India to buy Russia's Konkurs-M, Invar guided missiles

[LETHALFORCE]

India to buy Russia's Konkurs-M, Invar guided missiles

India has signed a deal with Russia to purchase cutting-edge Konkurs-M and Invar anti-tank guided missiles, a source in the Indian defense ministry has told the media.

 

[JBH22]

We all know how the story will unfold

1-CBI will probe about kickbacks and use of middleman
2-CAG will find that Russia provided dud missile and lots of quality problem
3-MoD will play it down
4-Back to square again we go to some foreign supplier

Please add something if i missed

 

[LETHALFORCE]

We all know how the story will unfold

1-CBI will probe about kickbacks and use of middleman
2-CAG will find that Russia provided dud missile and lots of quality problem
3-MoD will play it down
4-Back to square again we go to some foreign supplier

Please add something if i missed

Another order will be placed for new generation of Konkurs when it is all over.

 

[JBH22]

The Invar missile is the AT-11 which is also used by PRC on its Type-98 as per wiki

Found this any idea which variant India bought

AT-11B SNIPER (9M119M Invar)

Year: 1992

Diameter: 125mm
Length: 680 mm
Finspan: 250 mm
Weight: 17.2 kg
Guidance: Laser Beam Riding
Average Speed: 340 m/sec
Warhead: Tandem Charge
Penetration: 700-750mm RHA (650-700mm RHA behind ERA)

Soviet/Russian Anti-Tank Guided Missiles
Minimum Range: 75 meters
Maximum Range: 5,000 meters

AT-11C SNIPER (9M119M1 Invar-M)

Year: Late 1990s

Diameter: 125mm
Length: 680 mm
Finspan: 250 mm
Weight: 17.2 kg
Guidance: Laser Beam Riding
Average Speed: 350 m/sec
Warhead: Tandem Charge
Penetration: 900mm RHA (850mm RHA behind ERA)
Minimum Range: 75 meters
Maximum Range: 5,000 meters

 

[LETHALFORCE]

Konkur is a good missile older versions used by Hezbollah (given by Iran) were
reportedly used to stop Israeli merkava?

 

[datguy79]

Question from an outsider: Can't the Nag missile do the job instead? Also as I understand, tank warfare with China is impossible due to the terrain. Can't the IAF take care of Pakistani tank columns instead of ground-launched missiles?

 

[Armand2REP]

I don't really understand why India is buying an outdated missile like Konkurs. Even the Russians have much better options.

 

[W.G.Ewald]

I don't really understand why India is buying an outdated missile like Konkurs. Even the Russians have much better options.

The question is answered in your own post.

 

[Armand2REP]

The question is answered in your own post.

What? They are on fire sale?

 

[WolfPack86]

BDL Signs $110 million Contract with Indian Army to Supply Konkurs Anti-tank Missiles
India's state-owned Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) has signed a contract worth INR 760 crore ($110 million) with the Indian Army for the supply of Konkurs Anti-Tank Guided Missiles (ATGM) and Launchers.

The contract was signed in New Delhi on Tuesday by Gurudatta Prasad, Director of production at BDL. "The missiles and launchers will be manufactured under continued technical collaboration with Russia at the Bhanur unit of BDL in Telangana State," a BDL statement said.

BDL has been producing Konkurs ATGMs under Russian license at the Bhanur facility. The missiles have been upgraded with a tandem warhead.

Meanwhile Russian media reported that the order for the missiles is considered as a stopgap measure to quickly address the capability gap of around 68,000 anti-tank guided missiles of various types. This gap is around 60% short of authorised capacity.

The Konkurs ATGM was developed by the Tula Machinery Design Bureau (Tula KBP) of Russia. The missile is designed to be fired from vehicles, although it can also be fired from the later models of 9M111 launchers. It is an integral part of the BMP-2, BMD-2 and BRDM-2 vehicles. The missile is stored and carried in a fiberglass container/launch tube.

As per the report published in the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute`s (SIPRI) arms transfer database, the Indian Army had received approximately 7,000 upgraded Russian 9M113 Konkurs ATGMs in late 2015.

The Indian government had scrapped a $500 million deal with Israeli defence contractor Rafael Advanced Defence Systems Ltd. in favour of an indigenous ATGM system.

BDL Signs $110 Million Contract With Indian Army To Supply Konkurs Anti-Tank Missiles

India’s state-owned Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) has signed a contract worth INR 760 crore ($110 million) with the Indian Army for the supply of Konkurs Anti-Tank Guided Missiles (ATGM) and Launchers. The contract was signed in New Delhi on Tuesday by Gurudatta Prasad, Director of production at...

www.defenseworld.net

 

[WolfPack86]

Atmanirbhar Push: Rajnath Singh Launches Indigenised Konkurs Missile Test Equipment

Days after giving the Atmanirbhar push to the Defence sector with an embargo on the import of 101 items, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday launched Konkurs Missile Test Equipment and Konkurs Launcher Test Equipment, which have been indigenously designed and developed by Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL). Earlier the products were imported from Russia. The Konkurs Missile Test Equipment (KMTE) and Konkurs Launcher Test Equipment (KLTE) are designed for checking the serviceability of Konkurs – M Anti-Tank Guided Missiles and Konkurs – M Missile Launchers respectively. India’s treasury will see a substantial foreign exchange saving after the indigenisation of the products. The two indigenised products were virtually launched by the Defence Minister from Delhi in the presence of Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, Secretary (Defence) Dr Ajay Kumar, Secretary (Defence Production) Raj Kumar, senior officials from the Ministry of Defence and CMD, BDL Commodore Siddharth Mishra (Retd), Directors, CVO and senior officials present at Hyderabad.

Atmanirbhar Push: Rajnath Singh Launches Indigenised Konkurs Missile Test Equipment – Indian Defence Research Wing

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