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@The enlightened -I'm guessing the order value includes the cost of training and setting up of maintenance workshops as well.The final order numbers should rise though.
Turks would have gotten that too.@The enlightened -I'm guessing the order value includes the cost of training and setting up of maintenance workshops as well.The final order numbers should rise though.
Both, the support vehicles will be required as well.Only the K9 SPH or the K10 supply vehicle as well?
This is fantastic stuff. Look forward to seeing this beast with the IA.
So now after a decade of inaction, we are seeing some big ticket items being cleared and the best news is that it will be made in India.
No i meant that the manufacturing will be done in India. Never meant it was 100% indigenous.Samsung doing some of the manufacturing? 50 percent indigenous.
Last time i spoke about Bhim to a DRDO official was in DEFEXPO 2012. The project was very much alive at that point. The man had mentioned something to me about mating the ARJUN chassis to another turret because the T6 was banned at that point of time.Any update on BHIM SPH??? is the project still alive
Yes but Samsung will not be able to supply to us without the permission of the OEM.The Samsung involvement with L&T opens up a whole new list of interesting possibilities. Samsung defence conducts licensed production of the Lm-2500 gas turbines used by many of our ships, the T55 engine used by the Ch47 chinooks we are getting ,the T 56 used by the C-130 and the F-404 we are using for the Tejas
1. Tata is using Denel technology, but Denel is not longer blacklisted.I can see why so many manufacturers were blacklisted (denel etc...) Tata gun was a copy of denel gun so LT had the best shot. But still think the order is much bigger than reported?
Earlier mention of Arjun engine being possibly used? If true could possible mean an improved Arjun engine may also be in development?
L&T order has invoked mixed feelings. Ideally I would have preferred G-6/T-6 family, given our procurement process any artillery is welcome. G-6/T-6 family is a proven system that participated in Iran-Iraq war. G-6 was a path breaking design of its time where it was designed ground up as a single unit rather than other SPH which mated howitzer to tank chasis.
Considering the fact that we should focus on Pakistan as well as China, we need more number of wheeled howitzers rather than tracked howitzers as wheeled variants offer higher flexibility and reduced maintenance compared to tracked variants. Biggest factor is deployment. While wheeled howitzers can be driven during mobilization, tracked variant require dedicated tank transporters for longer distances.
Yeah, but it's one more obstacle & it opens stealth south Korea tech transfer route to us.Yes but Samsung will not be able to supply to us without the permission of the OEM.
The OEM is based in the great khanate and their great khan has a bromance going with our "chappan inch". Do the math.Yes but Samsung will not be able to supply to us without the permission of the OEM.
hay I was there too... next year we will meet.
Yours truly with the VAJRA, DEFEXPO 2012!
Next year DEFEXPO is in Goa. I'll see if I can make it.hay I was there too... next year we will meet.
Next year DEFEXPO is in Goa. I'll see if I can make it.