DEFENCE FORCES for candidates. ARMY SSB HELPFUL

Defence

1. THE DEFENCE FORCES

2. FIRST WORLD WAR(1914-19)
1.3 MILLION SOLDIERS.
1919-20 10 VACANCIES IN
RMA.
1 OCTOBER 1932. IMA EST.
DECEMBER 1934. 1
ST
BATCH
COMMISSIONED.
SECOND WORLD WAR(1939-
45) 2.5 MILLION.

3. COMBAT ARMS

4. THE INFANTRY
THE FOOT SOLDIER THAT MARCHES TO WAR AND
TAKES THE BRUNT OF ATTRITION ON HIS BROAD
SHOULDERS .

5. THE INFANTRY REGIMENTS
BRIGADE OF THE GUARDS
PARAS
MECH INF
PUNJAB REGIMENT
MADRAS REGIMENT
THE GRENADIERS
MARATHA LIGHT INFANTRY
RAJPUTANA RIFLES
RAJPUT REGIMENT
JAT REGIMENT
SIKH REGIMENT
SIKH LIGHT INFANTRY
DOGRA REGIMENT
GARHWAL RIFLES
KUMAON REGIMENT

6. •KUMAON REGIMENT
•ASSAM REGIMENT
•BIHAR REGIMENT
•MAHAR REGIMENT
•JAK RIF
•JAK LI
•NAGA REGIMENT
•1 GORKHA RIFLES
•3 GORKHA RIFLES
•4 GORKHA RIFLES
•5 GORKHA RIFLES
•8 GORKHA RIFLES
•9 GORKHA RIFLES
•11 GORKHA RIFLES
•LADAKH SCOUTS & ARUNACHAL
SCOUTS
THE INFANTRY REGIMENTS

7. THE INFANTRY REGIMENTS
ARM BASIC UNIT EQUIVALENT REGIMENT
INFANTRY
BATTALION
NUMBER OF BATTALIONS
OF SAME GROUP.
DOGRA- 1D, 2D, 19D
GUARDS- 1G 2G, 3G……
GARH RIF-
1GARH, 2 GARH
ARMOUR
ARTY
REGIMENT BATTALIO
N
BATTALIO
N
REGIMENT
AIR DEF
ENGINEERS
NO GROUPING LIKE
INFANTRY.
ALL ARMOURED
REGIMENTS TOGATHER
CALLED CORPS
SAME FOR OTHER
ARMS
REGIMENT
REGIMENT
BATTALIO
N
BATTALIO
N

8. INFANTRY WEAPONS
1
5.56 INSAS RIFLE
2.
5.56 INSAS LMG
ISRAEL LMG
COMING IN
3.
9mm CARBINE
4.
9mm PISTOL
5.
DRAGNOV SNIPER RIFLE
6.
51mm MOR
7.
84mm CARL GUSTAF RL
8.
HE GREN No 36

9. •BASICALLY MOUNTED TROOPS.
•INTIALLY ON HORSES.
•TODAY ON TANKS & TRACKED VEHICLES.
THE CAVALRY

10. THE CAVALRY
T 90 TANKS
BMP 2 (Boyevaya Mashina Pekhoty)
T-90S BHISHMA IS FROM RUSSIA
INITIALLY 310 T-90S TANKS WERE IMPORTED FROM RUSSIA.
THE TANK HAS A FIRE CONTROL SYSTEM WHICH INCLUDES DAY AND
NIGHT SIGHTING SYSTEM WHICH DETECTION OF A TARGET BETWEEN
THE RANGES OF 700M TO 1100 M DURING NIGHT.
ONE 125MM 2A46M SMOOTHBORE GUN .
T-90S BHISHMA TANK WAS MANUFACTURED BY THE HEAVY
VEHICLES FACTORY AT AVADI, TAMIL NADU ON JAN 7, 2004 . 
Mass 48
 
tonnes 
(T-90SM)
[5]
Length 9.63
 m (31 ft 7 in) 6.86 m
(22
 ft 6 in) (hull)
Width 3.78
 m (12 ft 5 in)
Height 2.22
 m (7 ft 3 in)
Crew 3

11. THE CAVALRY
T 90 TANKS
BMP 2 (Boyevaya Mashina Pekhoty)

13. BMP 2 (Boyevaya Mashina Pekhoty)

14. MECHANISED INFANTRY

15. COMBAT SUPPORT
ARMS

16. THE ARTILLERY
•RAISED ON 28
SEPTEMBER 1827.
•INTIALLY CANNONS.
•TODAY HAS MODERN
LONG RANGE
WEAPONS.
•THE 155MM BOFORS &
130mm GUNS.
•RANGES UPTO 30 KMs

