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Think India is buying a billion in tank ammunition from Russia, am curious why India does not make their own tank ammunition.

India's tank fleet lacks ammunition, its air defences are "97 percent obsolete" and its elite forces need essential weapons, the country's army chief wrote in an explosive letter leaked. The letter to the prime minister dated March 12 -- widely reported by the Indian media -- lists shortcomings...

When you consider then new armour upgrade plus other defenses US tanks now have its going to be very difficult for another tank to destroy a M1A1. Some of the new lasers are used against heat seeking missiles but there are also powerful dazzlers to blind other tanks.

Its simply depleted uranium armor used as a part Rolled homogeneous armour giving M1s the protection equal to two feet of just RHA, even with the USA RHA armour tanks in Iraq, Russians tanks in Iraq never killed a man in US tanks and even other M1s had trouble destroying disabled tanks.

US is upgrading all M1A1 tanks with steel encased depleted uranium armor, which has a density at least two-and-a-half times greater than steel. The depleted uranium armor will raise the total weight of the Abrams tank to 65 tons, but offers vastly improved protection in the bargain. The added...