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Also, sorry if I made it sound like DU rounds were worse than Tungsten rounds, which I just realized might have seemed that way reading only the last part.

DU rounds are in no way inferior or superior to Tungsten rounds. It's just that the best performing tank round right now (well according to veterans on Tank net) is a DU round and that might have led you to think that DU was the best round.

It's dependent a lot more on the weight of the penetrator, ratios of length to width and modern technology innovations that I am not well aware of, but if you browse Tanknet discussions, they have a lot of information on it.
 

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US is the only nation who used the DU Shells and used it, India is not going to war with USA.

not only T 90, each and every Tanks are vulnerable to DU shells
Pakistan has DU shells for their AK and T 80s called Nazia.
 

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Indigenisation of 125mm t-90 ordnance

1 No. indigenous T-90 barrel is under assembly with OEM breech mechanism. It is proposed to subject this barrel to life cycle test (250 rounds) for ascertaining the suitability of indigenous steel. The article 2A46M will be offered for life cycle test at PXE Balasore by end of July 2006. Further 2 Nos of T-90 ordnance will be produced with GOST specification steel during 2006-07.

125MM MAPLE Barrel ((MATERIAL ADDED AUTOFRETTAGE PROCESS LEADING TO ELASTIC RELEASE)
This barrel is offered as alternative to 125mm SB T-72 barrel. Combining the benefits of auto-frettaged and shrink fit designs, it offers various advantages over OEM T-72 barrel.
These include higher maximum safe pressure (800 MPA as compared to 670 MPA in
T-72 barrel), higher fatigue life of barrel (1700 EFC as compared to 250 EFC for T-72 barrel).
It is planned to manufacture and supply 2 Nos. of these barrels by Sept 2006 for trial and evaluation.

STATUS :
2 barrels successfully proven and issued to imi israel for fsapds propellant development. 2 more barrels are expected to be ready by sept 2006 for user trial at ACCC&S Ahmednagar.

Source : ‘We have not understated the range of Agni V. We as a nation don’t have to hide anything with respect to our capabilities’ - Indian Express

^^ The link is too old and non existing now, But the DATA is still exist..

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Then HVF officials discovered that Russia had withheld key T-90S technologies without valid reason. This included technology for crucial components like the tank’s main gun and a key section of the turret armour. When New Delhi demanded those technologies, Moscow blandly responded that they were secret. To this day, Russia has not transferred full technology for building the T-90S in India.

The MoD has not responded to emailed questions about this issue. But when Business Standard asked MSN Rao, General Manager of HVF Avadi, how the T-90S was being built without these technologies, he confirmed: “We developed the tank gun indigenously in Central Ordnance Depot, Kanpur, and the turret armour component in CVRDE (Combat Vehicles R&D Establishment), Avadi. This is still a sticking point between India and Russia.”

Source : http://ajaishukla.blogspot.in/2011/11/t-90-tank-technology-transfer-supply-of.html



 
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I think this big glass is good for situational awareness and peripheral vision while in operation. But yeah, a tinted glass would be the best choice in my opinion.
No, IMO 360° cameras fitted atop like the ones Google use will serve better. The glass may be replaced by bullet-proof metal.
 

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ICVs have powerful guns, all-terrain mobility...much like Tanks. But they have tyres instead of iron wheels. In battle-front how long they can remain without flattened tyres?
 

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No, IMO 360° cameras fitted atop like the ones Google use will serve better. The glass may be replaced by bullet-proof metal.
Actually no...... You do need to keep something in basic configuration. The way electronic warfare is advancing, you never know when, where, which camera would fail for you. At that time you would need something basic like a glass cockpit to survive an incoming. Moreover you could make glass bulletproof.
 

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NEW DELHI: The Indian army has invited Indian and global players for two major projects to improve the mobility and weapons package of 1500 of its BMP 2 armoured vehicles, reversing an earlier decision to nominate the government owned Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) for the project. As first reported by ET, the plan to open up the project to the private sector has opened up a chance for top players like Tata and Mahindra to get a significant chunk of the work in collaboration with a foreign partner. The Army has come out with two new Request for Information (RFI) for 1500 units of the BMP 2 fleet, one is for mobility upgrade - a new engine - and the other is for a new Anti Tank Guided Missile System (ATGM). In both cases, foreign companies participating would need to transfer technology and meet 'Make in India' requirements. For the ATGM, the army has an initial requirement of `approximately 10,000 - 15000 ATGMs followed by annual requirement of 1500 - 3000 ATMGs'. For the mobility upgrade, the army has made it clear that global vendors responding 'should be willing to transfer critical technologies and produce the upgraded components in India'. ET reported in December that in a major boost for the private industry, the Army reversed a decision to hand over a mega Rs 12,700 crore upgrade of its fleet of infantry combat vehicles to the public sector. The army has earlier proposed that the comprehensive up gradation of its BMP 2 armoured vehicles - 969 units are to be modernized with new fire control systems, Kornet E anti-tank missiles and third generation night vision capability - be handed over the Medhak Ordnance Factory.

