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The question is in an animal to animal battle do we face a bull with a bull(where victory is iffy) or do we bring in a rhino(where victory is much more certain) even if the rhino needs a separate truck and more food?
Another interesting thing is that in the largest tank to tank engagement in the subcontinent(battle of assal utter 1965) The IA's skin was saved by heavy armor 51+tons of the British centurions; the IA had better tactics than the PA which had superiority in numbers and quality(the only modern tanks the IA had were the centurions), our heavy armor took the hits and hit back final tally ;32 of ours down to 97 of theirs.
We need to decide whether we go for quality or follow Lenin who once famously said"quantity has a quality all it's own".WW2 proved Lenin right where the superior tigers were ground down by unrelenting waves of T-34's.
However The best tank in the world today (in terms of kills) is the M1 Abrams which has to it's credit 2000+confirmed tank to tank kills(T-54's/55's and 72's) in Iraq while losing only 4 Abrams to enemy fire.
What P2P says is right partly at the moment replacing 2400 T-72's is simply a pipedream ;what we can do however is make a start with around 500 Arjuns ,build a base for the heavy armor, modify our logistics accordingly and at the same time continue development of the design for a future Indian HMBT, so that once we are ready we can induct more heavy hitters.
As history has shown without an overwhelming numerical advantage the heavy tank wins hands down every time.
Another interesting thing is that in the largest tank to tank engagement in the subcontinent(battle of assal utter 1965) The IA's skin was saved by heavy armor 51+tons of the British centurions; the IA had better tactics than the PA which had superiority in numbers and quality(the only modern tanks the IA had were the centurions), our heavy armor took the hits and hit back final tally ;32 of ours down to 97 of theirs.
We need to decide whether we go for quality or follow Lenin who once famously said"quantity has a quality all it's own".WW2 proved Lenin right where the superior tigers were ground down by unrelenting waves of T-34's.
However The best tank in the world today (in terms of kills) is the M1 Abrams which has to it's credit 2000+confirmed tank to tank kills(T-54's/55's and 72's) in Iraq while losing only 4 Abrams to enemy fire.
What P2P says is right partly at the moment replacing 2400 T-72's is simply a pipedream ;what we can do however is make a start with around 500 Arjuns ,build a base for the heavy armor, modify our logistics accordingly and at the same time continue development of the design for a future Indian HMBT, so that once we are ready we can induct more heavy hitters.
As history has shown without an overwhelming numerical advantage the heavy tank wins hands down every time.
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