Yeah, comparitively Russian 125mm mango apfsds of 1986 design has that stats. Having similiar performance for a tank which is going to inducted around 2025 doesn't seems favourable. Also, Pakis will be getting new chinese tanks. Also chinese 105mm alone compares to our 120mm which itself is a cause of comparitive performance issue. Thats 500mm at 0°, which is hardly the practical case.
chinese 120 mm says 220 mm penetration at 66.4 degree 2000 meters . Indian 120mm one says 230mm at 63 degree 2000meters
thats 2000 meters by mistake i typed 200 meters ... it shows it is almost same as chinese
Who knows but some open source says that type96 has 520mm RHA rating for apfsds at 2000m. Type96A, Type99 and variants would certainly have higher protection. This itself puts Arjun main ammo in junk box. For reference, IA has asked for 1000mm penning for FRCV tank at 2000m. 500mm of Arjun mk2 round is as pathetic as it seems, we should atleast have reached 700mm or good level. The fun thing is t-72 and T-90 are equally pathetic in apfsds matter.Why are we lacking in this domain
These are practice rounds.
forgot details , but russian/chinese penetration figures are not the same .
Sir, please don't joke, that 120mm smoothbore gun of chinese is of ptz 89 tank destroyer, not even a proper tank, designed in 80s, entered service in 1988. Now our tank arjunmk2 going to be inducted in 2025 can only compete with that, then i am very sorry for our armoured guys. Just imagine if Pakis had leopard 2a7, then we would have been toast. That's actually no one's fault though, when you don't invest in Desi systems, capability building will take time.
Interesting, can you back up your claim by any source ?
en.wikipedia.org
IMO the Chinese are ought to follow Soviet/Russian measures rather than NATO, or they might have their own criteria.125 mm smoothbore ammunition - Wikipedia
There are different ways to measure penetration value. NATO uses the 50% (This means that 50% of the shell had to go through the plate), while the Soviet/Russian standard is higher (80% had to go through). According to authorities like Paul Lakowski, the difference in performance can reach as much as 8%[1]
read about this long time back , if i remember correctly chinese / US criteria is any light passing through => its penetrated.
its funny that Russians have higher standard than everyone else.
Don't forget, once the new chief of the air staff take the sit the whole priority order changes.
Canards, different aerodynamics , constraints in space to fit more stuff.
Looks like you are completely ignoring SAMHO CLGM which has a range of 5km and a DoP in excess of 800mm RHA.
