Arjun-II MBT development l Updates & discussion.

[kurup]

Its Arjun..

Nope . The picture on post#2 is a T90 .

 

[kbd-raaf]

Looks like a leopard and T-90 had an unholy union....

Oh lord, I just imagined that.

Do you think the barrel and the exhaust :/

 

[HariPrasad]

Bro are you sure you've posted the correct picture of Arjun2 ? It looks different at least front part is does not look like Arjun2

Pl look at the Mine plaugh. You will get an idea.

 

[Janmejay]

When Arjunmk2 will be inducted?

 

[sms]

of course ive posted correct pic, it may luk like T-90S but its not

Its Arjun..

Pl look at the Mine plaugh. You will get an idea.

Friends.. the picture posted in post#2 is NOT Arjun but T-90. For benefit of fellow members I've highlighted areas to differentiate it from Arjun.

Ophs..forget to highlight gun barrel. Please add to the identifier list.

 

[kurup]

 

[HariPrasad]

The mines sweeps as appeared in last picture is clearly visible in initial picture of post no 2.

 

[Gessler]

The mines sweeps as appeared in last picture is clearly visible in initial picture of post no 2.

So? The same mine plough can be fitted on both tanks Arjun and T-90.

The tank in post 2 is a T-90 by all means.

 

[Kurama]

it's a killer for sure and among the best in the world. I don't know why army is hesitating for it's mass production and induction.

 

[SR-91]

man it looks killer baby!!!!!!

call it "ARJUNATOR"

 

[IND151]

this is Arjun mkII, Germans did some work on it and as a result of that u can see its front luks like German Leopard tank. when Israeli tank experts tested it, they referred it as 'desert ferrari'

Its T 90

BTW I hope members will like this article.

Story of MBT 80- Arjun

 

[Janmejay]

it's a killer for sure and among the best in the world. I don't know why army is hesitating for it's mass production and induction.

well i didnt read anywhere that army si hesitating to induct arjunmk2......source please.....

 

[Kurama]

well i didnt read anywhere that army si hesitating to induct arjunmk2......source please.....

Indian Army will be inducting Only 248 Arjun MK I and 224 MK 2 according to latest news. where as thousands of T 90S is been inducted into army.

Arjun (tank) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

India to make Arjun Mk-II tanks by 2014
version of the indigenous Arjun Main Battle Tank (MBT) by early 2014, an official said here Monday.

The Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) is already readying the Mark-II version of the Arjun for its first summer and winter trials this year. Among the upgrades, the Mark-II tank would feature an indigenous engine that would replace the existing German engines of the 58-tonne Arjun Mark-I. The developments come within a year of the government sanctioning the Arjun Mark-II project last May.

“In 24 months from now or early 2014, the Arjun Mark-II tanks will be ready for production,” the DRDO official said.

The army has already ordered 248 Arjun Mark-I tanks for induction into its armored regiments. The first lot of 124 tanks, for which the orders were placed on the Avadi-based Heavy Vehicles Factory (HVF) in 2004 at a cost of Rs.170 million ($4 million) each, have been handed over to the army.

The army is now operating the 124 Arjuns as part of two regiments in the western sector and last May placed an order for an additional 124 tanks, primarily to keep the production line in HVF running before the Mark-II version is ready for manufacturing.

The army gained confidence in operating the Arjun tanks, despite the initial hesitation, after the first two regiments were pitted against the Russian-built T-90 MBTs early last year in comparative trials in the desert terrain. The Arjuns had outsmarted the T-90s in all the parameters set for the trials and had prompted the army top brass to agree to inducting two more regiments.

The Arjun Mark-II will have about a dozen changes from the first lot, being armed with missile firing capability through a laser homing device. Though this system had been tested on the Mark-I version of the tank about five years ago, it did not form part of the final design of the initial 124 delivered to the army, and nor will it be mounted on the second lot of 124.

The system, they said, would have a range of about eight km, within which it could destroy enemy tanks after homing on to the target using a laser. Other modifications include better explosive-reactive armor for the tank to protect it from enemy missiles and rockets, improving the sighting facility to provide it a wider view of the battlefield, including night vision capability, and a better communication system.

The Arjun Mark-II will have over 90 percent indigenous systems on board, except for some hydraulic and electronic systems.

India to make Arjun Mk-II tanks by 2014 | StratPost

 

[Gessler]

Indian Army will be inducting Only 248 Arjun MK I and 224 MK 2 according to latest news. where as thousands of T 90S is been inducted into army.

Arjun (tank) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

India to make Arjun Mk-II tanks by 2014
version of the indigenous Arjun Main Battle Tank (MBT) by early 2014, an official said here Monday.

The Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) is already readying the Mark-II version of the Arjun for its first summer and winter trials this year. Among the upgrades, the Mark-II tank would feature an indigenous engine that would replace the existing German engines of the 58-tonne Arjun Mark-I. The developments come within a year of the government sanctioning the Arjun Mark-II project last May.

“In 24 months from now or early 2014, the Arjun Mark-II tanks will be ready for production,” the DRDO official said.

The army has already ordered 248 Arjun Mark-I tanks for induction into its armored regiments. The first lot of 124 tanks, for which the orders were placed on the Avadi-based Heavy Vehicles Factory (HVF) in 2004 at a cost of Rs.170 million ($4 million) each, have been handed over to the army.

The army is now operating the 124 Arjuns as part of two regiments in the western sector and last May placed an order for an additional 124 tanks, primarily to keep the production line in HVF running before the Mark-II version is ready for manufacturing.

The army gained confidence in operating the Arjun tanks, despite the initial hesitation, after the first two regiments were pitted against the Russian-built T-90 MBTs early last year in comparative trials in the desert terrain. The Arjuns had outsmarted the T-90s in all the parameters set for the trials and had prompted the army top brass to agree to inducting two more regiments.

The Arjun Mark-II will have about a dozen changes from the first lot, being armed with missile firing capability through a laser homing device. Though this system had been tested on the Mark-I version of the tank about five years ago, it did not form part of the final design of the initial 124 delivered to the army, and nor will it be mounted on the second lot of 124.

The system, they said, would have a range of about eight km, within which it could destroy enemy tanks after homing on to the target using a laser. Other modifications include better explosive-reactive armor for the tank to protect it from enemy missiles and rockets, improving the sighting facility to provide it a wider view of the battlefield, including night vision capability, and a better communication system.

The Arjun Mark-II will have over 90 percent indigenous systems on board, except for some hydraulic and electronic systems.

India to make Arjun Mk-II tanks by 2014 | StratPost

Those guys got their maths wrong. Only 124 Mk-1 and 118 Mk-2s have been
ordered thus far.

 

[DESERT FIGHTER]

Only 118 inducted till now n yes I have provided the sources several times before 124 is the *order* for mk2... Arjun 1 is an obsolete mint lets see what mk2 brings to the table..