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On a chilly November morning in 2008, an army Rakshak jeep crawled slowly along a side road near Sopore in J&K. The six Rashtriya Rifles jawans inside were on alert; in that area danger is always just around the corner. But when the attack came, there was little they could do; with a deafening blast, a scooter, parked by the roadside, blew up firing metal fragments into the side of the jeep. Had it been any other vehicle, lives would almost certainly have been lost. But all six soldiers emerged unscathed; they were lucky to be in an armoured Rakshak, one of just 200 that the army uses in J&K.
That is the available pic in SLDS site under Light Armoured Vehicle and it says the vehicle is capable of toppin 150kmh and First prototype will be out in June 2010 for Army trials
SLDS- Light Armoured Vehicle
All these models available to IA but they still operate vintage Rackshaks in tiny numbers:
Finally came across an authentic pic of the vehicle.Can hardly make it out though.
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Any news if IA is actually planning on a large-scale induction of light armoured veichles anytime soon? I mean there are plenty of options available to IA from home and abroad. And WTF is happening with Mahindra Axe?
+ anyways I thought that India was part of the US JLTV? http://www.dodbuzz.com/2009/10/06/india-signs-up-for-jltv/
M&M Axe(Israeli rip-off) failed to even complete the tests according to some and TATA LSV finished second-last in the trials.The TATRA Vectra leads as of now(?).The order is for 8000 vehicles.The vehicles should be capable of operating in temperatures ranging from -20 Degrees to 50 Degrees.