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I will be at DEFEXPO 2022 Gandhinagar as a Business visitor, Please reply to this post with all your Questions and Requests. I will try to accommodate them as much as I can within my 2-day visit
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AT4 CS AST is for the role which current ammo manufactured of Carl Gustav by us cannot do or is not optimal. We manufacture these ammosView attachment 132875
What AT4 AST provides is breaching munition capability just like pcb round. Such a ammo is present for Carl gutaf but we don't use itView attachment 132877
The bottom 2 on right side, one being thermobaric and one being AST munition, I think we should license produce them too like others.

Coming on AT4, don't know if this is full buy or emergency procurement. According to tpcr of IA, requirement is 3200 and expected life cycle of just 5 yrs, warranting another purchase. So maybe there is a scope for license production of this. 3200 numbers is big enough indicating it being used by regular infantry as well.View attachment 132879
is this report belongs to annual requirement of world's 4th largest army?
 

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is this report belongs to annual requirement of world's 4th largest army?
Nope, more like a roadmap to guide the industry on equipments which could be needed and the industry can then decide to develop something if they want. These are still a part of whole requirement for which the contract winner would be guaranteed.

AT4 AST would likely be for some bunker busting usage by certain units so I don't expect high numbers like 10k+.
There is no detailed roadmap of what will be inducted in what exact numbers AFAIK. The best you could get is data from RFIs released by the services and most likely additional units are ordered once the product has satisfied user like K9 Vajra.

The document said below and make out of it what you understand:

TECHNOLOGY PERSPECTIVE
AND CAPABILITY ROADMAP (TPCR) - 2018
Preamble

1. Technology Perspective and Capability Roadmap – 2018 (TPCR- 2018) provides to the industry an overview of equipment that is envisaged to be inducted into the Indian Armed Forces upto the late 2020s. This document intends to drive the technology development process that the industry may like to pursue. This roadmap may guide the industry in planning or initiating technology development, partnerships and production arrangements.
2. Whilst pursuing any development or collaboration, the Indian industry should accord due importance to the Indian Government’s thrust towards ‘Make in India’. The Ministry of Defence is committed to the Government’s
drive towards development of indigenous production capability in the private and public sectors. Participation of the MSMEs is also being encouraged in the ‘Make in India’ initiatives of our armed forces.
3. The first edition of the TPCR was published in Apr 2013. Numerous inputs have since been received from the industry and business organisations for making the document more informative for potential manufacturers. Accordingly, the format and content of this edition of the TPCR have been revised and details of quantity, life cycle, broad parameters and preferred technologies have been included to the extent possible.
 
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This is just pure business for them. Getting benefits from both the sides.

The thing which surprises me is that, this country is asking for money/loan/fund on every international platform on the other hand they are signing defence contracts one after another.
Ok then let’s sell some weapons to North Korea and see how they like it.
 

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