why are some soldiers wearing tactical gloves and some not. Are they not issued by the army
Nah. They are either purchased by the unit commanders or individuals. The good thing is that the gloves are readily available in the market and unlike guns you don't have to worry about the lack of standardisation creating a big logistical issue. As long as it fits, who gives a damn.
The benefit of having an unit/individual based purchase system is that there is always someone in the market looking for new gloves. That incentivizes companies to keep coming up with newer/better gloves. However, if they were purchased in bulk they would be lower priced.
Any updates about change in uniform
Well the Army(all services actually) has a number of different uniforms. There is the :
Ceremonial uniform(for parades and stuff) : Unlikely to change
Official uniform(for official work/duties) : Likely to change
Battle dress uniform(self-explanatory) : Likely to change
Let's talk about the BDU first. QZCTs is likely going to be the standard going forward. They will be available in a bunch of different camo patterns, which is to be expected. The most commonly seen camo patterns over the last year are the following :
We haven seen any QZCTs in desert or snow camo. Of course NSGs have their all black QZCTs. I suppose you could say we are still experimenting with camo patterns, seeing what works best for us. But QZCTs are going to be standard, irrespective of chosen camo pattern. The questing is when.
Now, the official uniform will carry the same pattern as the QZCT. But it will have camo prints all over it, unlike the QZCTs which have prints on the arms but have a plain colored chest,abdomen and back.
Look at what Dhoni baba is wearing. Could that be the official uniform ? Guess we will know soon enough.
This is G3 rifle, you sure this from IA?
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CRPF, not IA. Yes I am sure, look at that head gear. That's a patka, except for CAPFs no one uses them anymore. Over the years a lot of Pakistani armed insurgents came armed with the H&K G3s. Along with of course the omnipresent AK, sometimes American guns like Colt M4 SOPMOD, the recently captured American sniper(I forget the name) etc.
Well after the insurgents are dispatched to get their 72 virgins, we usually re-cycle Pakistani guns and start using them ourselves. Coz why not ? Winning a low cost proxy war require us to cut down costs on our side too. At the peak of insurgency in the 90s, we had gathered so many AKs that the all RR regiments, CAPFs, KP-SOG, Para, MARCOS etc. started using the AKs. These are the AKs you see in service today. In a way the Pakistanis armed us, funny how fate works.
Over the years, the Army felt a need of upgrading the quality of the weapons. In came companies like FAB defense. Making up for the modified AKs that you see today.
The G3 over there probably has a similar story to tell. Being a 7.62N chambered rifle, it would be a very effective medium range sniper. Today it these along with Dragunovs are used to provide sniper cover to our forces during CI/CT ops. Sometimes to snipe Pak soldiers across the LoC. Using their guns to kill them, the Army has a murderous sense of humour.
Now that we have a single unified command for the various special forces we have, can we expect commonality and up-gradation of their equipment? Anyone with any info on this?
We already do have some commonalty across services. For example, everybody uses 7.62R AKs, everybody uses Tavor TAR21s, everybody uses PK machine guns.
What specific area of equipment to you want to know about ?
