Indian Army to soon have Russian T-90 tanks with ‘Make in India’ element as threat from Pakistan loo

[Ankit Kumar 002]

next war....
rule the air..you will rule the ground.
you think pakistan will sand a tank regiment to counter t90...
no , they will send a j17 equiped with LGB ..
we buy a tank for 6 m$ , they produce a j17 for 30m$...
tanks are obsolate....they don' t have firing range , need to go 4 km closer to make any impect..

A Tank/Armour column is not alone. Its protected to quite a good extent against any type of attack. SR SAM and QR SAM , along with MANPADS mounted IFVs, and Tunguska will be protecting them, in addition to Apaches/LCH/Rudra combo with Su30MKI as heavy duty air superiority fighters.

Not easy for any aircraft to come and attack .

 

[me_itsme]

Is it T90 MS?

 

[Ankit Kumar 002]

Is it T90 MS?

Yes 464 T90MS for western front and 354 T90MS for MSC.In addition to 310 T90S + 330 T90M + 347 T90M + 235 T90M (Latest Batch under construction ) .

 

[DESERT FIGHTER]

464 more Russian T-90s? What happened to Arjun MK2 program?

 

[satishkumarcsc]

Anyone who hasnt seen a real battlefield will never know what a tank is...the physical presence of a tank is intimidating.

 

[Reichsmarschall]

LOL where is worlds best tank aka Arjun White elephant??

 

[punit]

LOL where is worlds best tank aka Arjun White elephant??

waiting for Pakistan to chose a tank which they can rename AL Khalid -2 !

 

[Water Car Engineer]

464 more Russian T-90s? What happened to Arjun MK2 program?

It's still going to be ordered.

 

[Reichsmarschall]

waiting for Pakistan to chose a tank which they can rename AL Khalid -2 !

Son this thread is about indea so please stick to the Topic no need to drag us here

 

[zambino]

Chacha This thread is about t90 not arjun.

 

[DESERT FIGHTER]

waiting for Pakistan to chose a tank which they can rename AL Khalid -2 !

Unlike india Pak doesnt buy and rename foriegn equipment..

AK-2 is a seperate project...

While another tank will be chosen to suppliment it.

 

[[Bregs]]

India to Clear $2.1 Billion Defense Purchase Contract with Russia


Indian Army intends to purchase advanced T-90 tanks from Russia. Experts believe that it is best suited for deployment along the western border.

Furthering its defense cooperation with Russia, India is set to approve another high-value purchase from Moscow in next few weeks. Sources say that the Indian Army is interested in purchasing the latest version of T-90 tanks equipped with thermal imaging night vision cameras and some additional countermeasures to significantly reduce the chances of being hit by enemy anti-tank semi-automatic guided weapons. The Indian Army has submitted a proposal seeking final approval of the Defense Acquisition Council, the decision-making body for all India’s defense deals.



Major General R K Arora (retired), Chief Editor of Indian Military Review, says, “We have still not finalized what our future battle tank will be like. Secondly, the development of the Arjun Mark 2 is taking more time; so there is a gap between now and may be 5 years or so before the development of future main battle tank takes place. So, it is a stopgap measure that we are going to buy more T-90 tanks. We may have 800 or so T-90 tanks just now. Now the government is planning to buy 460 more that will make it about 1,300 T-90 tanks in the fleet.”

The intended purchase of 460 T-90 tanks would be worth more than $2.1 billion with the Make in India component. Sputnik reported earlier that the Indian Army had put the T-90 on a list of products that domestic industry could help design and manufacture under the Army Design Bureau. The T-90 is already being assembled at Heavy Vehicle Factory (HVF), Avadi in the southern state of Tamil Nadu. The factory also produces T-72 tanks. It is not clear if the additional T-90 tanks will be produced by HVF or if the opportunity will be thrown open to the private sector. Brigadier Rumel Dahiya (Retired), Deputy Director General, Institute of Defence and Security Analyses added his comments on the deal.

“Transfer of technology was part of the original deal signed with Russia to procure T-90 tanks initially. The transfer took some time but now I think the technology is available. Therefore it has become possible to manufacture the tanks all by us with most of the sub-assemblies being manufactured locally and the rest still required to be imported getting replaced by indigenously produced sub-assemblies over a period of time,” he said.

Currently, India has about 13 regiments of T-90 that could go up to 21 regiments by 2020. One regiment consists of 62 tanks. In November 2006, India ordered 330 T-90 tanks from Russia, out of which some are assembled at an Indian ordnance factory. Indian assembled tanks are fitted with the Shtora self-protection system as well as Catherine thermal images from Thales of France and Peleng of Belarus.

Read more: https://sputniknews.com/military/201611011046970732-india-russia-defense-purchase-contract/

 

[Hindustani78]

464 more Russian T-90s? What happened to Arjun MK2 program?

In India , we are having production line of bheeshma tanks and even of Arjun MK II. indigenous production is done at Avadi .

Chennai-based Heavy Vehicles Factory (HVF), which manufactures battle tanks under the Indian Ordnance Factories ,HVF has reached over 90 per cent indigenisation for the T-72 tank during regular production, and over 70 per cent in the T-90 tank.

 

[Dungeness]

In India , we are having production line of bheeshma tanks and even of Arjun MK II. indigenous production is done at Avadi .

Chennai-based Heavy Vehicles Factory (HVF), which manufactures battle tanks under the Indian Ordnance Factories ,HVF has reached over 90 per cent indigenisation for the T-72 tank during regular production, and over 70 per cent in the T-90 tank.

There are quite few parameters "Relaxed for T-90". I take it as Arjuns can meet the more strict parameters. Why IA is not buying more Arjuns instead of importing more T-90s?

 

[Hindustani78]

There are quite few parameters "Relaxed for T-90". I take it as Arjuns can meet the more strict parameters. Why IA is not buying more Arjuns instead of importing more T-90s?

Arjun is going through more modifications already there have been 70 modifications in Arjun I which is Arjun II and Arjun III seems to be in making.