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I did not do much research on type 99, but from what is available on the wiki itself the type 99 does look like a good tank. Not something we can just ignore as an eyewash. I doubt if Pakistan will get it though. Type 99 is China's main/future tank and they don't seem to export their...

Not trying to be rude but if the point you have made has already been discussed in this thread then you can ask someone to "go read the thread", otherwise its the posters responsibility to provide proof/link for any claims in his/her post. Much obliged if you do so. Hope we don't start fighting...

http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htarm/articles/20090810.aspx Any chance we will get one of these(or similar) on Arjun?

In case you missed it, in my reply I had already mentioned that "If these have components from Thales then you are correct." So this first line would be enough. Thank you for pointing out. Now this is not a logical statement. "They already do" does not mean they will continue to do so in the...

From what I could find on the net http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-90 the T-90A comes with ESSA thermal viewer which is produced in belarus (not sure as I got this from a forum). If these have components from Thales then you are correct. Besides when did I say anything about France??? If that is...

Actually I have read and reread this whole thread (2 days back). How many would have done that? :) The point I am making is that since there is considerable amount of foreign technology on Arjun its development should not be compared to development of T 95 or other FMBTs (if I may use the...

Question : In a normal (don't know if such a term can be applied here) tank battle where lets say 1 or 2 regiments of arjun go against a similar number of alkhalids, how long would such a battle last (usually)? How many rounds would a tank fire on an average? I was just thinking in case of a...

an old article of 2008 from the hindu business line... Give Arjun a fighting chance The time, effort and money spent on development of indigenous fighting equipment, including the Arjun battle-tank, should not be squandered away in pursuit of technology pipe-dreams or mindless fascination...

This doesn't seem like a good idea, specially since we inducted them not long ago. Better option would be to update them to T 90M if possible. Arjun may be better than it but we can't phase out tanks this early after inducting them. Arjun could rather replace the remaining T 55s and oldest T...

Question : will there be any affect on Arjun MK II development of whether IA inducts the Arjun or not? DRDO staff would feel demoralized but anything other than that?

But in a way does it not mean we choose to believe a section of the army when it has views similar to ours but doubt the credibility of others in the army who are against our views?

How bout I highlight 10 lines in a post and say the same. Please make your point clear.Are you saying that in the 56 or so pages in this thread there is proof that this plan was started the day IA was formed? Ok so now you are saying this plan is over half a century old??? I don't even know how...

Nice answer, leaves no way to counter it. May be I should have posted this :).

Sir are you suggesting that army's denial to induct Arjuns is a planned strategy that started way back in 1982 (2nd GSQR)? 27 years!! With something so big it would be good to see some proof(all the way from 1982 at least). Otherwise whats stopping someone from arguing that this plan (to delay...

"Unfortunately in our doctrine, protection of soldiers is secondary to completing objectives. If a group can be destroyed in exchange for gaining a strategic point, then so be it. We follow the Soviet mentality. Number of dead mean nothing to us, unlike the Western Countries." Not trying to be...

Are the 12 years ols T 72s better than the ones that were inducted first (30 or so years back). Did we do any upgrades to the newer T 72s to make them better. If no then its high time to get Arjun or upgrade them.

May be the army is acting like this because it wants to replace T72 with T95s. Of-course no one knows when it will come out! So the army should at least induct another 400 arjuns so that DRDO gets the required encouragement and starts working on Arjun MK2. Don't think such a decision would...

The army GSQR was not for a heavy tank. Arjun is a heavy tank not because the army wanted it so but because the DRDO could not make it any lighter. Is this the case with other heavy tanks in the world. i.e. they are heavy not because the end user wanted a heavy tank but because the manufacturer...