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Excalibur Rifle with Karanataka Garuda unit:

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This is Indian? :o:
 
Excalibur Rifle with Karanataka Garuda unit:

This is Indian? :o:


Check out their electronic suite for armored vehicles.

One of it's customers was even DARPA.

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If India wanna fund MSME programs, this company is definitely one that should get the cash.
 
Is this the latest version of the platform ?
Latest and final version.

What's going to be exciting is that this turret can be mounted on any large armoured vehicle so FICV and Kestral for sure.
 
@Echo_419 for reference, earlier iterations:

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I think the final design is far better than what was seen before.
 
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I think the final design is far better than what was seen before.

Only drawback I see is that earlier it had 8 tubes now it's got 2 less. But, this launcher appears to be much lighter, less bulky (also helps to reduce target signature in flat terrain) and the incorporation of a 2nd CoMPASS (I think one is for target acquisition while the other is independent, probably used by commander) also increases the vehicles' overall situational awareness considerably.

To me, it appears an acceptable & and fair trade-off.

It impresses me how quickly & smoothly L&T managed to redesign the launcher keeping emerging problems in mind and be able to accommodate user-specified improvements without any fuss. If we just change the missile, the new launcher could easily pass off as a completely new anti-tank solution than before. I would have easily okayed a decision to give it a new name, if only NAMICA wasn't derived from the missile being used!
 
The old design's turret could also elevate -

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Maybe they deemed this unnecessary.
 
The old design's turret could also elevate -

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Maybe they deemed this unnecessary.

Elevating the turret launcher to that small height does not really provide any benefits wrt to range or target acquisition. It was probably done because the earlier design couldn't properly point upwards without greasing the hull. Indeed that's unnecessary now with the hydraulics modeled like those of a tipper (a vague comparison), instead of elevating the whole launcher on a central cylinder.

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Also, in the earlier NAMICA's case the hydraulic cylinder-shocks are on the sides, which is a danger spot. Easy to lose in case of even a firearm hit. The latest design puts them underneath the launcher while the smoke-grenade dischargers have been moved to the top of launcher-side. An excellent design consideration!
 
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BEL Subsystems of Namica
 
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