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@Hari Sud , tell me, if drones that can carry Anti-Ship missiles can be made, would that make warships obsolete? Why/Why not?

:rofl: You accused me of the same thing not too long ago. Read this:- https://defenceforumindia.com/threads/ins-vishal-iac-ii-aircraft-carrier.40652/page-66#post-2080819 Yaad aya? . Exactly. Shilka is four 23mm autocannons hooked to a Radar and FCS. The concept itself isn't new. But its good...

True that. IIR is better than radar in this case. But KPVT is not 23mm. Its 14.5mm

Forget lasers, on a tank, put a good quality radar and FCS and hook it to a KPVT (replace the NSVT with a KPVT) and you'll have a good enough anti-drone system on each tank for smaller drones that can't carry ATGMs. For larger drones that carry ATGM, upgrade the SPAAG and SAM units of your...

Tanks are far from obsolete. Once C-RAM or other types of drone defence systems become commonplace in the military, you'll be forced to retract your own words. Bullets didn't make the soldier obsolete. By your assessment, advent of air power should have made ammo dumps obsolete. And rocket...

True. No APS on VT-4 is good cause it means our HEAT and CLGM rounds would penetrate the VT-4 even if our current DRDO FSAPDS Mk II is insufficient. And even if they later install APS on their VT-4, we are already developing a new APFSDS for 600-650mm penetration, which likely will be enough to...

True, but it will take them at least 15 years from now to field it in their plains, and since their armour is sufficient against us, I don't see them fielding that tank against us in the mountains for at least three decades. The new gen Chinese MBT will likely be built to take on NATO tanks...

Some field maintenance are carried out by the crew themselves, despite there being Recovery and repair crews in the regiment, those handle higher order repairs, like engine replacement. . As for 130mm gun, its the easy way to ensure more penetration, without going deep into APFSDS tech, true...

Right. Another reason we shouldn't be trying to import this machine is its gun. I mean, a 130mm APFSDS? Our development of the 125mm hasn't peaked yet. And our adversaries don't have armour that would warrant that we use 130mm, other than perhaps Type 99 upgrades, and I think even those might be...

"Marketing professional" "University of Mumbai" I have a hard time believing that marketing people are this dumb. This guy must have been a Pakistani.

But Towed Guns are employed with completely different formations, right? Their tasking is very different from the tasking of the Armoured Divisions in whose Artillery Brigade the Self Propelled Guns are deployed. As per Sundarji Doctrine, Armoured Divisions are the spearhead of the spearhead...

Dude, you are talking as if arty shrapnel is not going to be lethal for the crew. Ofcourse it won't survive a direct hit from an enemy 155 but mobility + protection form shrapnel >> mobility only. Yeah, Bhim could have been a better option, but its already too late now. Our SPG requirement is...

Why is this sad? These SPG don't have armour like K-9 Vajra does. Its better to order more K-9 Vajra, isn't it?

Isn't the entire bloody point of a tank to be able to take punishment from smaller caliber weapons? Armata makes me LMAO.

One would have hoped that once the Army Design Bureau came about, things would markedly improve. They have for the infantry, but not for Armoured it seems.

Hope we wake up soon as well. FRCV/FMBT/GNMBT. I mean it shouldn't be that hard to make the front of a tank impervious, should it?

WTF!? Did they fix this $hit in their later models?

When did FMBT tender come out? Do you mean FRCV or FMBT? Source please. This is the best I have:- https://indianarmy.nic.in/makeinindia/importantinformation/125MM%20APFSDS%20AMMUNITION%20WITH%20HIGH%20DoP%20OF%20600%20%E2%80%93%20800MM.pdf Currently even DGMF is only giving requirement of new...

If you do away with existing Armoured formations, who is going to perform their role? Each formation has a tasking assigned to it. We've already dismantled one Strike Corps. We can't weaken our Western posture any more. I say we replace as many T-72 as we can afford to by Armata/FRCV/FMBT/GNMBT...

Could you please elaborate on this? We are slightly short of the ideal number of armoured regiments we need. So if we don't replace T-72 on a one to one basis, do you suggest we do away with some armoured regiments? Or else should we reduce the size of an armoured regiment and get rid of the...