Arjun-II MBT development l Updates & discussion.

[Water Car Engineer]

Composite road wheel, composite top roller and composite axle arm, which accounts for a weight reduction of 1.22 t. Weight reduction of Mark 2 using lighter materials.

CVRDE has developed high performance Carbon fibre reinforced carbon Brake discs for Main Brake assembly of MBT Arjun

The weights of brakes were compared with that of monolithic steel material, generally used for manufacturing brake discs and found a saving of weight by 75%.

 

[Water Car Engineer]

Mark 2 in EMC chamber

 

[Hindustani78]

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The Army last week issued the preliminary tender or request for information (RFI) to global armament giants for an initial 1,770 futuristic tanks called the future ready combat vehicles (FRCVs) geared for "rapid dominance in an expanded battle space", while the IAF is getting set to do the same for 114 single-engine fighters soon.

Instead of ordering say around 500 Arjun tanks, which would have stabilised production lines, achieved economies of scale and paved the way for development of a futuristic MBT, the Army has inducted only 124 Arjun Mark-1 tanks till now.

Arjun tank display during the exhibition 'Science for Soldiers' organised by DRDO at Avadi in Chennai.


The Army is not willing to order 118 Arjun Mark-II tanks, costing over Rs 6,600 crore, till they clear field trials. "The FRCV project, if it takes off, will kill the indigenous FMBT project," said a scientist.

But all this cuts little ice with the forces, which say the DRDO-defence PSU lobby "over-promises and then under-delivers" with huge time and cost overruns. "Can operational military readiness be sacrificed at the altar of indigenisation?" asked a lieutenant general.

 

[Hindustani78]

 

[Hindustani78]

http://www.thehindu.com/news/nation...hanger-army/article20460822.ece?homepage=true

The two ambitious projects to equip the Army with futuristic combat vehicles are a game changer for the Indian industry, a senior Army officer said on Wednesday.

“The Futuristic Infantry Combat vehicle (FICV) and Future Ready Combat Vehicle (FRCV) programmes are going to be the biggest game changers for the Indian defence industry ecosystem… Sometimes big ticket items take little more time but they do not fall. I am confident that very shortly you will hear the FICV going into the next level,” said Lt. Gen. AB Shivane, Director General Mechanized Forces while addressing a seminar on armoured vehicles organised by the Centre for Joint Warfare Studies.

The FICV is an ambitious effort to indigenously design and manufacture a futuristic infantry vehicle by the private industry by roping in foreign Original Equipment Manufacturers.

The Army has a requirement for more than 2,600 vehicles.

On the other hand, the FRCV is a tender for the procurement of futuristic tanks through the Strategic Partnership model. Last week, the Army had issued the Request For Information (RFI) for 1,771 tanks. Lt. Gen. Shivane said the FRCV would replace the Russian T-72 tanks presently in service.

Speaking at the seminar, Army Chief Gen. Bipin Rawat said the Army was passing through an important phase in equipment management.

Arjun tanks to continue

Rejecting reports that the FRCV programme would “scuttle” the indigenous Arjun tank, Lt. Gen. Shivane said the service had already inducted the Arjun Mk-1 tanks.

 

[Water Car Engineer]

Future Ready Combat Vehicles (FRCVs) Will Not Discard Arjun Mk-II Tank: Lt Gen AB Shivane

Tender for Future Ready Combat Vehicles (FRCVs) is not a global tender but will be procured under strategic partnership. The new tank will be indigenous tank, in which IPR and technology will be owned by India. The tank will be India to replace old fleet of T-72, which were inducted in 1972. Life of a tank is 32 years, which can further be extended by 4-5 years. Then we have to look for another tank to plug gap in our security.

Arjun Mk-I is already with Indian Army and under stabilization. The indigenous content is increased. We will look at Arjun Mark-II as MBT Arjun Mk-I become fully indigenous and stabilized. FRCV is not discarding Arjun Mk-II.

Arjun Mk-II is under trial and orders are placed when trials get completed. Integrated trials with missile firing capability are yet to be conducted. T-72 was inducted in 1979 and T -90 in 2001. We are upgrading the fleet as its getting older. Many factor are being consolidated to make that battle ready as on date either on western front or on northern front.

 

[Water Car Engineer]

Engine programs for MBTs, IFVs

 

[Water Car Engineer]

Turret 1 -- Leo style, boxy turret - The design chosen

Turret 2 -- Arrow style turret

Turret 3 -- Sloping turret


Early prototypes discovered

 

[Flying.modi]

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[leapx]

500 mm is not good enogh ，isn't it？

 

[Water Car Engineer]

500 mm is not good enogh ，isn't it？

No, but there is finally progress in this area after a long delay. There's a lot of work being done here now. You're going to see much longer penetration.

 

[Han Patriot]

500 mm is not good enogh ，isn't it？

Equivalent to our 80s tech I guess.

 

[leapx]

Dose Arjun-II still carry a rifled gun？

 

[leapx]

Equivalent to our 80s tech I guess.

probably.

We were under huge pressure of Soviet Tanks for a long time and We did learn a lot from western technology in the 80S.

PLA also has 120mm anti-tank gun, the 89 anti-tank self-propelled gun. The retirement started since 2015. it is not worthy to keep both 120mm and 125mm.

 

[X_Killer]

Dose Arjun-II still carry a rifled gun？

Yup, mk-2 has 120mm rifled gun..