Indian Army troops carry out massive exercise in Punjab

[Stephen Cohen]

Tribune News Service


Jalandhar, May 28

The Indian Army launched a massive summer exercise with troops over the complete month of May in the riverine terrain of Punjab, involving over 13,000 troops and several components of artillery guns, tanks and infantry combat vehicles as a part of its efforts to project its battle supremacy on the Western Front, said a spokesperson of Vajra Corps Headquarters, Jalandhar.


Under the aegis of Vajra Corps, all ranks of the Panther Division commenced collective training by honing up basic battle procedures and drills at tactical and operational levels. The troops built the momentum of training gradually with increased combat tempo involving rapid mobilisation and execution of battle plans in conjunction with the Air Force, said the spokesperson.


A large number of innovations and modifications carried out by units and formations to enhance combat power were validated in the field. During the exercise, intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and communication systems were put to test in a network- centric battlefield environment supported by required operational logistics.


“The exercise entered its culmination phase in May end and was witnessed by Western Army Commander Lt Gen KJ Singh. Beside interacting with soldiers and officers involved in the exercise, the Army Commander witnessed various battle maneuvers by infantry troops, mechanised infantry, tanks, artillery, special forces troops and surveillance detachments,” the spokesperson further added.


The focus of the exercise was to validate operational and transformational effectiveness of various formations of Panther Division and achieving joint and seamless coordination among all the forces in the Indian Army in a NBC Warfare scenario so as to deliver the enemy a lethal punch with full might at a lightning speed, he further added.

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[Stephen Cohen]

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Vajra Corps conducts river-front Army exercise ‘Panther Charge’ in Punjab

IAF resources were pooled in as a 'sub-part' of the Army exercise

Jalandhar: As part of its efforts to project battle supremacy on the strategic western front, the Jalandhar based Vajra Corps launched a month long massive summer exercise ‘Panther Charge’ with over 13,000 troops on the banks of Sutlej River in Punjab. The exercise would be concluded on Saturday.

Under the aegis of Vajra Corps, all ranks of the Panther Division commenced collective training by honing up the basic battle procedures and drills at tactical and operational levels against the adversaries. The troops built the momentum of training gradually with Indian Air Force (IAF) resources, which were pooled in from different air bases. The IAF increased the combat tempo involving ‘rapid mobilization’ and ‘execution of battle plans’ in conjunction with the Army during the exercise.

The Attack and the Transport helicopter fleet of the IAF were requisitioned by the Army to augment the operational readiness of the troops in a battle like situation. “The IAF resources from three different air bases were requisitioned as ‘sub-part’ of the Army exercise”, said a senior officer. The General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of (GOC-in-C) of Western Command, Lt Gen KJ Singh witnessed the exercise and interacted with the soldiers and officers. The Western Army Commander also saw the various battle maneuvers by Infantry troops, Mechanized Infantry, Tanks, Artillery, Infantry Combat vehicles, Heliborne, Special Forces troops and Surveillance detachments.

A large number of innovations and modifications carried out by units and formations to enhance combat power of the Army were validated in the field. At the site of river Sutlej, the rehearsals of river and canal obstacles were performed by the soldiers during the exercise, sources added. Apart from this, the intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and communication systems were put to test in a network centric battlefield environment supported by required Operational Logistics.

The focus of the exercise was to validate operational and transformational effectiveness of various formations of Panther Division and achieving joint and seamless coordination among all the forces in the Indian Army in a Nuclear Biological and Chemical (NBC) Warfare scenario, so as to deliver the enemy, a lethal punch with full might at a lighting speed.

 

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a lethal punch with full might at a lighting speed.

Thanda start dctrine.

 

[Stephen Cohen]

Thanda start. doctrine

Cold start has now been fully operationalised

This is the THIRD Major exercise in ONE Month

1 Exercise Shatrujeet --By Strike Corp 1

2 Exercise Chakravyuh by Pivot Corps / Formations and RAPID Divisions -- and Now

3 Exercise Panther Charge by the Panther Division -- 15 th Infantry division

 

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Cold start has now been fully operationalised

Now????

 

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Cold start is getting useless day by day.....

 

[Jamwal's]

Cold start has now been fully operationalised

This is the THIRD Major exercise in ONE Month

1 Exercise Shatrujeet --By Strike Corp 1

2 Exercise Chakravyuh by Pivot Corps / Formations and RAPID Divisions -- and Now

3 Exercise Panther Charge by the Panther Division -- 15 th Infantry division

And an amphibious assault exercise few fays back, involving transportation of MBTs and BMP by transport ships.