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vehicle (IPMV) and the paramilitary
version, have been inducted into
the Indian Army and paramilitary
forces.
India will be exporting this WhAP
to the Moroccan defence forces,
and Indian firm Tata will build 150 of
these WhAPs for export purpose.
The combination of firepower,
mobility, and protection makes
armored vehicles a critical asset for
modern military operations. Taking
this into account, in March 2021
India had signed a USD144.79 mil-
lion contract with Mahindra Defense
Systems Ltd (MDSL) to equip the
Systems, is an 8-wheeled armored armored platform (WhAP). The new Indian Army with 1,300 light special-
vehicle that transports infantry into combat vehicle is built as per the ist vehicles.
combat. The Stryker will provide requirements of Indian Army and is
soldiers with a vehicle that will dom- proposed to be fielded by the troops LTV is an advanced tactical vehicle
inate the battlefields of tomorrow. for combat situations. The vehicle that can carry medium machine
structure is built using a steel armor guns, automatic grenade launchers,
“The Stryker A1 features a plate with an add‐on light weight and anti-tank guided missiles. It
450-horsepower engine, 60,000- composite armor for providing all will be approved for use by various
pound suspension, 910-amp round protection to the vehicle. fighting units.
alternator and in-vehicle digi-
tal network while continuing to According to DRDO, the design India also, after extensive trials of
provide unprecedented soldier philosophy of this platform aligns various models of infantry combat
survivability,” said Gordon Stein, with global trends and focuses on vehicles produced by the U.K, the
vice president of U.S. operations at modularity, scalability, and recon- U.S.A., France, Germany, Russia,
General Dynamics Land Systems. figurability to adapt the platform for selected BMP-II, an infantry combat
various roles. vehicle which is also known as APC
India has made significant strides ‘Sarath’.
in the development and produc- The WhAP can easily navigate India thus has joined an elite club
tion of armored vehicles. The through muddy or slushy terrain and of nations possessing sophisti-
country’s Defence Research and has the capability to withstand mine cated amphibious infantry combat
Development Organisation or blasts. Variants of the WhAP, includ- vehicles.
DRDO, has developed a wheeled ing the infantry protected mobility
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