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[Vamsi]

Guys, this is the big news about Tejas-Mk2

 

[THESIS THORON]

Guys, this is the big news about Tejas-Mk2

was mk2 getting f404 ?

 

[Vamsi]

was mk2 getting f404 ?

No , F414, there's no doubt in it.

 

[Vamsi]

Guys, this is the big news about Tejas-Mk2

By the way there are some mistakes in Shook Law Ji's blog.....while Mk-2's payload capability is 6.5tons, he claims it is only 4.5 tons...

 

[binayak95]

Doesn't the recent tender of drdo FICV design fulfil all the requirements.View attachment 169548
There are all things present- 4 atgm ready to fire, rcws hmg can be swapped with 30mm AGL as both have right side feed.
There are 3 variants of FICV required- infantry carrier, recon and command.
Atgm tubes can be replaced with loitering munitions tube, though a new loitering munition has to be designed to fit the dimensions, pretty doable.
In variants where infantry are not required in cargo area can be converted for drone operations, enough space for that.

Actually, with this one, drdo has pretty much met all the requirement. Addition of APS will also provide radars which can also detect mini uavs and the rcws can be slaved to shoot them, so you have your personal Anti drone system too.
Now, even so if army do nilly-willy with drdo FICV and lust for videshi maal, only God can save us, for notice, no videshi maal has all the things IA requires.

I can bet you my bank account, this thing when it does come will shoot straight through 35 tonnes.

 

[Bhaubai]

 

[Okabe Rintarou]

Lets just hope they don't fail in this like they did with Su-30MKI's radio. That one was a disaster. Thank god we upgraded to B-NET SDRs by Astra-Rafael JV.

 

[Dark Sorrow]

What has Chandigarh lobby has to say about this?

 

[Kuldeepm952]

I can bet you my bank account, this thing when it does come will shoot straight through 35 tonnes.

Ok bro, but kurganets-25 does indeed weigh 25 tons without add on armour ERA and has bigger dimensions. So, not in the realm of entirely impossible. But still my bet is below 30 tons.

 

[karn]

BMPs and BTRs in Ukraine aren't being used in amphibious mode cause they are not maintained well enough . Most would take on water and sink . Most crews would not risk it. A problem I hope the IA does not have.

 

[ShukantC]

interesting

 

[Aditya Ballal]

 

[mist_consecutive]

By 2030 -> Majority of the world including both of our enemy Neighbours will be moving to 5th Gen jets with a substantial 4.5+ Gen. jets in their inventory, while we will be starting our production of 4.5 Gen. jet and waiting for AMCA's manufacturing to start.

LCA Mk2 better be at least as good as Rafale, if not better, otherwise, it will be purely useless.

Also, pray that China/Pakistan does not attack us in the 2025-2032 timeline, which is actually, like 90% probable, given the current brewing geopolitics.

I pity those people who trusted HAL to deliver LCA Mk2 early, even going as far as dismissing any need for MRFA in favor of LCA Mk1A/Mk2.

 

[IndianHawk]

By 2030 -> Majority of the world including both of our enemy Neighbours will be moving to 5th Gen jets with a substantial 4.5+ Gen. jets in their inventory, while we will be starting our production of 4.5 Gen. jet and waiting for AMCA's manufacturing to start.

LCA Mk2 better be at least as good as Rafale, if not better, otherwise, it will be purely useless.

Also, pray that China/Pakistan does not attack us in the 2025-2032 timeline, which is actually, like 90% probable, given the current brewing geopolitics.

I pity those people who trusted HAL to deliver LCA Mk2 early, even going as far as dismissing any need for MRFA in favor of LCA Mk1A/Mk2.

All these posters are missing that mk2// mwf is adopting concurrent development cum production model. So it's production will start in time while development continues in parallel. All prototypes will be production standard from the beginning.
No TD , lsp etc.

Pakistan is bankrupt and begging for food it won't be fighting any war anytime soon . It will be busy paying back IMF and others this whole decade and probably next.

 

[Dark Sorrow]

Pakistan is bankrupt and begging for food it won't be fighting any war anytime soon . It will be busy paying back IMF and others this whole decade and probably next.

