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'Prachand' is here: Decoding India's Light Combat Helicopter Mission | In Our Defence, S02, Ep 27
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 มิ.ย. 2024
- This week, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited announced a significant development: the Defence Ministry has issued a Request for Proposal for 156 Light Combat Helicopters (LCHs) as part of the government's push to boost defence indigenisation. Of these, 90 will be allocated to the Indian Army and 66 to the Indian Air Force (IAF). Currently, 15 Prachands are in service with the IAF and 5 with the Indian Army. The LCH was formally named Prachand in October 2022.
What Makes the Prachand Special?
The Prachand, a marvel of modern engineering, is the world's only attack helicopter capable of landing and taking off at 5,000 meters (16,400 ft). This unique feature makes it ideal for high-altitude operations in challenging areas like the Siachen glacier and eastern Ladakh. Equipped with a range of air-to-ground and air-to-air missiles, it can neutralise enemy air defence operations.
In this episode, host Dev Goswami and defence expert Shiv Aroor explore the significance of light combat helicopters, the history of the Prachand's development, and how it compares with the Boeing Apache, of which the IAF operates 22 and the Army 6.
The duo explores these key questions: Why do the Air Force and Army have separate combat helicopter divisions? Will the new acquisition reduce India's reliance on Western or foreign equipment? Can India achieve greater self-sufficiency in defence capabilities with these additions?
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Produced by Anna Priyadarshini
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Timestamps:
01:06-2:40-Snake in amazon delivery
2:40-6:00-‘Light’ in every helicopter names?
6:00-9:07-Role of a combat helicopter, why military needs it
9:07-19:56-Prachanda, comparison with Boeing Apache
19:56-23:37-How is Rudra different from Prachanda
23:37- 31:00- Having our own helicopter
31:00-40:30-Air Force and Army’s Prachanda, any difference?
40:30-46:03-Is it HAL’s moment to shine?
46:03-49:53-Sarakrism runs in HAL's blood
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Regarding website:They can overhaul it something like a car website where a 3D model of plane/products is available and people or customers can view and zoom it from multiple angles and can also equip Indian made or compatible weapon systems.
Please do a podcast on Indias Awacs success with Netra program, radar success with swathi and other radar types on naval ships.
The armed version of Druv is Rudra. And if you modify the fuselage of a hepter then would it be the same helicopter? No. I think prachand is a different helicopter developed by India. Also, an Apache made an emergency landing in the northern sector with significant damages to the body, making it unfit for flying. So, I think the number is one less.
Great Talk , to my best understanding, the AFCS on Dhruv is from Safran and the Glass Cockpit is from ELBIT... N there is nothing wrong with it ... All Helicopter OEMs buy subsystems incl. sub-systems which are imp from flight safety point of view and can impact the flight envelop of the platform.
Vietnam 🇻🇳 War was a learning curve for the Americans in helicopter designing. Example Armor plates, Kevlar seats, EW pods etc.
Saying that the IAF doesn't deserve to have any or small number of attack helicopters is assuming that IA is coming to help them with their helicopters in case of a land attack on Airforce assets on ground..
We are always reactive, never proactive. We don't have a lot of innovative product that is a first of its kind. We need to change our mindset to be pioneers instead of trying to be on par with the rest.
IAF during the initial stage of the war will be involved in engaging strategic targets in the enemy area. During that period, they can't provide close air support to the Army. Hence, the army requires attack helicopters, which partly solve their problem. The Army also requires CAS fighter aircrafts of subsonic speed, which engage both aerial & ground targets not negotiable by attavk hepters. Example US Army.
Could you do a podcast on internal security? With special reference to border states.
Any scoop on LUH?
