Bad news for China, Pakistan as India may acquire this lethal weapon during PM Modi’s US visit, the weapon is…, its capable of…

Top Minister Narendra Modi is discipline to embark on a two-day search the advice of with to the US subsequent week, and besides talks on key disorders, discussions are moreover likely to be held about inking a deal to develop the Stryker ICV (Infantry Carrier Car) for the Indian Navy which is planning to fragment out its increasing outdated ICVs.

As per the proposal, India will on the origin aquire the Stryker ICV under the US’ Foreign Navy Sales (FMS) program, and later India and US will collectively own these navy carriers in India, with emphasis on increasing an enhanced version of the automobile.

Developed by Regular Dynamics Land Programs-Canada (GDLS-C) for the US Navy in a plant in London, Ontario, Stryker ICVs are a family of eight-wheeled armored battling vehicles designed for mountainous terrains, that contains a four-wheel pressure (8×4) that would be switched to all-wheel pressure (8×8).

In October closing yr, Regular Dynamics’ Indian companion had organized a 3-day demo of the Stryker ICV for the Indian Navy in Ladakh, showcasing the armored carriers capabilities to the navy’s high brass. In accordance with the navy. the Stryker’s engine performed exceptionally smartly in Ladakh’s sub-zero temperatures, making it a viable possibility for India’s defense power within the draw.

Stryker ICV capabilities

The Stryker ICVs are 8-wheeled infantry carrier vehicles, weighing over 16 tons, and measuring 22 feet in size. The ICVs are enhanced with a bolt-on ceramic armor, offering an all-spherical, 14.5×114mm safety to personnel.

The armored battling vehicles, that will carry up to 9 passengers, are equipped with either a 12.7 mm M2 machine gun, a 40 mm Mk 19 grenade launcher mounted in a Protector a ways flung weapon role, a  30 mm Mk44 Bushmaster II gun (on Stryker Dragoons), or a 105 mm M68A2 gun (on M1128 mobile gun system), reckoning on different variants of the automobile.

The M1128 mobile gun system (MGS) variant of the Stryker moreover employs 12.7 mm M2 and 7.62 mm M240 machine guns as its secondary weapon. The ICVs are powered by a Caterpillar C7 350 hp (260 kW) engine, boasting a maximum velocity of 60 mph (97 km/h), and an operational differ of 310 mi (500 km), in accordance with small print listed on the manufacturer’s website.

The Stryker ICVs are fight-tested armored carriers, having been outmoded by the US Navy in Afghanistan, and more honest recently by Ukrainian forces within the Russia-Ukraine battle.

Indian Navy to fragment out wheeled ICVs

The Indian Navy on the 2nd uses the BMP-2 ICVs, which are amphibious, being ready to putrid rivers and streams, a perform missing within the US-made Strykers. The navy has a total of 50 battalions of mechanized infantry, with every battalion having 52 ICVs, including wheeled and tracked ICVs.

The Indian Navy is getting ready to fragment out ancient ICVs from its mechanized infantry, which on the 2nd has spherical 2000 ICVs, including two variants– tracked and wheeled– of the Russian BMP-2 ICVs. The navy has begun the technique of replacing wheeled ICVs, and is conserving discussions with indigenous defence producers, and moreover pondering the chance of buying for the Stryker ICVs.

Particularly, DRDO had developed a 8-wheeled armed platform or WhAP, spherical a decade within the past, but its unclear whether this automobile would be outmoded as an infantry carrier automobile.