Why hasn't Indian army modernized its combat uniform?
The way we fight war might change with the weaponry of modern warfare constantly getting upgraded and more lethal, but the unwritten rules of firefights remains the same. "Don't get seen before you can see your enemy." (The disruptive pixelated battle pattern that was termed as modernized was created as a better means of camoflague both during the day and night, which meant it should actively conceal someone from a blind eye or a night vision or an infra red goggle. The downside was, you needed to make a different uniform for every combat environment to mantain that rationale of concealment. Which meant 4 uniforms for 4 combat environments- woodland, desert, urban and desert urban.) US Army Case: Lets take an example of US changing the uniform: Why did the US military go retro instead of keeping the digital pattern. Simple- war. In Afghanistan, excerpts from captured Taliban prisoners revealed that US army ACUs made it easier for the Taliban to spot from a...
