The mechanised forces of Indian Army in the past have used AMX 13 and PT 76 light tanks for amphibious, high altitude and airborne operations. While the army preferred medium or heavy tanks for modernisation and capability building in the past few decades, light tanks are not new for the tankmen of Indian Army who have succesfully exploited these at Zojila-Kargil in November-December 1948 and at Chushul in 1962. Special Interest: RailRoad Junction, the locomotive encyclopedia.Light tanks have recently come to limelight again, thanks to the Indian Army’s quest for one, to boost its mountain warfare capability.

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Modern medium weight tank