Pakistan is bankrupt and begging for everything from 1947. This has never stopped them from starting wars.
Don't underestimate the intellectual capabilities of Pakistani generals.
They will start a war for slightest personal benefit even if it means losing half of their country.

 

[mist_consecutive]

All these posters are missing that mk2// mwf is adopting concurrent development cum production model. So it's production will start in time while development continues in parallel. All prototypes will be production standard from the beginning.
No TD , lsp etc.

Also, we are overtly optimistic about LCA Mk2, assuming there will be no hiccups, re-designs or corrections required and this will be a smooth transition from testing to manufacturing, which is 90% of the time not the case, especially since ADA + HAL are not very experienced in this regard.

So, let's say there is some issue with the design, software, or any other technical challenges, we can easily assume the deadline to be pushed 2+ years (very optimistic guess).

Pakistan is bankrupt and begging for food it won't be fighting any war anytime soon . It will be busy paying back IMF and others this whole decade and probably next.

Pakistan might be starving for food, but that never stopped them from fighting wars. China is donating billions of dollars of high-tech weapons for free to Pakistan. As it falls deeper into the debt trap, it will become a full-fledged client state of China, its armed forces mercenary of PLA.

 

[IndianHawk]

Don't underestimate the intellectual capabilities of Pakistani generals.
They will start a war for slightest personal benefit even if it means losing half of their country.

They don't have funds for holding exercises now.
It is far more likely that this time we may initiate a war to take bake gilgit and baltistan.

 

[IndianHawk]

Also, we are overtly optimistic about LCA Mk2, assuming there will be no hiccups, re-designs or corrections required and this will be a smooth transition from testing to manufacturing, which is 90% of the time not the case, especially since ADA + HAL are not very experienced in this regard.

So, let's say there is some issue with the design, software, or any other technical challenges, we can easily assume the deadline to be pushed 2+ years (very optimistic guess).



Pakistan might be starving for food, but that never stopped them from fighting wars. China is donating billions of dollars of high-tech weapons for free to Pakistan. As it falls deeper into the debt trap, it will become a full-fledged client state of China, its armed forces mercenary of PLA.

Delays should be minimal since it's evolution of an already flying design. So most of the things are sorted. And most of the components are ready .

Regarding Pakistan even china isn't helping them with debt and hence they are again at door of IMF.
Different this time is that USA is no longer the cold war ally and hence IMF is brutal in its conditions and hence PKR is sinking below ocean .

 

[Aniruddha Mulay]

By 2030 -> Majority of the world including both of our enemy Neighbours will be moving to 5th Gen jets with a substantial 4.5+ Gen. jets in their inventory, while we will be starting our production of 4.5 Gen. jet and waiting for AMCA's manufacturing to start.

LCA Mk2 better be at least as good as Rafale, if not better, otherwise, it will be purely useless.

Also, pray that China/Pakistan does not attack us in the 2025-2032 timeline, which is actually, like 90% probable, given the current brewing geopolitics.

I pity those people who trusted HAL to deliver LCA Mk2 early, even going as far as dismissing any need for MRFA in favor of LCA Mk1A/Mk2.

Shookla is a known dalal, everything he says should be taken with a bucketload of salt.
As far as fund allocation for prototype construction is concerned, there is no clairty on whether this for just 3 prototypes or for all 4 prototypes.
HAL and Pvt sector along with ADA had initiated work long time back on various subsystems and assemblies for Tejas Mk2, so many tenders were floated and actual subsystems delivered for integration, this would not have been possible if there were no funds in the first place.
So in all probability, the 1st prototype of Tejas Mk2 will be rolled out in Q1 2023

 

[Dark Sorrow]

They don't have funds for holding exercises now.

This is a myth. Their armed forces do posses capability, funds and supplies to fight a short high intensity war. Something like 14 days conflict.
The reason Pakistanis are not holding military exercise is not because of shortage of funds but because holding military exercise and begging for funds at the same time is bad PR and will cause problem with their special begging operations.

As Pakistani once said they will eat grass but build the bomb. Today the same saying is morphed as even if the entire country eats grass and goes down the drain the Pakistani armed forces will have capabilities to fight India.

It is far more likely that this time we may initiate a war to take bake gilgit and baltistan.

It would be very much preferred if they start the war and we liberate POK and G&B, just like 1971.