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Hanumanthapuram (Chengalpet):
First the paratroopers jumped from 8,000 feet above and then a nearby mountain was pounded by mortars and guns of Bihar regiment as 700 Officers Training Academy cadets were exposed to a real time warfare scenario.
“We wanted to motivate our cadets and expose them to a real time warfare scenario where they can gauge the real effect of the weapons have on the enemies,” said UM Rajavelu, commandant of Officers Training Academy.
And the exposure had all the ingredients from drama in the high air to firing by medium and light machine guns, INSAS rifle as well as rocket launchers and 51 mm mortars, 81 mm mortars, anti-personal and anti-tank mines.
The event began with 21 paratroopers, eight from Indian Airforce’s renowned Akash Ganga sky diving team and 13 from Army Parachute Brigade, jumped from AN 32 aircraft at an altitude of 8,000 feet.
Group captain Arun Marwah from Aakash Ganga sky diving team told Express they were falling at 200 feet per second at a speed of 120 mile per hour and while they reached 3,000 feet they used their parachutes. The sky diving team displayed the flag formation as the audience was spellbound.
“It takes five jumps to become a paradropper and the training is a two year cycle,” says Group Captain Marwah, who trains army paratroopers.
Maj Gen Rajavelu said para jumps and para trooping form part of special operations, which have come to characterize a host of counter insurgency operations. The feat will inspire the young officer cadets, he added.
And then the guns boomed as army spokesperson provided information on various kinds of guns used. Crouched on the floor, the jawans of 16 Bihar regiment of Bangalore, displayed the firepower of the Indian army before the future officers. First it was the Insas rifle, then the medium and machine gun followed by rocket launchers and mortars.
“The aim of this demonstration was to inculcate the spirit of adventure among the cadets of OTA who are slated to join the officer cadre of the Indian army,” said Rajavelu
Hanumanthapuram (Chengalpet):
First the paratroopers jumped from 8,000 feet above and then a nearby mountain was pounded by mortars and guns of Bihar regiment as 700 Officers Training Academy cadets were exposed to a real time warfare scenario.
“We wanted to motivate our cadets and expose them to a real time warfare scenario where they can gauge the real effect of the weapons have on the enemies,” said UM Rajavelu, commandant of Officers Training Academy.
And the exposure had all the ingredients from drama in the high air to firing by medium and light machine guns, INSAS rifle as well as rocket launchers and 51 mm mortars, 81 mm mortars, anti-personal and anti-tank mines.
The event began with 21 paratroopers, eight from Indian Airforce’s renowned Akash Ganga sky diving team and 13 from Army Parachute Brigade, jumped from AN 32 aircraft at an altitude of 8,000 feet.
Group captain Arun Marwah from Aakash Ganga sky diving team told Express they were falling at 200 feet per second at a speed of 120 mile per hour and while they reached 3,000 feet they used their parachutes. The sky diving team displayed the flag formation as the audience was spellbound.
“It takes five jumps to become a paradropper and the training is a two year cycle,” says Group Captain Marwah, who trains army paratroopers.
Maj Gen Rajavelu said para jumps and para trooping form part of special operations, which have come to characterize a host of counter insurgency operations. The feat will inspire the young officer cadets, he added.
And then the guns boomed as army spokesperson provided information on various kinds of guns used. Crouched on the floor, the jawans of 16 Bihar regiment of Bangalore, displayed the firepower of the Indian army before the future officers. First it was the Insas rifle, then the medium and machine gun followed by rocket launchers and mortars.
“The aim of this demonstration was to inculcate the spirit of adventure among the cadets of OTA who are slated to join the officer cadre of the Indian army,” said Rajavelu
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