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This is a list of some of the present '''equipment used by the [[Indian Army]]'''. Most of the army equipment is of foreign design and produced under licence in India but efforts are on to progressively design and manufacture equipment locally. The 41 [[Indian Ordnance Factories]] under control of [[Ordnance Factories Board]] manufacture most of the Army equipment like [[small arms]], [[ammunition]], [[combat vehicle]]s, [[artillery]], [[tank]]s etc. The Indian Army is one of the most experienced armies in the world, however their equipment requires modernisation. India is currently under a process of indigenisation and modernisation.
This is a list of some of the present '''equipment used by the [[Indian Army]]'''. Most of the army equipment is of foreign design and produced under licence in India but efforts are on to progressively design and manufacture equipment locally. The 41 [[Indian Ordnance Factories]] under control of [[Ordnance Factories Board]] manufacture most of the Army equipment like [[small arms]], [[ammunition]], [[combat vehicle]]s, [[artillery]], [[tank]]s etc.


==Infantry weapons==
==Infantry weapons==

Revision as of 07:30, 18 September 2020

This is a list of some of the present equipment used by the Indian Army. Most of the army equipment is of foreign design and produced under licence in India but efforts are on to progressively design and manufacture equipment locally. The 41 Indian Ordnance Factories under control of Ordnance Factories Board manufacture most of the Army equipment like small arms, ammunition, combat vehicles, artillery, tanks etc.

Infantry weapons

See also: List of Indian Infantry regiments

Small arms

Name Weapon Type Caliber Origin Notes
Handguns
Pistol Auto 9mm 1A Pistol Auto 9mm 1A Semi-automatic pistol 9×19mm Parabellum  India Status:In service as standard side-arm of the Indian Army, manufactured under license,used by special forces in small numbers
SIG Sauer P226[1] Semi-automatic pistol 9×19mm Parabellum  Germany Status: In service. Used by some units and mainly by Special Forces.
Glock 19 Glock 19 Semi-automatic pistol 9×19mm Parabellum  Austria Status:In service. Standard Special Forces pistol,Manufactured under licence by OFB board.
Shotgun
Franchi SPAS-15 Franchi SPAS-15 Combat Shotgun Combat Shotgun 18.5 x 76 mm NATO  Italy Status:In service. Used by special forces, including NSG.
OFB pump action Shotgun File:6--sa12pagun.jpg pump action 12-gauge shotgun  India Status:In Service
SMGs
SAF Carbine 2A1 SAF Carbine 2A1 Submachine gun 9×19mm Parabellum  India
 United Kingdom		 Status:To be replaced all the remaining SMG to be replaced by indigenously built close quarter carbines.[2]
Micro-Uzi Micro-Uzi Submachine gun 9×19mm Parabellum  Israel Status:In service. For use by Special Forces. Micro-Uzi variant used.[3]
Heckler & Koch MP5 MP5 Submachine Gun Submachine gun 9×19mm Parabellum  Germany Status:In service. Used by Special Forces
Brügger & Thomet MP9 MP9 machine pistol Machine pistol 9×19mm Parabellum  Switzerland Status:In service. Used by Ghatak Platoon[4]
IWI Tavor X95 Submachine gun and bullpup rifle 9×19mm Parabellum Variant  Israel Status:In Service. 9mm variant are in service since 2011
Assault rifles
Steyr AUG Assault rifle/Sub-machine gun 5.56×45mm NATO and 9×19mm Parabellum(SMG variant)  Austria Status:In-service. Used by special forces in small numbers.
FN SCAR File:Scar L Standard.jpg Assault rifle 5.56×45mm NATO and 7.62x51mm NATO  Belgium Status:In-service. Used by special forces including NSG, Para SF, MARCOS and SFF.
IMI Galil Assault rifle 5.56×45mm NATO  Israel Status:In-service. Small numbers used by Para SF.
IMI Tavor TAR-21 IMI Tavor Assault rifle 5.56×45mm NATO  Israel Status:In service. Standard Special Forces assault rifle.[5][6]
AKM AKM Assault Rifle Assault rifle 7.62×39mm  Soviet Union Status:In service. Used by the Army.
Vz. 58 Assault rifle 7.62×39mm  Czechoslovakia Status:In-service. Used by the army in small numbers.
Mpi-KmS 72 Assault rifle 7.62×39mm  East Germany Status:In Service. Used by the army in small amount
AK-103 AK-103 Assault Rifle Assault rifle 7.62×39mm  Russia Status:In service. Used by the Indian Police, Army, Paramilitary including special forces MARCOS, Garud, Ghatak, and NSG.
AK-203 File:Ak203 india.jpg Assault rifle 7.62×39mm  Russia
 India 		Status:On Order.

Will be the standard weapon of Indian Army. 750,000 rifles to be manufactured locally by OFB. final agreement done, production to start in DEC 2020[7]

SIG-716 Patrol G2 Battle rifle 7.62x51mm  United States Status:In-service.

