I appreciate your concern for the safety of our operators buddy but the thing is that this appears to be Sniper team as rightly pointed out by
@Abingdonboy so they wont be operating in close quarter combat.
In an operation the bad guys would never even get to see them.Like it always happens with the Indian military due to lack of funds the best equipment goes first to the guys at the front and later to others.
The home minister on the Raising day of NSG promised he would quadruple the equipment,clothing and weapon budget.
Just wait for a few years and you will be impressed.
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CAPTAIN JAIDEV THE PARACHUTE REGIMENT (SPECIAL FORCES)
KIRTI CHAKRA
3RD BATTALION THE RASHTRIYA RIFLES
On the evening of 19 June 2014, 3 Rashtriya Rifles received intelligence about presence of three terrorists in Buts village of Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir. A joint operation of 3 Rashtriya Rifles and 10 PARA (SF) was launched. Captain Jaidev swung into action and rushed with a small team of seven to seek a contact. While deploying, Captain Jaidev saw movement of three suspected terrorists 15 meters ahead, who on being challenged opened indiscriminate fire injuring the officer and his buddy grievously. Seeing that his buddy, who had killed one terrorist, was losing blood fast, the officer dragged him to safety.
Undeterred by the injuries in the leg and chest and bleeding profusely, Captain Jaidev in an audacious display of raw courage, displaying conspicuous gallantry and bold fighting spirit, closed in with remaining terrorists under heavy fire and shot them at close quarters. The dying terrorist again fired at Captain Jaidev, injuring him in the face. Despite his near fatal injuries, the officer refused to be evacuated till the termination of operations. In the operation, Captain Jaidev personally neutralised two senior and wanted terrorist commanders. For displaying dauntless courage and extraordinary valour under heavy fire from close quarters in face of certain death, Captain Jaidev is recommended for the award of “KIRTI CHAKRA”.
P.S-All credit to
@Star Wars
What a kickass guy from 10th Para SF!!