In all recent films, the most featured war is the Iraq War and the armoured Hummers have become one of the symbols of American military power. India doesn’t import Hummer and its cousins to battle Maoists in difficult terrains or enemy soldiers and terrorists. The Mahindra and Mahindra’s Marksman is India’s first armoured capsule-based light bulletproof vehicle, which protects the men from the Indian Army, paramilitary forces such as CRPF and BSF, and police forces against small arms fire and grenade attacks. It is a flexible vehicle, adaptable to counter-terrorism operations and conventional warfare.
A product of Mahindra Defence Systems, the totally Made-in-India ‘Transformer’ protects soldiers and policemen in high intensity areas, is used for special forces operations, acts as a vehicle for quick reaction teams and mobile check points, protects convoys and is used for armed reconnaissance. It can negotiate any road block in open or desert terrain with its wide-viewing angles giving gunners maximum firepower. Airconditioning is, however, available on request. The company is the first of its kind in the private defence manufacturing sector to receive the coveted ISO-9000-2008 certification. It makes world-class military vehicles, select artillery systems, and other land system weapons.