72,400 units of SIG-716 Patrol G2 model in service. Another lot of 72,000 planned to be ordered.[8][9]

T91 assault rifle Assault rifle 5.56×45mm NATO  Taiwan Status:In service. 1000+ unit of this rifle were bought
M16 rifle Assault rifle 5.56×45mm NATO  United States Status:In service. Used by special forces
M4A1 Carbine M4A1 Assault Rifle Assault rifle 5.56×45mm NATO  United States Status: In service. Used by special forces, including PARA SF and Ghatak SF and MARCOS.
Sniper rifles
Steyr SSG 69 Sniper Rifle Sniper rifle 7.62×51mm NATO  Austria Status: In service. Standard bolt-action sniper rifle.
Mauser SP66 Sniper Rifle Sniper rifle 7.62×51mm NATO  Germany Status: In service. Standard bolt-action sniper rifle.
SIG Sauer SSG 3000 Sniper Rifle Sniper rifle 7.62×51mm NATO  Germany Status: In service. Standard bolt-action sniper rifle.
Dragunov SVD Dargunov Sniper Rifle Sniper rifle 7.62×54mmR  Soviet Union
 India		 Status: In service. Standard Designated Marksman rifle(DMR). To be replaced by a 7.62mm NATO DMR under the Army modernisation plan.[10]
Heckler & Koch PSG1 Sniper Rifle Sniper rifle 7.62×51mm NATO  Germany Status: In service. Standard semi-automatic sniper rifle

used by Indian Army, NSG, MARCOS.

IMI Galil 7.62 Sniper Galil Sniper Sniper Rifle 7.62×51mm NATO  Israel Status: In service. For use by Indian Army Special Forces snipers.
Barrett M95 Sniper rifle .50 BMG  United States Status: In service. Small numbers. Used in anti-sniping role.[11]
Beretta Scorpio TGT Sniper rifle .338 Lapua Magnum  Italy Status: In service.[11]
SAKO TRG Sniper rifle .338 Lapua Magnum  Finland Status: In service. 40-50 units ordered, used by Para SF.[11][12][13]
Barrett Model 98B Sniper rifle .338 Lapua Magnum  United States Status: In service. Used by Special Forces including NSG.
Denel NTW-20 Anti-material rifle 14.5×114mm, 20×82mm and 20×110mm Hispano-Suiza  South Africa Status: In service. Bought in small numbers.
Machine Guns
IMI Negev IMI Negev Light machine gun 5.56×45mm NATO  Israel Status: In service. Standard Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) of special forces, especially Para(SF).
IMI Negev Ng7 Light Machine Gun 7.62×51mm NATO  Israel Status: On order Contract signed for 16,479 of this LMG. This Ng7 will replace all the GUN MACHINE 7.62MM IA still left and all the INSAS LMG[14]
FN Minimi Light Machine Gun 5.56x45mm NATO  Belgium
 United States		 Status: In service. Used mainly by the NSG
M249 M249 Light Machine Gun 5.56x45mm NATO  Belgium
 United States		 Status: In service. Used mainly by the NSG and small amount is used by some units of Para SF
Mk 48 machine gun General-purpose machine gun 7.62×51mm NATO  Belgium
 United States 		Status: In Service 715 on order for PARA (SF) [15]
Uk vz. 59 General-purpose machine gun 7.62×54mmR  Czechoslovakia Status: In-service. Small numbers, used by Para SF and SFF.
MG 2A1
MG 5A
MG 6A 		MG 2A1 General purpose machine gun 7.62×51mm NATO  Belgium
 Status: In service. Standard section-Medium Machine Gun for infantry battalions, Indian-made MAG 58 version. Also in service as the MG 5A (Co-axial) and MG 6A (Commander's gun) with some armoured vehicles.
M2 Browning M2 Browning HMG Heavy machine gun .50 BMG  United States Status: In service. M2HB variant in service, used in small numbers.[16]
PKM PKM Machine Gun General purpose machine gun 7.62×54mmR  Soviet Union Status: In service. PK machine guns used as co-axial in Russian produced T-90S Bhishma, T-72M Ajeya and BMP-2S Sarath and used as general purpose machine gun. Also used by Special Forces as section LMG.
NSV NSV Machine Gun Heavy machine gun 12.7×108mm  Soviet Union Status: In service

Used as secondary weapon on T-72 and T-90 tanks.

