Concept design of specialvehicle for Indian Military

Light specialist combat vehicles are required for the Military for a quick response to the attacks with effective 1) Maneuverability, 2) Survivability and 3) Combat. While focusing on to Indian defence scenario, the battle zones are moved from conventional to unconventional like terrorist attacks, border incursion and jungle warfare which highlights the requirement of an agile compact transportation medium for reconnaissance activities along with the border patrolling and counter attacks. The combat vehicle must be able to meet military requirements such as engine power efficiency, better internal space, more lethal force, armour protection, more ammunition storage, latest communication facilities, multipurpose utilities and remote weapon stations.

The requirement of a vehicle for Indian defence forces in future is studied from the analysis of various defence agencies. The opportunity gap is analysed with the existing defence vehicles in India along with the International defence vehicle market. The product design specification is generated with the help of QFD matrix and customer voice isolated from the military personnel's across various army wings. The requirements of the transportation from army location to combat zone has been analysed thoroughly along with the ergonomics data to reach overall packaging dimension of the vehicle. The concepts has been generated based on the PDS and customer voice like integrating sharable platform for various weapon stations, addition of communication facilities to line up with the battle command control and multipurpose activities like border patrol, recce operations and quick attacks. Selected concept is justified with the exterior and internal defence vehicle features and a mock up model visualization.

It is observed that the design features of the vehicle can meet the requirements of Indian Army and protect the interest of the country against the future threats.