17. THE ARTILLERY
•BARRELS: 12
•RANGE: 75 KM
•R OF FIRE: - 12 IN <
44SECS
BOFORS
RANGE: 30 KM

18. THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS
•MULTIFEROUS TASKS.
•ACCURATE SURVEY.
•LAYING OF BRIDGES .
•MINEFIELDS.
•OBSTACLES.
•HELIPADS.
•CONSTRUCTING FIELD FORTIFICATIONS.
•MANNING ESSENTIAL SERVICES.

19. PONTOON BRIDGES

20. THE ENGINEERS TRACK LAYING

21. AAD

22. S 400

23. S 400

24. AVIATION

25. 'AIR CAVALRY' CONCEPT
Attack Helicopters are fully
integrated with tanks and mechanised
ground forces.
•Performs a number of tasks,
including troop insertion in forward
areas, on the spot aerial recce &
launching attacks
•US used this concept in the jungles
of Vietnam during the war from
1954-75.
•Indian Army is focusing on
UTILISING attack helicopters as
FORCE MULTIPLIERS and will increase
the potency of ground forces to engage
the targets.
•The Army's combative air assets will
be crucial in the land battles in
desert along the western front as well
as in the eastern front where the
terrain is mountainous

26. SIGNALS

27. LOGISTIC UNITS

28. ARMY SERVICE CORPS
SUPPLIES
FUEL,OIL & LUBRICANTS
MECHANICAL TRANSPORT
ANIMAL TRANSPORT
TANK TRANSPORTERS

29. LOGISTICS
•AOC.(AMN,CLO, WAR LIKE STORES )
•ARMY MEDICAL CORPS.(AMC)
•ARMY DENTAL CORPS. (ADC)
•CORPS OF ELECTRICAL &
MECHANICAL ENGINEERS. (EME)
•CORPS OF MILITARY POLICE.
(PROVOST).
•PIONEER CORPS.
•ARMY POSTAL SERVICE.
•REMOUNT &VERTINARY CORPS.

30. THE ORGANISATION

31. THE ORGANISATION
INF BDE
INF BN INF BN INF BN
INF BN
PLATOON PLATOON PLATOON
PLATOON
RIF COY
RIF COY RIFLE COY RIF COY
SP &
ADM COY
RIF COY

32. OFFICER RANKS
GENERAL LIEUTENANT
GENERAL
MAJOR
GENERAL
BRIGADIER COLONEL
LIEUTENANT
COLONEL
MAJOR CAPTAIN LIEUTENANT
SECOND
LIEUTENANT

33. COMPARATIVE RANKS ARMED FORCES
ARMY NAVY AIRFORCE
GENERAL ADMIRAL AIR CHIEF MARSHAL
LT GENERAL VICE ADMIRAL AIR MARSHAL
MAJ GEN REAR ADMIRAL AIR VICE MARSHAL
BRIG COMMODORE AIR COMMODORE
COL CAPTAIN GROUP CAPTAIN
LT COL COMMANDER WING COMMANDER
MAJ LIEUTENANT
COMMANDER
SQUADRON LEADER
CAPT LIEUTENANT FLIGHT LIEUTENANT
LIEUTENANT SUB LIEUTENANT FLYING OFFICER

35. GEN M M NIRAVANE
PARAM VISHISHT SEVA
MEDAL
ATI VISHISHT SEVA
MEDAL
SENA MEDAL
VISHISHT SEVA MEDAL

39. DISASTERS
•TSUNAMI (2004)
•KASHMIR EARTHQUAKE : OPERATION IMDAD (2013).
•FLOOD RELIEF MONSOON 2007, 2008 & 2017 .
•BIHAR FLOODS (2008 & 2017).
•BHUJ EARTHQUAKES (2001).
•INTERNATIONAL DISASTERS .

40. MAINTENANCE OF LAW AND ORDER
•GUJAR AGITATION – RAJASTHAN
(2017).   
 
•DERA RIOTS.
•MUMBAI BLASTS.
 