KPV KPV heavy machine gun Heavy machine gun 14.5×114 mm  Soviet Union Status: In service. Manufactured at Ordnance Factory Tiruchirappalli, used in small numbers.
Indigenous Weapons
Vidhwansak Anti-materiel rifle 12.7×108mm, 20x82mm  India Status: In service.
1B1 INSAS INSAS 1B1 Assault Rifle Assault rifle 5.56×45mm NATO  India Status: In service/ To be replaced. Standard assault rifle of the Indian Army. To be replaced by AK-203 and SIG-716 Patrol G2
INSAS LMG INSAS LMG Light machine gun 5.56×45mm NATO  India Status: In service(To be phased Out) . Standard Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) of the Indian Army. Light machine gun derivative of the INSAS assault rifle. Contract signed in 2020 to replace INSAS LMG by IWI Negev Ng7
GUN MACHINE 7.62MM IA Machinegun 7.62 MM IA Light machine Gun 7.62 x 51 mm NATO  India Status: Being Phased out small number of them have still left out but soon to be replaced by IWI Negev Ng7 as per the contract signed in 2020

Explosives, Rockets, and Mortars

Name Image Type Quantity Origin Notes
Grenade 36mm Hand Grenade  India Fragmentation grenade which can be hand-thrown or rifle-launched from 1A SLR.
Multi Mode Grenade Shivalik Hand grenade 1.8 million[17]  India Status: In service.Standard grenade of the Indian Army. This modular grenade is available in Hand mode offensive, hand mode defensive and rifle mode. Types can be interchanged by changing outer sleeve.[18][19]
GP-25
Grenade launcher (40mm)  Soviet Union Attached to AKM and AK-103 assault rifles.
Multi Grenade Launcher 40mm Grenade launcher (40mm)  India Status: In service.Semiautomatic six shot 40mm x 46mm low velocity grenade launcher. Manufactured at Ordnance Factory Tiruchirappalli. *[1]
AGS-17 Plamya
Automatic grenade launcher (30mm)  Soviet Union Status: In service. Standard automatic grenade launcher, used as fire support weapon in infantry formations.
AGS-30
Automatic grenade launcher (30mm)  India
 Russia		 Replacing the AGS-17 and being manufactured at Ordnance Factory Tiruchirappalli.
RCL Mk II
Recoilless rifle (84mm)  India
 Sweden		 Carl Gustav Recoilless Rifle produced by OFB.
RCL Mk III Recoilless rifle (84mm)  India
 Sweden		 Lighter, updated version of the RCL Mk II produced by OFB.
106mm M-40A1
Recoilless rifle 13000+  India
 United States
B-300 Shipon
Rocket Launcher  Israel For use by Special Forces. Specially Marcos and Para(SF).
RPO-A Shmel
Rocket Launcher  Russia
C90-CR (M3)
Rocket Launcher  Spain In use with the infantry units. C-90-CR-RB (M3) variant only.
OFB E1 51mm Mortar  India Used by assault sections of infantry formations.
OFB E1 81mm
L16 81mm mortar
Mortar 5000+  India Used by mortar platoons of infantry formations.
OFB E1 120mm Mortar  India

Vehicles

Staff Transport

Name Image Quantity Origin Notes
Hindustan Ambassador  India Ambassador is assigned to Commanding officers and officers of the rank of Brigadier and above
Mahindra Scorpio  India Staff car used to ferry senior officials
Tata Sumo  India Staff car & also used as ambulance previously
Mahindra Bolero  India
Tata Safari Storme 4x4 File:Press-27apr17-highres.jpg 1500+[20]  India 3193 units ordered in May 2017.[21] GS800 category.
To replace Maruti Gypsy.[22]
Maruti Gypsy 31,100  India Additional 4,200 ordered in October 2014.[23]
To be replaced by Tata Safari Storme.[22]
Mitsubishi Pajero
File:Mitsu Pajero.jpg
 12  Japan Deployed at the Indo-Chinese Border[24]
Maruti Suzuki Swift  India Used by Army General & CDS
Jaguar Land RoverRange Rover  India
 United Kingdom 		Used by special forces for Prime Minister of India road transport

Goods & Field Transport Vehicles

Name Image Type Quantity Origin Notes
Royal Enfield Bullet 350/500 Motorcycle  India Used by Corps of Military police and Acrobatic team
Mahindra 550 DXB Light Utility Vehicle  India
Force Gurkha 4x4
File:Force Gurkha 1.jpg
 Light Strike Vehicle  India Ordered in May 2018[25][26]
Tata LPTA 713 TC Medium 4X4 truck  India 2.5 Ton truck. Manufactured by Vehicle Factory Jabalpur.
Ashok Leyland Stallion Mk III/Mk IV Medium 4x4
6x6 Truck		 60,000  India 5 Ton trucks, in a wide range of configurations manufactured by Vehicle Factory Jabalpur.
Tata LPTA 2038 HMV 6x6 High Mobility Truck  India 1858 units on order.[27] To augment and replace older BEML Tatra 6x6 fleet.
BEML Tatra Heavy 4x4 trucks
6x6 trucks
8x8 trucks
10x10 trucks
12x12 trucks		 7000[28]  India
 Czechoslovakia		 License produced Tatra Force heavy truck. Various models. Used for carrying sensitive equipment like Radars as well as vehicle for Pinaka and Smerch MBRL systems.
Ashok Leyland Super Stallion 6x6, 8x8, 10x10 Truck  India [29] 10,12 and 15 Ton trucks.
Ashok Leland Super Stallion FAT Artillery Tractor 6x6 450  India [29]
Volvo FH 12 Tractor  Sweden
Ashok Leyland Topchi
File:Topchi.jpg
 Medium 4x4 truck  India 3 Ton truck. Gun Towing vehicle
KrAZ-6322 Heavy Utility Truck  Ukraine
Isuzu F-Series Medium 4x4 truck  Japan 7 Ton truck
Ashok Leyland Crash Fire Tender Fire Tender  India
Tata LPTA 1615 TC Artillery Tractor Truck  India
Tata Prima 4038S/4938S Tractor truck  India
Tatra 8x8 Mobile Decontamination Vehicle Mobile Decontamination Vehicle  India
Tata LPTA 1615 C Medium 4x2 truck  India 10 Ton truck
Tata LP 1512 C Army school Bus as well as Staff Bus  India
Swaraj Mazda T3500
File:Swaraj Mazda T3500.jpg
 Medium 4X4 Truck 200+  India In service from 1996. 2.5 Ton truck
Sisu Nasu All-terrain transport vehicle  Finland
TATA 1210 Field Artillery Tractor Field Artillery Tractor and Gun Towed Carrier  India

