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Army Aviation turns 40 on Sunday (raised 1 Nov 1986).
1. Cheetah: built on the Lama, which set the helicopter altitude record: 12,442 m, 1972
2. Rudra: a Dhruv with teeth
3. Prachand: first attack helicopter to land in Siachen
4. Apache
Neighbours: the high ground has rotors now.
no loader on board. this tank feeds itself.
Fire → carousel under the turret floor spins → brings the next round to the gun → gun tilts up, tray lifts → rammer pushes the shell, then its charge → ready in 5-8 s.
22 rounds wait in that carousel, so only 3 men ride inside.
In 2016, soldiers in Haryana had to carry boards saying ARMY. Rioters took them for police, because everyone wore Army camo.
1. 1960s-70s: olive green
2. 1980s: disruptive pattern (here at Kargil, 1999)
3. Mid-2000s: the most copied
4. 2022: digital. Copy it now and it's illegal
Drone hunting, Ladakh style: one vehicle that can shoot a drone down or jam it out of the sky.
1 - Three gun mounts on one pintle: more lead in the air for a tiny target
2 - Jammer mast: cuts the drone's link to its pilot
no propeller. no steering wheel. still crosses the river.
Soft tyres → no sinking in snow or mud → in water it floats → tyre ridges paddle like oars → two levers speed up one side to turn.
The tyres are pumped up by its own exhaust, at the push of a button.
Meet Major Soiba Maningba Rangnamei, Indian Army Officer from 16 Bihar.
From Senapati, Manipur. First in his village to clear NDA.
The 12th edition of the India–Indonesia Joint Special Forces Exercise: Exercise #GARUDASHAKTI 2026 commenced today at Banyuwangi, Indonesia with a grand Opening Ceremony.
The joint training is aimed at enhancing synergy and strengthening the robust defence partnership between the two nations.
stand behind this and you're dead 💀
Fire → cartridge base blows out → gas splits → shell goes forward, gas jets out the back → recoil cancelled.
The price: a backblast dangerous 30 m behind.
An IAF C-17 in Abuja looked "all taped up". Worn out? No.
1 - Those patches: peeling paint, the photographer later agreed
2 - Airliners use speed tape for this. A 787-9 wing, taped so paint won't peel
3 - An A321 nose
Aluminium tape, holds at 900+ km/h 🇮🇳
Photo 1: ChuckIOM
27 October 1947. Raiders were closing in on Srinagar. That morning, 1 SIKH flew in from Delhi and went straight into battle.
Their CO, Lt Col Dewan Ranjit Rai, fell that same day holding them off near Baramulla: independent India's first Maha Vir Chakra. (1/5)
Photo: MoD
Every 27 October, the Army Chief lays a wreath for the infantry's fallen. The day marks the first troops who landed in Srinagar in 1947.
Photo: Infantry Day, 27 Oct 2010, MoD (4/5)
It has no recoil: the blast vents out the back. Never stand behind it.
This is the Carl Gustaf, an 84 mm Swedish recoilless rifle, in service since 1948. India has made it under licence since 1976. Next: 450 M4s, to be built in Haryana.
Rating: 9/10
Photo: Spear Corps 🇮🇳
Why the Tavor's magazine sits behind the trigger 🔬
Trigger → long trigger bar → hammer → firing pin → gas → piston → rotating bolt → next round.
Its barrel is 42 mm longer than the AK-203's, yet the rifle is 22 cm shorter. Para SF and MARCOS carry it. 🇮🇳
Varanasi, 25 Oct: 94 aircraft over the Ganga for IAF's 94th year. Most formations named after Shiva and Kashi.
1. Neelkanth: 3 Rafale
2. Vishwanath: 3 Su-30MKI
3. Pashupati: 4 Jaguar
4. Mahadev: IL-78 + 3 Mirage 2000
Footage: DD News, Raksha Mantri 🧵
Why a rifle bullet spins about 3,000 times a second 🔬
Primer → powder → gas → bullet into the bore → rifling grips it → spin → straight flight.
AK rifling turns once every 240 mm. Leave the muzzle at 715 m/s and that's ~3,000 spins a second. 🇮🇳
