Indian Army

Indian Artillery ..



Indian Army attacking Pakistani positions with fierce retaliation.

214mm PINAKA MBRL ..



The 214mm Pinaka MBRL is an all weather, indirect fire, free flight, area saturation weapon system that has begun to enter service with the Indian Army. It consists of a Multi-Barrel Rocket Launcher (MBRL) vehicle with 12 tubes, three replenishment vehicles, a loader cum replenishment vehicle and a fire control system containing a command post and the DIGICORA MET radar.



Pinaka MBRL Firing it's payload of rockets, it can achieve ranges up to 42 km during users trial. It carries 100 kg warhead.

Denel G6 155mm Howitzer



The 280 units purchase will provide a massive increase in firepower for the Indian Army.



As an example of the gun's accuracy, at 75% of the maximum range the probable error specification is 0.48% of the range value and 1 mil in deflection. The G6 155mm self propelled howitzer is a highly autonomous system with 700km vehicle fuel range. Most recently (Feb.2004) 280 of these units were purchased by the Indian Army.

Strela-10M3 (SA-13 Gopher) SAM



Mounted on TELAR vehicle, the launcher pedestal is 360º traversable. The SA-13 missile has a maximum speed of Mach 2, carries a 5kg HE warhead and is fitted with either an improved passive lead sulphide all-aspects infra-red seeker unit, or a cryogenically cooled passive all-aspects infra-red seeker unit.

G6 Denel 155mm SP Howitzer



Fire Control: Target data is transmitted from a command and control centre to the commander's station in the crew compartment via a VHF/UHF communications link.
The gun laying and navigation equipment comprises a ring laser gyroscope system equipped with a touchscreen control developed by the Kentron division of Denel. The gun has fully autonomous laying and navigation capability with no need for survey and alignment at the gun position. The system can be interfaced to an optional global positioning system (GPS). The system also has a back-up laying system. The gun is fitted with a trunnion mounted telescopic sight for direct firing up to 3,000m.



India has signed a deal with South Africa (2004) to purchase up to 280!!!, 155mm Howitzers from Denel - towed and self-propelled. These guns are to be fitted with the new 52 Calibre barrel which with new generation ammunition has ranges in excess of 50kms. The howitzer has on-board storage for 45 projectiles and 50 charges. Semi-automatic projectile loading is carried out using an electronically controlled hydraulic flick-rammer. Two loading chutes are installed at the rear of gun for direct loading from a ground ammunition pile.

Tunguska M1



Fire Control: The system has target acquisition radar and target tracking radar, optical sight, digital computing system, tilt angle measuring system and navigation equipment. Radar detection range is 18km and tracking range is 16km.

Tunguska M1 low AA



Two twin-barrel 30mm anti-aircraft guns are mounted on the vehicle. These guns have a maximum firing rate of 5,000 rounds per minute and a range of 3,000m against air targets. This extends to 4,000m against ground targets.