Exclusive-India's Future Main Battle Tank (FMBT)

[Dark Angel]

first made arjun operational then think about FMBT

WAKEY - WAKEY MATE

 

[KNIGHT-RIDER]

its an old story IA like IAF wants super weapons even though they struggel with there current weapons arjun will be a wihte elephent untill drdo getout of red tapeism.
arjun seems to be second hand leopad old model.

 

[letsbefriends]

its an old story IA like IAF wants super weapons even though they struggel with there current weapons arjun will be a wihte elephent untill drdo getout of red tapeism.
arjun seems to be second hand leopad old model.

and who the heck r u to decide on arjun???did u took the user trials of arjun???if no then shut up and wait for the army to give the report to MOD and wait for it to get publicised...

and u seem to be high on crack

 

[archangel]

Well, there can be two possibilities..........
1. IA doesn't want any more indigenous projects by DRDO..... which in a way saves money and reliability issues..............
2. That is what the tanks should be by 2025 may be and to keep up with times.... They have insisted DRDO to make the best out of what they have and what they could make out of all the experiences involved in building the Arjun MBT......

 

[archangel]

And well Pakistani members, here, shouldn't be making fun of the demands since they neither have any building experience in terms of military equipment (Both Al-Khalid and JF-17 Thunder were made and developed in China and if any development has been done to it, it was also using Chinese Equipments) nor the money (Its a fact that Pakistan lives on America's Money and cannot sustain the budget of a war on its own....) or technology or infrastructure and most importantly-genius human-beings to execute, support and finally make a success out of the venture that India did with its Arjun Project...... A first attempt, a lot of money, a lot of time, a lot of refinement but one of the best machines out there...........

 

[archangel]

And there is nothing to laugh on the demands....... As we all know, to be the best we have to think different from the crowd....... And if in the course we even develop a spaceship- that too would be a great achievement........
And I hope, by now, people here should or would have understood IA's demands & requirements.........
Even though we buy a lot of Russian products intended for mass-production, we have the American style of requirements like technology and precisely designed and made super-capable products....... And like America, we do everything to make our projects a success, no matter how much unsatisfied we are with it!!!!!!!

 

[Materialistic]

sir,u cant reach 12th standard easily/directly after 2nd class....we needed to do an indigenious try...we are succeding in that....after gaining exp. in a field it becomes easy to opt for the next technology....
well lca was never stealth....,neither arjun is a faliure.....

That's right!! Failures and delays are common and they are not the case only with Indian projects, instead the problem is when authorities and concerned people go out declaring before time to be superior to the ones of rivals (which later are followed by a disaster), everything is declared indigenous no matter major parts and components being imported!!

And such replies are made when chest thumpers start ridiculing every other effort and achievement of others!

 

[Materialistic]

And well Pakistani members, here, shouldn't be making fun of the demands since they neither have any building experience in terms of military equipment (Both Al-Khalid and JF-17 Thunder were made and developed in China and if any development has been done to it, it was also using Chinese Equipments) nor the money (Its a fact that Pakistan lives on America's Money and cannot sustain the budget of a war on its own....) or technology or infrastructure and most importantly-genius human-beings to execute, support and finally make a success out of the venture that India did with its Arjun Project...... A first attempt, a lot of money, a lot of time, a lot of refinement but one of the best machines out there...........

Well.. i think......................................

Forget it!!
Got no time to waste!!

 

[marcos98]

1,500-horsepower FMBT to replace T-72 tanks beyond 2020​

BY:THE HINDU

The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is working on India’s future main battle tank (FMBT) with a 1,500-horsepower (HP) indigenous engine. This tank will replace beyond 2020 the imported T-72 tanks, renamed Ajeya, with the Army. Various specifications for the FMBT have been finalised.

“For engine development, we have formed a national team comprising members from the academia, the user, industry and the DRDO. We have also gone in for an international consultant,” said S. Sundaresh, Chief Controller (Armaments and Combat Engineering), DRDO. The first prototype of the indigenous engine would be ready in four to five years.

