INDIAN ARMY

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Crest of the Indian Army

Flag
Motto of Indian Army is "Service Before Self"
Founded in 1 April 1895
Army Day is celebrated in 15 January every year

Supreme Commander President Ram Nath Kovind

of Armed Forces
Chief of the Army General Manoj Mukund Naravane
Staff (COAS)
Vice Chief of the Army Lieutenant General Chandi Prasad Mohanty
Staff (VCOAS)
Notable Field Marshal K M Cariappa
commanders Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw
General K S Thimayya
Website indianarmy.nic.in
Command structure
The Army operates six operational commands and one training command.
Central Command Lucknow
Eastern Command Kolkata
Northern Command Udhampur
Southern Command Pune
South Western
Jaipur
Command
Western Command Chandimandir
Army Training
Shimla
Command
 Personnel
As of 1 July 2017, the Indian Army has a sanctioned strength of 49,932 officers
(42,253 serving with 7,679 under strength), and 1,215,049 enlisted personnel
(1,194,864 serving with 20,185 under strength). .
Rank Structure

Ranks of the Indian Army - Officer Ranks

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Branches of Indian Army

Army troops are organised into two main categories, namely the Arms and the
Services.

Arms The Arms consist of the, the Infantry, Armoured Corps

Mechanised Infantry, the Artillery, the Engineers, the Signals and more
recently, the Air Defence Corps and the Aviation Corps, both of which
originate from the Artillery. The Arms are divided into two categories as
follows:-

1, Fighting Arms The Fighting Arms engage the enemy in actual

combat. It comprises of following:-

(i) Infantry is a military specialization that engages in military

combat on foot. Infantry traditionally relies on moving by foot between
combats but may also use military vehicles.

(ii) Armoured Corps is a military corps specialized to engage

in armoured warfare. It will include military staff and tanks and
other armoured fighting vehicles as well as supporting vehicles. It
currently consists of 67 armoured regiments, including the President's
Bodyguards. The naming of the regiments varies. The terms "Cavalry",
"Horse" and "Lancers", which have been dispensed with in the case of units
raised post-independence,
(iii) Mechanized Infantry are infantry units equipped with armored
personnel carriers (APCs) or infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) for transport
and combat. Most APCs mount a section of seven or eight infantrymen
but have a crew of two. Most IFVs carry only six or seven infantry but
require a crew of three.The Mechanised Infantry is the newest Combat
 Arm of the Indian Army. Often referred to as "tomorrow's arm in today's
Army", it is formed of two Regiments; The Brigade of the
Guards and Mechanised Infantry Regiment and comprises 48 Mechanised
Infantry Battalions in all.

2. Supporting Arms They support the Fighting Arms in the field. They are
as follows:-

(i) The Artillery The Artillery provides the supporting artillery fire. it
is the second-largest arm of the Indian Army, and with its guns,
mortars, rocket launchers, unmanned aerial vehicles, surveillance
systems, missiles and artillery firepower it constitutes almost one-sixth
of its total strength.
(ii) Corps of Engineers The Engineers provide the mobility to
the Fighting Arms (e.g., mine clearing, bridges, obstacle clearance,
bunker demolition) while denying mobility to the enemy (e.g., mine
iaying, demolitions, obstacle construction).The Corps consists of three
groups of combat engineers, namely the Madras Sappers, the Bengal
Sappers and the Bombay Sappers. Corps of Engineers also mans and
operates major engineering organisations such as the Military
Engineer Services (MES) and the Border Roads Organisation (BRO),
Corps officially recognises its birth as 1780 when the senior most
group of the Corps, the Madras Sappers were raised.
(iii) Corps of Signals Indian Army Corps of Signals is a corps and
the arm of the Indian Army which handles its military communications.
It was formed on 15 February 1911 as a separate entity.
Military communication usually consists of radio, telephone, and digital
communications.
(iv) Air Defence Corps The Corps of Army Air
Defence (abbreviated as AAD) is tasked with air defences of the
country from foreign threats. The AAD Corps is responsible for the
protection of Indian air space from enemy aircraft and missiles,
especially below 5,000 feet.
The corps enjoyed autonomous status from 1994, after the bifurcation
of the Corps of Air Defence Artillery from the Army's artillery regiment..
(V) Aviation Corps The Army Aviation Corps, formed on 1
November 1986, is a component of the Indian Army. The aviation arm
is headed by a Director General of the rank of Lieutenant General at
the Army HQ, New Delhi. Aviation Corps provides air support in terms
of ground Attack and aerial Reconnaissance for facilitatingg rapid
mobility to Commanders in the field

