Seems to be pretty old.
Meant to indigenise propulsion systems across the board for Russian stuff, BMP-2, T-72 and T-90.
IA seems to be going for its own T-90 upgrade solutions instead of a Russian one.
T-90 Bhishma / T-72 Ajeya of Indian Army : News and Discussions
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Seems to be pretty old.
Meant to indigenise propulsion systems across the board for Russian stuff, BMP-2, T-72 and T-90.
IA seems to be going for its own T-90 upgrade solutions instead of a Russian one.
It was part of a consultant appointing ad last month I think. So maybe actual work will start now.
Edit: I went thru the catched version so could not find out the exact date again. CVRDE had it recently.
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It would be weird if they still haven't ordered Arjun's engines then. Ah, well, anyway new tech for the IA.
Scrap all T90/72s from IA and go for no tank army, no tank army is unable to digest then psychological effect buy few lecrec or Challenger2s
Well personally to be honest I dont know anything about tanks in the force for long I thought india was operating damn 2000+t 90 and tanks and more than 1000 arjun mbt and also thought that the abrams are the t 90s as shown in the youtube thumbnail. Just last month only I got to know just a little bit about the defence
But still I got some confusion as how man t90,t72,arjun, t55 india currently has, what kinds of versions we use , how much are still in order , what are we planning to order next , are we going to order t 13 armata and what is FICV??
But still I got some confusion as how man t90,t72,arjun, t55 india currently has, what kinds of versions we use , how much are still in order , what are we planning to order next , are we going to order t 13 armata and what is FICV??
Look up wikipedia references for Indian army equipment. Welcome to the forum.
First i looked up on wikipedia only but there it is showing india operates 2000+ t 90 and also m ans MS varient but when I saw some different articles it is showing some different results so idk whom to believe and I also cannot find more info about t 14 deal
We have 310 + 300 + 347 + 236 + 464 tanks ordered. Only the 464 order is pending, it's T-90S.
There was incorrect news about an additional 354/464 T-90MS, so your confusion is understandable.
T-14 deal is fake news too. Russia's offered a customised version for the FRCV program. In any case, an export version is yet to be developed.
Interestingly, the Chinese have a new 4th gen tank with 2 crew members, it's nearly ready.
Welcome to the forum.
Ooh thank you for clearing my doubts
Another thing why did we gave so less orders of arjun tanks or are we gonna order additional arjun tanks and in the near future if we are gonna replace the t 72 tanks with ficv why just 1700 tanks as we currently have more than 2500 t 72s if I m not wrong and why does our t 72s look so obsolete compared to the russian ones?
Found it, thankfully the pdf is still accessible, it was from 27 Dec last month. See the terms part. Given its for a consultant role time bound, serious work will be done hopefully.
Ok so are we gonna order additional arjun tanks ? And is arjun mk1a and mk2 the same?
Arjun didn't meet specs, it wasn't part of the army's modernisation plans as well. Had the tank been below 55T and a quarter meter less wide, it would have found a larger space within the IA. Arjun 2, NGMBT, could meet the IA's FMBT specs.
Except for the gun, our upgraded T-72s are on roughly the same level as the latest Russian T-72. In some areas, it's being improved even further, like a new automatic transmission.
As for 1700 T-72s, my theory is the remaining 600 or so T-72s will be replaced with Arjun 2, and the rest with FRCV. Our oldest T-72s are nealy 40 years old, there's no point in upgrading them. The remaining T-72s have another 15-25 years left in them.
Another thing can anyone tell me how many tanks are there in 1 armoured regiment cause in some sources its saying 45 to 50 and in some 45 active 17 reserved tanks ?
The T72-T90 cross made it to news
www.firstpost.com
India crosses T-72 with T-90 to create deadly hybrid tank
The latest move by the Indian Army to improve the firepower and overall performance of its fleet of Russian tanks involves a unique improvisation that has produced a hybrid of two iconic tanks – the T-72 and the T-90
Well dont we already have the cia’s then why do we need these?The T72-T90 cross made it to news
India crosses T-72 with T-90 to create deadly hybrid tank
The latest move by the Indian Army to improve the firepower and overall performance of its fleet of Russian tanks involves a unique improvisation that has produced a hybrid of two iconic tanks – the T-72 and the T-90
We have like 2400 t-72's with only a 1000 upgraded to CIA standard.
I guess its sort of desi jugaad with increased firepower ?
Don't know much about this stuff, but feels like upgrading existing hulls to t90 class firepower wise, instead of full built t90 from scratch.
Ooh its like the ajeya mk2
Only 1000 cia’s i thought the number was around 1500 and the rest getting upgraded to ajeya mk2