Army set to try more lethal T-90 tank

[Decklander]

The trials of Mk2 were delayed by IA to allow Russians to field T-90MS Tagil tank. The modifications to T-90 MS are a result of indian DRDO efforts as asked by IA. IA delayed the trials of MK2 to place more orders for T-90MS while IA cud have very easily redeplyoed T-90s from western front to eastern front and inducted more Mk2s in their place in western front in large numbers. This is a classic case of bribes having been paid to IA top brass.
IMHO, DRDO shud start work on 50 ton MK3 with autoloader and stop licenced production of T-90.

 

[Kunal Biswas]

It's amazing how easily 235 tanks can be ordered with almost "NO QUESTIONS ASKED" and everything under sun is asked for a homemade product.

Also worth note, No news at all in Media. It is as if there is a full blackout by media. Arjun must be doing well.

Election fund raising is in full swing- that's all I can say about the extra 240 numbers of T-90 orders that are going to save India from all it's enemies.While restricting the total numbers of Arjun in IA to 240. Because Arjun can not raise funds for election.

 

[jmj_overlord]

It's amazing how easily 235 tanks can be ordered with almost "NO QUESTIONS ASKED" and everything under sun is asked for a homemade product.

Also worth note, No news at all in Media. It is as if there is a full blackout by media. Arjun must be doing well.

so the true news and facts about arjun mk2 won't be let out for some time ?

 

[debasree]

we should get both t-90 & arjun mk-2 in large no...in desert the arjun is killer no denial but in plain land t-90 is the best

 

[hitesh]

Long way to go for Arjun ... any ways t90 MS

side protection increased .

compare it with above

 

[hitesh]

T90MS with thermal camouflage

 

[Dejawolf]

hey guys, what gives an edge to t 90MS tagil over other t 90 variants and how can it suit our needs ?

T-90MS has a panoramic sight for commander, massive improvement over the old soviet style cupola sight, since it can rotate 360 degrees.
vision block arrangement has also been improved. in T-90 you had 3 vision blocks, and 2 of them were microscopic VBs in the hatch.
it's swapped out with a near 360 degrees western style vision block arrangement.
gunners sight has been much improved, gunner sight is now combined into a single dual-channel sight unit instead of 2 separate blocks, and
size has been reduced.

protection wise, front turret ERA coverage has been extended to encompass the area around the gun mantlet, giving much needed protection.
ERA coverage has also been extended on the sides, making it proof against RPGs, unlike the old style which is vulnerable even to old RPG-7 on the sides. stowed rounds has been moved out into a bustle decreasing post-penetration survivability fairly dramatically.
all in all it's a fairly massive improvement over the T-90A

 

[jmj_overlord]

what is that on top of the tank ? a machine gun which fires automatically ?

 

[Kunal Biswas]

It is a RCWS machine gun which can be control from inside,

But

issue with this design is its too high and increase detection of the tank more than others, In other words a design flaw in tactical sense ..

 

[arnabmit]

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[Kunal Biswas]

Sad to see the tool box are placed over ERA tiles ..

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[AVERAGE INDIAN]

army bosses has all the patience in the world when it comes to T90 and has time to test new tech on t90 but when it comes to Arjun some how they don't have space nor time to test it bunch of hippocrtes