T 90 Mk3 upgrade are a disappointment. Sitting duck for a 500$ dollar Drone.
Hope there is MK4 upgrade with hard-kill APS just to counter against these effin drones & top attack ATGMs.T 90 Mk3 upgrade are a disappointment. Sitting duck for a 500$ dollar Drone.
Yes, we need modern APS that has both hard-kill(with projectiles or with DEW) along with a soft-kill mechanism(with jamming). Hopefully our FMBT will have it and the tech shall percolate into our current MBTs.Hard kill APS can't shoot drones yet.... They are to slow.
Latest T 90M upgrade is now 53 Tonne without Hard-Kill APS & Anti UAS System.
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Only the Abrams x looks future proof.Yes, we need modern APS that has both hard-kill(with projectiles or with DEW) along with a soft-kill mechanism(with jamming). Hopefully our FMBT will have it and the tech shall percolate into our current MBTs.
Ukraine war has been a great eye opener for all Tank operators worldwide. Rest assured that all current and future MBTs would get anti-drone APS in due course.Only the Abrams x looks future proof.
Western armies which had all but forgotten about mobile SPAAG systems are now scrambling to get them in numbers for countering drones and LMs. That's the best solution in the short term, at least.Ukraine war has been a great eye opener for all Tank operators worldwide. Rest assured that all current and future MBTs would get anti-drone APS in due course.
This was from back in 2019. It doesn't make sense to buy them anymore, of course. Now that we have indigenized the engine and substituted the gun barrel and armour panels with our own.
Hope the definitive Indian T-90 upgrade is on par/better than the T-90M Provy-3.
Western armies which had all but forgotten about mobile SPAAG systems are now scrambling to get them in numbers for countering drones and LMs. That's the best solution in the short term, at least.
The IA seems to be content upgrading age-old Tunguska and Shilkas. Repeated tenders have failed to yield a new system. No news about supposed indigenous SPAAG/M either.
Rather than developing a system with a two piece search radar plus FCR arrangement typical of older-gen SPAAG like Tunguska, we should design a lightweight unmanned 30mm turret (Bushmaster gun) with 4 small AESA radar antenna panels and telescopic EO mast for tracking and fire control. The US Stryker SHORAD variant is a great example.DRDO's combining their VSHORADS with a 30mm gun on apparently the light tank hull. Private companies are working on it too
Rather than developing a system with a two piece search radar plus FCR arrangement typical of older-gen SPAAG like Tunguska, we should design a lightweight unmanned 30mm turret (Bushmaster gun) with 4 small AESA radar antenna panels and telescopic EO mast for tracking and fire control. The US Stryker SHORAD variant is a great example.
Ours should be designed to fit practically any APC/IFV/MBT in the inventory. Modular, easy to replace, cheap. VSHORADS can be added only to dedicated AD vehicles.
We can use the Zorawar platform to create an anti-aircraft or anti-drone system similar to the K30 Biho system.The Biho loss was unfortunate. Could come back in the form of Biho 2 though. DRDO's combining their VSHORADS with a 30mm gun on apparently the light tank hull. Private companies are working on it too.
Tunguska has a lot of life left, so that's not a problem.
We can use the Zorawar platform to create an anti-aircraft or anti-drone system similar to the K30 Biho system.
Here are some chinese hard kill system, we can use TATA Kestrel or Mahindra Whap to build similar system.
We can have combination of Indigionous and Stryker systems. The pricing of Stryker seems to be an issue but Stryker can be procured in a few numbers for benchmarking and improving the indigionous system. Anyway, the engines used in indigionous systems are also Cummins USA.That's probably the plan. We will need both wheeled and tracked versions. But if Stryker is bought, those 10 battalions could see the Stryker SHORADs inducted there instead, leaving the tracked version for tanks.
We can have combination of Indigionous and Stryker systems. The pricing of Stryker seems to be an issue but Stryker can be procured in a few numbers for benchmarking and improving the indigionous system. Anyway, the engines used in indigionous systems are also Cummins USA.
Any upgrade will roll out from Avadi. I think this is just Army Engineers trying to create additional capacity near North.Any news about specs? New autoloader?