Armoured Recovery Vehicles (ARVs) : India to Buy WZT-3!!

[indian_sukhoi]

India to buy more ARVs for T-72 MBT fleet
By Rahul Bedi
11/21/2011

The Indian Army has ordered 204 additional WZT-3 armoured recovery vehicles (ARVs) from state-owned Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML) for an estimated USD285.6 million under a direct transfer of technology from Bumar of Poland.

Official sources said the order, placed in late October in support of the army's T-72 main battle tanks (MBTs), is to be completed by 2014 and that no global tender was issued as it was a "repeat order" involving a public sector defence company.

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[W.G.Ewald]

 

[W.G.Ewald]

US M88 recovery vehicle. I got to ride in one after our M60 tank broke a drive axle.

 

[Damian]

Wonder why they just not buy much newer WZT-4.

http://www.bumar.gliwice.pl/zbiory/WZT4-NTW-0908003.pdf

And to complete the fleet also PMC-90 Leguan self propelled brigde. Bumar needs cash, so I doubt that would refuse transfer of technology.

 

[Damian]

W.G.Ewald M88A2 is much more immpresive beast.

Pitty that they never ordered M90 ARV based on M1...

(photo from my article http://www.militis.pl/bron-pancerna/m1-abrams-dp1)

 

[p2prada]

Wonder why they just not buy much newer WZT-4.

http://www.bumar.gliwice.pl/zbiory/WZT4-NTW-0908003.pdf

And to complete the fleet also PMC-90 Leguan self propelled brigde. Bumar needs cash, so I doubt that would refuse transfer of technology.

The WZT-3 is good enough. This order will bring total to 556 units. And we have out own bridge layer.

BTW, this was a repeat order. So, it's like asking why IAF did not buy Su-35 and instead ordered for a follow on of 40 + 42 Su-30MKIs.

 

[W.G.Ewald]

The WZT-3 is good enough. This order will bring total to 556 units. And we have out own bridge layer.

Any videos of IA laying bridges? If they use Russian equipment and tactics they should be good.

 

[p2prada]

Any videos of IA laying bridges? If they use Russian equipment and tactics they should be good.

I cannot be the judge of that. But I only have pictures. Don't know where to find videos.

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[Damian]

Looks very similiar to our PMC-90.

 

[p2prada]

This is the Soviet version;

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[p2prada]

Our version takes 4 minutes to plug a 22m gap. There are 2 variants. One can carry 60 tons and the other can do 70 tons.

 

[indian_sukhoi]

According to the article it, The WZT-3 are for recovering T-72s. They do not have the power to tow a 60 ton heavy tank.


Besides 500+ units looks has a Over kill. Which is Comparable to US Army, We acquiring more than our requirements!!

 

[ace009]

Seriously - 500 ARVs? For ~1500 T-72 Tanks that IA has they want to buy 500 ARVs?

What do they expect the T-72 to last in battle? Go down to enemy fire every 2 days?

 

[Damian]

Besides 500+ units looks has a Over kill. Which is Comparable to US Army, We acquiring more than our requirements!!

US Army + USMC have 698 M88, M88A1 and M88A2 ARV's, numbers of M88's in ARNG and reserves are unknown.

According to the article it, The WZT-3 are for recovering T-72s. They do not have the power to tow a 60 ton heavy tank.

Well India could buy licence for WZT-4 with 1000HP engine that should have enough power to tow such vehicle, M88A2 have 1050HP engine and is capabale to tow even M1A2SEP weighting 63,100kg.

 

[asianobserve]

M88A1:

M88A2:

 

[p2prada]

Seriously - 500 ARVs? For ~1500 T-72 Tanks that IA has they want to buy 500 ARVs?

What do they expect the T-72 to last in battle? Go down to enemy fire every 2 days?

We actually have 2400 T-72s and plans to buy 1657 T-90s. That's ~4000 tanks by the time all the ARVs are in operation. So, 550 is just about right.

 

[hitesh]

 

[hitesh]

indian one

 

[Virendra]

We don't have the border access infrastructure at par with the Chinese. Even if I ignore that for a while, we would anyways be late in response being a slow democracy. So how good our Armored and Mechanized firepower is, would be known/meaningful only when we reach the battle ground on time and in full.
Question: What is our Cold start type readiness on Tibet front? Can we move these heavy beasts quickly and hit the ground zero running?

Regards,
Virendra