41. UNITED NATIONS MISSIONS

42. UN PEACE KEEPING
• INDIAN ARMY PARTICIPATION IS OVER 65
YEARS OLD.
•COVERS 43 UN MISSIONS SPANNING FOUR
CONTINENTS.
•INDIA SECOND LARGEST TROOPS
CONTRIBUTOR TO THE UN.
•PEACEKEEPING MORE COMPLICATED.
•INDIAN PEACEKEEPERS SUFFERED
SIGNIFICANT CASUALTIES WITH AN
HONOUR ROLL OF 128 TO DATE .

43. UN PEACE KEEPING OTHER MISSIONS
•CONGO.
•SUDAN.
•MOZAMBIQUE.
•SOMALIA.
•SIERRA LEONE.
•RWANDA.
•BOSNIA.

44. 7
th
PAY SCALE
RANK LEVEL (PAY IN RS.)
LIEUTENANT LEVEL 10 56,100 – 1,77,500
CAPTAIN LEVEL 10 B 61,300-1,93,900
MAJOR LEVEL 11 69,400 – 2,07,200
LIEUTENANT COLONEL LEVEL 12A 1,21,200 – 2,12400
COLONEL LEVEL 13 1,30,600-2, 15,900
BRIGADIER LEVEL 13A 1,39,600-2,17,600
MAJOR GENERAL LEVEL 14 1,44,200-2,18,200
LT GEN HAG SCALE LEVEL 15 1, 82, 200-2,24,100
VCOAS/ARMY CDR/
LIEUTENANT GENERAL
(NFSG)
LEVEL 17 2,25,000/-(FIXED)
COAS LEVEL 18 2,50,000/-(FIXED)

45. THE INDIAN AIR FORCE

47. THE INDIAN AIR FORCE
BHĀRATĪYA VĀYU SENĀ
 THE AIR ARM OF THE INDIAN ARMED FORCES .
 RANKS FOURTH AMONGST THE AIRFORCES OF THE
WORLD.
OFFICIALLY ESTABLISHED ON 8 OCTOBER 1932.

AN AUXILIARY AIR FORCE OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE FOUGHT
WORLD WAR II WITH THE PREFIX ROYAL.
 AFTER INDEPENDENCE THE NAME ROYAL INDIAN AIR
FORCE WAS KEPT TILL TRANSITION TO A REPUBLIC IN 1950.
 SINCE 1950 INVOLVED IN FOUR WARS WITH PAKISTAN
AND ONE WITH THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.
OTHER MAJOR OPERATIONS - MEGHDOOT, VIJAY CACTUS .
PARTICIPATED IN UNPKF.

48. STRENGTH

MIG 29
AWACS
SUKHOI
MIRAGE 2000
EMBRARE
IL76

49. THE INDIAN AIR FORCE
AIRCRAFT ORIGIN TYPE IN SERVICE
COMBAT AIRCRAFT MIG-21 FIGHTER 244
MIG-27 GROUND
ATTACK
84
MIG 29 MULTI ROLE 66
SUKHOI SU-30 MULTIROLE 233
DASSAULT RAFALE MULTIROLE 36
JAGUAR GA 95

50. TRANSPORTER
AIRCRAFT ORIGIN TYPE IN
SERVICE
BOEING C-17 United States STRAT AIRLIFT 10
Ilyushin Il-76 Soviet Union Strategic airlifter 14
Antonov An-32 Ukraine Transport 104
Embraer Legacy
600
Brazil VIP transport 4
C-130J Super
Hercules
United States Tactical airlifter 11
Hawker Siddeley
HS 748
United Kingdom Transport 57

51. THE ORGANISATION
AIR HQ
TRG COMMAND
WESTERN AIR
COMMAND
SOUTH
WESTERN AIR
COMMAND
SOUTHERN AIR
COMMAND
EASTERN AIR
COMMAND
CENTRAL AIR
COMMAND
MAINT
COMMAND

52. BRANCHES
FLYING
TECHNICAL
GROUND
DUTIES
ADMIN
ACCOUNTS
ENGINEERING
MET
MEDICAL
EDUCATION

53. MARSHAL OF THE AIR FORCE
•01 AUGUST 1964, TOOK OVER AS CAS IN THE RANK OF AIR
MARSHAL.
•FIRST AIR CHIEF WHO KEPT HIS FLYING CATEGORY TILL HIS CAS
RANK.
•FLOWN OVER 60 DIFFERENT TYPES OF AIRCRAFT FROM PRE-WW-2
ERA BIPLANES TO THE MORE CONTEMPORARY, GNATS &
VAMPIRES, HE ALSO HAD FLOWN IN TRANSPORTS LIKE THE SUPER
CONSTELLATION
•AWARDED THE PADMA VIBHUSHAN FOR HIS LEADERSHIP.
•HE RETIRED IN AUGUST 1969.
•AMBASSADOR TO SWITZERLAND.
MARSHAL OF THE INDIAN AIR FORCE ARJAN
SINGH, DFC.
FIRST CHIEF FOR LEADING THE FORCE INTO WAR
CONFERRED THE RANK OF THE MARSHAL OF
THE AIR FORCE IN JANUARY 2002 MAKING HIM
THE FIRST AND THE ONLY 'FIVE STAR' RANK
OFFICER WITH THE INDIAN AIR FORCE.

