India participated in the games for the first time

The Indian Army has won the 5th International Army Scout Masters Competition held at the Jaisalmer Military Station in Rajasthan from August 6 to 14. Eight teams from Armenia, Belarus, China, Kazakhstan, India, Russia, Sudan and Uzbekistan participated in the competition.

India participated in the games for the first time. “The team trained hard for the last 10 months in extreme weather conditions of the Thar Desert,” the Army said in a statement

“Such competitions are an excellent platform to allow countries to build a constructive dialogue, strengthening friendship, partnership and trust” Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said at the closing ceremony on Friday. He added that they would also lead to interoperability and sharing of best practices thereby, benefiting all the participating nations. Mr. Singh gave away the Champions Trophy to the winning Indian team. The Runner’s Up Trophy was awarded to Uzbekistan, while the Second Runner’s Up trophy went to Russia.

India participated in the games for the first time. “The team trained hard for the last 10 months in extreme weather and desert conditions of the Thar Desert,” the Army said in a statement.

The Army said that world-class infrastructure was created at the Jaisalmer military station to conduct this event, which included a challenging obstacle course for the infantry combat vehicles spread over a distance of 6.7 km with 15 obstacles and another tough obstacle course for the Scout Masters teams with 22 obstacles laid over a distance of 1.3 Km.

The International army games are organised by the Ministry of Defence of Russia. This year the games will have 32 disciplines to be hosted by 10 countries — Russia, India, China, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Iran, Mongolia, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan. India hosted Stage 2 of the games.