Conflict catalog

1999 Kargil War: Weapons and Equipment

High-altitude border war in Kashmir between India and Pakistan in 1999.

The 1999 Kargil War was a 1999 high-altitude conflict in Indian-administered Kashmir between India and Pakistan. The catalog emphasizes airpower, mountain warfare, precision strike, reconnaissance, and close-support equipment used during the brief campaign.

This catalog tracks weapon systems directly documented in 1999 Kargil War use.

Entries should be limited to systems with direct conflict-use sourcing.

7 weapon systems

Conflict Actors

India / Pakistan

India

7 weapon systems in this catalog

Pakistan

0 weapon systems in this catalog
  • Pakistan

Context

Status
Published catalog
Domains
land, air

Weapons

1999 Kargil War Weapon Systems

Category

Aircraft & UAVs

Crewed aircraft, drones, and loitering munitions.

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MiG-29, Air defense fighter, Aircraft & UAVsAircraft & UAVsMiG-29Air defense fighterSide: IndiaRole: Indian air-operation support fighterBuilt: Mikoyan / Soviet Union / RussiaThe MiG-29 Fulcrum is a Soviet-designed twin-engine fighter built around short-range air combat, air-defense interception, and later multirole adaptation. Its cataloged combat history spans Iraqi and Yugoslav interceptors facing coalition air campaigns, Eritrean and Indian wartime use in 1999, Sudanese strike sorties, and Ukrainian MiG-29s modified to employ Western weapons such as AGM-88 HARM, JDAM-ER, HAMMER/AASM, and GBU-39/B Small Diameter Bombs.
Mirage 2000, Single-engine multirole fighter aircraft, Aircraft & UAVsAircraft & UAVsMirage 2000Single-engine multirole fighter aircraftSide: IndiaRole: High-altitude strike and air defenseBuilt: Dassault Aviation / FranceThe Mirage 2000 is Dassault Aviation's French single-engine delta-wing fighter family, built around air-defense and strike variants. The Mirage 2000-5 branch modernized the air-defense Mirage with RDY-family radar, HOTAS and glass-cockpit avionics, and MICA air-to-air missiles; the catalog tracks its use from Indian high-altitude strike missions in the 1999 Kargil War to French expeditionary operations and Ukraine's 2025 wartime introduction of French-supplied Mirage 2000-5 aircraft.
SEPECAT Jaguar, Supersonic jet attack aircraft, Aircraft & UAVsAircraft & UAVsSEPECAT JaguarSupersonic jet attack aircraftSide: IndiaRole: Deep strike and tactical reconnaissanceBuilt: SEPECAT / Hindustan Aeronautics Limited / France / United Kingdom / IndiaThe SEPECAT Jaguar is a Franco-British supersonic jet attack aircraft built for low-level strike, close air support, reconnaissance, and tactical nuclear delivery. Jointly developed by SEPECAT and later license-produced by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited for India, it first flew in 1968 and went on to see documented combat use in the 1975 Western Sahara War, the Chadian-Libyan conflict, the 1990 Gulf War, the 1992 Bosnian War, the 1999 Kargil War, and the 1995 Cenepa War.
Dornier Do 228, Twin-turboprop STOL utility and special-mission aircraft, Aircraft & UAVsAircraft & UAVsDornier Do 228Twin-turboprop STOL utility and special-mission aircraftSide: IndiaRole: UnknownBuilt: Dornier / Hindustan Aeronautics Limited / Germany / IndiaThe Dornier Do 228 is a twin-turboprop short-takeoff-and-landing utility aircraft developed from Dornier's late-1970s new-technology wing work and continued through HAL licensed production, RUAG-era NG aircraft, and GA-ATS Do228 NXT support. Public sources document Indian Navy Dornier use in Kargil-era surveillance and electronic-warfare squadron service, a 2011 anti-piracy tracking mission against the Vega 5 mother vessel, and wider military or coast-guard roles in transport, maritime patrol, search and rescue, medevac, and special-mission configurations.
MiG-23, Variable-sweep fighter and fighter-bomber aircraft, Aircraft & UAVsAircraft & UAVsMiG-23Variable-sweep fighter and fighter-bomber aircraftSide: IndiaRole: High-altitude strike in Operation Safed SagarBuilt: Mikoyan-Gurevich / Soviet UnionThe MiG-23, NATO reporting name Flogger, is a Soviet variable-sweep fighter and fighter-bomber family built around high speed, radar-guided interception, and exportable strike variants. More than 5,000 were produced, and documented combat use ranges from Iraqi Floggers in the 1980 Iran-Iraq War and 1990 Gulf War to Indian MiG-23BN strike missions in Kargil and late Libyan and Syrian civil-war sorties.

Category

Artillery

Tube artillery, rocket artillery, and long-range ground fires.

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Indian Field Gun, 105 mm towed field gun family, ArtilleryArtilleryIndian Field Gun105 mm towed field gun familySide: IndiaRole: Direct-fire artillery supportBuilt: Field Gun Factory Kanpur / Gun Carriage Factory Jabalpur / IndiaThe Indian Field Gun is an Indian 105 mm towed artillery family designed by ARDE to replace older 25-pounder guns and keep light fire support workable in mountain, plain, and desert terrain. The family includes the original IFG and lighter LFG, with Field Gun Factory Kanpur and Gun Carriage Factory Jabalpur tied to production and support, and 2020s reporting still connecting the guns to border deployments, ceremonial salutes, and automatic-laying modernization.
155 mm FH77B Bofors howitzer, 155 mm towed howitzer, ArtilleryArtillery155 mm FH77B Bofors howitzer155 mm towed howitzerSide: IndiaRole: High-altitude artillery fire supportBuilt: BAE Systems Bofors / SwedenThe 155 mm FH77B Bofors howitzer is a Swedish towed artillery piece developed by Bofors from the FH77A family and widely known in India as the Bofors gun. The export B-model retained the FH77 family’s auxiliary power unit for short self-movement, but used a longer 39-caliber barrel, screw breech, bag charges, and NATO-standard 155 mm ammunition. India’s 410-gun procurement made the FH77B a long-lived part of Indian Army artillery, with direct source-backed use in the 1999 Kargil War and later Line of Control firing in 2019 and 2025.

Conflict Sources

  • 1999 Kargil War - BritannicaPublisher: Encyclopaedia Britannica | Note: Supports the 1999 Kargil War dates, location, and India-Pakistan conflict framing. | Accessed: 2026-06-26