Indian Army gets new combat vehicles in Ladakh to take on Chinese transgressions - Indian Defence Research Wing

SOURCE: INDIA TODAY The Indian Army has new combat vehicles in Ladakh that are quicker and have better manoeuvrability for functioning in the tough terrain at a height of over 16,000 feet. A dozen of these new machines, called the Infantry Protected Mobility Vehicle, have been inducted after extensive trials in the high altitude plateau region of Eastern Ladakh. The vehicle is mounted with a 360 degree machine gun that can be remote controlled and has a capacity of carrying 12 fully armed soldiers who can fire from the 10 firing ports inside. The vehicles have bulletproof protection from small…