Engineering and Support

Name Image Type Quantity Origin Notes
T-55 Kartik ABL T-55 Kartik ABL Armoured Vehicle-Launched Bridge 34[citation needed]  India Status: In service. Based on a Vijayanta chassis and manufactured by Heavy Vehicles Factory.
MT-55 Bridge Laying Armoured Vehicle-Launched Bridge  Soviet Union
 India 		Based on T-55 Tank
T-72 BLT
Armoured Vehicle-Launched Bridge 18[citation needed]  India Developed by CVRDE and manufactured by Heavy Vehicles Factory.
Sarvatra 220 Truck-Mounted, Multi-Span, Mobile Bridging System  India 8x8 truck-mounted bridging system[30][31]
Floating bridge
Armoured Vehicle-Launched Bridge  India Amphibious Floating Bridge and Ferry System (AFFS) developed by DRDO. The 10m x 3.6m x 4m vehicle can covert to a decked bridge of length 28.4 metres, in 9 min.
CL 70 Mat Ground Surfacing
File:CL 70 Mat Ground Surfacing.jpg
 Truck Mounted Mat Ground Surfacing  India Mounted on Tatra vehicle with automated laying and recovery has been developed for providing mobility in sandy and marshy terrain.[32]
Light Recovery Vehicle Light Recovery Vehicle (4x4)  India Manufactured at Vehicle Factory Jabalpur.
AERV 220 Engineering Vehicle 16  India BMP-2 based engineering and reconnaissance vehicle (Armoured Engineer Reconnaissance Vehicle) being manufactured at Ordnance Factory Medak.
Armoured Vehicle Tracked Light Repair Armoured recovery vehicle  India BMP-2 with turret removed and bulldozer blade and other engineering equipment added and being manufactured at Ordnance Factory Medak.[33]
WZT-2 Armoured Recovery Vehicle 222[34]  Poland
WZT-3M Armoured Recovery Vehicle 352[35]  Poland 204 on order.[36] Assembled locally from kits and components produced in India.
VT-72B ARV Armoured Recovery Vehicle 200+  Slovakia
 Poland
 India		 Armoured recovery vehicle replacing the Vijayanta ARV

Mine protected, clearing and laying

Name Image Type Quantity Origin Notes
Casspir[37] Armoured Personnel Carrier 165[38]  South Africa Status: In service.
Aditya cente Mine Protected Vehicle 1300+  India Status: In service. OFB India. 1400 to be produced. 20/month manufactured at Ordnance Factory Medak AND Vehicle Factory Jabalpur.
Hydrema cente Mine Clearing Vehicle 24[39]  Denmark
 India		 Status: In service. Manufactured locally by OFB India
T-72 FWMP cente Mine Plow  Soviet Union
 India		 Status: In service.
Sarath cente Mine Plow  India Status: In-service.

Unmanned Ground Vehicle

Name Image Type Quantity Origin Notes
DRDO Daksh cente Bomb disposal robot 190+  India Status: In service. The Army has placed orders for 200 Dakshs.[40] Newer version is also been In service.[41]

