Since the birth of human civilization, war has never stopped. It can be said that the history of mankind is a history of war, and the main participants in war are the armies of various countries.
In addition to actively developing the military and industry, the quality of logistical support will also affect the combat effectiveness of the army.
Even in the United Kingdom, France, the Soviet Union, Germany and other large countries, due to the chaos of the Second World War, the quality of food was greatly reduced, and food shortages occurred from time to time.
After World War II, most countries had a stable development environment, a development environment and a military food level, but the world's different food standards were lower than India's.
As one of the four ancient countries, India's diet is unique, and Indian food has also brought us a huge visual impact. Food in India is poor, and military fans joke that everything can be mushy (food is usually mushy). Interestingly, however, Indian soldiers and officers have a high obesity rate and are basically big fat men.
As they walked, they held beer bellies and the footsteps of the old man, not at all like soldiers.
In our perception, obesity is almost directly proportional to the meat diet. It is generally believed that fat people eat more meat, in fact, foods with high oil and high salt can also lead to obesity.
Food for the army
Since 82% of Indians believe in education, they do not eat pork and beef, lamb is expensive and rarely eaten, so Indians mainly eat vegetarian food, ordinary people rarely eat meat, and the food in the army is even worse.
The basic ingredients of Indian food are roughly divided into potatoes, onions, noodles and rice. The military often uses foods that are high in sugar, fat, and salt to compensate for the high calories and fast consumption of vegetarian food. At the same time, pumpkins, potatoes, curries, beans, pepper, etc. were presented for almost every meal to prevent soldiers from having enough calories to resist the consumption of high-intensity exercise and marching, and not eat meat often.
In addition to rice, the Indian Army also has a staple food called puri cake, which is made from wheat flour. After frying, the puri cake usually includes potatoes, onions and vegetables, and is served with curry soup. It is said that every Indian soldier's day begins with the unique smell of puri bread.
Generally speaking, soldiers would grab the puri cake directly with their hands, roast potatoes with curry, and then drink a cup of hot tea and eat very full. Indian soldiers would also carry this food in the wild. The difference is that the side dishes are changed to potatoes and fried peppers, and sometimes onions, potatoes, fried eggs, etc.
In addition to pasta, the Indian army also has rice and beans, mixed with potato curry. Cauliflower and carrots have become common side dishes. As the army improved its food, the soldiers also provided extra vegetable salad made from lamb, tomatoes, onions, pepper and cucumbers.
Vegetarian troops sauté chili peppers with milk or flour as a substitute, and occasionally see salads such as tomatoes, onions, peppers, cucumbers, etc.
In general, Indian dinners are more abundant than lunches, especially soups and rice, but sugar, curry and pepper are the seasonings.
These foods have no nutrients, belong to carbohydrates, consume too many carbohydrates into the body, carbohydrates become glycogen, glycogen becomes fat, easy to cause soldiers to be obese, a group of big fat.
The amount of exercise in the army will exceed the amount of exercise of ordinary people, but indian soldiers and officers still have a lot of fat people, which is enough to show how sloppy the training of the Indian army is, but this kind of paste is not something that anyone who wants to eat can eat.
India's military service system
In today's peaceful mainstream environment, most countries are reducing their armaments, but India is one of the few countries that has been replenishing.
When many countries are worried about conscription, India's recruitment scene is very popular. Young Indians are keen to join the army, not because of their patriotic zeal, not because of their army, but because of their poverty.
In India, the average family earns about Rs 10,000 a month (as opposed to 846 yuan), but the average soldier earns about Rs 20,000 a month (about 1,700 yuan) and the subsidy is about 3,000 yuan.
Officers are numerous, second lieutenant Rs 30,000, major Rs 50,000, brigadier general salary Rs 100,000. Even according to the exchange rate before 2020, the monthly salary of a general in the Indian army is about 8900 yuan, which is a high salary in India. Officers' allowances and benefits cannot be counted on salary.
