Indian Army gets firing range at high altitude, know how the effect will be seen?

Acquiring land for firing range is a challenge

DG (Director General) Artillery in the Indian Army, Lieutenant General Adosh Kumar said that with increasing urbanization, the challenge of getting land for firing ranges has increased due to less area. But we have opened new firing ranges. He said that the firing range found in Arunachal Pradesh is at high altitude and before this we did not have any high altitude range on the northern border (China border). Now we can conduct firing training at high altitudes, which is like a real operational environment.

The firepower of the cannon will increase

He said that there is a lot of difference in firing in planes and at altitude and the firepower of guns increases at altitude. He said the training has further improved due to the availability of high altitude firing ranges. Lieutenant General Kumar said that we are identifying more firing ranges. Talks are going on with state governments to notify one or two new ranges.

Firing range reduced by approximately 40%

According to sources, the field firing range of the Indian Army has reduced by about 40 percent in about one and a half decade. At present there are two types of field firing ranges available with the Army – one which is acquired for firing ranges on the Army's own land and the other type of firing ranges which are designated as firing ranges by the State Governments from time to time. Is notified in. In the last few years, many state governments have not notified firing ranges. Every soldier has to undergo complete training at least once a year. Due to less field firing ranges, various units are getting less time for training.

Work on increasing the range of Pinaka

Work is also going on to increase the range of Pinaka rocket system available with the Indian Army. DG Artillery Lieutenant General Adosh Kumar said that the Pinaka system is a success story of India's self-reliance. He said that we want more range of Pinaka rocket and DRDO is working on it. First its range will double and then up to four times. He said that DRDO is very optimistic that they will achieve this. Pinaka can fire many types of ammunition.

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Guided Extended Range Rocket is also being tested for Pinaka. Its trial has been done in high altitude which was successful. It will be tested in planes next month. Lieutenant General Adosh Kumar said that we hope that after the successful trial, his contract will also be finalized soon. The extended limit will be double the existing limit. He said that we are also considering Area Denial Ammunition System, talks are going on regarding this and the contract is expected to be signed in this financial year.