Services Those troops that provide the logistical support to the Arms are
called Services. These are as follows:-

(i) Army Service Corps (ASC) ASC is responsible for

procurement, storage and distribution of supplies, for mechanical as
well as animal transportation, and air dispatch.
 (ii) Army Ordnance Corps (AOC) AOC is responsible for
procurement, storage and distribution of weapon systems, weapons,
munitions, vehicles, equipment and clothing.
(iii) Electronics and Mechanical Engineering (EME) EME
repairs and maintains all major and minor electrical, electronic and
mechanical devices that the Army uses
(iv) Army Medical Corps (AMC) AMC provides medical and
hospital cover for the entire Army

Minor Services Besides above stated major Services, there are

several other minor Services as follows:-

(i) Intelligence Corps

(ii) Corps of Military Police (CMP)
(iii) Army Postal Service (APS)
(iv) Army Education Corps (AEC)
(v) Remount and Veterinary Corps (RVC)
(vi) Army Dental Corps (ADC)
(vii) Army Physical Training Corps
(viii) Legal (JAG - Judge Advocate General) Department.

Officers, JCOs and ORs (Other Ranks) are inducted into the Army and trained
in a particular Arm or Service, and they continue to serve in the same Arm or
Service throughout their careers. However, basic military training in handling
and use of personal weapons and small arms, and physical performance and
fitness is the same irrespective of the Arm or Service.

Field Formations
Below are the basic field formations of the Indian Army:

Command Indian Army has six operational commands and one training
command. Each one is headed by a general officer commanding-in-chief
(GOC-in-C), known as the army commander, who is among the
seniormost Lieutenant General officers in the army.

Corps A command generally consists of two or more corps. Indian Army has
14 Corps each one commanded by a general officer commanding (GOC),
known as the corps commander, who holds the rank of Lieutenant
General. Each corps is composed of three or four divisions. There are three
types of corps in the Indian Army: Strike, Holding and Mixed. The Corps HQ is
the highest field formation in the army.

Division Each division is headed by GOC (division commander) in the

rank of major general. It usually consists of three to four Brigades. Currently,
the Indian Army has 40 Divisions including four RAPIDs (Re-organised Army
Plains Infantry Division), 18 Infantry Divisions, 12 Mountain Divisions, three
Armoured Divisions and three Artillery Divisions.

Brigade A brigade generally consists of around 3,000 combat troops

with supporting elements. An Infantry Brigade usually has three
Infantry battalions along with various Support Elements. It is commanded by a
brigade commander who is a Brigadier, equivalent to a brigadier general in
some armies. In addition to the Brigades in various Army Divisions, the Indian
Army also has five Independent Armoured Brigades, 15 Independent Artillery
Brigades, seven Independent Infantry Brigades, one Independent Parachute
Brigade, three Independent Air Defence Brigades, two Independent Air
Defence Groups and four Independent Engineer Brigades. These
Independent Brigades operate directly under the Corps Commander (GOC
Corps).

Battalion Composed of four rifle companies. Commanded by a battalion

commander who is a Colonel and is the Infantry's main fighting unit. Every
infantry battalion also possesses one Ghatak Platoon.

Company Composed of three platoons. Commanded by a company

commander who is a major or lieutenant-colonel.

Battery Comprising either 3 or 4 sections, in artillery and air defence units.

Every battery has two officers, the senior of which is the Battery Commander.

Platoon Composed of three sections. Commanded by a platoon

commander who is a JCO.

Section Smallest military outfit, with a strength of 10 personnel.

Commanded by a section commander of the rank of Havaldar.

