FICV

An infantry fighting vehicle (IFV), also known as a mechanized infantry combat vehicle (MICV is a type of armoured fighting vehicle used to carry infantry into battle and provide direct-fire support.
The Futuristic Infantry Combat Vehicles will have additional capabilities and help carry troops to conflict zones and they will also have the capability of destroying enemy tanks.
The main operation task will include carrying armoured personnel, destroying enemy tanks, combat vehicles, low-flying helicopters and other ground-based weapon platforms.
They will also offer mobility to its crew and troops as well as provide fire support to dismounted troops.
The Indian Army plans to deploy the combat vehicles in posts such as Eastern Ladakh along with desert and amphibious terrain.

The Indian Army is looking to procure a new generation ‘Future Tank’ under the Future Ready Combat Vehicle (FRCV) project. In parallel, the FICV project and induction of other new platforms are also underway.
The FRCV will be a fighting vehicle platform that will be required to conduct sustained continuous operations by day and night in all weather conditions in terrain and temperature ranges obtaining on India’s Western borders.
It would be required to operate across developed / semidesert/desert terrain and in high altitude areas across the entire spectrum of conflict.

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