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No other country in the world is inducting futuristic tanks that would last for 20 years.
I really dont understand what the Indian meahanised forces are expecting ?
Btw, Arjun and Al-khalid are completely in a differnt class and cannot be compaired.
Al-khalid and T-90 can be compaired.
In desert warware, Arjun is more lethal than T-90.
I think even if IA orders 300 Arjuns, CVRDE can come up with Arjun Mark II by then and then continue with the production of Mark II tanks.
Take Dhruv, initially it had lot of problems, but now production lines have stablized.
Aurjun is indeed a good concept on papers...
failed in both 2007-08 winter-summer trails... same engine brake down problem... chipping in main barrel gun.. low accuracy etc... not my words but your army's report..
by the time Arjunk II shows up on drawing board... AK II would be inducted in big numbers... joint -pak-turk venture.... with of course western inputs..
Aurjun is indeed a good concept on papers...
failed in both 2007-08 winter-summer trails... same engine brake down problem... chipping in main barrel gun.. low accuracy etc... not my words but your army's report..
by the time Arjunk II shows up on drawing board... AK II would be inducted in big numbers... joint -pak-turk venture.... with of course western inputs..
On wikipedia there is a picture of the Abhay IFV what is the status of that project?
IMO, Arjun project should not be abondend beacuse of nation's obsession with it.Asked if a future tank would be an indigenous effort, the Defence Minister said the emphasis would be on building an inhouse tank
The Indian army has confirmed that it will not place additional orders for the locally designed Arjun main battle tank (MBT) beyond the 124 already under construction.
General Dalip Bhardwaj, the army's director general of mechanised infantry, said on 5 July that "the army will place no more orders for the Arjun". While the Arjun "might be used in the next decade or so", he added that it was not suitable "for next-generation warfare". "The army... is looking 20 to 25 years ahead and wants a futuristic MBT," he said.
The Indian Ministry of Defence ordered 124 Arjuns in 2000 - which the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has been developing since 1972 - to be built at the Heavy Vehicles Factory at Avadi in southern India. These were meant to be delivered by 2009 but will not be completed on time.
Image: The Indian army has effectively killed the Arjun main battle tank project (Jane's)