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com...00-armoured-vehicles/articleshow/51415069.cms
 

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NEW DELHI: The Indian army has invited Indian and global players for two major projects to improve the mobility and weapons package of 1500 of its BMP 2 armoured vehicles, reversing an earlier decision to nominate the government owned Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) for the project. As first reported by ET, the plan to open up the project to the private sector has opened up a chance for top players like Tata and Mahindra to get a significant chunk of the work in collaboration with a foreign partner. The Army has come out with two new Request for Information (RFI) for 1500 units of the BMP 2 fleet, one is for mobility upgrade - a new engine - and the other is for a new Anti Tank Guided Missile System (ATGM). In both cases, foreign companies participating would need to transfer technology and meet 'Make in India' requirements. For the ATGM, the army has an initial requirement of `approximately 10,000 - 15000 ATGMs followed by annual requirement of 1500 - 3000 ATMGs'. For the mobility upgrade, the army has made it clear that global vendors responding 'should be willing to transfer critical technologies and produce the upgraded components in India'. ET reported in December that in a major boost for the private industry, the Army reversed a decision to hand over a mega Rs 12,700 crore upgrade of its fleet of infantry combat vehicles to the public sector. The army has earlier proposed that the comprehensive up gradation of its BMP 2 armoured vehicles - 969 units are to be modernized with new fire control systems, Kornet E anti-tank missiles and third generation night vision capability - be handed over the Medhak Ordnance Factory.

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com...00-armoured-vehicles/articleshow/51415069.cms
The IA are kings are issuing RFIs but when will this actually be awarded??
 

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Army Goes Green, to Produce Bio-fuel for Battle Tanks

http://www.newindianexpress.com/sta...or-Battle-Tanks/2016/03/16/article3329437.ece

CHENNAI: A scientist from Tamil Nadu is playing a key role in what is seen as a major eco-friendly step towards the use of renewable energy in the country with the Indian Army, the world’s second largest standing army, considering the use of bio-fuels from microalgae for its battle tanks. Top defence laboratories have executed a three-year project in this regard.

Speaking to Express, Dr S Elumalai, head, Department of Biotechnology, University of Madras, the only scientist from academia to be working with the Army, said the Indian Army was going green and is aiming to reduce its dependency on conventional fossil fuels. Defence Institute of Bio-energy Research (DIBER) in Haldwani in Uttarakhand along with eight other defence research laboratories are carrying out extensive research on different microalgae systems to extract bio-fuels. There is also a field research station located in Pithrogarh at an altitude of 12,000 feet in the eastern Himalayan region of Uttarakhand, where the research is going on.

“Besides the nine defence labs, I am the only scientist from an academic institution working with the prestigious Army Bio-diesel Research Programme. Phase I (3 years) of the project was executed successfully from 2011-14 and Phase II will start as soon as the Ministry of Defence gives its approval,” Dr Elumalai said.

Elumalai added that algal biomass is one of the emerging sources of sustainable energy, and for the Indian Army it is seen as a strategic product. The army can cultivate algal biomass in camps and produce bio-fuel to be used in military vehicles. “(By using bio-fuels) the army can extend operations during war-time. Some algae grow in as little a time as 4-6 hours,” he said.

Like plants, microalgae use sunlight to produce lipid oil, but they do so more efficiently than crops. Oil productivity of many microalgae greatly exceeds the oil productivity of the best producing oil crops with less land mass and water.

“We have surveyed and catalogued different species of highly-tolerant microalgae in the eastern Himalayan region up to Dharchula pass using molecular methods. They thrive in extreme condition like cold, heat, stress and salinity. They naturally accumulate the free fatty acids and one could do the transesterification (the organic conversion of algal fats into bio-fuel). Our studies have shown that some species of microalgae are producing 57 per cent or more of their dry weight (biomass) in the form of oil. Some algae, like Botryococcus braunii, produces 67 per cent oil, and this particular alga also serves to recycle waste water as well as bio-fuel production, thus serving a dual purpose,” he said.

With potentially millions of species, algal diversity gives DRDO and the “Army Biodiesel Research Programme” several options for identifying production of algal strains.
 

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Army Goes Green, to Produce Bio-fuel for Battle Tanks

http://www.newindianexpress.com/sta...or-Battle-Tanks/2016/03/16/article3329437.ece

CHENNAI: A scientist from Tamil Nadu is playing a key role in what is seen as a major eco-friendly step towards the use of renewable energy in the country with the Indian Army, the world’s second largest standing army, considering the use of bio-fuels from microalgae for its battle tanks. Top defence laboratories have executed a three-year project in this regard.