Armoured combat vehicles

Name Image Type Quantity Origin Notes
Tanks
Arjun MBT Main Battle Tank 124(Mk1)
  India In service (Mk1).[42][43]
118 Arjun MK-1A (60Mt/1400 hp) ordered after clearing Army trials in February 2015. Arjun MBT Mk. II was to be fielded by 2016.[44][45]
118(Mk1A)
T-90S "Bhishma"
T-90M		 Main Battle Tank 2,078[46]  Russia
 India 		In service. Initial contract for 310 "T-90S" signed in 2001. Another contract signed on 26 October 2006 for 347 T-90M MBTs. A third contract was signed in December 2007 for 1000 upgraded T-90Ms. In all, India plans to have over 2000+ T-90 tanks in service by mid of 2020.[47] A contract for additional 464 T-90MS was placed in November 2019.[48][49]
T-72 Ajeya
Combat Improved Ajeya 		Main Battle Tank 2410[50][51]  Soviet Union
 Poland
 India		 In service. 968 T72M1 have been upgraded by Heavy Vehicles Factory, while requests for proposal for upgrading approximately 1,000 other T-72's have been sent to various firms in Israel, Russia, Poland and France.[citation needed]. Ajeya-M2 Standard equivalent to the Polish PT-91 Twardy. Manufactured locally in India. Will be replaced by Future Ready Combat Vehicle.[52]
Infantry fighting vehicles
BMP-2 "Sarath" Infantry fighting vehicle 2691[53]  Soviet Union
 India		 In service. Being modernised with TISAS (Thermal Imaging Stand Alone Sights), better fire control, and more modern ATGM armament (Konkurs M). BMP-1 has been phased out and the upgraded BMP-2 is BMP-2M with two thermobaric missiles and two tandem warhead Konkurs missiles. It also has an integrated TI sight, an LRF, and has an AGL mounted on the turret which is also stabilised in the horizontal plane. 100 added each year. To enhance the rate to 125 a year.[54] Currently ~2500 are in active service.[54] Manufactured locally in India by Ordnance Factory Medak. All BMP-2/2K vehicles are to be upgraded to BMP-2M standard.[55]
Tarmour AFV Armoured personnel carrier 900*  India
 Soviet Union		 Status: In service. Based on Indian T-55 Tank.[56] *potential quantity based on existing T-55 stock.
Abhay IFV Infantry fighting vehicle  India Status:approx 2600 planned to replace the old bmp-2
Armoured Personnel Carriers
BTR-50 Armoured Personnel Carrier 100+  Soviet Union Status: Total 200 in service.
TATA Kestrel File:Tata DRDO Kestrel.jpg Armoured personnel carrier  India Small number posted at Indo-pak border out of 200 ordered, yet to be fully delivered.
Tank destroyers
NAMICA Tank Destroyer  India Ordered. BMP-2 based Nag missile carrier. Advanced version on order after a successful trial in July 2012. 13 units ordered with an option for further orders of 200. Production started jointly by Ordnance Factory Medak and L&T.
9P148 Tank destroyer  Soviet Union Used as a Tank destroyer.
Reconnaissance vehicles
CMT Mortar Carrier 198 + 21 ordered  India In service. BMP-2 based mortar carrier. Developed by CVRDE and manufactured by Ordnance Factory Medak.
ICV Communication Vehicle  India BMP-2 based Communication Vehicle.
DRDO Armoured Ambulance Armoured Ambulance 162 [57]  India In service. BMP-2 based armoured ambulance developed by VRDE and produced by Ordnance Factory Medak, 288 ordered.
NBC Reconnaissance Vehicle CRBN Reconnaissance vehicle 16  India In service. BMP-2 based CRBN developed by VRDE and produced by Ordnance Factory Medak.Vehicle[58]
Mahindra Rakshak Armoured vehicle  India Bulletproof vehicle with composite armour which offers protection against 7.62 mm bullets.[59][60][61]
Renault Sherpa Light Light Tactical Vehicle  France Used by National Security Guard & Central Industrial Security Force[62]

Possible future procurements or currently under Army trails

Name Image Type Origin Notes
Tata Motors LAMV Light Armoured Multipurpose Vehicle  India Undergoing trials as of 2015.
Mahindra and Mahindra Straton Plus Mine Resistance Vehicle  India Already used by United Nations Protection Force for peace keeping missions[63]
Mahindra and Mahindra ALSV Light Armoured Multipurpose Vehicle  India
Kalyani Group M4 Armed car for multi purpose  India light armed car made by Kalyani group

Artillery

See also: List of Indian artillery regiments
Notes Image Type Quantity Origin Notes
Dhanush Howitzer Howitzer 24  India In Service Three artillery pieces delivered to the Army for user trials in July 2016, and three more in March 2019. Total 114 guns on order. Order may increase to 414.[64][65][66][67]
Bharat 52 Howitzer 2  India undergoing trails

Made by Kalyani Group

.400+guns will induct in future

DRDO Advanced Towed Artillery Gun System (ATAGS) Howitzer 2  India Undergoing user trials . DRDO conducted the first proof firing of armament for the ATAGS on 14 th July, 2016. 40 guns on order production will start soon. In August 2018, Defence Acquisition Council approved the procurement of 150 ATAGS with an estimated cost of ₹3,364.78 crore (US$400 million).[68]
M777 howitzer Howitzer 145[69]  United States In service. 145 ordered through FMS as of June 2016.[70]
Haubits FH77/B Howitzer 410[71]  Sweden In service/Being replaced. 155 mm gun made by Bofors. 410 acquired from 1986–1991. To be replaced in near future by Dhanush Howitzer.
M-46 Sharang Field gun 900  Soviet Union
 Israel		 In service. 180 M-46 130 mm howitzer guns were upgraded to 155 mm standard by Soltam in 2008.[72] 300 M-46 guns are to be upgraded by OFB to 155 mm/45 calibre.[72] These upgunned 155 mm M-46 guns developed by the OFB are referred to as "Sharang" guns.
D-30 Howitzer 550  Soviet Union In service/Being replaced.Being replaced by the M-46.
Indian Field Gun MK 1/2/3 Field gun 1700  India In service. Being upgraded with digital FCS and INS, to extend the range up to 30 km with bleed base;
Light Field Gun Field gun 700+  India In service. 105mm gun. Ongoing upgrade.
K9 Vajra-T Self-propelled artillery 10[73]  Republic of Korea
 India		 In service.155 mm howitzer, 100 units ordered with an option for an additional 50, variant of K9 Thunder. Will be manufactured by Larsen & Toubro.[74][75]
Smerch 9K58 MBRL
File:Smerch Indian Army.jpg
 Multiple rocket launcher 62  Russia Status: In service. 300 mm multiple rocket launch system.
Pinaka MBRL Multiple rocket launcher 126

