Complete information & Analysis on " India's T-90 Tanks"

[Major Shaitan Singh]

 

[Major Shaitan Singh]

 

[Major Shaitan Singh]

 

[Major Shaitan Singh]

 

[Major Shaitan Singh]

 

[Major Shaitan Singh]

The Indian Army plans to buy 464 advanced T-90 battle tanks from Russia for deployment on its western borders with Pakistan.The Rs 13,448-crore contract will include a Make-in-India element for integration at the Heavy Vehicles Factory in Avadi near Chennai.

The 10 new regiments of T-90MS tanks, equipped with thermal imaging night sights to allow the tank commander to hit at enemy locations even during night battles, will strengthen army’s fire power along the land border stretch with Pakistan-from Jammu in north till the western flank in Gujarat.

LATEST TANKS TO TACKLE HEIGHTENED THREAT

“We are planning to procure the latest variants which would be deployed to tackle the heightened threat on the western front,” highly-placed sources in the army told Mail Today.

Modalities of the proposal have been cleared by the army at the top level and would be soon placed for approval before Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar-led Defence Acquisition Council, the sources said.

India has already inducted 18 regiments of T-90 tanks which are deployed in Rajasthan and Punjab against on the Pakistan front.

However, the Indian Army’s 4000-strong tank fleet has been battling with night blindness in the past and these new tanks would help in doing away with that, the sources said.

In addition it was found that key systems like the missile-firing mechanism and thermal sights had deteriorated due to prolonged exposure to heat and dust. This was pointed out in a recent comptroller and auditor general report. The Defence Ministry has decided to sort out the issues in addition to the radiators as the locally-produced equipment was creating problems in field operations, the sources said.

THE T-90 TANKS

The T-90 has emerged as the main battle tank of the Indian Army and is replacing the older variants of T-72 and T-55 tanks in the force.

India has about 850 T-90 tanks currently and plans to induct 1,657 by the year 2020.

The target of almost doubling the fleet in next three to four years seems a difficult task because the procurements were stuck due to issues related to escalating cost and local production.

The tanks are considered to be most advanced in the Indian inventory as they are equipped with sophisticated state-of-theart systems being produced in the country but they did not have air conditioners.

The Army initiated the process to buy ACs to be fitted in the tanks. To meet the challenges on the western front, the government also recently cleared acquisition of missiles and ammunition for these tanks under the fast-track acquisition process.

INDIA GOING BACK TO RUSSIA?

India’s defence ties with Russia have been more than 60 years old and New Delhi was heavily dependent on Moscow for military hardware as it provided over 70 per cent supplies to the forces.

In recent years, the America and European sources have moved in to replace Russian equipment but the ties were rekindled recently.

India has now been showing an inclination to go back towards Russian defence buys with a deal worth Rs 39,000 crore in the pipeline to purchase five S-400 Triumf air defence missile systems which can engage enemy aircraft at 400 km.

During the recent visit by Russian President Vladimir Putin, India also signed a yet-to-bepriced agreement for joint manufacturing of 200 Kamov light helicopters which would be used by the army at high-altitude areas of Siachen and Ladakh for maintaining forward bases.

The mainstay of Indian Air Force is also the Su-30MKI combat aircraft- 272 of which are being procured from Russia.

 

[Terminator]

Aren't MBT's are a failure in today's urban warfare. They got a$$ kicked like a sitting duck in a urban warfare like Syria. Rebels destroyed several regime tanks just by throwing grenade into the barrel of mighty tanks. And when it comes to open land warfare, several cost effective anti tank missiles are available which can knock down a tank from safe distance as they are easy to shoot down in open land. Multiple videos are available where ultra modern tanks got busted same way.

Agile and fast moving vehicles like Humvee's with heavy caliber turret gun's are far better option than multi-time costlier tanks.

 

[#hydra#]

The Indian Army plans to buy 464 advanced T-90 battle tanks from Russia for deployment on its western borders with Pakistan.The Rs 13,448-crore contract will include a Make-in-India element for integration at the Heavy Vehicles Factory in Avadi near Chennai.

The 10 new regiments of T-90MS tanks, equipped with thermal imaging night sights to allow the tank commander to hit at enemy locations even during night battles, will strengthen army’s fire power along the land border stretch with Pakistan-from Jammu in north till the western flank in Gujarat.

LATEST TANKS TO TACKLE HEIGHTENED THREAT

“We are planning to procure the latest variants which would be deployed to tackle the heightened threat on the western front,” highly-placed sources in the army told Mail Today.

Modalities of the proposal have been cleared by the army at the top level and would be soon placed for approval before Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar-led Defence Acquisition Council, the sources said.

India has already inducted 18 regiments of T-90 tanks which are deployed in Rajasthan and Punjab against on the Pakistan front.

However, the Indian Army’s 4000-strong tank fleet has been battling with night blindness in the past and these new tanks would help in doing away with that, the sources said.

In addition it was found that key systems like the missile-firing mechanism and thermal sights had deteriorated due to prolonged exposure to heat and dust. This was pointed out in a recent comptroller and auditor general report. The Defence Ministry has decided to sort out the issues in addition to the radiators as the locally-produced equipment was creating problems in field operations, the sources said.

