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  1. bengalraider

    Arjun Main Battle Tank (MBT)

    Fun fact the Vickers Mk7 was essentially the Vickers valiant turret on a Leopard 1 chassis . The Valiant itself offered to India in the early 1980's after Vickers lost the deal to build the future MBT of the UK to the Challenger . This was proposed as a follow on to the Vijayanta program & Avadi...
  2. bengalraider

    Arjun Main Battle Tank (MBT)

    When you want to move a 60 ton monster at 60kmph 6ltr/km is good efficiency!~ Internal fuel load is enough for a 400km run i.e around 2.4 tonnes.
  3. bengalraider

    Arjun Main Battle Tank (MBT)

    Arjun is also one of the MBTs in current use!
  4. bengalraider

    Arjun Main Battle Tank (MBT)

    The Arjun for example drinks 6 litres of diesel per kilometer. That's 6lt/km.
  5. bengalraider

    Arjun Main Battle Tank (MBT)

    Arjun Regiments awarded Presidential Standards!
  6. bengalraider

    Arjun Main Battle Tank (MBT)

    Correction the word I wanted to use was retarded. Damn autocorrect.
  7. bengalraider

    Arjun Main Battle Tank (MBT)

    It is the Arjun, our media is restarted.
  8. bengalraider

    Arjun Main Battle Tank (MBT)

    new pic of Arjun from the 15th Jan 2013 army day parade
  9. bengalraider

    Arjun Main Battle Tank (MBT)

    Israel Defense | An Israeli Shell in an Indian Tank Very interesting information that makes it a total of 124+124 Mk1 's and 250 Mk 2's for a Total of approximately 500 ARJUNS:cowboy:
  10. bengalraider

    Arjun Main Battle Tank (MBT)

    @ sesha - hate to burst your bubble there mate! but that tank is not the Arjun MK2 . that is the old Arjun they always display during DEFEXPO at pragati maidan!
  11. bengalraider

    Arjun Main Battle Tank (MBT)

    Judging from the MTU effort i would say the engine would have to be a multi-fuel V-12 power plant with computer controlled fuel injection and twin turbochargers, if we follow the MTU example much of the engine with the exception of the cylinders and pistons would be made from lighter materials...
  12. bengalraider

    Arjun Main Battle Tank (MBT)

    The Kanchan and Chobham are both composite laminate alloy armors that fared well against the APFSDS rounds favoured in anti tank warfare during the 90's and early 2000's , now the threat is more assymetrical and comes from cheap and readily available tandem warhead RPG's and advanced ATGM'S that...
  13. bengalraider

    Arjun Main Battle Tank (MBT)

    10 independently firing combustion chambers (cylinders) each with it's own piston arranged in a V shape angled at 90 degrees.
  14. bengalraider

    Arjun Main Battle Tank (MBT)

    saya is right the design of the arjun and the T series differs basically in the context of design philosophy the arjun was designed to take hits and hit back the T -90 was designed to avoid them, this is evident from the type of war both were designed for while the entire T series was designed...
  15. bengalraider

    Arjun Main Battle Tank (MBT)

    When i talked to the DRDO team at DEFEXPO i asked them regarding upgrades for the target acquisition and other electronics packages in the Arjun, the equipment used in the production arjun is essentially 1995 vintage(same as the prototype) while the world of electronics has undergone a...
  16. bengalraider

    Arjun Main Battle Tank (MBT)

    While the induction of a further 124 Arjuns is a positive event one must not let the current hysteria take away pressure from the DRDO to continue with improvements in armor, mobility and targeting packages on the tank , the reason why the Leo has remained one of the top notch fighting vehicles...
  17. bengalraider

    Arjun Main Battle Tank (MBT)

    All this hoopla about 124 more Arjuns is just a deal to keep political (read media)pressure off the generals collective back nothing more nothing less.
  18. bengalraider

    Arjun Main Battle Tank (MBT)

    We wanted a more contemporary turret design they had one! it's that simple but like i said it's all unsubstantiated.
  19. bengalraider

    Arjun Main Battle Tank (MBT)

    OK! I cannot substantiate this in anyway and frankly i myself am taking it with a grain of salt , i got some info from a guy claiming that the Israelis are on the bandwagon with the Arjun 2 program and a basic prototype is being considered as an unmanned Merkava 4 turret mated to the Arjun hull...
  20. bengalraider

    Arjun Main Battle Tank (MBT)

    there are actually two questions in your query 1)will sloped armor in the front protect the tank from all sides? the answer obviously is NO Sloped armor is primarily designed for head on battles i.e when tank to tank engagements take place at fairly close ranges,modern ATGM's such as the nag...
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