units

 India In service (Mk1, 40 km range).

In service (90 km range.)

Under Development (Mk3, 120 km range.) 214 mm multiple rocket launch system. Replacing the 122 mm BM-21.[76] Being produced at a heavy rate of 5000 missiles per year.[77]

BM-21
File:BM21 Indian Army.jpg
 Multiple rocket launcher 150+ units  Soviet Union Status: In service/Being replaced.

Missile systems

See also: List of Indian artillery regiments

Anti-tank guided missiles

Name Image Type Quantity Origin Notes
MPATGM Anti-tank guided missile  India Status: Under Development/Testing. Range 2.5-2.8 km.[78]
DhruvAstra Air launched Anti-tank missile  India Status: In development. It has been tested on 12 July 2015. It is to be used, in the near future, for HAL LCH and HAL Rudra.
MILAN 2T Anti-tank guided missile 34,000  France
 India		 Status: Inducted. Man portable and purchased from France[79]
9M133 Kornet
(AT-14 Spriggan) 		Anti-tank guided missile 3000  Russia Status: Inducted. Man portable and purchased with 250 Launchers
9K114 Shturm
(AT-6 Spiral) 		Anti-tank guided missile 800  Russia Status: Inducted.
9M120 Ataka-V
(AT-9 Spiral-2) 		Anti-tank guided missile  Soviet Union Status: Inducted.
9M119 Svir
(AT-11 Sniper) 		Anti-tank guided missile 25000  Russia
 India		 Status: Inducted. Bharat Dynamics (BDL) signed a contract with MOD for Invar anti-tank guided missiles on 19-Aug-2013.[80][81] It is reported that 10000 will be procured from Russia while BDL will manufacture 15000.[82]
9M113 Konkurs
(AT-5 Spandrel) 		9M113 Konkurs (AT-5 Spandrel) Anti-tank guided missile 15,140  Russia
 India		 Status: Inducted. For BMP-2 (IFV), manufactured locally in India. Total cost of the acquisition being ₹13.77 billion.[83]
Spike (ATGM) Anti-tank guided missile 210  Israel Status: Inducted. 210 missiles and 12 launchers at a cost of ₹2.8 billion rupees($40.3 million).[84]

Ballistic, cruise and anti-ballistic missiles

Name Image Type Quantity Origin Range
Prahaar
Tactical ballistic missile  India Status: Inducted. 150 - 200 km range.
Brahmos
Cruise missile 15 TELs[85]  India
 Russia		 Status: Inducted. 300 - 600 km range.
Nirbhay
Cruise missile  India Status: Under Development/Testing(Ready By 2019-20). 3 Test was held in 2016. First test was held in April/May 2016. Nirbhay with BrahMos seeker was planned to be launched in December.[86] 1,000 –1500 km range.
Prithvi-II Short-range ballistic missile (SRBM) 30[87]  India Status: Inducted. 150–350 km range.
Prithvi-III 290x290px3 Short-range ballistic missile  India Status: Inducted. 350-650  km range.
Shaurya 'Shourya' missile test fired on 12 November 2008 hypersonic surface-to-surface tactical missile  India Status: Inducted. 700-1900 km range.
Agni-I
Medium-range ballistic missile 12[88]  India Status: Inducted. 700 – 1250 km range.
Agni-II
Intermediate-range ballistic missile 12[89]  India Status: Inducted. 2000 – 3500 km range.
Agni-III
Intermediate-range ballistic missile  India Status: Inducted. 3500 – 5000 km range.
Agni-IV
Intercontinental ballistic missile  India Status: Inducted. 4000 – 6000 km range.
Agni-V
Intercontinental ballistic missile  India Status: Inducted in 2014. 5000 - 8000km range (Tested in April 2012 and September 2013. All successful launches[90])
Agni-VI Intercontinental ballistic missile  India Status: Finished Development/ Waiting for Testing. Expected range 11,000 – 12,000  km range.
Surya missile Intercontinental ballistic missile  India Status: Finished Development/ Waiting for Testing. Expected Range 12,000 – 16,000  km range.

