India destroyed Pakistani posts: 6 weapons armed force may have utilized on LoC
Wednesday, May 24, 2017 IST
India destroyed Pakistani posts: 6 weapons armed force may have utilized on LoC
The Indian armed force said it destroyed Pakistani posts, devastating their capacity to help activists go too far of Control.
The corrective discharge attack, as the armed force called it, is probably going to have been done by six fundamental weapons, sources disclosed to Hindustan Times.
106 mm recoilless gun: Used mainly against heavily clad targets, for example, tanks, the weapon can be discharged from the beginning mounted on a light vehicle. It can fire one round every moment inconclusively yet not more than five rounds at greatest stacking speed. It has a scope of more than 3km.
130 mm artillery guns: Army sources said shoot attacks suggest utilization of such big guns firearms in direct-discharging mode. The armed force had utilized the Bofors weapons to wreck a few Pakistani armed force posts last October taking after the mutilation of Sepoy Mandeep Singh in Macchil part in Kashmir's Kupwara locale.
Anti-aircraft guns: The Zu-23-2B anti-aircraft guns are equipped for connecting with aeronautical and ground targets alike. The Soviet-period weapon, created in the late 1950s, is being changed over into an automatic system. It has a scope of 2.5 km. The arrangement is to overhaul 468 guns at a cost of Rs 670 crore.
Anti-tank guided missiles (ATGMs): Infantry units along the LoC are outfitted with Milan and Konkur ATGMs. The missiles have been worked by Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) under permit from French and Russian firms. The armed force arrangements to purchase new ATGM systems from Israel at a cost Rs 3,200 crore. The Israeli Spike ATGM can annihilate shielded vehicles and shelters from 2.5 km away.
Rocket launchers: The armed force has additionally broadly utilized 84 mm Carl-Gustav rocket launchers to target Pakistani posts. It is of Swedish beginning and can devastate focuses at a separation of more than 1 km.
Automatic grenade launcher: The armed force has likewise utilized Russian-starting point AGS-30 grenade launchers against Pakistani positions. The explosives can hit targets more than 2km away.
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