It is undeniable that it was the Air Force, as well as the Armored Corps and the Mountain Troops, that laid the foundation for Pakistan's victory.

However, the extremely heroic performance of the officers and men of the Pakistani army on the battlefield is to a large extent directly related to the weapons in their hands and the equipment on their bodies.

Judging from the preparation of individual soldiers, the Pakistani army can definitely be regarded as strong.

In fact, the individual equipment of the Pakistani army even exceeds that of some developed countries.

For example, the Pakistani army is the first country in the world to unify the caliber of rifles, and the 7.62mm NATO bullet is the main one.

Strictly speaking, it is not, because the US military has used this caliber of bullets for decades, and it has been used as a standard bullet for more than 20 years.

Of course, the two are not at all comparable.

The comprehensive equipment of the DF762 rifle has directly raised the combat effectiveness of the Pakistani infantry to a higher level, allowing the firepower of the Pakistani infantry squad to reach the top rank in the world.

In this, there is not only the credit of the gun, but also the optical sight.

In fact, if it were not for the widespread popularization of optical sights, the DF762 would hardly have become a weapon in the hands of infantry.

Why?

Relying only on the eyes of the soldiers, no matter how far the effective range of the guns and bullets is, the actual combat distance is difficult to exceed 400 meters, and sometimes even less than 300 meters.

In positional defensive operations, it is generally only 200 meters.

Quite simply, the human eye can see so far.

It is undeniable that some sharpshooters have very good eyesight and can see far away, but most soldiers do not have such good eyesight at all.

The advent of optical sights completely changed this.

In fact, the optical sights supplied to Pakistan by D&F at that time were very simple, most of them had a magnification of 4x, some of them were only 2x, and only a few were issued to accurate shooters of 8x, but for the infantry on the front line, this was enough.

Even a two-fold magnification optical sight allows soldiers to extend the distance of engagement to 600 meters.

If there is an optical sight with 4 times magnification, then it will not be much of a problem to extend the crossfire to 800 meters.

Obviously, for the DF762, 800 meters is a very ideal range.

It is precisely because of this that in many cases, the Pakistani infantry is able to suppress the Indian infantry from a long distance, so as to minimize the threat to itself.

You must know that the effective range of the rifles used by the Indian infantry is almost all within 400 meters.

If the distance of the exchange of fire reaches 600 meters, or even 800 meters, there is little room for the Indian infantry to return fire.

In fact, this is also the key reason why during the Battle of Lahore, the Pakistani army rarely fought the Indian army in the city, but concentrated its forces in the suburbs.

Why?

The environment in the city is too complex, and the distance of the firefight is often less than 200 meters, and it is difficult to give full play to the range advantage of the DF762.

In the suburbs, it's different.

You know, Lahore was originally on the plains, and the outskirts were the Indus River Plain.

Relying on the fortifications built in advance, coupled with the advantage of rifles in range, the Pakistani infantry was able to defeat the Indian infantry and could not find the north at all.

In addition to rifles, the Pakistani infantry also had a piece of equipment that the Indian infantry did not have.

For the morale of the infantry, especially the fighting spirit, this equipment is more important than the advanced rifle.

What equipment?

Body armor.

Before the outbreak of the war, Saudi Arabia and other Arab League countries provided tens of thousands of body armor to Pakistan by disposing of surplus materials.

At that time, all these body armor were supplied to the elite units of the Pakistani army.

In fact, Saudi Arabia and other Arab League countries originally purchased these body armor with the intention of arming the Iraqi government army, but before D&F could deliver them, the Iraqi civil war ended, and Saudi Arabia and other Arab League countries had no reason to continue to provide assistance to the Iraqi government army.

With the risk of war between India and Pakistan arising, Saudi Arabia sent these stockpiles to Pakistan.

When the war broke out, D&F also shipped all the nearly 100,000 pieces of body armor in stock to Pakistan and delivered them to the Pakistan Army.

Where did you get so much inventory?

You must know that in the international market, the most popular product of D&F is not the DF series rifle, but the body armor jointly produced with Chinese enterprises.

The point is, body armor has gradually become the standard equipment of infantry.

Not to mention the regular army, even some non-governmental armed forces, and even extremist groups, have begun to equip their personnel with body armor.

The main thing, of course, is that the price of body armor is becoming cheaper.

In order to compete for the market, D&F has launched several extremely low-cost body armor, some of which have been sold for less than $500.

What can you do with $500?

You know, even the relatively inexpensive M4A1 carbine costs around $2,000, while the AK series rifles are close to $1,000.

Of course, slightly better body armor will still not be too cheap.

For example, at that time, D&F's main promotion of several B-level body armor that could resist 5.56mm NATO bullets and M43 bullets were sold for between $1,500 and $2,000.

It's just that compared to the products of Western companies, they are still very cheap.

What's more, body armor helps the morale of infantry in a way that no one firearm can replace.

To put it simply, infantry wearing body armor will be more courageous on the battlefield, after all, body armor provides the last and most important means of protection for infantry.

Of course, for the militaries of most countries, body armor is still a luxury.

This, of course, includes India.

Before the outbreak of the war, India only provided body armor for special forces and a very small number of elite troops, and it was impossible for officers and soldiers of ordinary troops to get body armor.

Actually, it's the same in Pakistan.

However, more than 100,000 pieces of body armor provided by D&F in advance changed the situation.

At least half of these body armor were sent to the front lines in Lahore and distributed to front-line combat units on the spot, providing the soldiers with the most basic security protection.

At that time, because the body armor was not distributed enough, there were many incidents.

Later, it was the General Staff of the Pakistani Army that came forward and made a clear statement that body armor belongs to the property of the army, not to a certain infantryman.

When the combat unit completes its mission and is withdrawn from the front, it must hand in body armor or provide it directly to the rotating unit.

To put it simply, body armor can be used only by troops fighting on the front lines.

In fact, at that time, D&F provided Pakistan with B-level body armor, which could only block M43 bullets fired from 200 meters away.

It's just that this is enough for the front-line soldiers of the Pakistani army.

In a word, wearing body armor and not wearing body armor make the feeling completely different, and the performance of infantry on the battlefield is completely different.