Speaking to Express, Dr S Elumalai, head, Department of Biotechnology, University of Madras, the only scientist from academia to be working with the Army, said the Indian Army was going green and is aiming to reduce its dependency on conventional fossil fuels. Defence Institute of Bio-energy Research (DIBER) in Haldwani in Uttarakhand along with eight other defence research laboratories are carrying out extensive research on different microalgae systems to extract bio-fuels. There is also a field research station located in Pithrogarh at an altitude of 12,000 feet in the eastern Himalayan region of Uttarakhand, where the research is going on.

“Besides the nine defence labs, I am the only scientist from an academic institution working with the prestigious Army Bio-diesel Research Programme. Phase I (3 years) of the project was executed successfully from 2011-14 and Phase II will start as soon as the Ministry of Defence gives its approval,” Dr Elumalai said.

Elumalai added that algal biomass is one of the emerging sources of sustainable energy, and for the Indian Army it is seen as a strategic product. The army can cultivate algal biomass in camps and produce bio-fuel to be used in military vehicles. “(By using bio-fuels) the army can extend operations during war-time. Some algae grow in as little a time as 4-6 hours,” he said.

Like plants, microalgae use sunlight to produce lipid oil, but they do so more efficiently than crops. Oil productivity of many microalgae greatly exceeds the oil productivity of the best producing oil crops with less land mass and water.

“We have surveyed and catalogued different species of highly-tolerant microalgae in the eastern Himalayan region up to Dharchula pass using molecular methods. They thrive in extreme condition like cold, heat, stress and salinity. They naturally accumulate the free fatty acids and one could do the transesterification (the organic conversion of algal fats into bio-fuel). Our studies have shown that some species of microalgae are producing 57 per cent or more of their dry weight (biomass) in the form of oil. Some algae, like Botryococcus braunii, produces 67 per cent oil, and this particular alga also serves to recycle waste water as well as bio-fuel production, thus serving a dual purpose,” he said.

With potentially millions of species, algal diversity gives DRDO and the “Army Biodiesel Research Programme” several options for identifying production of algal strains.
BEWARE!!!! Oil import lobbies in India will not allow such a venture to take place as mentioned by former petroleum minister.

Import lobby threatens every petroleum minister: Moily

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...oleum-minister-Moily/articleshow/20598990.cms
 

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Army Goes Green, to Produce Bio-fuel for Battle Tanks

http://www.newindianexpress.com/sta...or-Battle-Tanks/2016/03/16/article3329437.ece

CHENNAI: A scientist from Tamil Nadu is playing a key role in what is seen as a major eco-friendly step towards the use of renewable energy in the country with the Indian Army, the world’s second largest standing army, considering the use of bio-fuels from microalgae for its battle tanks. Top defence laboratories have executed a three-year project in this regard.

Speaking to Express, Dr S Elumalai, head, Department of Biotechnology, University of Madras, the only scientist from academia to be working with the Army, said the Indian Army was going green and is aiming to reduce its dependency on conventional fossil fuels. Defence Institute of Bio-energy Research (DIBER) in Haldwani in Uttarakhand along with eight other defence research laboratories are carrying out extensive research on different microalgae systems to extract bio-fuels. There is also a field research station located in Pithrogarh at an altitude of 12,000 feet in the eastern Himalayan region of Uttarakhand, where the research is going on.

“Besides the nine defence labs, I am the only scientist from an academic institution working with the prestigious Army Bio-diesel Research Programme. Phase I (3 years) of the project was executed successfully from 2011-14 and Phase II will start as soon as the Ministry of Defence gives its approval,” Dr Elumalai said.

Elumalai added that algal biomass is one of the emerging sources of sustainable energy, and for the Indian Army it is seen as a strategic product. The army can cultivate algal biomass in camps and produce bio-fuel to be used in military vehicles. “(By using bio-fuels) the army can extend operations during war-time. Some algae grow in as little a time as 4-6 hours,” he said.

Like plants, microalgae use sunlight to produce lipid oil, but they do so more efficiently than crops. Oil productivity of many microalgae greatly exceeds the oil productivity of the best producing oil crops with less land mass and water.

“We have surveyed and catalogued different species of highly-tolerant microalgae in the eastern Himalayan region up to Dharchula pass using molecular methods. They thrive in extreme condition like cold, heat, stress and salinity. They naturally accumulate the free fatty acids and one could do the transesterification (the organic conversion of algal fats into bio-fuel). Our studies have shown that some species of microalgae are producing 57 per cent or more of their dry weight (biomass) in the form of oil. Some algae, like Botryococcus braunii, produces 67 per cent oil, and this particular alga also serves to recycle waste water as well as bio-fuel production, thus serving a dual purpose,” he said.

With potentially millions of species, algal diversity gives DRDO and the “Army Biodiesel Research Programme” several options for identifying production of algal strains.
what an idiotic research..... whats next without explosion Shells for tank coz it also create sound n air pollution . our tanks are for satsang
 

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BM-21 Grad Multiple Launch Rocket System Firing




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Kunal, do you by chance have any photos of BRDMs in IA service? There was one with an ATGM launcher over one hatch while retaining the 14.5mm machine gun turret.
Thanks for any help
 

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