When something failed firing trials, it means it will fail in high altitude also. This isn't about mobility trials. After all the fixes are made, the trials will restart again, both summer and winter.
When something failed firing trials, it means it will fail in high altitude also. This isn't about mobility trials. After all the fixes are made, the trials will restart again, both summer and winter.
Falcon were saying electric drive back up time was not even half that of what was promised.
Hence modifications.
Hence modifications.
This thing is important. The ULH version for LAC is important.
Wasn't there an article last month on the Army ordering 40 additional units of the K9 ? Any official statements on that yet ?
Wonder if they are still going with the light tank based on the K9's chassis armed with a 105 mm or 120 mm gun. There are a few reports saying that tank is unlikely to be made as it is likely to exceed 30 ton weight.
These days so many news flashes coming on procurement, cant beleive all those news feeds i think. But this one is different, IA chief himself saying that k9 is suitable for high altitude ops.
Hope IA will order as many as k9s, its a wonderful platform. We need dedicated tracked howitzer in our desert regions. 40 or entire 140 wont be sufficient to tackle both fronts.
I dont really understand the necessities of a light tank for IA operations. @vstol Jockey once pointed out that light tank can be air dropped behind enemy line. Lets assume IA get 25 T tank, you need a massive fleet of IL76/c17 class with IAF to air drop sufficient numbers of those tanks, neither we have such massive airlift capabilities and no such plan exist with IAF(at keast no info available on public domain ).
If IA wants L&T may develop it further in to a 155/58 cal howitzer, with the success in US's 155/58 cal world will soon shift towards 155/58. Its better/easy to convert a howitzer chasis to an uprated howitzer than designing a light tank over it.
No orders, but they’re entire range of howitzers had gone to Saudi Arabia for trials a while back, but no news after that.
How has the Army Approved 155 / 45 caliber SHARANG , while finding faults with ATAGS
SHARANG is a 130 mm modified to 155 mm
Produced and delivered to the Army. Trials by the user of the production lot would have completed, that's why the formal induction now.
Better we induct more of this with our armed force first.
We need ATLEAST 300-500 of these if we want to handle a two front war
Ys Chinese are fielding a lot howitzers & rocket artillery along lac.
We need atleast 400 alone along LAC, in add another 100-200 against Pakistan in rajasthan & panjab.