Indian Army Forts

 Fort William, Kolkata: Garrison of Eastern Army Command

 Fort St George, Chennai: Garrison of ATNK&K Army Area

 OD Fort, Allahabad, Ordnance Depot

Weapons in Indian Army

Small Arms
Name Type Caliber Origin Notes
Pistol Semi-
9×19mm Canada
Auto automatic Status: In service. .
Parabellum India
9mm 1A pistol
SAF India Status: To be Replaced. SAF Carbine 1
Submachine 9×19mm
Carbine United be replaced by the Caracal International
gun Parabellum
2A1 Kingdom 816
IWI Submachine 9×19mm
Tavor gun and bull Parabellum Israel Status: In Service 9mm variant are in se
X95 pup rifle Variant
AKM Assault rifle 7.62×39mm Soviet Status: In service. Used by the Army.
 Union
AR-M1 Assault rifle 7.62×39mm Bulgaria Status: In service. Used by the Army.
Status: In Service
Fab
This rifle is mainly a heavily modified and
Defense Assault rifle 7.62×39 mm Israel
Upgraded variant of Old 7.62×39 mm AK
Mod. Ak
rifle.

AK-103 Assault rifle 7.62×39mm Russia Status: In service.

Russia
AK-203 Assault Rifle 7.62×39mm Status: On Order.
India
SIG-716
United
Patrol Battle Rifle 7.62x51mm Status: In Service.
States
G2
Caracal
United
Internati 5.56×45mm
Carbine Arab Status: On Order.
onal NATO
Emirates
CAR 816
Steyr 7.62×51mm
Sniper rifle Austria Status: In service.
SSG 69 NATO
Mauser 7.62×51mm
Sniper rifle Germany Status: In service.
SP66 NATO
SIG
Sauer 7.62×51mm
Sniper rifle Germany Status: In service.
SSG NATO
3000
Beretta
.338 Lapua
Scorpio Sniper rifle Italy Status: In service.
Magnum
TGT
Status: On order Contract signed for 16
IMI Light
7.62×51mm of this LMG. This Ng7 will replace all the
Negev Machine Israel
NATO MACHINE 7.62MM IA still left and all
Ng7 Gun
the INSAS LMG
MG 2A1 Status: In service. Standard section-Me
General
Machine Gun for infantry battalions, India
purpose 7.62×51mm Belgium
MG 5A made MAG 58 version. Also in service a
machine NATO India
MG 5A and MG 6A with some armoured
gun
MG 6A vehicles.
M2 Heavy
United
Brownin machine .50 BMG Status: In service.
States
g gun
Status: In service. PK machine guns us
General
co-axial weapons in Russian produced T
purpose 7.62×54mm Soviet
PKM Bhishma, T-72M Ajeya and BMP-2S
machine R Union
Sarath and used as general purpose ma
gun
gun. .
 Heavy Status: In service
Soviet
NSV machine 12.7×108mm Used as secondary weapon on T-72 and
Union
gun tanks.

Vidhwan Anti- 12.7×108mm

India Status: In service.
sak materiel rifle , 20x82mm
1B1 5.56×45mm Status: In service. Standard assault rifle
Assault rifle India
INSAS NATO the Indian Army. To be replaced by AK-2
Light Status: To be phased Out .Contract sig
INSAS 5.56×45mm
machine India in 2020 to replace INSAS LMG by IWI N
LMG NATO
gun Ng7

Future Development-Infantry Equipment

To meet the needs rest of the Indian Army's soldiers, the army has selected
the Russian 7.62 mm AK-203 assault rifles as a "Make in India" project to
manufacture 750,000 rifles locally by OFB. It will be the standard weapon of
Indian Army replacing INSAS.

Modern Sub Machine Carbine - to replace the Indian Sterling submachine

gun.

Sniper Rifles - 5000 new sniper rifles in .338 Lapua Magnum to be procured to
replace old Dragunov SVDs.

