NEW DELHI: In a major boost to India’s readiness to face the Chinese at the Royal Line of Control (LAC), the Indian army has received the initial shipment of extremely cold weather clothing from the United States for its troops deployed to the border with China.
“An initial large quantity of extreme cold weather clothing has been received from the US defense forces and our troops there are being used,” government sources told ANI.
Sources said that the Indian Army maintains a stock of 60,000 of these extreme cold weather clothing sets for troops deployed throughout Ladakh including the two western fronts in Siachen and the eastern Ladakh sector.
This year, there was an additional requirement of around 30,000 of these sets, since about 90,000 soldiers are deployed in the region due to the aggression of the Popular Liberation Army (EPL) throughout LAC.
The emergency procurement of extremely cold weather clothing will help Indian Army troops to overcome the harsh winters in the Ladakh sector.
The Indian side has deployed two additional divisions in LAC that have been brought into the sector from the plains and one mountain division that has been training for high altitude operations for many years.
India is receiving a large amount of equipment from the United States, including various assault rifles for special forces, as well as SiGSauer assault rifles for infantry troops.
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