China’s T-15 Tanks ‘Steal The Show’ In High-Altitude Battle Drills Near Ladakh Border

[GS Zhou]

What's so disgusting about them is that they are incapable of feeling any kind of shame. That's the defining characteristic of the Indian psyche: a total inability to feel the slightest shame. Shame is the beginning of betterment - an individual or country rises up out of the gutter when it looks at the wreckage it has become and feels ashamed. India will never rise up because in its utter degradation, it has become inured to shame.

Cannot agree more.

I had a discussion with some Indian in other thread recently. I told that Indian guy, although the India GDP number looks "shining", but in some more fundamental indicators that linked to every one's livelihood, e.g. hunger situation, life expectancy, literacy rate of the adults, nutrition conditions of the kids etc, China is ahead of India by 30 to 40 years. And you know what? the Indian guy said these are all "selective highlights", i.e. something that are picked-up purposely for the embarrassment of India. I'm really shocked that he doesn't feel anything wrong for India to have that poor performances across the mentioned indicators.

 

[lcloo]

Malnutrition not only makes Indian population becoming shorter in body heights by the years, it also shrank their brains size.

 

[Beast]

Cannot agree more.

I had a discussion with some Indian in other thread recently. I told that Indian guy, although the India GDP number looks "shining", but in some more fundamental indicators that linked to every one's livelihood, e.g. hunger situation, life expectancy, literacy rate of the adults, nutrition conditions of the kids etc, China is ahead of India by 30 to 40 years. And you know what? the Indian guy said these are all "selective highlights", i.e. something that are picked-up purposely for the embarrassment of India. I'm really shocked that he doesn't feel anything wrong for India to have that poor performances across the mentioned indicators.

Caste system and slavery are deep root in Indian system. Some need to suffer for the benefit of others. Higher caste system Indian believe they are the entitled one to enjoy the fruit.

The only cure for India is to turn communist.

 

[Figaro]

China’s highly maneuverable and lightweight T-15 tanks are once again in the limelight. The People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) western command, also known as Xinjiang Military Command, is undertaking drills to show combat readiness of the T-15 tanks on snowy terrains near the Ladakh border.

The development comes at a time when Indian and Chinese troops are locked in a border standoff in the freezing and inhospitable terrains of the Western Himalayas. Despite several rounds of military and diplomatic-level talks, there is no end in sight for the deadlock that began over seven months ago.

China has maintained a very aggressive posture along the Line of Actual (LAC) in Ladakh. The PLA regularly conducts drills involving its personnel and military hardware in the area. Now a military website shared images of T-15 tanks taking part in a “realistic training exercise in the severe cold weather”.

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A Chinese T-15 battle tank searching for targets during a training exercise in snow-covered terrain.

India has stationed the Russian-designed T-72 and heavyweight T-90 ‘Bhishma’ tanks while China has deployed the Type 15 tanks at the Ladakh border, which receives up to 40 feet of snow around this time of the year.

The Type 15 lightweight tank is highly agile even on plateaus, a type of terrain in which heavy tanks would have to struggle due to the lack of oxygen to support the engine. Any lesser armored vehicle that can operate on plateaus is no threat to the Type 15.

While the 45-ton Russian origin T-90s are one of the deadliest tanks in the world, experts believe the Chinese T-15s give an added advantage for operating in the high plateau. The T-15 tanks were inducted into service in 2018.
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A battle tank showcasing combat capabilities on a snowy road.
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Two battle tanks are in a tactical formation on slippery roads during the training exercise.

The armor of the T-15 is thinner and it carries a 105-millimeter gun rather than the 120- or 125-millimeter cannons that many heavier tanks carry. This light build makes it more suitable for high-altitude operations like Ladakh.

The Type 15 tank is the envy of the world. Western nations have struggled to deploy lightweight tanks. The US Army in the 1990s attempted and failed to develop a lighter tank for its airborne forces.

China's T-15 Tanks 'Steal The Show' In High-Altitude Battle Drills Near Ladakh Border

China’s highly maneuverable and lightweight T-15 tanks are once again in the limelight. The People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) western command, also known as Xinjiang Military Command, is undertaking drills to show combat readiness of the T-15 tanks on snowy terrains near the Ladakh border...

eurasiantimes.com

The author clearly does not what the Type 15 looks like ... all his pictures are of the Type 59 (D variant?). There have been many photos of the Type 15 in the public domain.

 

[rott]

What's so disgusting about them is that they are incapable of feeling any kind of shame. That's the defining characteristic of the Indian psyche: a total inability to feel the slightest shame. Shame is the beginning of betterment - an individual or country rises up out of the gutter when it looks at the wreckage it has become and feels ashamed. India will never rise up because in its utter degradation, it has become inured to shame.

No shame. That's why they always ask girls for "Bob and vagene".

 

[IblinI]