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� M Army Day: 15 January

• M Chief Of Air Staff: Air Chief Marshal V.R. Chaudhari � M Cons: Admiral Radhakrishnan Hari Kumar

• M Kargil Vijay Diwas: 26 July � M Saheedi Diwas: 23 March � M Vijay Diwas: 16 December(1971 War)

DRONE AND UAV

UAVs: (Unmanned aerial vehicles) unarmed Planes, that do not have Cockpit. Depends on pre-programmed f light plan that actually controls it. Used for thermal imaging, mapping, Aerial Reconnaissance. Variants held with Indian Armed forces initially Searcher Mark-I,II. Nishant and Rustom (Indigenously developed)

DRONE : Armed with lethal weapons it is pilotless airplane used in target practice. Depends upon pre-programmed f light plan that actually controls it, hence Drone can also be called as UAV. Variants held with Indian Armed Forces U.S Origin Predator XP Airborne for 35 hours. Future acquiring American RQ-1 predator

HOWITZERS AND FIELD GUNS

Howitzer : is a type of gun which is high trajectory and is used for crest clearance in mountains, hence it is held with mountain formations. It is a medium velocity and medium height gun with direct and indirect fire. Field Guns : It is a type of gun which has a longer range as its trajectory is relatively f latter and it is mostly used in formations deployed in plain sectors. It is a high velocity and low angle gun with direct fire. Ke Difference y : Field guns have 45degree elevation , Howitzer(70 degree)

PARA(SF),PARA(AIRBORNE) The Paratroo ers Airborne p ( ): are elite troops who function as airborne infantry, not special forces. PARA battalions have the ability to hold ground for brief period. They operate in large teams and coordinate with other units, as their ole involves occupying large areas behind enemy lines. PARA SF units ( ) : work in small teams which work individually behind enemy lines and are focused on operations other than war and on strategic reconnaissance, surveillance and target designation and direct action tasks. PARA SF are mobile forces that are capable of striking multiple targets and are trained to fight unconventional warfare.

Future developments

INTEGRATED BATTLE GROUPS: IBGs are brigade sized, agile, self-suf ficient combat formation, which can swiftly launch strikes against an adversary in case of hostilities. Each IBG troop strength of around 5000, bigger than a brigade(3000-3500) but smaller than a Division (10000-12000). These will have a mix of every arm and service like infantry, Artillery, Engineers, Signals, air Defence and others. Army has decided to reconstitute its standing forces into 12 modernize IBG’s.

It is a unif ied command under which all the resources of The Army, The Navy and The Air Force are pooled, depending on the threat perception. There will be a unif ied commander for the particular geographical theatre of security concern. As of now, the service have to speak to each other in times of need and urgency to request their assets to conduct a particular operation. The proposal is to have a theatre commander(will report to chief of staff committee)who will have operational control of the assets under his command, thus enhancing jointness among the forces, and also reducing duplication of resources.