Indian Army Armored Vehicles

[Kunal Biswas]

 

[bengalraider]

why is there an inflatable rubber boat on land in picture 2?^^

 

[Kunal Biswas]

why is there an inflatable rubber boat on land in picture 2?^^

To get the infantry across the canal..

 

[Bhadra]

why is there an inflatable rubber boat on land in picture 2?^^

Observe the photo again. You will find there is a canal right in front of the tank and soldiers who have taken a position.

 

[bengalraider]

Just read this article on how the Korean Army is buying 2000 MRAP's second hand at $85,000 each onlee:O, It seems the americans are trying to reduce the number of MRAP's they have from 27,000 currently to around 18,000, we should buy a few thousand second hand as well for use in naxalite effected and militancy prone regions. there are many police stations that could use this kind of power in India nowadays.

The U.S. Department of Defense recently agreed to sell 2,000 Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles to Korea that were used in Iraq and Afghanistan.

"The U.S. agreed to sell MRAP fighting vehicles to Korea," said a high-level Korean government official, adding that the U.S. had been unwilling to sell the vehicles overseas.

"Korea will purchase 2,000 vehicles and will bring them in 2013 and position them on the front line in the following year. There will be improvement in how the Korean Army responds in case of an emergency because our operational reach will be expanded."

Currently, the Korean Army operates jeeps that have been redeveloped using Kia's commercial Retona jeeps produced in the 1980s and 1990s. They are known to have no protective devices and are considered too old to operate in the mountainous front-line areas.

The Korean government is planning on purchasing MRAPs at $85,000 per vehicle, significantly less than the typical $2 million price tag.

Korea Joongang Daily

 

[Kunal Biswas]

Korea Joongang Daily

I don't understand what is the hype of these second hand MPVs ?

How much explosive they can endure.. ?

What is there average fuel consumption ?

They are too heavy also with less personal on board...

There price tag is too high too..



Besides buying such vehicles would also need spare from outside too, Which is highly expensive..

 

[Ankit Purohit]

Yeah Different From Others

Hindustan Zindabaad

 

[Zebra]

Plasan breaks into soft armour

By Nick Brown
6/22/2012

[Plasan's Ultra Flex Fence textile RPG armour fitted to an Oshkosh Sand Cat at DVD.(IHS/Fay Brigden)]

Israeli protection specialist Plasan showed off a new family of 'soft' material armour fits at the DVD exhibition in the UK in mid June.

The Ultra Flex Fence (UFF) package is based on the same basic premise as other 'textile' and soft armour packages that have emerged over the past couple of years that are designed to defeat unitary warhead rocket-propelled grenades (RPG). However, the company contends that its mountings and the low weight and thickness of the UFF package are where its real benefits lie.

The armour package consists of spongy paneling that can be rapidly fastened to vehicles via flexible mountings. The panels are held in place with extensive Velcro strapping giving an enduring hold, but easy removal and replacement. The company quotes 3-4 minutes needed to remove each square metre of coverage.

The flexible mountings consist of springs, with UFF spacer blocks retaining the requisite 200 mm standoff distance to absorb the RPG hit. With this extra width on the vehicles, the springs enable a modicum of movement and flexibility ensuring that the panels won't get damaged by – or in turn damage – buildings or foliage.

Plasan breaks into soft armour

 

[Kunal Biswas]

 

[ALBY]

I don't understand what is the hype of these second hand MPVs ?

How much explosive they can endure.. ?

What is there average fuel consumption ?

They are too heavy also with less personal on board...

There price tag is too high too..



Besides buying such vehicles would also need spare from outside too, Which is highly expensive..

to what extent these mine proof vehicles will provide protection from land mines especially those used in naxal belt?
Afaik the one used during dantewada massacre was weighting approximately 80kgs of explosive to blow the pilot vehicle.Even tanks wont escape from the blast of that much amount of IEDs.