Military service in India follows the British colonial recruitment system. The recruitment system has a long service time, with the minimum of 17 years for ordinary soldiers and 21-33 years for soldiers. Officers of the rank of lieutenant generally serve up to the age of 50, officers of the school rank up to the age of 55, and officers of the rank of general can serve until the age of 60.
It is worth mentioning that being a soldier in India is guaranteed. Indian veterans who died or were disabled in the war.
In 2021, India's military expenditure reached 76.6 billion US dollars, accounting for 4% of India's GDP, ranking third in the world, higher than developed countries such as the United Kingdom and Russia. India pays $20 billion a year in soldier pensions, a third of military spending and more than four times that of other countries.
In this way, being a soldier in India is really beautiful and can be regarded as a family business. For example, the Sikhs in India make up 18% of the army. Sikh turbans have good physical fitness, good self-discipline, and are deeply loved by the army.
It is said that India selects a certain number of soldiers every year to study in military academies in Western countries, but most of the places are occupied by high-caste officers, and ordinary soldiers basically have no chance.
According to media reports, many veterans have been squad leaders in the Indian Army for more than a decade and are simply unable to be promoted. There were not many high-caste officers entering and leaving the barracks.
India's conscription education is very relaxed, almost everyone can sign up for the army, but the height can not be less than 168 cm.
There is a different item in the Indian conscription medical examination, that is, the beam chest circumference. Indians believe that a man with a large chest fits the great image of a soldier. In this examination, young people mentioned their breasts.
After passing the basic physical examination, there is also a physical fitness test, that is, a 1600-meter long run. With so many applicants, hundreds of people often run together on the runway and need to reach the finish line within 6 minutes and 30 seconds. Next, do 20 pull-ups.
After these projects are completed, indian boys have a hard time becoming soldiers, but the number of applicants each year is several times the planned number.
Causes of obesity
Most Indian soldiers are after the grassroots march, and the physical requirements for soldiers are not high. In addition to a few necessary items, physical training is also very small.
India's advocacy of stillness, believing that all highly labored jobs such as manual cooking, laundry, sweeping, and doing business are undignified, resulting in most people in India not liking movement, which was also brought to the military.
Most of the soldiers in the Indian Army come from lower-class families, and the chances of promotion are almost zero. Therefore, the officers and men at the grass-roots level are chaotic all day long, the training is not active, the meal is the first, and over time they will get fat.
Not only can senior officers open a small stove for themselves to supplement their nutrition, but they usually don't do physical training. Senior Indian Army officials have a normal abdomen. As a result, Indian soldiers and officers are usually fat.
In recent years, according to indian police casualties statistics, the number of obesity deaths is more than four times the number of public deaths, of which the number of public deaths is 1700 and the number of obesity deaths is 3700.
The Indian Army conducted medical examinations of officers and soldiers, and one third of them were overweight. The military is very angry about this and has specially developed overweight coercive measures, requiring Indian officers and soldiers to undergo annual obesity assessments. Hence the severity of obesity in the Indian Army.
We can see that in recent years, fat officers have often paraded. They had no neat strides and British martial arts postures, only a wide variety of patterns and strange patterns.
The Indian army has such good welfare because they left behind military ideas during the colonial period. The predecessor of the Indian Army was a mercenary army formed during the colonial period. After India's independence, it still followed the previous recruitment system, resulting in the idea of money for life being wagered and still popular in the Indian army
So even if India is deducted in other ways, it will not reduce the welfare of officers, but will continue to improve, attracting officers to work hard. Once welfare failed to keep up, officers passively neglected their jobs and even resigned.
Because the military system and political system completely copied the standards of Western countries. The Indian army is also competing for various military interests in Western countries. For example, India allocates military spending every year, and the Indian army competes for military interests at least once a year and does not budge.
Because of the level of the rule of law, the competition for interests in India's military services is even more harmful. In addition to military competition, the various branches of the Indian army have not conceded to each other in terms of military resources. Imagine if the Indian army could not reconcile the contradictions, and the combat effectiveness would certainly be greatly reduced.