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L&T showed a partially completed FICV hull in 2018, when Modi visited their factory. This was based on their experience with K-9 project. I think we might see their prototype in Defence expo 2021.

In Defence expo it was revealed that DRDO will come up with a FICV called Abhay mk2. Can anyone confirm that the OFB FICV (from OFB, Medak) project based on BMP2 is the same as DRDO FICV project, or are they different?

If you look closely, the first picture (from actual prototype) has a different turret design than the second picture(which is from a video).

This one is an early prototype of an all composite hull.

Army generally likes to follow Russian arms doctrine. Russians are moving towards unmanned turret based tank (T=14) and heavy IFV (T-15).Now let us discuss a few possible scenarion for the next decade. A few years down the line, in a Chinese PLA parade, they unveil Type XX MBT and Type YY IFV...

Abhay was initially developed in early 2000s as a contemporary IFV by VRDE weighing 23-35 tons. It had excellent growth potential at that time, laid emphasis on mobility and air transportability and its specifications matched that of western IFVs like Bradley. However, our import happy army...

Instead of the bmp based chassis, OFB/DRDO should have gone for a modified Abhay based chassis. Addition side skirts and a new remote controlled turret can be installed on this chasis as well.

US is moving towards a 50 mm gun in its OMFV and Russia is moving towards 57 mm on its variety of IFVs. Soon China will follow and then (by begging) Pakistan. Hence keeping futurisic scenario in mind, a higher caliber compared to present 30 & 40 mm is needed. Also next generation foreign IFVs...

Recently there was a repor that OFB was considering adding the new Russian 57 mm canon on its FICV prototype (enlarged modified BMP-2 with 7 wheels).

Actually there are no official specifications drawn up by the army. In late 2000s, when the project proposal was first drawn up, army unofficially wanted a bmp replacement, and so many defence journos reported bmp specifications. The project has been delayed for over a decade now. Hence those...

This is probably because FICV will now be done via Make 2 category, where the private companies will invest their own money, to come up with a finished FICV prototype. Make 1 category, required the government funding 2 different prototypes. But TATA's objected to that and after years of...

word is putin is likely to offer bmp3 which is atleast 25 years old.

no sorry i could not agree with you.1 lakh crore is about 22 billion dollar and we spend close to 30 billion dollar(market exchange rate) in defence every year. and this will be a 10-15 year project.just 126 fighters cost between 10-12 billion dollars.and upa regularly indulges in more than 1...

with 25000 ficv we can surely conquer the rest of the world.also 1 lakh crore is not a huge amount when it comes to defence industry.i think private players should also collborate in the fmbt project and future towed,self propelled indegeneous artillery,future uav projects.even the ww2 apc looks...