As we all know, India is a very magical country, in the eyes of Indians the world is completely different from what we know, and the Indian army is also a magical place, which often creates countless topics and shocks for the world!
Just recently, India once again shocked the world, the Indian media recently published a photo of an Indian anti-tank mobile platform, in which an Indian soldier drives an Indian tractor, and this tractor is the vehicle of India's so-called anti-tank mobile platform!
As soon as this photo came out, it immediately attracted widespread attention from international netizens, some people thought that this was a spoof by some Indian netizens, but they didn't expect to find out in person that the equipment advertised by the Indian media really existed, and it was incredible that the Indian military seemed to be very satisfied with this equipment!
In fact, the Indian military has not appeared once or twice with the tractor element, why do they have such a soft spot for tractors?
Indian military equipment tractors frequently leave the country!
To say that the most famous example of the Indian army's use of tractors is undoubtedly the use of tractors as aircraft tractors on Indian aircraft carriers.
But the Indian army did not care, they thought that such a phenomenon was completely acceptable, and they were very proud to show the people of the world tractors made in India!
Indeed, for India, the tractor with low chassis and strong grip horsepower makes it too difficult for India to independently develop it, but it takes tens of millions of dollars to buy from other countries, which makes India feel that it is wronged.
That's why there's a tractor pulling an airplane! I just don't know if the high failure rate of India's carrier-based aircraft is caused by too much bumps when the tractor is pulling?
If India's use of tractors to tow aircraft can be explained, then I don't know how to explain the cases you see next.
In 2020, India deployed a tractor-converted armored vehicle in the Mohara Valley, yes, an armored vehicle converted from a tractor, which looks like a tractor with an iron cab.
Judging from the photo alone, there is no armor and protection at all, although the tractor chassis gives this so-called armored car a good ability to pass through the terrain, but the turtle speed and power of the tractor make this armored car look very funny!
Of course, there are also photos of this mobile anti-tank platform recently released by the Indian media, from which we can see that the tractor also has individual anti-tank missiles and launchers in the front, and anti-tank missile launchers are installed in the tail!
This way of maneuvering and individual coordination, coupled with the combination of front and rear trimming, is definitely the individual equipment that every Indian anti-tank soldier dreams of!
Of course, except for the slightly slower movement speed and louder noise, and the fact that there is basically no protection, everything else is the advantage of this mobile platform!
Seeing this, the friends know how much the Indian military loves the tractor, right? Basically, wherever it can be used, the Indian army can use a tractor to match it!
Why does the Indian military have a soft spot for tractors?
In fact, it is not only the Indian army that feels that their military equipment and tractors are not a threat, but even Indian soldiers and people are used to such phenomena!
Perhaps most netizens don't know what the world's advanced anti-tank equipment looks like today! Today, most of the equipment of the Chinese People's Liberation Army is Bobcat anti-tank vehicles, low-profile all-terrain vehicles, which not only have the ability to pass through most vehicles, but also have a top speed of 60 kilometers.
Now the People's Liberation Army is even beginning to develop unmanned anti-tank equipment that integrates inspection and fighting, compared with India's tractor-level mobile anti-tank platform, everyone can tell at a glance which is superior and which is weak!
In fact, the Indian military also knows that the chassis of a tank or armored vehicle must be far superior to a tractor, and even a pickup truck is more reliable than a tractor if it is used as a so-called anti-tank mobile platform, but India does not have that strength at all!
Although India also has domestic cars and military-produced trucks, they basically use engine technology that is not used abroad. In contrast, because of the needs of industry and agriculture, India's tractors today are the world's most productive and reliable vehicles!
India's domestic tractor is not only solid and resistant, but also has a low failure rate, and the overall performance is very good, the Indian military hesitated for a long time between domestic trucks and tractors, and can only choose a tractor that looks ridiculous but reliable!
The Indian military's choice was a reluctant move, but the Indian media and the public did not have any sense of shame, but instead took out such a ridiculous and generous design and boasted it in every possible way.
This is a very puzzling move, and we don't know how the Indians' brains are opened. India's approach of not accepting its shortcomings but trying to boast about its shortcomings as its strengths is really flattering. Perhaps it is India's pompous and unwilling to accept reality that has made them not make much progress for so many years!