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SP's Land Forces - Issue 3 - 2024

Issue Features

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  LEAD STORY
  The Future of MBTs
  By Rohit Goel

  Battlefield of tomorrow will be transformed by the rise of the Man-Machine Alliance as Artificial Intelligence enhances the capabilities of MBT crews by improving situational awareness, automating routine tasks, and facilitating faster decision-making

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  General Upendra Dwivedi, new Chief of the Army Staff
  

  General Upendra Dwivedi took over as the 30th Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) on June 30, 2024. General Upendra Dwivedi is an accomplished military leader, with 40 years of service in the Armed Forces.

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  EXCLUSIVE

  INTERVIEW
  “Our Focus and Priority are to Nurture the Friendship with India when it comes to International Relations” — Tshering Tobgay, Prime Minister of Bhutan
  

  In a very exclusive interaction, Manish Kumar Jha speaks with Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay in Thimphu, Bhutan over the range of issues which will further reaffirm the historic bilateral relations with India

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  ARMOURED / MAKE IN INDIA
  AVNL — Powering Battlefield Vehicles Through Indigenisation
  By VNL_PR

  Armoured Vehicles Nigam Limited (AVNL) is planning to achieve 100 per cent indigenisation progressively by December 2025 to eliminate dependency on foreign sources for defence equipment

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  ARMOURED / MODERNISATION
  Combat Transportation & Fire Power
  By Lt General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

  The Indian Army plans to augment its armoured mobility through a two-pronged approach, by inducting Stryker Infantry Combat Vehicles (ICVs) co-developed with the US under ‘Make in India’, and by using indigenously designed and developed ICVs by the DRDO in collaboration with indigenous private industry

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  ARMOURED / MODERNISATION
  Light Tank Zorawar: A Grandeur Effort on Indigenous MilTech Collaboration; Trials to Prove
  By Manish Kumar Jha

  The unfolding of Light Tank Zorawar is certainly a milestone for indigenous military technology collaboration, especially with a domestic private entity (L&T) backed up by DRDO. The light tank now in the final stage, will prove some of the complex demonstration and firepower at high altitude areas. Along with this, it must also attempt to surpass the Chinese light tank, ZTQ-15 in its objective, showing technical prowess.

• Appointments
  

  Lt General N.S. Raja Subramani has assumed the appointment of the Vice Chief of Army Staff.
  Lt General Devendra Sharma, took over as the 25th General Officer Commanding in Chief of the Shimla based, Army Training Command (ARTRAC) on July 1, 2024.

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  Editorial
  By Jayant Baranwal, Publisher & Editor-in-Chief

  Indian Army got a new Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) with General Upendra Dwivedi taking over as the 30th Chief of the Army Staff on June 30, 2024. SP Guide Publications, congratulate General Dwivedi on his appointment and wish him all the success in his new role!