Indian Army plans to buy 150 armoured combat vehicles worth Rs 2,200 crore

Indian Army plans to buy 150 armoured combat vehicles worth Rs 2,200 crore

Indian Army is moving a proposal expected to be worth over Rs 2,200 crore for buying 150 infantry combat vehicles, which provide safety to troops from small arms firing in the battlefield.

“A proposal to acquire 150 infantry combat vehicles expected to be worth over Rs 2,200 crore is going to be placed before a high-level meeting of the defence ministry headed by Nirmala Sitharaman next week for approval,” government sources told.

Army sources said the new combat vehicles would be acquired for use by the arms and services which support the infantry and other combat arms in the war such as the Corps of Signals, Artillery, Combat Engineers and others.

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“These arms are supposed to move in into the enemy territory along with the tank regiments and infantry troops at a rapid pace in case of a war in the desert terrain,” they said.

The artillery officers use the combat vehicles as observation posts for directing the fire of their howitzer on the enemy locations while the signals officers use them for establishing line of communications.

To increase the pace of military modernisation, the defence ministry under Sitharaman has increased the number of defence acquisition council meetings to remove the cobwebs around the files and clear the cases for acquisition.