Indian Army Armored Vehicles

[Jagdish58]

What happened to Abhay IFV?? is it ony a tech demonstrator??

Any news about FICV

 

[Kunal Biswas]

BRDM 2 somewhere in Kashmir ..

 

[hardip]

What happened to Abhay IFV?? is it ony a tech demonstrator??

Any news about FICV

IFV ABHAY :
INFANTRY COMBAT VEHICAL/INFENTRY FIGHTING VEHICAL
Abhay serves as a pre-technology demonstrator to develop and test technologies that will be used on a futuristic ICV (FICV), which will replace the Indian Army's BMP-2 vehicles The project started in the late 1990s, and design work was completed by 2001.However, the project faced delays due to US sanctions imposed after the Pokhran-II Nuclear tests.
Source by WIKIPEDIA

 

[Kunal Biswas]

Ghost Division ..

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This is supposed to be a CVRDE developed armoured car based on a Nissan chassis. Anyone have any more photos of it?

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[Kunal Biswas]

The Ghost Regiment on parade ..

 

[Kunal Biswas]

The Ghost Regiment on parade ..

 

[Kunal Biswas]

The Ghost Regiment on parade ..

 

[rishivashista13]

If anyone can name all vehicles above and can tell anything about them , it will surely help to understand these historical fighting vehicles .

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[hardip]

If anyone can name all vehicles above and can tell anything about them , it will surely help to understand these historical fighting vehicles .

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Hmmm ...!!!

pic
1.group of Ghost regiment.. front of t-62
2.three t-55 tank upgraded
3.vijeyanta tank
produced by UK..
4.PT-76-light armor tank by USSR .
5. Ferret scout car (WwII) by UK
6. Tresath tank (on tatra truck)- Stuart vI "(british) ww2-originaly produced by USA.
7.M113 bredly APC. By USA
8.again vijeyanta..
9.T-55
10. Humber Armoured Car british ww2
11.Daimler armoured car British ww2
12.agin Ferret scout car ..UK

 

[shiphone]

1.group of Ghost regiment.. front of t-62
2.three t-55 tank upgraded

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all T-72

 

[EliteFoxtrot]

@Kunal sir please educate us about the ghost regiment if you know about them

 

[Kunal Biswas]

63rd Cavalry is an armoured regiment of the Indian Army.It was raised on 2 January 1957 at Alwar, Rajasthan. Lt Col Harmandar Singh (now Brigadier retired) was the first commanding officer.The third armoured regiment to be raised under the government sanctions of 1956, the regiment was initially equipped with two squadrons of Stuart Mk VI tanks and a squadron of Humber Mk 4 armoured cars. In April 1958 the Humber squadron proceeded to Khanabal in Kashmir for a tour of duty till July 1959.

The Humber squadron was later hived off as an independent reconnaissance squadron and the integral squadron re-raised with Daimler armoured cars. The independent squadron of 63rd Cavalry served in 1960-61 in the Congo Crisis as part of 99th Indian Infantry Brigade under the ONUC peacekeeping mission of the United Nations.

In 1971 the regiment was re-equipped with T-55 tanks and PT-76 amphibious tanks, participating in combat operations in the Bangladesh front of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, entering Dacca in the final stages of the campaign.The tendency of 63rd Cavalry's tanks to appear from any of the four cardinal directions led to the enemy giving it the epithet of the "ghost" regiment.

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1. Indian Upgraded T-72M1 all of them.
2. Indian upgraded T-55.
3. Vijayanta tank made and re- design in India from vicker design.
5. CVRDE`s Nissan Armored car aka ferret Armored car.

@Kunal sir please educate us about the ghost regiment if you know about them

Hmmm ...!!!

pic
1.group of Ghost regiment.. front of t-62
2.three t-55 tank upgraded
3.vijeyanta tank
produced by UK..
4.PT-76-light armor tank by USSR .
5. Ferret scout car (WwII) by UK
6. Tresath tank (on tatra truck)- Stuart vI "(british) ww2-originaly produced by USA.
7.M113 bredly APC. By USA
8.again vijeyanta..
9.T-55
10. Humber Armoured Car british ww2
11.Daimler armoured car British ww2
12.agin Ferret scout car ..UK

 

[Bornubus]

The M 113 seems to be captured from Paki, mainly for ceremonial role.

When these APC were captured, the US Army markings were clearly visible.

 

[hardip]

Hmmm

OK sir but I never hered about..ofb car.. nd in that pic is . design of United kingdom..possibly under contract uk company gave right to OFB to make in India.. it's a word war Era armored car..

nd also say something about m113 apc. us never sell This armoured personal carrier to india(nd never buy by india) so how it come in hand of Indian Army brigade? ..
(it's captured during war'65,71'? from Pakistan)

 

[Kunal Biswas]

Go through the link : http://www.drdo.gov.in/drdo/labs/CVRDE/English/index.jsp?pg=Products.jsp

Hmmm
OK sir but I never hered about..ofb car.. nd in that pic is .

 

[Zebra]

http://www.businessinsider.in/Arjun-MBT-MK-I-Overweight/articleshow/53542486.cms

Who is 'ARJUN' -- the overweight battle tank on display in Parliament, aiming at?

Anupama Airy , Aug 4, 2016, 05.30 PM

On display at the lawns of the Parliament's Library Building-- as part of the three-day long exclusive exhibition for the lawmakers, is the massive ARJUN main battle tank (MBT), developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) for the Indian Army to fight adversaries along our Western border areas especially the plain and desert areas of Punjab and further South.

