Dash
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sir ji, a question for u..can u plz tell that despite outgunning and outmaneuvering the t-90 the numbers r still so low???(just 4 regiments)it can perform everything the t 90 can and also a lot more stuff..i would have loved if we produced atleast500 mk1 and the mk2 version to replace the t72's..also i cannot unerstand is army is arguing that in 10 years arjun's technology n design will become obsolete then why r they buying more than 1600 t 90's??? if the t90' can stay in indian army till 2040 then y not the mk 1 version in good no's??
I dont know what Indian Army Sir will comment on this.
I think the whole issue is about a completely new tank is getting inducted to Army.
1. Its a different class, meaning to say its heavier class, so the army first needs to build infrastructure for this type of vehicle.
2. the army has never operated a modern tank like this, meaning to say its battle management system and advanved FCS are some things which are new to our Army. So intitial procurement will be used to train and most probably it will take time for Army to adapt itself to this tank.
I think what Army has thought is that, advanced T-90 (i read somewhere they are fitting the missing controls this time to the tank) is of same cost to Arjun which is about 17 crores.
So an already placed order for so many tanks(T-90) plus additional 500 for Arjun will not be economical for army when they know that even after buying equal pricing Arjun they will incur additional cost for its infrastructure developement which might escalate the average price for Arjun to a but more and might delay the induction and over all prepardness of Army with this tank as compared to T-90.
I see this as main reason. If not for the weight I think DRDO had a strong point in pushing this tank more.
My 2 cents.