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  1. Damian

    Light tanks for Indian Army

    No not for project "Rydwan" directly, I shared this title to the person that asked about Polish developments in vehicle armor protection. I have this book, it is very detailed scientific work, it describes several armor designs developed in Poland. I do not know if this book is avaiable outside...
  2. Damian

    Light tanks for Indian Army

    Guys I need to make some statement here. Status of the multirole modular platform "Rydwan" is currently unknown to be honest. Our MoD is silent, besides a rather respected and reliable source, magazine "Raport", no other source, be it similiar specialized media or official sources from MoD, do...
  3. Damian

    Light tanks for Indian Army

    Important information, I don't know whether she is bad or rather good and rational. They decided to delete of the part of the programme "Rydwan", responsible for designing the new platform from scratch. It this way most probably happened because of costs. At present MoD after analysing...
  4. Damian

    Light tanks for Indian Army

    Yes. Wóz wsparcia ogniowego - Fire support vehicle/light tank Haubica - Howitzer Bojowy wóz piechoty ze zdalnie sterowanym systemem wieżowym (odmiana lekka) - infantry fighting vehicle with remotely controlled turret system (lightweight variant) Wóz ewakuacji medycznej - MEDEVAC vehicle...
  5. Damian

    Light tanks for Indian Army

    Above image shows concept of the WPB "Anders", concept of WPB "Rydwan" will be similiar, although more complex and heavyweight platform might have two configurations, one with engine at front, and second with engine at rear, more suited for MBT.
  6. Damian

    Light tanks for Indian Army

    Unmanned turret module "Amur" with 4 "Grom" anti-air missiles and 4 "Spike" anti-tank missiles. All these modules can be installed on variety of platforms. There are of course more, like the automatic gun mortar module MAHSW "Rak" with 120mm gun mortar with autoloader, that can be installed on...
  7. Damian

    Light tanks for Indian Army

    As far as I can say, the WPB Anders multirole modular platform, that was considered to be used in Polish-Indian project for the light tank, is currently closed deal, simply because it was only technology demonstrator, not even a prototype. Currently we are developing new multirole modular...
  8. Damian

    Light tanks for Indian Army

    The problem with lightweight vehicles is that they have too thin hull to use standard ERA, there is need an ERA that is designed with lightweight platforms as well in mind. Such ERA systems are Russian 4S24, Ukrainian "Knife"/"Duplet" and American ARAT, BRAT and SRAT ERA systems (I mentioned...
  9. Damian

    Light tanks for Indian Army

    WPB Anders is multirole/universal combat platform, this means that depending on configuration it can be light tank/fire support vehicle, infantry fighting vehicle and any other variant that is avaiable for platform. In fact even in LT/FSV variant, WPB Anders besides having crew of 3, low...
  10. Damian

    Light tanks for Indian Army

    Well situation is interesting from the Polish end. OBRUM is still working on WPB Anders, but currently probably on for the export market, because Polish Army currently is close to finish it's requirements list, and the rumors close to the MoD says that Army want a heavier MBT, and lighter...
  11. Damian

    Light tanks for Indian Army

    UCP Anders is not ready yet, what we see in all photos is still early technology demonstrator, the real prototype will be shown in near future if everything goes well.
  12. Damian

    Light tanks for Indian Army

    Currently we know that US Army GCV in basic configuration will be 40-50 tons heavy vehicle with capability to use addon armor if needed... weight can easy go up to 55 tons, or even more, so tracks are only option... not to mention that some circles behind GCV program, want's to expand it in to...
  13. Damian

    Light tanks for Indian Army

    Actually it can, it is M68A2/L52 105mm rifled gun, a modified version of M68A1/L52 used in M1 and M1IP that was modified version of M68/L52 gun used on M48A5 and M60 series, M68 was a US license version of British L7 gun... It is not a bad gun, especially with modern ammunition. However Stryker...
  14. Damian

    Light tanks for Indian Army

    Strykers are currently under modernisation program, after it vehicle will have double V hull belly and better armor, also ERA and the overall weight should increase to approx 30 tons. It seems that US Army is resigning from C-130 transportability of it's AFV's.
  15. Damian

    Light tanks for Indian Army

    Nope, however yes our PT-91's get 2A46MS 125mm gun from Slovakia. No. Future of Anders UPB is not certain, Army probably even don't wan't WWO variant (WWO - Wóz Wsparcia Ogniowego/Fire Support Vehicle/Light Tank)
  16. Damian

    Light tanks for Indian Army

    Not true, UPB Anders-WWO use 120mm L50 RUAG CTG gun, also Rhinemetall have it's 120LLR gun, US designed 120mm XM360/L48 (M360/L48) gun for light platforms (even these weighting ~20 tons) and from it developed MBT version XM360E1/L48 (M360A1/L48) gun for M1 series MBT's. Nope, T-72's will be...
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