I don't think that you can claim that the Arjun tank is indigenous, because "50% of the tank's components are imported, which include the engine, transmission, gun barrel, tracks, and fire control system."
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Despite DRDO's attempts at indigenization, the Arjun relied heavily on foreign components and technology. DRDO received major design assistance from Krauss Maffei, the developer of the German Leopard 2 tank, and several other German firms. As a result, Arjun's design is very similar to that of Leopard 2A4 tank.[10]
50% of the tank's components are imported, which include the engine, transmission, gun barrel, tracks, and fire control system.[11] Recent reports from India indicate that the Russian T-90S will form the mainstay of its future force, despite that tank’s performance issues in hot weather. At the same time, the Indian Army wants to cap production of indigenous Arjun tanks to 124 units, due to repeated trial failures and vast budget overruns.[12]"
when did i say that arjun have not received any assistance from other countries i replied bcoz he claimed that with getting the support from other countries india could not make acceptable products that's y i made a comparison of arjun with abrahams
U said we cant claim arjun is indigenous the answer to this was posted by me already but i am posting it again .If u take the chinese
TYPE 054 frigate following are the very vital components which are either imported by chinese or license produced
Sonar:
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MGK-335
This is a russian made sonar
Engine:SEMT Pielstick 21,000 hp
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The above mentioned engine is french engine manufactured by MAN Diesel
Radar: Type 363S
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The radar is derived from Thomson-CSF DRBV-15 Sea Tiger Radar
Thomson-csf(is renamed as Thales Group which is a French company)
Fire control:
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1)Chinese made Type 345 is used
derived from Thomson-CSF Castor II fire control system
2)Type 347g radar
In the 1980s, China imported the OTOBreda (now OTO-Melara) Twin Fast Forty AAA [2] and Selenia (now AMS) SPG-74 (RTN-20X) fire control system from Italy for evaluation.and Type
347 is based on SPG-74 technology.
3)The Type 360 radar
derived from Selenia RAN-10S / SPS – 774 (italy)
Combat Management System:
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1)ZKJ-4B/6
The above mentioned part is based on Thomson-CSF TAVITAC
2)SNTI-240 satellite communications (SATCOM), and datalink.is a british made
3)HZ-100
The Elettronica SpA suite was initially based on the Farad (ELT 123) ECM system which was a basic RWR/ESM system. It has since evolved into numerous iterations
The ELT 211 ESM suite is used on the improved version of the Newton system (Beta). It merges the ELT 123, which is basically a RWR system China was able to obtain a license to
manufacturer the Newton Beta suite in 1985 following the purchase of a few units of the original system from Elettronica and this is done by CSIC 723
The system on the Zhuhai has been referred to as the Type 825 ESM system and it is presumed that the complete locally manufactured system is using this domestic designation
instead of the Type 211 associated with the ESM set for the Elettronica Beta equipment. It is possible that the export designation for this system is the HZ-100
Main gun:
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1)Type 210 100 mm gun
This gun is based on French Creusot-Loire T100C
2)The AK-630 CIWS Gun
Its a Soviet fully automatic naval six-barreled 30 mm Gatling gun.
Missiles:
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1)HQ-7 SAM
HQ-7 SAM is based on Sea Crotale SAM
2)Hongniao_missile-2
Chinese land attack cruise missile, which is based on the variants of the Russian Kh-SD/65.
Torpedos:
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Yu-7 used in this frigate is the Chinese development of the US Mk 46 Mod
Yu-7 torpedo obtained USA technical support in 1985, when China signed a US$ 8 million deal with USA in purchasing Mk 46 Mod. 2 torpedoes with technological support for
licensed assembly.
so tell me how the chinese call this frigate as ofcourse they call this as indigineous so what's wrong in indians calling arjun as indigineous