing armies (and the largest
standing volunteer army) in the world, with 1,237,000 active troops and
800,000 reserve troops.[132] The force is headed by the Chief of Army Staff of
the Indian Army, General Manoj Mukund Pande. The highest rank in the Indian
Army is Field Marshal, but it is a largely ceremonial rank and appointments
are made by the President of India, on the advice of the Union Cabinet of
Ministers, only in exceptional circumstances. Sam Manekshaw and the K.M.
Cariappa are the only two officers who have attained this rank.

The army has rich combat experience in diverse terrains, due to India's
varied geography, and also has a distinguished history of serving in
United Nations peacekeeping operations. Initially, the army's main
objective was to defend the nation's frontiers. However, over the years,
the army has also taken up the responsibility of providing internal
security, especially in insurgent-hit Kashmir and the north-east. The
Indian Army has seen military action during the First Kashmir War,
Operation Polo, the Sino-Indian War, the Second Kashmir War, the Indo-
Pakistani War of 1971, the Sri Lankan Civil War and the Kargil War. It has
dedicated one brigade of troops to the UN's standby arrangements.
Through its large, sustained troop commitments India has been praised
for taking part in difficult operations for prolonged periods.[citation
needed] The Indian Army has participated in several UN peacekeeping
operations including those in: Cyprus, Lebanon, the Democratic Republic
of the Congo, Angola, Cambodia, Vietnam, Namibia, El Salvador, Liberia,
Mozambique and Somalia. The army also provided a paramedical unit to
facilitate the withdrawal of the sick and wounded in the Korean War.

The Army's field force comprises fifteen corps, three armoured divisions,
four Reorganised Army Plains Infantry Divisions (RAPID), eighteen infantry
divisions and ten mountain divisions, a number of independent brigades,
and requisite combat support and service support formations and units.
Among the fifteen, four are "strike" corps – Mathura (I Corps), Ambala (II
Corps), Bhopal (XXI Corps) and Panagarh (XVII Corps). The main combat
and combat support units are 68 armoured regiments, and over 350
infantry battalions and 300 artillery regiments (including two surface-to-
surface missile (SSM) units). Amongst major armaments and equipment,
there are 4,614 main battle tanks, more than 150,000 vehicles, 140 self-
propelled artillery, 3,243 towed artillery, more than 700 rocket
artillery(MLRS) in the Indian Army.[135]

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