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Source: Times of India
Date : 18-08-2017
The T-72 Tanks made under transfer of technology from Russia may be the mainstay of armoured division of the Army but they have given more trouble to the personnel out on the field and during training exercises on many occasions.
A driver who took out a T-72 tank for a trial run at HVF in Avadi died after a gas leak inside the cabin from a fire detection system on Wednesday. Sources said there have been breakdowns and a few minor accidents in the T-series tanks during deployment or training exercises. "The track record is such that a few army officers have objected to using the tanks because of minor accidents that has led to injuries to the crew," said a DRDO official who did not want to reveal his identity.
There have been instances of cylinder blasts and barrel blasts. "When shell do not fire, there were cases of barrel blasts. But, a gas leak leading to suffocation and death of the driver is a rare case," said an official. Most of these accidents are kept under wraps.
Recently, India dropped off from a multi-nation tank exercise held in Russia after two of the T-90 tanks airlifted from India broke down during a race. The trouble for T -72 stems from a mix of imported and indigenously made components. Many of the tanks need to undergo a overhaul long overdue due to capacity constraints."Though technology transfer is available, certain parts need to be imported. The transfer will be done only after protecting the donor country's expertise," said an official. Heavy Vehicles Factory in Avadi has been sending its technicians to armoured divisions to repair defective T-series tanks in the last three years.Sources said there is a move to tackle the issue under Make in India programme by which the defense ministry is planning to make smooth-bore gun barrel and 1000Hp engine for T-72 and T-90 tanks. The barrels are being upgraded because the current tanks cannot fire high penetration rounds of armour-piercing thin missiles while the power to weight ratio of engines need to be upgraded from the existing 17hp/ton.DRDO, however, takes inputs from these snags to perfect the tanks that are being manufactured in Avadi including Arjun Mk2 tanks which are yet to be inducted into the Army. "We have ensured that these snags do not happen in Arjun tanks. The indigenously developed tanks have performed better than the Russian T-series tanks in Indian conditions," said an official.
Date : 18-08-2017
The T-72 Tanks made under transfer of technology from Russia may be the mainstay of armoured division of the Army but they have given more trouble to the personnel out on the field and during training exercises on many occasions.
A driver who took out a T-72 tank for a trial run at HVF in Avadi died after a gas leak inside the cabin from a fire detection system on Wednesday. Sources said there have been breakdowns and a few minor accidents in the T-series tanks during deployment or training exercises. "The track record is such that a few army officers have objected to using the tanks because of minor accidents that has led to injuries to the crew," said a DRDO official who did not want to reveal his identity.
There have been instances of cylinder blasts and barrel blasts. "When shell do not fire, there were cases of barrel blasts. But, a gas leak leading to suffocation and death of the driver is a rare case," said an official. Most of these accidents are kept under wraps.
Recently, India dropped off from a multi-nation tank exercise held in Russia after two of the T-90 tanks airlifted from India broke down during a race. The trouble for T -72 stems from a mix of imported and indigenously made components. Many of the tanks need to undergo a overhaul long overdue due to capacity constraints."Though technology transfer is available, certain parts need to be imported. The transfer will be done only after protecting the donor country's expertise," said an official. Heavy Vehicles Factory in Avadi has been sending its technicians to armoured divisions to repair defective T-series tanks in the last three years.Sources said there is a move to tackle the issue under Make in India programme by which the defense ministry is planning to make smooth-bore gun barrel and 1000Hp engine for T-72 and T-90 tanks. The barrels are being upgraded because the current tanks cannot fire high penetration rounds of armour-piercing thin missiles while the power to weight ratio of engines need to be upgraded from the existing 17hp/ton.DRDO, however, takes inputs from these snags to perfect the tanks that are being manufactured in Avadi including Arjun Mk2 tanks which are yet to be inducted into the Army. "We have ensured that these snags do not happen in Arjun tanks. The indigenously developed tanks have performed better than the Russian T-series tanks in Indian conditions," said an official.
