Although it is said that India's combat strength is too low, his military strength should not be underestimated.
Don't underestimate India's military strength, which is stronger than 95% of the world's countries on paper. This is not an exaggeration, but people have indeed reached this level. However, the Indian army also has many shortcomings, and they are still far from a world-class strong army, let's find out.
Indians are naturally self-confident, so as long as their country has any development achievements, they will be blown to the sky to show off. As for military development, although many of their best equipment are often ridiculed, they are still very confident in their military strength.
According to the latest ranking given by "Global Firepower"**, India's military strength ranks fourth in the world, second only to the United States, Russia, and China, and higher than traditional military powers such as Japan, Britain, and France.
In terms of military performance, India currently has a standing army of 1.45 million, which is second only to us in the world. In addition, they have 1.15 million reserve troops and 2.52 million paramilitary forces, so in total, the total number of armed forces in India is about 5.12 million.
Such a large scale of armed forces does make India's military strength on paper very dazzling, but does a large number of people necessarily make its combat effectiveness strong? After all, crowd tactics are no longer in vogue in modern warfare.
The Indian Army is the main force of the Indian Army: 35 divisions
The Indian Army has 3 armored divisions, 4 plain integrated divisions, 18 infantry divisions, 9 mountain divisions and 1 artillery division, and the deployment of troops is mainly in the Eastern Military Region and the Northern Military Region to deal with the three disputed areas along the Sino-Indian border and the India-Pakistan Kashmir region, which is the focus of the Indian Army and the area with the largest deployment of infantry divisions and mountain divisions.
At present, the Indian Army is equipped with more than 4,700 tanks, more than 10,000 armored vehicles, more than 100 self-propelled guns and more than 4,000 towed guns.
In terms of quantity, the scale of Indian tanks is still quite large, but the quality is not satisfactory, because most of the many tanks in India are relatively old T-72 and T-55 tanks. Then in terms of air force equipment, the number of military aircraft equipped by the Indian army has reached more than 2,100, including more than 500 fighters, more than 200 transport aircraft and more than 700 aircraft. Finally, in terms of maritime power, the Indian Navy is mainly equipped with 285 ships of various types, including 1 aircraft carrier, 10 destroyers, 13 frigates and 17 submarines.
The Indian Navy is the weakest branch of the Indian military: it has few troops and is not optimistic
The Indian Navy has only 5With about 30,000 troops, it is the smallest of India's three major military services, but it is still the most powerful navy in the Indian Ocean region and the strongest navy in South Asia.
In addition, the "Agni" series of missiles developed by it are said to have a range of more than 8,000 kilometers and have a certain intercontinental strike capability. So from the perspective of India's entire ** equipment level, although the quality of equipment is not top-notch, the scale is quite large, and the most important thing is that they still have nuclear weapons in hand. And this kind of strength performance is basically only comparable to the five major constants. **10,000 Fans Incentive Plan
To sum up, India's military strength is not as weak as everyone thinks, and certainly not as strong as they boast themselves, but they have indeed developed into a military force that cannot be ignored. So for India's military development, we need to strategically despise the opponent and tactically attach importance to the opponent!