Air defence

Air defence
Name Image Type Quantity Origin Notes
Prithvi Air Defence Ballistic missile defence system

390

 India Status: Under Development/Induction Phase. It is under Phase 1 Indian Ballistic Missile Defence Programme. 2000 km range and flight ceiling of 50 to 80 km.
PDV Mark II Ballistic missile defence system /

Anti-satellite weapon

 India Status: Under Developmen/Induction. It is under Phase 2 Indian Ballistic Missile Defence Programme. Flight ceiling of 150 km and operational range 1500-2000 km
Advance Air Defence Surface-to-air missile

Ballistic missile defence system

170  India Status: Induction Phase. It can be also used as Anti-aircraft missile. It has 150 km range and flight ceiling of 30 km.
S-400 Triumf
S-400
S-400
 Mobile surface-to-air missile system 5 regiments (64TEL's per regiment)  Russia Status: Ordered India's Cabinet Committee on Security(CCS) approved the deal, IGA formally signed. Order includes 5 regiments, each regiment will have 18-20 launchers & 200 missiles. Deliveries will be starting from then end 2020.[91]
Barak-8
Surface-to-air missile 5 regiments (40TEL's per regiment)  India
 Israel 		Status: Inducted. Medium Range Surface to Air Missile. .[92]
Akash
Surface-to-air missile 2 regiments (250TEL's per regiment/ 3 missile per TEL)  India Status: Inducted Indigenous surface-to-air missile to replace SA6. 2 regiments in service. Akash 1S tested with

indigenous seeker.Akash Mk2 with increased range of 100 km under development.[93] Ordered for 2 additional regiments of AKASH 1S was placed in May 2017.[94]

SPYDER Short and Medium range mobile air defence system 18  Israel The SPYDER systems were delivered starting in 2012. 18 SPYDER-MRs along with 750 Python-5 surface to air missiles (SAMs) and 750 Derby SAMs has been delivered.
DRDO QRSAM Surface-to-air missile  India Status: Under Development(Ready By 2018-19). Quick Reaction surface to air missile. Has been tested in late 2019.Although still somewhat under development, it has already been deployed in Eastern Ladakh. Exact numbers are unknown.[95]
S-200 Surface-to-air missile  Soviet Union status: Being Phased out
Kub (SA-6 Gainful) Surface-to-air missile 180 (as of 2012)  Soviet Union Status: To be Replaced be Akash
9K33 Osa (SA-8 Gecko) 6x6 amphibious Surface-to-air missile system 80  Russia To be Replaced by QR SAM
9K35 Strela-10 (SA-13 Gopher) Surface-to-air missile 250 (as of 2012)  Soviet Union To be Replaced by QR SAM
9K22 Tunguska[96] Self-propelled anti-aircraft weapon 66  Russia 2S6M variant in service with corps of air defence.[97]
ZSU-23-4M Shilka Self-propelled anti-aircraft gun 75 (as of 2010)  Soviet Union To be upgraded.
ZSU-23-2 Anti-aircraft artillery 800  Soviet Union Twin 23 mm AA gun
Bofors 40 mm gun Anti-aircraft artillery 2,000+  Sweden Primary anti-aircraft gun of the Indian Army
9K38 Igla MANPADS 2500  Russia
FIM-92 Stinger MANPADS
Air-to-Air Version		 245  United States Status: Inducted. 245 Stinger with launchers inducted.[98]

Aircraft

See also: Army Aviation Corps (India)
Helicopters (209)
Aircraft Photo Origin Role Version Number Comment
Boeing AH-64 Apache  USA Attack helicopter AH-64E Status: On Order

Total 6 are on order.[99]

HAL Light Combat Helicopter  India Attack helicopter LCH Status: On Order

Total 97 are on order.[100]

HAL Rudra  India Attack helicopter ALH-WSI 58 Status: In Service

2 more are on order[101]

HAL Dhruv  India Utility helicopter MK1/MK2/MK3 109[102] Status: In Service

Total of 95 on order.[103]

Kamov Ka-226  India
 Russia 		Utility helicopter Ka-226T Status: On Order

200 to be built in India at HAL Helicopter Manufacturing plant being built at Tumkuru.[104]

HAL Light Utility Helicopter  India Utility helicopter / Observation Helicopter LUH Status: Under Development/Undergoing Trials
First flight held on 6 September 2016.126 Ordered for the army out of 187 to be produced.Waiting for Indian Army certification after high altitude trials in August 2020. [105]
HAL Cheetah, Cheetal & Lancer  India Utility helicopter
Utility helicopter
Counter-insurgency		 Cheetah
Cheetal
Lancer		 23[106]
4[106]
12		 Status: In Service.[106]

They are expected to be replaced by Kamov 226T Helicopters in near future and there after by indigenously being developed HAL Light Utility Helicopter.

HAL Chetak & Chetan  India Utility helicopter Chetak 4[106] Status: Being phased out Licence-built Aérospatiale Alouette III. Being withdrawn from service and replaced by HAL Dhruv.

