Made-in-India weapons shine at 74th Republic Day Parade
The Republic Parade 2023 kicked off with a march by a contingent of the Egyptian Armed Forces.
New Delhi, Jan 26: Kartavya Path witnessed the prowess of the armed forces armoured with hi-tech indigenously made equipment on Thursday on the occasion of the 74th Republic Day.
The Parade started off with a march by a contingent of the Egyptian Armed Forces. The first contingent in the uniform of the 61 Cavalry, which is the only serving active Horse Cavalry Regiment in the world, with the amalgamation of all the 'State Horse Units'.
It is followed by ARJUN of 75 Armoured Regiment which was led by Captain Amanjeet Singh. MBT ARJUN', is third generation main battle tank developed indigenously by India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).
Nag
Missile
System
(NAMIS)
Lt
Siddhartha
Tyagi
led
the
NAG
Missile
System
of
17
Mechanised
Infantry
Regiment.
BMP2/2
K
The
next
detachment
was
the
mechanised
column
of
Infantry
Combat
Vehicle
BMP-2
of
Mechanised
Infantry
Regimental
centre
led
by
Captain
Arjun
Sidhu
of
6
Mechanised
Infantry
Regiment.
K-9
Vajra-T
(SP)
Next
came
to
the
saluting
dais
was
K9
Vajra-T
of
224
Medium
Regiment
(Self
Propelled)
led
by
Lt
Prakhar
Tiwari.
Brahmos
The
next
detachment
was
of
Brahmos
of
861
Missile
Regiment
led
by
Lieutenant
Prajjwal
Kala.
10m
Short
Span
Bridge
The
10m
Short
Span
Bridge
of
64
Assault
Engineer
Regiment
led
by
Captain
Shivashish
Solanki.
Mobile
Microwave
Node
and
Mobile
Network
Centre
Mobile
Microwave
Node
and
Mobile
Network
Centre
of
Corps
of
Signals
was
led
by
Major
Mohd
Asif
Ahmed
of
2
AHQ
Signal
Regiment
with
a
motto
of
'Teevra
Chaukas' which
means
'Swift
and
Secure?
AKASH
weapon
System
The
next
detachment
is
of
AKASH
weapon
System
of
27
Air
Defence
Missile
Regiment
--
'the
Amritsar
Airfield',
led
by
Captain
Sunil
Dasharathe
accompanied
by
Lt
Chetana
Sharma
of
512
Light
AD
Missile
Regiment
(SP).
Wheeled
Armoured
Platform
-
WHAP
8x8
on
70
ton
trailer
Wheeled
Armoured
Personnel
Carrier,
WhAP
8x8,
carried
on
a
specialist
70-ton
Trailer
are
indigenously
designed
and
developed
by
DRDO.
With inputs from ANI