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This tank looks ugly!
Cool looking hardware
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Indian Army Day: Road to reform? | Analysis & Opinion | Reuters
Indian Army Day: Road to reform?
Jan 15, 2010 03:29 EST
January 15 is celebrated as Indias Army Day each year. Sixty-two years ago on this day, the first Indian officer took over as CommanderinChief of the army.
Lately, the Indian army has been under constant scrutiny. From modernization of equipment to the moral character of the organisation, many believe the army is facing too many problems at the same time.
In the recent past, there was a media frenzy about Chinese incursions and violation of Indian air space along the Line of Actual Control and also speculation whether the army would fight the growing left-wing extremism in its own country.
N. Manoharan, Senior Fellow, Centre for Land and Warfare studies, wrote in an article that reforms in the military sector are imperative for India to make a leap from a regional power to a leading global power. They are also vital to achieve the primary objective of securing the country from external and internal adversaries, he said.
Do you think the Indian Army has too many concerns to deal with? Is it time for the army to review the many aspects of the organisation?
The theme for Army Day this year is Indian Army partners in nation building.
Is the Indian army at a stage where it can help with nation-building? Should it have started contributing to nation building much earlier?
Indian Army Day: Road to reform?
Jan 15, 2010 03:29 EST
January 15 is celebrated as Indias Army Day each year. Sixty-two years ago on this day, the first Indian officer took over as CommanderinChief of the army.
Lately, the Indian army has been under constant scrutiny. From modernization of equipment to the moral character of the organisation, many believe the army is facing too many problems at the same time.
In the recent past, there was a media frenzy about Chinese incursions and violation of Indian air space along the Line of Actual Control and also speculation whether the army would fight the growing left-wing extremism in its own country.
N. Manoharan, Senior Fellow, Centre for Land and Warfare studies, wrote in an article that reforms in the military sector are imperative for India to make a leap from a regional power to a leading global power. They are also vital to achieve the primary objective of securing the country from external and internal adversaries, he said.
Do you think the Indian Army has too many concerns to deal with? Is it time for the army to review the many aspects of the organisation?
The theme for Army Day this year is Indian Army partners in nation building.
Is the Indian army at a stage where it can help with nation-building? Should it have started contributing to nation building much earlier?
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The thing is, most tanks today don't have armor which allow others to hit it at a perpendicular angle, whereas this tank does, which I find quite stupid, no offence.
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Careful dimensioning of wall and a low silhouette provides Arjun high degree of immunity. Kanchan amour can withstand a direct hit from a T-72 at point blank range, and can also defeat all available HESH and FSAPDS rounds, that includes the Israeli FSAPDS rounds.Howz that ?
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Careful dimensioning of wall and a low silhouette provides Arjun high degree of immunity. Kanchan amour can withstand a direct hit from a T-72 at point blank range, and can also defeat all available HESH and FSAPDS rounds, that includes the Israeli FSAPDS rounds.Howz that ?
So why not slant it at 45 deg so it can withstand something >125mm? Isn't that better?
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Well, I am not sure what made them choose a vertical armour over Sloped armour. But the general wisdom can be,
I mean, for the same vertical area covered, it requires the same mass of armor to provide the same horizontal thickness.
→ A vertical plate would need be thicker, but it doesn't need to be as long,
→ where as a sloped plate may be thinner, but you'll need it in longer length.
So Arjun's armour would be thicker than other tanks but not longer.
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Careful dimensioning of wall and a low silhouette provides Arjun high degree of immunity. Kanchan amour can withstand a direct hit from a T-72 at point blank range, and can also defeat all available HESH and FSAPDS rounds, that includes the Israeli FSAPDS rounds.Howz that ?
And you call it an achievement?
Squash Heads and Armor Piercers are no longer the norm of the day.
Tandem heads, reactive amour, hologram armor is what we talk today.
And seriously, those impacts doent seem to be from a hit from a 125 mm?
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