UAVsUAVs

Aircraft Photo Origin Role Version Number Comment
IAI Heron  Israel Unmanned aerial vehicle 50+
IAI Searcher  Israel Unmanned aerial vehicle Searcher II
Searcher I		 120+
IAI Harpy  Israel Unmanned combat aerial vehicle 40
IAI Harop  Israel Unmanned combat aerial vehicle 110+[107] 54 more on order
DRDO Rustom 2  India Unmanned combat aerial vehicle Status: Under Development/Undergoing Trials. First flight held on 16 November 2016.

Radar

See also: List of Indian SATA regiments
Name Image Type Quantity Origin Notes
Rajendra
Passive electronically scanned array radar  India Status: Inducted .
INDRA
Passive electronically scanned array radar  India Status: Inducted .
Swathi Weapon Locating Radar
Artillery Locating Radar  India Status: Inducted .
Rohini
3D radar  India Status: Inducted .
Samyukta Electronic Warfare  India Status: Inducted .
Bharani Low-Level Lightweight 2D Radar  India Status: Inducted .
Multi Mission Radar Multi Mission Radar  India Status: Development .
Short Range Battle Field Surveillance Radar Short Range Battle Field Surveillance Radar  India Status: Inducted .
Through wall detection Radar Through wall detection Radar  India Status: Development . Prototype ready.
Ground Penetration Radar Ground Penetration Radar  India Status: Development . Prototype ready.

Future procurements

Vehicles

  • 1770 Future Ready Combat Vehicle to replace the T-72 MBT's [DRDO NGMBT / T 14 ARMATA / K2 Black Panther ]. The tanks would have 120/125mm smooth bore gun, be in medium weight class (50 tonnes) with a crew of 3/4 personnel.[52][108]

Artillery and missile systems

Under the Field Artillery Rationalization Plan, Indian Army plans to procure 3000 to 4000 155 mm towed, wheeled and tracked artillery systems.[citation needed] The requirement for artillery guns to be met with indigenous development and production.[109] Production of crucial bi-modular charge system will be started soon at Nalanda ordnance factory. HEMRL, a DRDO lab has developed the technology indigenously.[110]

  • State-run Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) will deliver two types of indigenously developed 155mm howitzers to the Indian Army based on the FH77B howitzer purchased way back in 1986. One version will be 155/39 calibre while the other will be 155/45 calibre. Trials are to be completed by June 2013
  • [111] Government is also evaluating 155mm/52 self-propelled howitzers wherein three Indian vendors, including two private sector companies, have been selected for trials of their equipment.
  • Agni-V – Intercontinental version of the Agni missile system. The missile was test-fired for the first time on 19 April 2012 and was inducted in 2014.
  • Bharat Dynamics Limited has tested Second Generation Amogha anti-tank missiles with a range of 2.8  km(Tested). This anti-tank missile will be handed to the Indian Army after some trials.
  • DRDO will start working on Man portable Nag anti tank missile.

Infantry equipment

  • AK-203 - 750,000 rifles to be manufactured locally by OFB. It will be the standard weapon of the Indian Army replacing INSAS, expected to follow on orders from paramilitary and state police.
  • Sniper Rifles - 5000 new sniper rifles in .338 Lapua Magnum to be procured to replace old Dragunov SVDs.[112]
  • Indian Army has a requirement for 300,000 modular body armour and ballistic helmets primarily for their Infantry regiments. RFI's have been issued.
  • 1000 Anti materiel rifles are to acquired for which global RFI's have been issued by the MOD.
  • Ballistic helmet-Indian army has ordered about 158,000 (1.58 Lakh) ballistic helmets from Kanpur-based defence firm MKU. The Indian Government has approved procurement of 328,000 (3.28 Lakh) ballistic helmets.[113]
  • Bulletproof vest-The Ministry of Defence ordered 186,138 (1.86 Lakh) bulletproof vests on 9 April 2018. These will be manufactured in India by SMPP Pvt Ltd. This is in addition to the 50,000 vests ordered in 2016 under emergency procurement.[114]

Aviation

  • Light Utility Helicopter: The Indian army has projected a requirement for up to 197 light helicopters to replace its ageing fleet of Chetaks and Cheetahs. The Indian Army chose Eurocopter AS 550 under a US$550 million contract in summer of 2007. Under this contract, 60 helicopters were to be supplied from Eurocopter in fly-away condition and the rest were to be assembled by HAL in India. This order was later scrapped due to allegations of unfair field trials from one of the competing company, Bell Helicopters.[115][116] A fresh tender process was initiated later in which Eurocopter Fennec and Kamov Ka-226 were shortlisted for user trials. Trials were completed and Kamov Ka-226 was declared the winner and about 200 helicopters are to be made in India under the "Make in India" initiative, Indian Army has planned to replace obsolete Chetaks and Cheetahs with it, until the arrival of HAL LUH, as the later would be ready for its first flight only by 2017.
  • HAL Light Combat Helicopter - HAL has obtained a firm order to deliver 114 HAL Light Combat Helicopters to the Indian Army.[117]

Gallery

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