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HAL has the mentality of a "sarkari business", meaning no effort is made to announce or try for stretch goals. The discussion was interesting in that it pointed out the fact that HAL is, for the majority of its existence, a "Meccano assembly" company, and the aircraft it screws together are so bad, that even the Soviets would not certify them. A more necessary discussion would be asking why HAL, whose predecessors produced aircraft and aircraft parts for WW2, has been unable to conceptualize, design, and build a viable aircraft for India. All high value material, like engines, weapons systems, sensors, etc. are imported. The entire conversation was in the context of what Indian commentators said. Has it ever been field tested against foreign competitors in the numerous games the Armed Forces participate abroad? The 2 Dhruv helicopters sold in South America were a failure. Any analysis on that? How can India expect HAL to change at all, if all it hears are accolades for work that is , by international standards, abysmal.
I too Thought about the Snake
HAL website takes full 30 sec to load webpage
Prachand -- Colour should be like dark olive blackish like American Apache, specially military Prachand be like Dark green olive.
Airforce -
Navy can use different colours.
Looking forward to the HAL ✈️ episode.
There is still scope to make Prachand more aerodynamic, especially the belly portion of the helicopter.
Transport aircrafts meant for troops , ammunition, artilarirs etc. Should be with army?
why dont send Prachand to Israel and let them do tinkering with it
Hi can u guys make vedio on how india can make terrorist squad per city equip with helicopters and pretty everything like usa have
I feel Prachand should be renamed as dragonfly, if you look at the aerodynamic structure it resembles the dragonfly. I would say dragonfly sound a lot better than prachand. Even in the international market it’s the name that sell first.
Lol, brown coolie spotted. Is Rafale an English name for international market ? You loonies don't understand shit and go about commenting stupidity.
What a lame childish comment.. How old ru?
Order numbers are very very conservative. It should have been atleast 2500 in numbers .just see the numbers with our enemies Pakistan and Chinese. We have to negotiate hilly terrain, deserts ,jungle terrain. We also have to recover POK .Our NSA has no background in 14:46 Millitary operations and Millitary equipment.
I DO NOT understand why airforce has to operate any helicopter apart for the few they need for utility!! As a thumb rule. Anything that does not need a runway to land should be with the army... And anything that need should be with AF. also believe space, air defence, missile defence, icbms should be with the air force.
Woah...then who has the ICBMs and Air defense right now ?
Very thankful that we will have SOME close support capability -given the mess of the Tejas programme.
Guys, suppose there's Black-box-Booster that supplies a 10-50 percent added power to main shaft for 10 to 30 seconds, at any given altitude..... how useful would this feature be ?
The how isn't important at this point.
IAF doesn't have a bomber squadron still😢
Tactical or strategic ?
HAL should be an R& D unit and not a manufacturing unit.
We have DRDO for R&D
Please use a tool called Google.
You guys are making episode for the heck of it. Study the differences of rudra and prachand.
We need AI survillance capabilities on these choppers
HAL Website… one word to describe it…LAZY!!
Can all the prachand be here by next month? 😂
Comparing prachand and Apache is wrong. Apache can be compared with mi35. Prachand can be compared with eurocopter/T129/rovelik south african helicopter
Even after 25years of kargil. Helicopter is not ready for service. Funny ???😄
Moreover, it was flying since 2010 and it is 2024 . No sign of completion with all weapons 😢😢😢
Did u even see the episode? A simple Google search can save u from embarrassment.
Shiv Aroor is the least celebrated good journalist.
sell HAL to ADANI Defense
Don't agree with " Air force alone can win a war" Wish he had given an example.
Coupled with unmanned combined, least casualties and maximum impact. Army should be used more to police and target specific areas, clearing surface to air etc
Why is bro so pressed lol. He is angry as if he didn't get a sarkari job😢
Disgusting. Put your foot down Shiv.
This guy Aroor provides nothing new. I can Google or search TH-cam and find the info he is regurgitating. A lazy man’s presentation at best. Would have been interesting if true research around level of manufacturing readiness at Hal had been presented. An organization with a chronic underperformance issues.
Also depends on the kind of questions being asked...