Grenades/ Launcher & Mortar

Name Type Qty Origin Notes
Grenade
Hand Grenade India
36mm
Multi Mode
1.8
Grenade Hand grenade India
million
Shivalik

Automatic
AGS-17 Soviet
grenade Status: In service.
Plamya Union
launcher(30mm)
Automatic
India
AGS-30 grenade Replacing the AGS-17 .
Russia
launcher(30mm)
Recoilless India
RCL Mk III Lighter version of the RCL Mk II .
rifle (84mm) Sweden
C90-CR Rocket Spain In use with the infantry units.
(M3) Launcher

Artillery

Missile Systems - Anti-Tank Guided Missiles

Notes Type Qty Origin Notes
Dhanush
Howitzer 18 India In Service
Howitzer
Advanced
Towed Artillery
Howitzer 2 India Undergoing user trials .
Gun System
(ATAGS)
United Entering service. 145 ordered
M777 howitzer Howitzer 25
States through FMS as of June 2016.
In service/Being replaced. 155 mm
Swede
Haubits FH77/B Howitzer 410 gun made by Bofors. To be replaced
n
in near future by Dhanush Howitzer.
Soviet
In service. 180 M-46 130 mm
M-46 Howitzer 900 Union
howitzer guns upgraded to 155 mm
Israel
Indian Field
Field gun 1700 India In service.
Gun MK 1/2/3
Light Field Gun Field gun 700+ India In service. 105mm gun.
Self- South
K9 Thunder propelled 50 Korea In service.155 mm howitzer
artillery India
Multiple
Smerch 9K58 Russi Status: In service. 300 mm multiple
rocket 62
MBRL a rocket launch system.
launcher
In service (Mk1, 30 km range).
Multiple In service (Mk 2, 65 km range.)
54
Pinaka MBRL rocket India
units Under Development (Mk3, 120 km
launcher
range.)
 Name Qty Origin Notes
Status: Under Development/Testing..Bharat
Amogha-1 India Dynamics Ltd has tested Second Generation
Amogha anti-tank missiles with a range of 2.8 km.
Nag Man-
Portable India
Missile
30,000+ France
MILAN 2T Status: Inducted. Man portable
4100 India
9M133
Kornet
3000 Russia Status: Inducted. Man portable
(AT-14
Spriggan)
9K114
Shturm 800 Russia Status: Inducted.
(AT-6 Spiral)
9M120
Ataka-V Soviet
Status: Inducted.
(AT-9 Spiral- Union
2)
Status: In development. Used for HAL
Helina India
LCH and HAL Rudra.
9M119 Svir Status: Inducted. Bharat Dynamics (BDL) will
Russia
(AT-11 25000 manufacture 15000..10000 will be procured from
India
Sniper) Russia
Status: Inducted. Standard ATGM used in the
LAHAT Israel
main gun of Arjun Mk-1 and Mk-2 tanks.
9M113
Konkurs Russia Status: Inducted. For BMP-2 (IFV),
15,140
(AT-5 India manufactured locally in India.
Spandrel)
40+
Status: Inducted. For Namica Tank Destroyer
Nag missile (400 on India
(IFV).
order)
Spike
210 Israel Status: Inducted.
(ATGM)

Missile System - Ballistic, Cruise & Anti-Ballistic Missiles

 Name Type Origin Range
Status: Inducted. 150 - 200 km
Tactical ballistic
Prahaar India range.
missile

India Status: Inducted. 300 - 600 km

Brahmos Cruise missile
Russia range.
Status: Nirbhay is a nuclear
capable subsonic cruise missile
developed by DRDO. Range is
Nirbhay Cruise missile India
1000-1500Km

Short-range ballistic
Prithvi-I India Status: Phased Out
missile (SRBM)
Medium-range ballist
ic missile (SRBM) Status: Inducted. 700–1900 km
Prithvi-II India
range.

Short-range ballistic Status: Inducted. 350-650 km

Prithvi-III India
missile range.
Ballistic Cruise
Shaurya India Status: Inducted. 700 km range.
Missile
Medium-range Status: Inducted. 700 – 1250 km
Agni-I India
ballistic missile range.
o Status: Inducted. Range is
Intermediate-range 2000 – 3500 km with a
Agni-II India
ballistic missile speed of 3.5 km/s.

o Status: Inducted. Range is

Intermediate-range 3500 – 5000 km with a
Agni-III India
ballistic missile speed of 5–6 km/s.

o Status: Inducted. Range is

Intermediate-range 4000 – 6000 km .and a
Agni-IV India
ballistic missile cruise altitude of 900 km.