The DRDO is launching a project to develop the transmission for the tank; the indigenous engine and transmission will together be called Bharat Power Pack and it will meet the FMBT’s mobility requirements.

“We are confident that we will be ready with the FMBT prototype in five to seven years,” Mr. Sundaresh said. “We are trying to involve all the stakeholders — the user [the Army], quality control personnel and the production agency — in this project and the industry will be our partner. We will go for a modular design so that we can always upgrade the tank when new technology comes in.”

The FMBT will weigh only 50 tonnes compared to Arjun-Mark II’s 62 tonnes. The DRDO is simultaneously working on Arjun-Mark II. The volume occupied by the electronics package in the FMBT will be less. The FMBT’s engine will be two-thirds the size of Arjun-Mark I’s, but will generate 1,500 HP compared to Arjun-Mark I’s 1,400 HP.

Improved technologies

Improvements in material, fuel injection and filtration technologies will contribute to the reduction in the engine size without compromising on power.

“The immediate task for the CVRDE [Combat Vehicles Research and Development Establishment] is to develop the Arjun-Mk II tank and demonstrate it to the user and go for the production of 124 numbers in the HVF (Heavy Vehicles Factory],” Mr. Sundaresh said. The CVRDE and the HVF are situated in Avadi, near Chennai.

The Arjun-Mk II tank will have a number of upgrades compared with Arjun-Mk I. Missiles can be fired from the former to destroy long-range targets and bring down attack helicopters. The tank’s commander will have a panoramic sight with night vision. “With this upgrade, the commander can carry out his hunting job at night with his thermal sight and engage targets more effectively,” Mr. Sundaresh explained.

Another upgrade will see the introduction of an explosive reactive armour panel which will comprise explosives in metallic brick form. These bricks will be mounted not only on the front slope of Arjun-Mk-II tank, but all round it as well. When the enemy ammunition hits these bricks, they will explode and retard the energy of the projectile, which then cannot penetrate the tank’s armour.

“The penalty for using these bricks is that they will add 1.5 tonnes to the tank’s weight. But we can prevent top attack and side attack. We can add to the tank’s protection from missiles and rocket-propelled grenades,” the DRDO Chief Controller said.

Automatic target tracking

The fourth upgrade is that Arjun Mk-II will have an automatic target tracking system which will add to the accuracy when firing on a moving target.

P. Sivakumar, CVRDE Director, said Arjun-Mk-II would have a total of 93 upgrades, including the advanced air defence gun system for firing at attack helicopters. The Army had placed an indent for production of 124 Arjun-Mk II tanks.

In phase I, 45 tanks will roll out with 56 upgrades, including the missile firing capability and the commander’s panoramic sight with night vision.

In phase II, the remaining 79 tanks, with all the 93 improvements, will come off the assembly line. “By 2013-14, the first batch of around 30 tanks will go out,” Dr. Sivakumar said.

According to Mr. Sundaresh, these 124 Arjun-Mk II tanks would cost Rs.5,000 crores.

 

[unicorn148]

The Hindu Main battle tank Arjun Mark I at the CVRDE in Avadi, Chennai. Photo: K. Pichumani
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is working on India's future main battle tank (FMBT) with a 1,500-horsepower (HP) indigenous engine. This tank will replace beyond 2020 the imported T-72 tanks, renamed Ajeya, with the Army. Various specifications for the FMBT have been finalised.

“For engine development, we have formed a national team comprising members from the academia, the user, industry and the DRDO. We have also gone in for an international consultant,” said S. Sundaresh, Chief Controller (Armaments and Combat Engineering), DRDO. The first prototype of the indigenous engine would be ready in four to five years.

The DRDO is launching a project to develop the transmission for the tank; the indigenous engine and transmission will together be called Bharat Power Pack and it will meet the FMBT's mobility requirements.

