Indian Army Armored Vehicles

[vampyrbladez]

It looks like the WhAP (Wheeled Armored Platform) has already seen action against Naxals in 2024.

The newest addition to the forces’ arsenal is WhAP or the Wheeled Armoured Platform, jointly designed by Tata Advanced Systems and the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). An armoured troop carrier, it has weapons control inside the vehicle and anti-mine abilities. This platform has helped the forces take the battle to the Naxals when under attack. Last year, when Naxals attacked the CRPF camp in Tekulagudem in Telangana, second-in-command S.S. Haokip commandeered the WhAP that used its MMGs to open fire at the huddled insurgents. This was the first time the Naxals had witnessed a WhAP in action, forcing them to beat a hasty retreat.

https://www.indiatoday.in/india-tod...2025-winning-the-naxal-war-2705876-2025-04-08

 

[Unknowncommando]

 

[vampyrbladez]

Is that an ACOG scope on a 7.62x51 mm OFB 2A1/FN MAG LMG?

 

[Yt2211]

Tonbo arjun on MAG ?

 

[spadex]

Is that an ACOG scope on a 7.62x51 mm OFB 2A1/FN MAG LMG?

Looks tonbo to me

 

[Unknowncommando]

That's American M240B with ELCAN M145

 

[eastern_bhartiya]

What is the status of FICV and FRCV ? , haven't followed on them for while

 

[Unknowncommando]

View: https://x.com/easterncomd/status/1911647573049291195

 

[Unknowncommando]

 

[Unknowncommando]

View: https://x.com/Def_PRO_Chennai/status/1912868863093723616

 

[Fatalis]

View: https://x.com/Def_PRO_Chennai/status/1912868863093723616

Why they are manufacturing it? It is Mahindra's product and they had the deal to produce it, right?

 

[spadex]

Why they are manufacturing it? It is Mahindra's product and they had the deal to produce it, right?

Just like Ashok Leyland Stallion are "manufactured" (read assembled )in vehicle factory jabalpur

 

[AbRaj]

Why they are manufacturing it? It is Mahindra's product and they had the deal to produce it, right?

Its a MNREGA scheme for OFB babus. For that, the vehicles have to be disassembled and shipped to the jhopad-patti of OFB where its again reassembled to final product, along with much famed QC of OFB Babu Corp.

 

[GodEmperorDoom]

Its a MNREGA scheme for OFB babus. For that, the vehicles have to disassembled and shipped to the jhopad-patti of OFB where its again reassembled to final product, along with much famed QC of OFB Babu Corp.

Then at least they should have stopped recruitment right?

 

[AbRaj]

Then at least they should have stopped recruitment right?

Vote Bank Babu bhaiya, vote bank

 

[GodEmperorDoom]

Vote Bank Babu bhaiya, vote bank

No. Iam saying if you can't remove or fire them at least new recruitment is stopped right? Because 10 years down the lane they will retire and OFB will be closed.

 

[ArjunMK1A]

View: https://x.com/Def_PRO_Chennai/status/1912868863093723616

Already talked about stallion situation. So AL Hosur plant will pack the CKD and transport into Jabalpur where VFJ with 6 sigma assembly line will assemble them. On the other AL can assemble the product and sent directly to regiments.

Blatant wasting of money here.

 

[randombully]

View: https://x.com/Def_PRO_Chennai/status/1912868863093723616

Based 1300 ordered for 1056crore rupees.
Per unit cost of armado is ~80lakh or around 100k dollars.
For comparison current "inflation adjusted" per unit cost of humvee's m1 114varient( normal armour stanag 1) in 2004 was 260k dollars( when multiple fold more orders were given compared to armado's order of 1300, so industrial advantage was with humvee)

But still armado is ~2.5 to 2.7 times cheaper than humvee while being lot more modern and not inferior in armour and mobility and troop capacity compared to m1 114 standard varient of humvee


One of the main advantages armado has is almost negligible development cost of armado compared to development cost of humvee at that time when it was a new concept at that time.
Along with taking "some" advantage of ppp.


If indian army allot 2 billion dollars right now( and spend it over the span of a decade)
We can have 20k+ plus of such vehicles in service by 2035 in different configurations.

Alas I hope to see atleast 5k more orders by 2027 .

 

[ezsasa]

Why they are manufacturing it? It is Mahindra's product and they had the deal to produce it, right?

Ordnance depot (avadi) comes under IA ordnance corps southern command.
Armoured vehicles nigam limited (avadi) erstwhile HVF comes under Ordnance factory board.
separate entities co-located in avadi.
last year too, LSV were dispatched from here.

does this mean AVNL is assembling mahindra armado?
unlikely, otherwise AVNL PRO would have made sure the world knows about it, if their organisation is doing it.

 

[Corvus Splendens]

Why they are manufacturing it? It is Mahindra's product and they had the deal to produce it, right?

It's not HVF Avadi. It's the local army storage and maintenance depot where the cars are based from.