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The army won't induct more than 200 Arjun Mk2s. The total will be around 350. DRDO wanted a 500 tank order for Mk1, not Mk2. For Mk2, just 500 more tanks won't help it break even. The unit cost is above 40 Crores or above $8 Million per unit and R&D costs are equally high due to the large amount...

Come on, that's unrealistic. Banning armed robots won't happen. And even if it did India won't be a party to such a treaty. Except chemical weapons, which were banned for the right reasons, India is not a party to any arms-ban treaty in the world anyway, like nuclear weapons, landmines and...

Drones should become reliable and eventually standardized in one or two decades. When I say FMBT Mk2, you can only imagine how long it will take. It could be 15 years from now for the project to start, let alone be fielded. So, it could happen in the 2030-40 period. It's a long time in the...

Where did you get it from? I don't know how this fighter cockpit thing works out. Is he talking about a tandem seating arrangement? I am pretty sure you still need 3 crew members, one to find targets and keep an eye out while the other takes out designated targets, apart from the driver. But...

With RCS reduction. :thumb:

The only other known FMBT program elsewhere is the ongoing Armata UCP. It is to undergo tests in 2013 and production in 2016. It would be convenient to follow the Armata project to get some clues about the FMBT. They are planning a manned tank and an unmanned tank with similar specs. So, an...

The design phase for the engine may have ended or in the process of ending,along with the transmission. Once that is done they may start design phase of the tank, as is the norm. Hopefully we will see a prototype in a few years. There was a leak in the media about the engine, so the Army has...

It is difficult to mislead Parliament and expect the opposition to sit around in such a major project. It is good that CVRDE is already working on the engine, regardless of whether the PSQR was handed over or not.

If we are playing with random speculations. Then these could be my ideas of what the FMBT would look like. Being a little less conceptual; A smaller version though. Unless we create 2 feet human soldiers. Being most realistic; A real concept tank along with another one;

The change has to come about fast. Any changes the USAF expects from Boeing is done in record time. But DRDO takes for ever. This is primarily because we have a near first world military and a third world industry. Of course not. LCH equivalents are not easily available or affordable in...

We have a modified tank gun called the 2A46 Maple meant for the T-72 upgrades which is only a notch below the Arjun's gun and much below the T-90's gun 2A46M-5. The old Soviet Union did indeed sell us downgraded stuff on tanks. But not now. We are getting top notch stuff now along with their...

@gogobot I don't have the time or the patience to repeat everything said before. So go through the T-90 thread. We have discussed Firepower, armour, gun ratings, ballistics, supplies and even the future of tank warfare. It is 34 pages long and is a lengthy ready, but it will answer a lot of...

I have to agree, but only to an extent. There is a possibility there is a new tank prototype on the table to be ready by 2020. I don't know if we are linked to the project and we may not be too. However the Russians are looking at new generation tanks between 20 and 40 tons. The engine and...

Wow. Just because people like Harry Potter, that does not make Magic true, does it? Can some one delete the posts before the quality of the forum deteriorates?

It is clear from your post that you haven't gone back and read my earlier debate with Kunal and ppgj. I do not intend on repeating the story again. http://www.defenceforum.in/forum/showthread.php?t=208 Go through the posts and you will find most of your answers. I will answer some of your...

Nobody knows the reasons for cancellation. But we all know that development was indeed delayed and may perhaps overshoot schedule by a long margin. So, that would be one of the reasons for cancellation. Another would be financial of course. As for your second statement, it is only an...

As of 25 Aug, 2010 04:35:11 PM, IA is the proud owner of only 85 Arjun Tanks after 26 years of development and trials. ROFL. That should answer all your questions. LCA and Arjun have faced similar problems. Both forces have rejected Mk1. Both forces have asked for a MK2. Both forces have not...

Wonder why he hates the game? Wake up to REALITY. :emot180:

Obsolete gun, old armour, weak projectiles etc are not critical systems. Without an engine, tracks and electronics there is no tank. We aren't building a WW2 force that relied only on Gun and Armour. Crew comfort, Heat dissipation and room for upgrades isn't even an argument. It is a...

Perhaps the Laser's main goal is to fry the missiles seeker in order to make the missile(LAHAT) lose its trajectory and therefore deflect the missile from its path towards the tank. Even a couple of centimetres off and the missile will simply explode harmlessly next to the tank. This certainly...