“We are confident that we will be ready with the FMBT prototype in five to seven years,” Mr. Sundaresh said. “We are trying to involve all the stakeholders — the user [the Army], quality control personnel and the production agency — in this project and the industry will be our partner. We will go for a modular design so that we can always upgrade the tank when new technology comes in.”

The FMBT will weigh only 50 tonnes compared to Arjun-Mark II's 62 tonnes. The DRDO is simultaneously working on Arjun-Mark II. The volume occupied by the electronics package in the FMBT will be less. The FMBT's engine will be two-thirds the size of Arjun-Mark I's, but will generate 1,500 HP compared to Arjun-Mark I's 1,400 HP.

Improved technologies

Improvements in material, fuel injection and filtration technologies will contribute to the reduction in the engine size without compromising on power.

“The immediate task for the CVRDE [Combat Vehicles Research and Development Establishment] is to develop the Arjun-Mk II tank and demonstrate it to the user and go for the production of 124 numbers in the HVF (Heavy Vehicles Factory],” Mr. Sundaresh said. The CVRDE and the HVF are situated in Avadi, near Chennai.

The Arjun-Mk II tank will have a number of upgrades compared with Arjun-Mk I. Missiles can be fired from the former to destroy long-range targets and bring down attack helicopters. The tank's commander will have a panoramic sight with night vision. “With this upgrade, the commander can carry out his hunting job at night with his thermal sight and engage targets more effectively,” Mr. Sundaresh explained.

Another upgrade will see the introduction of an explosive reactive armour panel which will comprise explosives in metallic brick form. These bricks will be mounted not only on the front slope of Arjun-Mk-II tank, but all round it as well. When the enemy ammunition hits these bricks, they will explode and retard the energy of the projectile, which then cannot penetrate the tank's armour.

“The penalty for using these bricks is that they will add 1.5 tonnes to the tank's weight. But we can prevent top attack and side attack. We can add to the tank's protection from missiles and rocket-propelled grenades,” the DRDO Chief Controller said.

Automatic target tracking

The fourth upgrade is that Arjun Mk-II will have an automatic target tracking system which will add to the accuracy when firing on a moving target.

P. Sivakumar, CVRDE Director, said Arjun-Mk-II would have a total of 93 upgrades, including the advanced air defence gun system for firing at attack helicopters. The Army had placed an indent for production of 124 Arjun-Mk II tanks.

In phase I, 45 tanks will roll out with 56 upgrades, including the missile firing capability and the commander's panoramic sight with night vision.

In phase II, the remaining 79 tanks, with all the 93 improvements, will come off the assembly line. “By 2013-14, the first batch of around 30 tanks will go out,” Dr. Sivakumar said.

According to Mr. Sundaresh, these 124 Arjun-Mk II tanks would cost Rs.5,000 crores.

Keywords: DRDO, defence equipment

 

[luckyyy]

don't the concept of MBT has gone outdated..?

 

[CONNAN]

the biggest problem i see is lack of proper futuristic designs for the proposed tank no doubt we have the tech now but we also got those idiotic designers who cant think beyond the designs of 90's suggestion are welcomed

 

[misterme2]

yes we can sir.

few things...

1) place all crew inside hull instead of turret. only 5 ton Tank gun will move instead of 25 ton Turret (Hugely decrease weight around 10 MT ... less moving weight so small hydro-ele. system, less space so less heavy Armour, small engine, less fule, small fuel tank...and so on ) we can use new technology like Photonic Mask to look around 360*. no need to BUILD 25 TON UPPER PART OF TANK mainly for that purpose!!!!!

2) Use active protection system.

3) Develop 1200 HP Wenkal Diesel engine( Will weight around 1.7 ton compare to 5 to 6 ton of piston driven counterparts. it will be more fuel efficient.)

4) use maximum 3 person Crew.

5) Use Rubber tracks instead of Steel one.

Im impressed you gave some pretty good points.....

 

[SEAL]

Indian media will repeat this FMBT term again and again for the next 10 years.

 

[LEO99]

Tanks has no future in modern warfare ,they are no more immune to portable ATGM's.
lighter means like striker holds the future.