 

[binayak95]

No matter what anybody says the T72 looks far more fearsome than the Arjun and the T90

 

[Bhadra]

Does the look matter? You wish to use tanks for Bollywood .. ?

The looks matter only in Avtaars as for yours which is very good and impressive

 

[Neil]

Russia, India near a deal on tank ammunition

Russia is nearing a deal with India on manufacture and delivery of advanced tank ammunition, Rosoboronexport, a state-run arms exporter, said on Friday, June 29.

"The first round of negotiations on the delivery of 3UBK20 (Mango) tank ammunition has been completed and the second round – on its licensed manufacture in India – will start on Monday," company deputy head Igor Sevastyanov said.

He did not specify the volume of deliveries, only saying it was "big."

Russia has already started building a joint venture in India to manufacture rockets for Smerch multiple rocket launch systems, he said.

Another Rosoboronexport official, Viktor Komardin, earlier said Russian arms sales to India could be worth an estimated $3 billion a year, RIA Novosti reported.


Russia, India near a deal on tank ammunition | idrw.org

 

[Kunal Biswas]

3UBK20

The control system is semi-automatic, jamming invulnerable, by a laser beam.


The firing of 3UBK20 is performed with smoothbore gun 2A45 of systems 9K118 and D81 of tanks T-72C, T-80U, T-90C both in a stationary position and when moving. The temperature range during combat use is from +50°C to −50°C.

 

[Kunal Biswas]

Indian T-90S MBT Upgrade Plan..

User-trials of a T-90S MBT equipped with IRDE-developed and BEL-built commander's panoramic sight and driver's uncooled thermal imager (derived from that developed for the Arjun Mk1A MBT) have just gotten underway. If all goes well, then these two items will be retrofitted on to both the first 310 T-90S MBTs acquired for the Indian Army just about a decade ago, as well as on 1,000 T-72M1 MBTs that are due to undergo a deep upgrade. For both MBT-types, VRDE has already developed the APU, which too is now undergoing user-trials.

 

[Kunal Biswas]

Re: Indian T-90S MBT Upgrade Plan..

The Russia-supplied T-90S MBTs originally came with the 1A43 fire-control computer, 1G46 gunner's laser rangefinder, IV528-2 digital ballistics computer (comprising BV-1 and BV-2 modules), 1V216-M1 correction input device,

1PM-96MT ESSA gunner's thermal imaging sight (now being produced by the Dehru Dun-based Opto-Electronics Factory of the MoD-owned OFB), and the commander's T01-K04 sighting/night vision system using the PK-5 stabilised sight-mounting.

 

[p2prada]

Re: Indian T-90S MBT Upgrade Plan..

I think we will see our own ballistic computer in the T-90.

 

[Kunal Biswas]

Re: Indian T-90S MBT Upgrade Plan..

The CVRDE-upgraded prototype of the T-90S has done away with the T01-K04 and substitutes it with the IRDE-developed and BEL-built commander's panoramic sight (which houses a SAGEM-built MATIS-STD thermal imager operating in the 3-5 micron bandwidth), which has resulted in enhanced static visibility levels for both the gunner and commander.

 

[Kunal Biswas]

Re: Indian T-90S MBT Upgrade Plan..

In addition, the IV528-2 digital ballistics computer has given way to an indigenous solution developed by TATA Power Strategic Electronics Division, while the IRDE-developed driver's uncooled thermal imaging night sight has replaced the TVN-5 night-vision device.

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Furthermore, a DEAL-developed MMW-based IFF system has been installed for enhancing the MBT crew's situational awareness.

 

[Kunal Biswas]

Re: Indian T-90S MBT Upgrade Plan..

Lastly, the T-90S' track-wraps have been indigenised by AMW-MGM Forgings Pvt Ltd, which has also developed tracks with metal/rubber-brushed parallel pin-jointed gearings, stamped track-links adapted to accept rubber pads, with steel needles on the track-pins providing conductivity and picking up static electricity from rubber-brushed pin-jointed gearings during movement.