Exercise Indra, the joint war games which concluded at the Mahajan Field Firing range here on October 25, witnessed around 250 troops of both forces jointly capturing notional rebel strong point by fire assault of attack helicopters and tanks and were also engaged in combat shooting and clearing villages.
"On the first day, the training was very difficult as we did not understand each other. But on the second day, we found a mutual language. As far as our private speeches were concerned, we could interact without any interpreters," said Chief of Staff 36th Russian Army Maj Gen Alexey Zavizion.
"On a lighter note, we started with 'dumb charades' and we got used to it. Within the next two days, although not understanding the word, I started understanding what they were meaning," said 6 Independent Armed Brigade commander Brig V M Chandran.
He said it was a herculean task for the joint planning exercise on the first day because of the language barrier.
He maintained that there was a little difference in the way the Russians operate in comparison to the Indian Army which is why it generated the excitement and interest of getting this planning together.