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