However the reality is a bit bitter. Facing serious issues of weight, unfortunately the ARJUN tank remains largely unsuitable for being operated on border areas except for small stretches in the Barmer-Jaisalmer area.

While the battle tank's first variant ARJUN MkI weighed 62 tonnes (and this is the one on display), the second one - or the so called next gen, ARJUN MkII weighs even more at around 68 tonnes. As none of the bridges close to border areas can carry anything more than 60 tons, the usage of ARJUN MBT to reach the border areas to fight wars remains a big question mark.

So effectively, the weight of the tank prohibits its use along most of the b0rder areas. Interestingly, a senior defence ministry official sarcastically but rightly commented, "If this tank can't cross bridges and kill enemies on the border, who is it than aiming at?...Pakistan or the Parliament?"

Taking note of this deficiency, defence minister Manohar Parrikar has already ordered a study (involving all the stakeholders) to bring down the weight of this tank to 55 tonnes. According to defence ministry sources, Parrikar has openly expressed his unhappiness on the issues crippling the ARJUN MBT.

While weight is a major issue, other deficiencies of MBT Arjun includes its indigenisation content and also availability of ammunition that remains miniscule. Most of the ammunition that this MBT should fire is unavailable.

Also while Parrikar is pushing the Make in India program very hard, it is unfortunate that the Arjun MkI has less than 30% of indigenisation content. In ARJUN MkII, instead of the import content going done, it has only gone up, reveal officials. Weight too has gone up to 68 tonnes, a folly DRDO has accepted during an interaction with reporters on the sidelines of the 9th Defence Expo in Goa this March.

Dr S Christopher DG, DRDO gracefully accepts that the weight of Arjun is on the higher side. "Army says there are bridges where MkII might find it difficult (to move). This is the reason why we have developed the other bridge and made our tank go over it again and again when displayed at DefExpo. We are trying to tell the army that even if we may not be able to use it as it is everywhere, there definitely can be places where it can be used," Christopher was quoted in a news report in its online edition dated March 29.

The report further noted that the history of indigenous tank building has been an acrimonious affair with the army and DRDO having bitter differences over the road ahead. While the army relies largely on the Russian-made T72 and T90 tanks, the DRDO believes it isn't being a fair opportunity to develop its product. After a protracted struggle, 124 MkI ARJUN tanks were commissioned into the army.

Time For Some Reality Check: So while we are proud of various inventions by DRDO, BrahMos missile (jointly made with L&T) being one, issues surrounding the ARJUN MBT are serious as a huge amount of public funds have gone into it. So our suggestion to DRDO is to look at reducing the weight of this tank that has been designed to fight wars on the borders and not just be stationed on the beautiful lawns amidst the kota stoned walls of the Parliament.

This DRDO exhibition, being held at the Parliament Library Building, will display numerous state-of-the-art defence technologies, products and systems developed by various DRDO laboratories indigenously, which includes the BrahMos missile, the 'Arjun' main battle tank, AEW&C (Airborne Early Warning and Control System), Multi Barrel Rocket Launcher 'Pinaka', Remotely operated vehicle, NBC Recce Vehicle, Wheeled Armoured Platform (WHAP), Laser Ordnance Disposal System (LORDS), Varunastra Torpedo, Mobile Automatic Robotic System (MARS), Various type of Radars and other products. The Speaker of Lok Sabha Smt Sumitra Mahajan will inaugurate the three-day long exhibition on the 3rd of August at 1000hrs.

Through this exclusive exhibition, the Members of Parliament from both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha are expected to visit the exhibition to get a first-hand account of huge work undertaken by DRDO and their successful implementation.

During the exhibition, DRDO will also organise a virtual reality display of Arjun Main Battle Tank, BrahMos Missile, AEW&C (Airborne Early Warning and Control System) & LCA-Tejas.

 

[Zebra]

@ Kunal Biswas , please keep this thread separate than the Arjun MBT thread.

What say....!

 

[Zebra]

* Facing serious issues of weight, unfortunately the ARJUN tank remains largely unsuitable for being operated on border areas except for small stretches in the Barmer-Jaisalmer area.

Almost entire western world use MBTs of these size and weight.

And they use their tanks everywhere in the world.

other deficiencies of MBT Arjun includes its indigenisation content and also availability of ammunition that remains miniscule. Most of the ammunition that this MBT should fire is unavailable.

Let us know the % of 'indigenisation content' of T-90 or even of upgraded T-72 .

And if they get any all new MBT, than what will be the % of 'indigenisation content' in it ........!


'Ammunition' is not an issue here , its 120 mm size is the biggest issue for them. If I am not wrong.

"Army says there are bridges where MkII might find it difficult (to move).

Improve your bridges then. It is not impossible.

 

[Zebra]

http://www.indiandefensenews.in/2016/08/is-drdos-arjun-main-battle-tank-mbt.html

Is DRDO's Arjun Main Battle Tank (MBT) A Real Fit For The Indian Army
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This is the better title for this thread ---> Is DRDO's Arjun Main Battle Tank (MBT) A Real Fit For The Indian Army

What say .......!

 

[Kunal Biswas]

All those points are already covered in multiple threads, multiple times regarding Arjun in Arjun dedicated thread as well as in other threads like this vs that ..

I don`t see any real purpose of this thread as separate ..