The Indian army will begin its first ever mountain combat on October 7. The exercise is to test the mobility, coordination and communication of the troops in difficult terrain.

• The exercise is important for the validation of the Integrated Battle Group (IBG) that was newly raised with new operational concepts. The IBG was established to meet the modern warfare considering the military progress of the enemy threats.

IBG – Integrated Battle Group

• IBG was created in 2018. It was created for quicker and formidable launch of attack on enemy. There are about 5 to 6 IBG units.
• The configuration of the unit depends on the aim the forces require to achieve at that point of time and also depends on the operational terrain.
• The Combat arms of the IBG namely armored, Infantry, Artillery, mechanized infantry will be trained together at one place.
• Based on the terrain desert, mountain or plains the intelligence team of engineers, signal support, communication support, supply will be integrated.