THE T-90 TANKS

The T-90 has emerged as the main battle tank of the Indian Army and is replacing the older variants of T-72 and T-55 tanks in the force.

India has about 850 T-90 tanks currently and plans to induct 1,657 by the year 2020.

The target of almost doubling the fleet in next three to four years seems a difficult task because the procurements were stuck due to issues related to escalating cost and local production.

The tanks are considered to be most advanced in the Indian inventory as they are equipped with sophisticated state-of-theart systems being produced in the country but they did not have air conditioners.

The Army initiated the process to buy ACs to be fitted in the tanks. To meet the challenges on the western front, the government also recently cleared acquisition of missiles and ammunition for these tanks under the fast-track acquisition process.

INDIA GOING BACK TO RUSSIA?

India’s defence ties with Russia have been more than 60 years old and New Delhi was heavily dependent on Moscow for military hardware as it provided over 70 per cent supplies to the forces.

In recent years, the America and European sources have moved in to replace Russian equipment but the ties were rekindled recently.

India has now been showing an inclination to go back towards Russian defence buys with a deal worth Rs 39,000 crore in the pipeline to purchase five S-400 Triumf air defence missile systems which can engage enemy aircraft at 400 km.

During the recent visit by Russian President Vladimir Putin, India also signed a yet-to-bepriced agreement for joint manufacturing of 200 Kamov light helicopters which would be used by the army at high-altitude areas of Siachen and Ladakh for maintaining forward bases.

The mainstay of Indian Air Force is also the Su-30MKI combat aircraft- 272 of which are being procured from Russia.

How abt our existing t90 fleets?do they have night vision capabilities?

 

[Major Shaitan Singh]

How abt our existing t90 fleets?do they have night vision capabilities?

All of our existing fleet of T-90 are equipped with Night Vision

 

[nang2]

Aren't MBT's are a failure in today's urban warfare. They got a$$ kicked like a sitting duck in a urban warfare like Syria. Rebels destroyed several regime tanks just by throwing grenade into the barrel of mighty tanks. And when it comes to open land warfare, several cost effective anti tank missiles are available which can knock down a tank from safe distance as they are easy to shoot down in open land. Multiple videos are available where ultra modern tanks got busted same way.

Agile and fast moving vehicles like Humvee's with heavy caliber turret gun's are far better option than multi-time costlier tanks.

Syria war isn't the only type of urban warfare. The way they fight will be different from the way large countries would do. Just to give you an example, nearly 70 years ago, Chinese communist army used 250,000 soldiers, 15 tanks and 900+ artillery guns at the same time to siege a city and took the city in a day.

It doesn't matter much on how one type of weapon is used by itself. Every weapon has its own countermeasure. What matters is whether you can concentrate enough firepower to overwhelm the enemy.

 

[Terminator]

Syria war isn't the only type of urban warfare. The way they fight will be different from the way large countries would do. Just to give you an example, nearly 70 years ago, Chinese communist army used 250,000 soldiers, 15 tanks and 900+ artillery guns at the same time to siege a city and took the city in a day.

It doesn't matter much on how one type of weapon is used by itself. Every weapon has its own countermeasure. What matters is whether you can concentrate enough firepower to overwhelm the enemy.

Sorry bro, you didn't understand my point and went on a tangent.
Tanks are always a visible and primary target for all kind of forces, like a cherry on the cake, and they can be eliminated by lot of cost effective and improvised measures. Maintaining a formidable tank fleet is costly affair and raw videos of burning tanks impacts hugely on the moral of forces.
Rather, fast and agile wheeled armored vehicles equipped with heavy caliber cannons are much cheaper option than costlier tanks. Iraqi army swept through strong holds of ISIS in Faluja on such vehicles and pushing into Mosul with same large fleet of Humvee, rarely they used tanks fleets in these operations.
Asad forces couldn't do much with tanks against rebels.

 

[nang2]

Sorry bro, you didn't understand my point and went on a tangent.
Tanks are always a visible and primary target for all kind of forces like a cherry on a cake, and they can be eliminated by lot of cost effective and improvised measures. Maintaining a formidable tank fleet is costly affair and raw videos of a burning tanks impacts hugely on moral of forces.
Rather, fast and agile wheeled armored vehicles equipped with heavy caliber cannons are much cheaper option than costlier tanks. Iraqi army swept through strong holds of ISIS in Faluja on such vehicles and pushing into Mosul with same large fleet of Humvee, rarely they used tanks fleets in these operations.
Asad forces couldn't do much with tanks against rebels.

You need different weapons. Some for long range fire. Some for close quarter combat. Armored vehicles don't work as well as tanks in the street. Heavily armored tanks are effective in assisting infantrymen to blow out strong holds. Of course, if neither of them can take a single RPG shot, tanks is less effective as it costs more. Both should NOT be sent into the streets until the defense has been sufficiently soften by long range firepower, such as artillery, rockets, air raids.

All come down to firepower. You need different combination of weapons in different situations to maintain the dominance of firepower. You cannot use just one situation to disclaim or justify the effectiveness of one weapon.