Status: Inducted in 2014.

Intercontinental Agni-V – Range is 5,500 km –
Agni-V India
ballistic missile 8,000 km.

o Status: Finished
Intercontinental Development. Range is
Agni-VI India
ballistic missile 8,000 – 12,000 km
Air Defence
Name Type Origin Notes
Ballistic missile
PDV Mark I India Flight ceiling of 150 km
defence system
Ballistic missile
defence
system / 2000 km range and flight ceiling of 50 to
PDV Mark II India
80 km.
Anti-satellite
weapon

Surface-to-air
missile It can be also used as Anti-aircraft missile.
Advance Air
India It has 150 km range and flight ceiling of
Defence Ballistic missile
30 km.
defence system

Mobile surface-
Russi
S-400 Triumf to-air Status: All 5 units Delivery likely by 2022
a
missile system
Surface-to-air India Status: On Order. Medium Range Surface
Barak-8
missile Israel to Air Missile. .

Status: Inducted. Indigenous surface-to-

Surface-to-air air missile
Akash India
missile Akash Mk2 with increased range of 100 km
under development

DRDO Surface-to-air Surface to Air Missile. Has been tested in

India
QRSAM missile late 2019. 30 km range.
S-125 Surface-to-air Sovie
Status: Inducted. Being Upgraded.
Neva/Pechora missile t Union
6x6
9K33 Osa amphibious Surf Russi
Status: Inducted.
(SA-8 Gecko) ace-to-air a
missile system
Self-propelled
9K22 Russi 2S6M variant in service with corps of air
anti-aircraft
Tunguska[85] a defence.
weapon
Bofors 40 mm Anti-aircraft Swed Indian Army is planning to replace the
gun artillery en aging Anti Aircraft gun systems
MANPADS Air- Unite
FIM-92 Stinger Status: Inducted.
to-Air Version d States
Aircraft - Helicopters

Origi
Aircraft Role Version Qty Comment
n
Status:On Order
Boeing Attack
USA AH-64E 6 aircraft are on order. Delivery is
Apache helicopter
expected to start in 2023

HAL Light Status: Production Started: HAL

Attack
Combat LCH has obtained order to deliver 114
India helicopter
Helicopter LCH for Army

HAL Attack ALH- Status: In Service

50
Rudra India helicopter WSI 50 in service with 10 more on order

HAL Utility Status: In Service

145
Dhruv India helicopter Total of 264 on order

India Status: On Order

Kamov Utility Ka-
200 to be built in India at HAL
Ka-226 Rus helicopter 226T Helicopter Manufacturing plant
sia
Utility
Status:Under
HAL Light helicopter
Development/Undergoing
Utility / Observa LUH
India Trials:384 required for both Army
Helicopter tion
&IAF
Helicopter
Utility
helicopter Status: In Service. Expected to be
HAL
Utility Cheetah 23 replaced by Kamov 226T in near
Cheetah,
helicopter Cheetal 4 future & thereafter by indigenously
Cheetal & India
Counter- Lancer 12 being developed HAL Light Utility
Lancer
insurgenc Helicopter.
y
HAL
Utility Status: Being phased out
Chetak & Chetak 4
India helicopter Replaced by HAL Dhruv.
Chetan
UAVs
 Aircraft Origin Role Version Qty Comment
Unmanned
IAI Heron Israel 50+
aerial vehicle
IAI Unmanned Searcher II
Israel 120+
Searcher aerial vehicle Searcher I
Unmanned
IAI Harpy Israel combat aerial 40
vehicle
Unmanned
IAI Harop Israel combat aerial 110+ 54 more on order
vehicle
Unmanned
DRDO Status: Undergoing
India combat aerial
Rustom 2 Trials.
vehicle