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Thales Thermal Sight Catherine-FC used in T-90s/Bhishma is an example of 2nd Gen Thermal Sight http://www.thalesgroup.com/Portfolio/Documents/CATHERINE_FC_%E2%80%93_Compact_Thermal_Imager/ Thales Catherine-XP used on T-90MS is an example of 3rd Gen Thermal Sight as it is based on QWIP...

An interesting write up on Arjun and T-90 debate The Arjun Saga June 2012

I am sure they would have done such test that goes without saying every development organisation and armed forces do such test on Armour and try to gauge its strength and weakness ....i am not disputing that. What i am disputing is what kind of ammo that was used what kind of penetration did it...

No one from Army or DRDO ever went on record and said Kanchan was tested against x type of APFSDS and y type of HEAT round and nor there are any patients filed which states what type of armour Kanchan is and what is the penetration value for it. Most bloggers and website are merely...

I think the 500 mm RHA @ 2km is for 125 mm Mk2 rounds , this should be comparable to the rounds that we use for T-90 i.e 3BM42

Thats what i said it blanket jams using high power the beam or any source that guides the missile to the target , as soon as it reaches closer to Shtora its blinded and the guidance beams becomes useless. The only way to defeat such system is to guide the missile at the place where Shtora is...

It shouldnt matter really because it simply blanket jams the Seekers , I am sure the manufacturer of Shtora-1 known in how many wavelength TOW 2 works. Even IR missile in AAM mode works in multiple wavelength still it can be spoofed by flares. The Weak zone is a valid argument but I assume...

That sort of statement needs to be backed up by credible evidence either some trial report from official sources that list out the problem with Shtora-1. There is nothing earth shattering that Shtora-1 does other then jam EO and IR/Lasers by over whelming it and giving the tank split second to...

Now relally Shtora-1 is effective against range of atgm Shtora-1 EOCMDAS http://www.army-guide.com/eng/product3009.html

In my country considering the nature of civil work they do and the kind of substandard product they use partly in building bridges. If bridge have a sign of 50 T then it would be safer to not try driving vehical above 40 T :lol:

Kunal , I dont know how many bridges exists in plains of punjab or NE or J&K exists that can hold absolute weight of 50 or 60 or 70 T and perhaps no one knows other than the Indian Army or the Pakistan Army. I was just responding to the statement by Damian that big tanks tend to have lower...

Weight is important when it comes to things like bridges where ground pressure does not matter but absolute weight does. So if bridge is capable of handling 50 T of wight a lower ground pressure will not help if the tank weighs 60 T but a 45 T tank will have no problem crossing these bridges...

These are certainly Prototype of Arjun Mk2 weather derived from Mk1 or new built not a final production model. The new panoramic sight seems to be a IIR type and not Thermal Imager

The current engine for Arjun is MB 838 Ka-501 Detail: MTU ONLINE

DRDO is working on new engine ( 1500 - 1800 hp ) if they work with industry they would come up with a decent engine in 8-10 years. Indian Industry can come with good engine if they work with pvt players in the business once they get there then they can have same engine for Arjun and FMBT.

The problem is even if new engines were to be available and there were talks of Cumins engine of 1500 hp some time back , it is not a plug and play affair to replace these engines , they would end up running these engines for thousands of Km to check the reliability of these engine , AUCRT type...

New engine will come with its own issue and will require long duration of testing the proven engine of Mk1 will make development faster.

check this Ajai comment Broadsword: Upcoming modifications on the Arjun Mark II

I have seen Ajai Shukla reporting in his blog comment section that it is a 1400 hp engine. But can you show be how this is 1500 hp engine mark and model and how is that different from previous Mk1 engine. ERA can always be custom built and there is no evidence to suggest the current ERA is a...

Well in essence its a 1400 hp engine , you can always turbo charge an engine to get extra oomph but it comes with engine life and fuel is what i read. I think the ERA are custom made K-5 , DRDO ERA so far developed appear to be thicker in size as can be seen on T-72 CIA but we will wait for...