If India and Pakistan go to war, then air power will only be a part of the military power, or even a very small part, and will not play a decisive role.

Why?

India and Pakistan are adjacent to each other, and ground war will inevitably become the mainstream.

So, how much advantage does the Indian Army have, or does it have?

Obviously, this is a very vague question.

How so?

Compared with the Pakistan Army, the Indian Army has an extremely obvious advantage in terms of strength and the number of main battle equipment.

The problem is that this advantage can hardly be used.

Why?

Pakistan has only four neighbors, Afghanistan to the north is completely negligible, China is a good ally for generations, and Iran to the west is difficult to protect itself.

In other words, Pakistan only needs to be wary of India, and can put all its main forces in the direction of facing India.

What about India?

Apparently not so lucky.

Even if we don't take into account the weaker countries around us, such as Bangladesh, Burma and Nepal, we have to consider the strong neighbor to the north, so when deploying home defenses, the Indian Army will inevitably use a large part of its forces to deal with the threat from China.

As a result, it is clear that India is unlikely to devote all its forces against Pakistan.

As for how many troops can be used against Pakistan, it is an unknown, or rather a variable, that is, it needs to be determined by the surrounding situation.

In fact, even if the threat from China is not considered, what India has over Pakistan is actually only a military superiority.

Why?

In terms of main battle equipment, India actually has no obvious advantages, especially in terms of quality, that is, the performance of main battle equipment, the Indian Army is far inferior to the Pakistan Army.

Take the main battle tank as an example, the main force of the Indian Army is more than 300 T-90S.

How advanced is this tank?

During the Iraqi civil war, Iran invested the "Zulfirka-4" directly related to it, and many key technologies came from the T-90S.

It has already been proven in real combat that "Zolfirka-4" is not at all an opponent of "Salman", that is, VT-4.

The main force of the Pakistani Army is precisely 120 VT-4s.

These tanks were purchased from China after the end of the Iraqi civil war, with funds from Saudi Arabia and other countries.

Quite simply, Pakistan gave more than half of the "Khalid" aid to the Iraqi government forces at that time.

Although a breakthrough has been made in the self-produced "Khalid 2", that is, Pakistan's domestically produced VT-4 project, it will definitely take a while to put into production, and it will have to meet the needs of Saudi Arabia and other Arab League countries in the early stage, so the Pakistan Army can only urgently import a batch of VT-4.

After all, without a sufficient number of main battle tanks, it will be difficult for the Pakistani Army to hold the long border.

You know, this is a pure Chinese product.

Although compared with Saudi Arabia's "Salman", it lacks a lot of high-end configurations, but there are many main things, and the combat effectiveness is not bad at all.

If you really want to talk about the gap, maybe it's in urban warfare.

Obviously, when confronting the Indian Army, the Pakistan Army will definitely not consider urban warfare, and the first thing to consider is field warfare.

In addition, these VT-4s can likewise be improved to increase their combat effectiveness.

To put it simply, as long as additional armor is installed, these VT-4s can reach the highest level of protection, and they can directly use Huaxia's third-generation tungsten alloy armor-piercing projectiles.

It can be said that in terms of firepower, as well as protection, these VT-4s are a level higher than the Indian T-90S.

Theoretically, when using the third-generation tungsten alloy armor-piercing projectile, the VT-4 can penetrate the frontal armor of the T-90S at the full range of the tank gun, while the T-90S may have to shorten the distance to 800 meters to penetrate the VT-4 in the fully draped state when using the armor-piercing projectile imported from Russia.

Even if the VT-4 is not equipped with additional armor, it can block armor-piercing shells fired by the T-90S at a distance of 1500.

In addition, the sighting system of the VT-4 is more than one generation more advanced than that of the T-90S.

With a better fire control system, the VT-4 is able to detect the enemy first, fire and destroy the enemy first, and it will not give the T-90S much chance at all.

If anything, it's that there are too few of them.

The 120 VT-4s are equipped with two armoured brigades of the Pakistan Army, one in Lahore in the north and one in Karachi in the south.

In the face of the T-90S, which is almost three times its size, the VT-4 is probably invincible with two fists and four feet.

Of course, this is also changing.

"Khalid 2" has been put into production, even if it is slightly worse than the VT-4 produced in Huaxia, it is much better than the T-90S, but the initial need to provide money to Saudi Arabia and other Arab League countries, so it is not equipped with the Pakistan Army for the time being, and it will be two years later at the earliest.

Fortunately, with Pakistan's relations with Saudi Arabia and other countries, as long as war breaks out with India, Saudi Arabia and other countries will definitely give full support to Pakistan.

When the time comes, just send back the "Khalid 2" that has already been received.

What's more, there is also Huaxia, which can produce VT-4 for Pakistan at full speed at any time.

If the situation is really urgent, Huaxia can even provide its own ZTZ-96 and ZTZ-99 to Pakistan to arm Pakistan's armored forces.

If you really have to wait until the Chinese ZTZ-99, especially the latest ZTZ-99C, debuts, the Indian tanks will have to beg for more blessings.

So, what can India count on?

Russia?

Obviously, Russia simply does not have a surplus of T-90S, there are only tens of thousands of stock tanks such as the T-72.

In fact, in the Indian Army, the largest number is the T-72, with more than a thousand units.

Comparatively speaking, the Pakistan Army has much fewer second-line tanks, mainly more than 200 T-80U imported from Ukraine and hundreds of Type 69s imported from China in the early days.

It can be seen that the biggest problem of the Pakistan Army is that after fighting out the main tanks, the second-line tanks cannot withstand it at all.

Of course, the Indian Army also has such a problem.

After spelling out the T-72, what else can the Indian Army count on?

Obviously, if it really develops to that point, even if Russia sends all the tanks in its inventory to India, the Indian Army may not be able to turn over.

Quite simply, as long as Russia aids India, Huaxia will definitely aid Pakistan.

So, what about European and American countries?

Obviously, the American tank is better, especially the M1A2 for its own use, and the ZTZ-99C belong to the two most advanced main battle tanks in the world today, and the comprehensive performance is far superior to the "Leopard 2" blown into the sky by the Germans, but it is a pity that the United States will definitely not be able to give its own M1A2 to India.

As for European countries such as Britain, France, and Germany, there are simply not many tanks to engage in assistance.

Producing at full capacity?

Obviously, the premise is that India can come up with enough money to buy the expensive main battle tanks in Europe, which is almost impossible in wartime.

It can be seen that the Indian Army's advantage in main battle tanks is very illusory, and it can even be said that it is at a disadvantage.