Basic Terminologies In Army

Since today I learn that we don’t have basic information about the army, so today I thought to write about some of the basics terms related to the army.

According to Article 53 of the constitution, the president should be vested as the supreme commander of all three defense services i.e Army, Navy, Airforce.

Lets deep dive into basic terminologies in the army:
1.Army: a large organized body of armed personnel trained for war especially on land.
2.Unit: Small part of the army.
3.Section: It is generally lead by the personnel of the rank of Havildar. It has a strength of 10 personals.
4.Platoon: It is generally commanded by JCO. It has a total strength of 32 troops, basically, it is the combination of three sections.
5.Company: Commanded by lieutenant/colonel/major. It comprises of 3 platoons
6.Battallion: It is commanded by Colonel. It consists of more than 900 combat personnel.
7.Brigade: Commanded by an officer of the rank of Brigadier. It consists of around 3000 combat troops. It consists of 3 battalions.
8.Division: Commanded by an officer of the rank of Maj. Gen. It usually consists of around 15000 troops. It consists of 3–4 brigades.
9.Corps: It is commanded by corps commander of rank Lieutenant general. It comprises 3–4 divisions.

Structure of Indian Army: It starts with the Army headquarters (New Delhi) which is under the overall command of the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Manoj Mukund Naravane. It is subdivided into 6 operational and 1 training command.

==>6 operation commands as follows:

1Northern command — Udhampur
2.Southern command — Pune
3.Eastern command — Kolkata
4.Western command — Chandimandir, Panchkula(Haryana)
5.South western command — Jaipur, Rajasthan
6.Central command — Lucknow

==>1 Training Command is in Shimla

Arms and Services in the Indian Army?

Arms: The arms consist of the Armoured Corps, the Infantry, the Artillery, the Engineers, the Signals, and more recently, the Air Defence Corps and the Aviation Corps, both of which originate from the Artillery. The Armoured Corps and Infantry are called Fighting Arms.

Services: The Artillery, Engineers, Signals, Air Defence Corps, and Aviation Corps are called Supporting Arms, as they support the Fighting Arms in the field. Those troops that provide the logistical support to the Arms are called Services. These are the Army Service Corps (ASC), Army Ordnance Corps (AOC), Corps of Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (EME), and Army Medical Corps (AMC). The Teeth-to-Tail (TTR) ratio is the number of soldiers in the fighting arms (Infantry, Armoured Corps, etc.) to the number of soldiers in the supporting arms (Army Service Corps, Army Ordnance Corps, etc). It is considered to be a barometer of efficiency & automation.

Various kinds of tanks in the Indian Army

1.Vickers MK-VI
2.M3 Stuart
3.M5 Stuart
4.M4 Sherman
5.Centurion
6.T-54
7.AMX-13
8.PT-76
9.T-55
10.BMP-1
11.BMD-1
12.BMP-2
13.BMD-2
14.T-90
15.Karna
16.Arjun
17.Bheesma
18.Vickers MBT

So these are some of the basic terms and knowledge about our Indian Army, Keep growing your knowledge.

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