According to a report by Russia's Sputnik news agency on May 16, India has once again launched a move on southern Tibet, directly building two large armored vehicle maintenance facilities in the "Ladakh" region on the border with China and India.
After the Indian side completes the construction, two mountain armored vehicle repair facilities will appear in Ladakh. Previously, in order to counter the PLA stationed at the border, the Indian army deployed more than 500 tanks and infantry fighting vehicles in "Ladakh". The problem is that the altitude here is very high, at least 4,000 meters.
At such a high altitude, tanks and infantry fighting vehicles are prone to breakdown, and they are super troublesome to repair, and it is also difficult to replenish new tanks and remove old ones, which need to be transported back and forth, for which India consumes a lot of manpower and financial resources.
And now they have decided to build a maintenance facility directly here, so that there is no need to run up and down for transportation and maintenance. Because of the high altitude here, this maintenance facility in India should be the highest military facility in the world.
In addition, it should be noted that India has already built a domestically produced "Zolawal" light tank. According to the Indian side, this tank is specially designed to defeat the Type 15 light tanks deployed on the Sino-Indian border. If India really deploys "Zolawal" to the Sino-Indian border, it will be a big trouble for our side, and we should be more vigilant to avoid a surprise attack by the Indian army.
There is a big gap in the strength of the Sino-Indian border army, and the construction of maintenance facilities is very important for the Indian army
In fact, the Indian army is a veteran when it comes to raids. Wasn't the Galwan Valley conflict in 2020 the first raid by the Indian army? However, what they didn't expect was that they did not achieve victory after being fully prepared, but suffered heavy casualties, which was simply a loss to their wives and soldiers.
This conflict has made India see the gap between China and India on the border a little, and our side has not only deployed a large number of troops, but even the weapons and equipment are not inferior at all, which is also one of the important reasons why India did not achieve victory.
Therefore, since 2020, India has immediately sent anything good to the Sino-Indian border, trying to strengthen the Indian army stationed at the border so that it can achieve victory in the next operation.
However, in recent years, the Indian army has transported good equipment to the border, and our army has transported stronger equipment, so the gap between the strength of the two armies is still very large. There is also a big gap between the two armies, and the terrain on the Indian side is dominated by plateaus, so it is relatively difficult to transport weapons and repair.
India's tanks deployed in "Ladakh" are mainly T-90 and T-72 tanks and similar main battle tanks and BMP-2 armored vehicles, because the altitude of "Ladakh" is too high, and the climate is particularly cold, as high as minus 40 degrees.
Tanks and armoured vehicles are particularly prone to problems with power and hydraulics systems in such an environment, so the frequency of maintenance of Indian tanks and armoured vehicles deployed on the Sino-Indian border is particularly high.
Every time the weapons and equipment that need to be repaired and repaired are transported to the border, it is necessary to use large transport aircraft such as C-17 and Il-76 to transport them back and forth, although the transportation can also be completed, but the cost is very large, and the number of round-trip transportation is too much, and the Indian army is somewhat unable to hold on.
If maintenance facilities are built in "Ladakh", they will not have to toss back and forth during maintenance, and can be repaired directly in "Ladakh", so that a lot of transportation costs can be saved. And for armored vehicles and tanks that need to be repaired, on-site repair is far more efficient than transporting them back and forth, and can be put into the mission faster.
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In addition to building maintenance facilities, the Indian army also has a move that needs our attention. The People's Liberation Army (PLA) has long deployed long-range strike groups with a range of more than 400 kilometers on the Sino-Indian border. Once a war starts, this kind of strike weapon can directly blow up and scrap a large number of combat vehicles and ground installations deployed by the Indian army on the border.
In addition, the Indian army of Type 15 light tanks deployed by the Chinese side on the Sino-Indian border is also extremely fearful. At present, the Indian army has no choice but to strike at a distance of fire, so it is targeting 15 light tanks. In order to solve this tank, the Indian side has developed a light tank called "Zolawal", which is intended to be deployed in southern Tibet in the future.
The main reason why it was not deployed now is that the tank has not been officially put into service, and it has not even been handed over to the army for testing. In other words, it is still uncertain when this light tank will enter service.
The main reason why India's weapons and equipment are called "made in all countries" is that India's military industry is not capable of producing weapons and equipment with advanced performance. This time, India said that "Zolawal" was developed by itself. So there are international skepticism about the performance of this tank. Not to mention the Type 15 light tanks against the mainland, even if it is to fight some tanks with ordinary performance, I don't know if the "Zolawal" can beat it.
Although "Zolawal" does not pose any threat to our army at present, we still cannot take it lightly, and although India is made by all nations, on the whole there are still many good things. If the PLA really underestimates the enemy, it is very easy to suffer big losses. Therefore, we can despise the Indian army strategically, but we must not despise them tactically, and we must be fully prepared.