India wants to obtain another 400 of these guns, which would make the equipment about a sixth of all artillery pieces in the Indian armory according to officials aware of the details, who asked not to be named because of the sensitivity of the issue India is planning to add more self-propelled long range artillery to its arsenal after officials conducted a study indicating their effectiveness in shaping Russia’s war in Ukraine India wants to obtain another 400 of these guns, which would make the equipment about a sixth of all artillery pieces in the Indian armory, according to officials aware of the details, who asked not to be named because of the sensitivity of the issue
The war in Ukraine has made India only the latest country to reevaluate its armory, preparedness for war and priorities on the battlefield. Officials cited an Indian military study showing that long range artillery with mobility is effective in influencing battle outcomes. Counterstrikes by the enemy are more likely to destroy guns in static positions, the officials said citing the study A majority of India’s 100 self-propelled guns are deployed along a 3,488 kilometer (2,167 mile) disputed border with China Indian officials said soldiers from both countries have patrolled their respective sides toe-to-toe for the last three years
India currently uses vintage field guns, mostly of Russian origin, that cannot move on their own, though the country has recently started upgrading its artillery units. The military has added US-made light field guns that can be carried on helicopters Crucially, the Indian military study showed that the country must cut the time needed to locate and fire at a target from five to 10 minutes to about a minute Units that assist gun batteries to acquire targets are being reorganized and rearmed. Last week, the chief general of India’s army, Manoj Pande, said at a seminar that these units are being equipped with “remotely piloted aircraft and loiter ammunitions
The nation is adding more long range rockets and missiles to improve its reach and fire power and reaction capability along the northern border said General Pande who didn’t elaborate on the exact number of additional reinforcements Ukraine announced Tuesday that the first objective of its daily drone and rocket attacks against Russia is to undermine the ability of its defense industry to produce missiles and reduce the enemy’s air superiority. At the same time, its troops push on the battlefield “Drone attacks on the territory of the aggressor state are primarily directed against the missile factories of the Russian military industry said the head of the Ukrainian military intelligence (GUR), General Kirilo Budanov
Priority targets are missile component factories, primarily in the European part of Russia and within range of Ukrainian drones and rockets This Tuesday, the Russian Defense Ministry reported that anti-aircraft defense systems shot down five Ukrainian drones last night over the territory of the Kursk region, bordering the Ukrainian province of Sumi, the target of attacks in recent days The Ukrainian military is also betting on drones to cope with Russian superiority in heavy weaponryUkraine’s Minister of Digital Transformation, Mikhail Fyodorov, posted on Telegram images captured by a domestically produced “secret drone” as it attacked two tanks and a self-propelled gun
Ukrainian secret drone in action: the Russians lose $7 million worth of weaponry in one afternoon. The operators of the drone army raised hell for the occupants,” wrote on the social network Fyodorov, who added that only after the war some characteristics of the device will be made public New wave of Russian attacks on infrastructure he greatest destruction was recorded in the Danube port of Izmail, where two drivers were wounded, and several warehouses and dozens of vehicles were damaged On the southern and eastern fronts, where the Ukrainian forces are concentrating their efforts, Russian troops repulsed at least nine attacks, according to the report given today by the Russian military spokesman, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu announced that Russian troops have “considerably expanded the zone of control” on the Kupiansk front in northeastern Ukraine
