Exactly and i am not asking for next generation NVG worth a lot of money.
3000 tanks More than Enough
British Era Organisations :
Given the present threat perception (if we leave out PLA for the time being assuming they do not try to send a part of their armored forces to Pakistan), that might work. But I was strictly limiting myself to the authorized force level and not throw in my two cents so as not to ruffle any more feathers than I already have.
True, especially MBRLs with censor fused dual-purpose sub munitions.
What is the difference between a ship hull and a tank hull ??
Doesn't matter
Again the Shifting the blame And goalpost's
That's a nice one but you would agree that the army could do with a couple of hundred fewer number of tanks, all things considered, right? I mean just take a look at the state of the Pakistani armored corps. It's pathetic, to say the least. Now, I agree, that ideally the budget should definitely be increased to over 2% of the GDP but since you and I both know that this ain't be happening any time soon (if at all ever), there is no other option but to optimize the available fund as per the need and to increase the capability of one arm, you have cut back a little on the other. Which other option is there??
There are a number of generals as also civilians who are experts in deciding the numbers .... not a single tank can be increased or decreased without justification and approval. So let us leave ORBATS and Force Structuring to them.
True. But given the state of our arch-nemesis, 200 is practically nothing. In the past, they had either clear edge over us (65) or near parity (71 western front) and still managed to got their asses delivered to them on golden platters on almost every occasion they faced off with Indian armor barring one defensive battle they fought at Chawinda, which they can never stop gloating about while making up such impossible claims like killing tens of thousands of Indian soldiers and destroying hundreds of Indian tanks by a token force and whatnot.
Sir can you give a bit more info on that if possible.
You're talking about maneuver warfare but our interior lines of communications have to be expanded and improved before that.
Not just the sensors, the ammunition upgrade is overdue as well. And as for Arjun, it's still handicapped by a plethora of design deficiencies which they failed to rectify in the newer MkIA variant. Sorry to say this but in its present form, it's not fit for wide-scale adoption, not without some deep upgrades/ complete overhaul of several design features to rectify the flaws.
Very true indeed. A tank is the best counter to another tank. I mean sure, you can disable/destroy a tank with an ATGM but it will be cost-prohibitive since an APFSDS round fired from a tank comes several-fold cheaper than even an older generation ATGM.
Yeah, actually make that two and a half regiments.
How superior Is T90 bhisma is if we compare it with VT-4?
Let them arrange the $$ first. But a mere 100 tanks ain't gonna change jack shit.
Difficult to say, really since we know almost nothing of this VT-4 except for the fact that it's a deep upgrade of the Type 90-II MBT which is basically an Al Khalid with a Chinese engine, gearbox and transmission assembly.
