This shows that your Army ready to buy Junk and later upgrade while Indian Army Upgrade first and Buy later.
Chinese Army taken junk at that time, 2007 but IA didn't.
India bought the T-90 after the delay(from 1972) in production of the domestically developed Arjun main battle tank.
Upgrade first and Buy later is only a joke. The delay Is only reason.
India.
In February 2001, the Indian Army signed a contract for 310 T-90S tanks: 124 were completed in Russia and the rest are being delivered in "knocked down" form for final assembly in India.
The first of these was delivered in January 2004.
124 in completed in 2006 Oct 26.
There are only 310 T-90S in india until 2009.
In November 2006, India ordered a further 330 T-90 Bhishma tanks, to be licence-built by heavy vehicle factory (HVF), Avadi, Tamil Nadu.
A third contract, worth $1.23 billion, was signed in December 2007 for 347 upgraded T-90Ms, the bulk of which will be license-assembled by HVF. The Army hopes to field a force of over 21 regiments of T-90 tanks and 40 regiments of modified T-72s. The Indian Army would begin receiving its first T-90M main battle tank in completely knocked-down condition from Russia’s Nizhny Tagil-based Uralvagonzavod JSC by the end of 2009
The first indigenously built T-90 S(total 10) tanks rolled out of the Heavy Vehicles Factory at Avadi August 24, 2009
2000+ T-72 ,857 T-90S and 124 Arjun Mk-1 until 2012.
where are your upgrade ? In Future?
China
Type 59D updated from 1996
Type-96 in service from 1997.
Type-99 in service from 2001.
The modified variant ZTZ96G was first revealed in 2006.
until 2012 Type-96 about 1000,Type-99 500+,ZTZ96G 1000+ and Type 59D 600+
By the way, China had not buy any tank from 1958.