54. AIR CHIEF MARSHAL
V R CHAUDHARY,
PVSM, AVSM, VM

60. INDIAN NAVY
FOUNDED 1612; 406 YEARS AGO
SIZE 67,228
MOTTO(S)
 
शंनोवरुणः
SHAM NO VARUNA
MAY THE LORD OF THE
WATER BE AUSPICIOUS
UNTO US (ENGLISH)
COLOURS NAVY BLUE, WHITE
MARCH
JAI BHARTI (VICTORY TO
INDIA)
ANNIVERSARIES NAVY DAY: 4 DECEMBER

61. OPERATIONAL FLEET
• ONE AIRCRAFT CARRIER
• ONE AMPH TPT DOCK.
• EIGHT LANDING SHIP TANKS
• 11 DESTROYERS
• 14 FRIGATES
• ONE NUCLEAR-POWERED ATTACK SUB
• ONE BALLISTIC MISSILE SUB
• 14 CONVENTIONALLY-POWERED ATTACK
SUB
• 22 CORVETTES,
• FOUR MINE COUNTERMEASURE VESSELS,
• FOUR FLEET TANKERS.

62. DESTROYER
•FAST, MANOUEVERABLE, LONG-DISTANCE WARSHIP.
• ESCORT LARGER VESSELS IN A FLEET, CONVOY OR
BATTLE GROUP.
•DEFEND AGAINST SMALLER, SHORT-RANGE ATTACKERS.
• SEVENTEEN DESTROYERS HAVE SERVED, OR CURRENTLY
SERVE, IN THE INDIAN NAVY.
•NAVY OPERATES 11 GUIDED-MISSILE DESTROYERS FROM
THREE CLASSES: KOLKATA CLASS, DELHI CLASS, AND
RAJPUT CLASS

63. FRIGATE
•WARSHIP INTENDED TO PROTECT OTHER WARSHIPS AND
MERCHANT MARINE SHIPS.
•ANTI-SUBMARINE, ANTI-AIRCRAFT AND ANTI-SURFACE
ROLES.
•PROTECT AMPHIBIOUS EXPEDITIONARY FORCES, 
REPLENISHMENT GROUPS AND MERCHANT CONVOYS.
•FRIGATES ARE SMALLER THAN DESTROYERS. INDIA HAS 14
FRIGATES.

64. CORVETTE
•IS A HIGHLY FAST, MANEUVERABLE, LIGHTLY
ARMED WARSHIP.
•SMALLER THAN A FRIGATE.
•CONSIDERED THE SMALLEST VESSEL TO BE
CALLED A PROPER WARSHIP.
•SOME CORVETTE MAY REACH THE SIZE OF A
SMALL FRIGATE. INDIA HAS 22 CORVETTES.

65. AIRCRAFT CARRIER
•AN AIRCRAFT CARRIER IS BASICALLY A
SEAGOING AIRBASE.
•IT ALLOWS A COUNTRY TO PROJECT AIR
POWER OUTSIDE OF IT'S OWN TERRITORY
WITHOUT A LAND BASE.
•IN MOST CASES IT SERVES AS THE
CAPITAL SHIP.
•AIRCRAFT CARRIERS ARE ESCORTED BY
OTHER KINDS OF SHIPS.

66. ADMIRAL KARAMBIR SINGH
CHIEF OF THE NAVAL STAFF
•NAVIGATION AND DIRECTION SPECIALIST.
•EXECUTIVE OFFICER INS VIRAAT & FLEET OPERATIONS OFFICER
OF THE WESTERN FLEET
•RECIPIENT OF PARAM VISHIST SEVA MEDAL AND ATI VISHIST
SEVA MEDAL
•HONORARY AIDE-DE-CAMP TO THE PRESIDENT OF INDIA.
•CHAIRMAN, CHIEFS OF STAFF COMMITTEE ON 01 JANUARY 17.

69. JAI HIND