Warfare Indian Sub-Continent Conflicts

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Conflicts between India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, China, Bangladesh (formerly East Pakistan)

 

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Indian soldiers praying in a make shift temple assembled by used artillery shells during Kargil war, 1999

 

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An artillery battery of the Indian Army setting up in the Siachen Glacier, 1990s

 

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Indian Air Force ground staff prepares fighter jets to send some love to the neighbours during Kargil War, 1999

 

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Operatives of the Indian 10 PARA(SF) as part of the Chachro desert raids during the Indo-Pakistan War of 1971.

Capt. MP Chaudhary, 2IC of the Alpha team is manning the mounted FN MAG 7.62 machine gun with Lt. Ghanshyam Das at the wheel of the Jonga patrol vehicle. The Jonga was a Nissan designed vehicle.

The Chachro raids were a series of offensive desert ops carried out by 10 PARA(SF) deep inside Pakistani territory in Chachro, Virawah, Nagarparkar and Islamkot during the war between December 05-16, 1971.

The objective was to destroy Pakistani military installations located up to 80km behind enemy lines, disrupt supply routes, create confusion and to act as a diversion for a larger set of Indian military operations along the western border. 160 operators were involved, divided into two groups of 80 each designated Alpha and Charlie, who traversed nearly 500km between multiple targets inside enemy territory, ambushing enemy patrols along the way. The raids took place over a period of eleven days, and concluded successfully with no Indian casualties.

 

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Dec 1971: An M4A1 Sherman medium tank from the Pakistani 26ᵗʰ Cavalry after successfully repulsing an attack at Chamb's point 994 by Indian T-54/55s. The Sherman was damaged during combat after it went over a mine.

 

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Indian Army armoured column of PT-76 light tanks moving towards Dacca, December 1971

 

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Mukhti Bahini rebels wielding their personal weapons one of them with Indian supplied Ishapore 1A1 during Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.

 

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Indian Army Gurkha troops posing with captured Pakistani Stinger missiles during the Kargil War, 1999

 

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Indian paratroopers as they rode into Dhaka on 16th Dec, 1971. They were being greeted as liberators by the Bengalis

 

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Sri Lankan Army soldiers somewhere in Northern Sri Lanka during the final years of the Country's civil war (Eelam war IV-Northern Offensive)

 

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KRL-122 MLRS in service with Sri Lankan armed forces during the country's civil war. The KRL-122 is a 122mm MLRS made by installing a 122mm Grad launcher on the chassis of a M35 series 2½-ton 6×6 cargo truck. It saw action against LTTE rebels throughout the war & was replaced by RM-70.

 

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An Indian Army T-55 providing cover to Indian troopers from Sappers Company during 1971 Indo-Pak War in Bangladesh. Note the interesting fume extractor on the T-55 barrel which was an ingenious measure to differentiate it from similar looking Pakistani Type 59 tanks.

 

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Sri Lankan army soldiers discussing about plans before going for the push against a LTTE defense line during the 4th phase of The Sri Lankan Civil war.

 

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Indian soldiers advancing towards Pakistani defensive posts somewhere in the Punjab Front during the 1965 War.

 

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Thanks @Unknowncommando

MURDER, MURDER, MURDER! Thus was announced the IAF drawing first blood on 22 Nov 71. Tracking raiding Sabres of the PAF, four Gnats of 22 Sqn were scrambled under the callsign ‘Cocktail’. Living up to their Sqn’s name, the Gnats got airborne Swiftly at 1451 hr from Dum Dum.

The Gnats flown by Flt Lt Ganapathy, Flt Lt Massey, Fg Offr Soares & Fg Offr Lazarus were promptly vectored to the raiders by Fg Offr Bagchi on the radar scope. 17 min & 150x30 mm Cannon rounds later, the IAF had shot down two Sabres, while a third was seen limping towards Dacca. Total Air Superiority in East was soon to follow.

 

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Battle of Asal Uttar, 8-10 Sept 1965.
Pakistan's invading force, consisting of the 1st Armoured Division and 11th Infantry Division, crossed the International Border and captured the Indian town of Khem Karan. Considering the situation, GOC Indian 4th Mountain Division (Maj. Gen. Gurbaksh Singh) immediately ordered the division to fall back and assume a horseshoe shaped defensive position with Asal Uttar as its focal point.

In the night, the Indian troops flooded the sugar cane field, and the next morning, the Pakistani tanks of the 1st Armoured Division, consisting mainly of M47 and M48 Patton tanks, were lured inside the horse-shoe trap. The swampy ground slowed the advance of the Pakistani tanks and many of them could not move because of the muddy slush. Over 100 Pakistani tanks (mostly Pattons, and a few Shermans and Chaffees) were destroyed, with 40+ captured while the Indians, by their account, lost only 24 tanks during this counter offensive.

India's Centurions Mk.7 (L7 gun) destroyed 75 M-48 Pattons while losing only 4 Centurions.

Foreign military attaches were invited to the display. While American military attaches were shocked at the destruction of so many of the new Pattons, The British attaché was admittedly delighted at the performance of the Centurion.

 

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Indian soldiers taking a breather after capturing a mountain top during the Kargil War, 1999

 

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Indian soldiers getting ready to patrol outside their bunker at Kargil in 1999