Arjun Main Battle Tank (MBT)

[Lonewarrior]

Also watch this timestamp, how the the T-90 barrel keeps moving away from the target & keeps correcting itself... It'd be quite funny if we weren't using it!

Yup, the tank's not using the "locking" function of FCS, instead they're manually traversing the gun repeatedly after few seconds to maintain aim.

It can mean anything ranging from the FCS simply being turned off or maybe broken to they using manual override to we not buying stabilizing system to lower cost.

 

[binayak95]

Wrong; NLAW don't even have a seeker to have visibility...it uses INS (Inertial Navigation System).

90% of all currently active missile; from small ATGM to ICBM have INS guidance.

Wrong; atleast in case of Russian tanks that use auto-loaders for ATGMs too. It's just a matter of selecting a round.

Are you sure? Coz afaik tanks as old as T-64 have gun stabilization and can fire on the move. There is literally a video from Ukraine where an Ukrainian T-64 engages a Russian T-72 on the move.

Even the T55M had fire on the move ability. Not as accurate as the T64 or the Centurions but it had the ability.

 

[WarmongerLSK]

This is a bit old and I'm not sure it's posted here.

Arjun Main Battle Tank: India’s first indigenous MBT

The Arjun is India’s first indigenously designed and developed main battle tank (MBT). It is a powerful and versatile tank that is capable of meeting the challenges of modern warfare. The Arj…

battlemachines.org

 

[SammyBoi111]

Noice...

 

[binayak95]

Noice...

Its not the 125mm smoothbore thats important, but the ammo. What round did they use?

 

[Aditya Ballal]

Its not the 125mm smoothbore thats important, but the ammo. What round did they use?

It’s right there in the Tweet. As per them it’s the AMK-340A.

 

[binayak95]

It’s right there in the Tweet. As per them it’s the AMK-340A.

Ahh. okay

 

[BlackViking]

IA guy: Arjun (mk1) chugs 2-3 times more fuel than T90.
DRDO guy: IA wanted 500km operational range, we achieved it with external fuel tanks

IA guy: In desert, after a while the tracks start pushing the road wheels out due to accumulation of sand and dirt.This also damages the Sprockets
DRDO guy: We have replaced the tracks in MK1A

IA guy: Arjun do not have auto loader, has more crew.
Me: (after lot of explaining ) isn’t that better.
IA guy: Arjun has a manual control, we can fire even if the electronics aren’t working

Also a question, western tanks have ACs right, why doesn’t Arjun have one (heard from IA guy)?

 

[Lonewarrior]

Also a question, western tanks have ACs right, why doesn’t Arjun have one (heard from IA guy)

Merkava is the only tank to be designed from ground up with an AC all others tanks have makeshift cooling systems.

Some have portable cooling systems added just before any mission in hot environment and perhaps the most cool example (no pun intended) is Abrams, which has four cooling vests.

 

[Corvus Splendens]

Its not the 125mm smoothbore thats important, but the ammo. What round did they use?

AMK-340A is a DRDO developed APFSDS, based on the 3BM42 Mango, using an Israeli CL3254M penetrator.

 

[rohit b3]

IA guy: Arjun (mk1) chugs 2-3 times more fuel than T90.
DRDO guy: IA wanted 500km operational range, we achieved it with external fuel tanks

IA guy: In desert, after a while the tracks start pushing the road wheels out due to accumulation of sand and dirt.This also damages the Sprockets
DRDO guy: We have replaced the tracks in MK1A

IA guy: Arjun do not have auto loader, has more crew.
Me: (after lot of explaining ) isn’t that better.
IA guy: Arjun has a manual control, we can fire even if the electronics aren’t working

Also a question, western tanks have ACs right, why doesn’t Arjun have one (heard from IA guy)?

I had read somewhere that the IA wanted a 4 crew tank in the first place. Auto loaders are prone to jamming in the hot dessert terrains.

 

[SwordOfDarkness]

I had read somewhere that the IA wanted a 4 crew tank in the first place. Auto loaders are prone to jamming in the hot dessert terrains.

Why will heat make a autoloader jam? Doesnt make sense.

 

[Bleh]

Noice...

So did T-90 in Indian trials (i once had a photo even if that tank)

T-72 back then penetrated 450mm.. the MBT-3000 higher pressure gun with Naiza DU is not the same... Let's see how NG-MBT does

 

[Yodha]

IA guy: Arjun (mk1) chugs 2-3 times more fuel than T90.
DRDO guy: IA wanted 500km operational range, we achieved it with external fuel tanks

IA guy: In desert, after a while the tracks start pushing the road wheels out due to accumulation of sand and dirt.This also damages the Sprockets
DRDO guy: We have replaced the tracks in MK1A

IA guy: Arjun do not have auto loader, has more crew.
Me: (after lot of explaining ) isn’t that better.
IA guy: Arjun has a manual control, we can fire even if the electronics aren’t working

Also a question, western tanks have ACs right, why doesn’t Arjun have one (heard from IA guy)?

As a former armoured corps guy I can vouch for the requirement of AC in a tank or a BMP. World over ICVs, Tanks have it. It actually is a big relief for our troops sitting in that confined space.

 

[BlackViking]

Merkava is the only tank to be designed from ground up with an AC all others tanks have makeshift cooling systems.

Some have portable cooling systems added just before any mission in hot environment and perhaps the most cool example (no pun intended) is Abrams, which has four cooling vests.
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I read somewhere that M1 uses some kind of AC, using its turbine.
Also the NBC system in European tanks achieves some sort of air conditioning.

 

[Aditya Ballal]

IA guy: Arjun (mk1) chugs 2-3 times more fuel than T90.
DRDO guy: IA wanted 500km operational range, we achieved it with external fuel tanks

IA guy: In desert, after a while the tracks start pushing the road wheels out due to accumulation of sand and dirt.This also damages the Sprockets
DRDO guy: We have replaced the tracks in MK1A

IA guy: Arjun do not have auto loader, has more crew.
Me: (after lot of explaining ) isn’t that better.
IA guy: Arjun has a manual control, we can fire even if the electronics aren’t working

Also a question, western tanks have ACs right, why doesn’t Arjun have one (heard from IA guy)?

You’re right about the part where Arjun doesn’t have Air Conditioning.

 

[Blademaster]

As a former armoured corps guy I can vouch for the requirement of AC in a tank or a BMP. World over ICVs, Tanks have it. It actually is a big relief for our troops sitting in that confined space.

As a former armoured corps guy, what is your take on Arjun and why is the IA so reticient on supporting the Arjun program and fix its deficiencies and make it work?

 

[Yodha]

As a former armoured corps guy, what is your take on Arjun and why is the IA so reticient on supporting the Arjun program and fix its deficiencies and make it work?

I don't know, honestly. In fact, none us gets to read the recommendations of such a trial for any new equipment. They are not published for the army to read.

 

[Blood+]

Noice...

Nothing to gloat about, really.

 

[Aditya Ballal]

Nothing to gloat about, really.

Any such examples with other tanks?