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You are. Why talk about doklam in this tank baithlon thread when Indian army brag about victory over Chinese tank team few days ago over to get slap in face when totally humiliated with 2 tank break down?LOL - I am not embarrassed. I am merely amused that you are venting your frustrations of not being able to do anything at Dokhlam on this thread.
Typical Indian will use the words 'bad luck' or whatever to mask their maintenance incompetency. Just short of the sentence ' voodoo sabotage by Chinese'.Indian tanks crash out of international military games after engine troubles
Rajat Pandit| TNN | Updated: Aug 12, 2017, 10:17 PM IST
NEW DELHI: The Indian Army has crashed out of a 19-nation military competition after its Russian-origin T-90S main-battle tanks broke down due to mechanical snags in the grueling sport, even as the armoured fighting vehicles from Russia, China, Belarus and Kazakhstan raced ahead to enter the finals.
The Army swears by the T-90S "Bhishma" tanks, which are being licensed-produced in India after the first 657 of them were imported for Rs 8,525 crore from Russia from 2001 onwards, though the DRDO accuses the force for cold-shouldering the indigenous Arjun tanks.
Sources said both the main and reserve T-90S tanks, shipped by India for the Tank Biathlon in the International Army Games at the Alabino ranges in Russia, developed "engine problems" after performing "exceedingly well" in the initial rounds of the competition.
"The fan belt snapped in the first tank. The reserve tank was then deployed for the race but its entire engine oil leaked just two kilometres before the end...it could not complete the race. It was sheer bad luck that led to the Indian team being disqualified," said an officer.
China, incidentally, has fielded its indigenous Type-96B tank in the competition, which includes firing on the tanks on the move by machine guns and anti-tank projectiles at a 2-km range while they negotiate rugged obstacles. Russia and Kazakhstan have deployed T-72B3 tanks, while Belarus has a modernized T-72 tank. The four are now competing for the top honours.
The T-90S tanks are the fulcrum of the Indian Army's "shock and awe" armoured battle plans. The force has 63 armoured regiments with around 800 T-90S, 124 Arjun and 2,400 older T-72 tanks as of now.
After the first 657 T-90S tanks were imported, the Avadi heavy vehicles Factory under the Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) is progressively "producing" 1,000 more tanks with Russian kits. In November last year, the defence ministry had approved the procurement of 464 T-90S tanks from the OFB for Rs 13,448 crore to add to the 536 tanks ordered earlier.
The DRDO remains upset that the Army has not yet ordered upgraded Arjun Mark-II tanks after inducting the first lot of 124 Mark-I variants, stressing the indigenous tanks did better than the T-90S tanks in comparative trials in 2010.
The Army, however, contends that the 62-tonne Arjun, with its excessive weight and width, has poor operational mobility and flexibility. It has also launched a hunt for a "future ready combat vehicle (FRCV)" to meet its requirements after 2027.
what you're saying is Indian lives are trash, they are expendables that matters little when they die in a battlefield. i expect nothing less from piss drinking Indians in this forumChinese are in much bigger mess in Tibbet. Ccp cant take 1000s of hans dieing far away from mainland because ccp says so.
Hi, Russia tank T-90 got no problem while once they sold to India and it got problem? Same as the Kilo Sub which Russian Navy used never will self exploded. While newly refurbished Kilo sub once passed to IN blow up by itself.If it were the tank engines that broke down, shouldn't the responsibility lie with those who supplied the tanks in the first place, i.e. Russia?
Hi, Russia tank T-90 got no problem while once they sold to India and it got problem? Same as the Kilo Sub which Russian Navy used never will self exploded. While newly refurbished Kilo sub once passed to IN blow up by itself.
I dont think its fair to put the blame on Russian. Its the Indian maintenance crew problem.
Look at the youtube comments
Its so funny.
what you're saying is Indian lives are trash, they are expendables that matters little when they die in a battlefield. i expect nothing less from piss drinking Indians in this forum
this is why i am so against the idea of china trying to sell high speed trains to india or any banana republic country. they will crash them trains in less than a week and blame it all on you. bad business.. lolHi, Russia tank T-90 got no problem while once they sold to India and it got problem? Same as the Kilo Sub which Russian Navy used never will self exploded. While newly refurbished Kilo sub once passed to IN blow up by itself.
I dont think its fair to put the blame on Russian. Its the Indian maintenance crew problem.
The thread yesterday where all the Sharma's and Patel's were laughing at Chinese tank loosing a wheel in the exercise (yet even with one less wheel still beating India ) are no where to be found today. Why?
Anyway this is nothing new from the bollywood Indian armed forces, after all this was the same army that managed to do this while the destroyer was docked. Indian army is literally the laughing stock of the world
Plus I like India to be backwards but keep claiming to be a supapowa. After this Donglang incident, India is enemy of China. They will be fucked harder than a **** slut.this why i am so against the idea of china trying to sell high speed trains to india or any banana republic country. they will crash them trains in less than a week and blame it all on you. bad business.. lol