Army inducts Israeli ‘tank killers’

 

For: Preliminary & Mains

Topics covered:

• Powers for emergency procurements
• Israeli Spike anti-tank guided missiles
• India’s Man-Portable Anti-Tank Guided Missile

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News Flash

The Indian Army has begun to induct Israeli Spike anti-tank guided missiles (ATGMs) to destroy enemy tanks on the western front with Pakistan.

These ATGMs will meet immediate operational requirements till the indigenous man-portable “tank killers” being developed by DRDO are ready for induction.

 

Highlights

• The first lot of spike missiles and launchers arrived in India as part of the ‘Army’s vice chief’s emergency procurement powers’.
• These are fire-and-forget spike ATGMs, which have a strike range of up to 4-km.
• DRDO is quite confident about offering its MP-ATGM for “user trials” in 2020.

 

Powers for emergency procurements

• Soon after the attack in Pulwama, the government has given emergency powers to the armed forces for purchasing equipment to enable them to fight wars on the western outskirt with Pakistan.
• Under the recent emergency financial powers, armed forces have been given a free hand to get equipment worth up to ₹300 crores on a priority basis.
• Entirely new systems not being used can also be procured under the new powers.
• For the procurement under the emergency orders, the forces need not take concurrence of the Integrated Financial Advisor from the defence finance department.

 

MP-ATGM/ Man-Portable Anti-Tank Guided Missile

• MPATGM is an Indian third-generation fire-and-forget anti-tank guided missile and in currently under development by DRDO. It has a range of about 2.5 km.
• It is fitted with a high-explosive anti-tank (HEAT) warhead. The MPATGM is equipped with an advanced Imaging Infrared radar (IIR) seeker with integrated avionics. The missile has top attack capability.
• The missile is derived from India’s Nag ATGM.

 

Source: ToI

 

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