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Role and Equipment used by the Armed Forces Module -IV
Indian Armed Forces :
• Main artillery guns 120 mm Mortars, 105mm Indian Field Gun, 155mm Bofors Weapons and War Equip-

Gun, 130mm Field Arty Gun, 155mm Made in India 'Dhanush' are used by the ment and Modernisation
Indian Army.

ACTIVITY 10.4

Collect pictures of the guns mentioned above and paste in your notebook.
Note
• Weapon Locating Radars (WLR): These radars are used to locate enemy
artillery guns and mortars,when they fire at us. By getting their exact location
our own artillery then fires at enemy artillery and destroys it. This tactics is
called "counter bombardment".
• Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV): These are employed to look into enemy
territory and collect intelligence. Israeli made Heron Mark II are extensively
used to carry out recce of enemy area as also in locating terrorist movements in
Jammu and Kashmir.
• Long Range Recce and Observation System (LORROS): It is used to

locate and identify enemy troop and vehicle movement in war and for counter
terrorist surveillance in Jammu and Kashmir. It is an optical device like a
telescope.

ACTIVITY 10.5

Watch a Short movie on Artillery and answer these questions:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbxVnEDKSZw

(i) What is the range of the 155 mm BOFORS FH77 Gun?

(ii) What is the approximate cost of Precision Guided Munitions?

10.1.4 Engineers

Indian army is a modern army which is self- sufficient in fighting wars on all its terrains
of mountains, plains, jungles, deserts and glaciers. The combat arms like the Infantry
and Armoured critically need the support of the combat support arms to win wars.
While the combat arms lead the assault into battle, the combat support arms ensure
victory through fire power, logistics and technical assistance.

The foremost among the combat support arms are the Engineers. Engineers role is to
ensure mobility, counter mobility and ensure survivability during war. They are tasked
for laying tracks, helipads, airstrips, bridges, water sources, laying and breaching mines
and construction of field defences. They also create obstacles in the path of the enemy
by demolishing bridges to delay and cut off the logistic chain to the assaulting troops.

Major Engineer Equipments and Bridges are AM-50, PMS, Bridge Laying Tank,

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