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Up For Grabs - Indian Army Contract For 200 Armoured Recovery Vehicles
[Indian Army VT-72B]
[Polish Army WTZ-3M]
The Indian Army has issued a Request For Information [RFI] to acquire, possibly, 200 Armoured Recovery Vehicles [ARV] 2. The primary role of these platforms are to carry out emergency repairs of battle tanks & armoured Troop carriers right in the middle of the battlefield, including freeing them from position where they've become stuck due to topography. An ARV is, thus, primarily, equipped with a crane, winch & dozer blades, including space to carry men & material for the job. The general practise is to modify an existing tank platform, thereby providing the vehicle with the required muscle, speed & protection needed for the task.
India's existing inventory of these vehicles have all consisted of adapted variants of the T-series tanks 1. Its natural, considering India's Armoured formation would've made Stalin, beaming over the Red Square, proud, the latest being the unceasing induction of T-90 tanks, with its "modular" acquisition [search T-90]. The Army's ARV fleet consists of the,
Recent reports indicated the Army's desire to place a follow-on order for 200 more WZT-3 estimated to be worth $247.6 million USD. However, given the aspersions cast on the earlier contracts, apparatchiks must've thought its best to maintain safe distance "till matters cool down" or, the mundane, they perhaps couldn't reach an agreement. The Chennai-based Combat Vehicles Research & Development Establishment [CVRDE] has announced plans to develop a MBT Arjun-derived repair & recovery vehicle. It could, however, be a little while away. Moreover, incompatibility involving logistics for supporting the T-series & the Arjun, would ideally require that the ARV be based on the same tank chassis. Hence, perhaps, this RFI.
More Information - Up For Grabs - Indian Army Contract For 200 Armoured Recovery Vehicles - AA Me, IN
[Indian Army VT-72B]
[Polish Army WTZ-3M]
The Indian Army has issued a Request For Information [RFI] to acquire, possibly, 200 Armoured Recovery Vehicles [ARV] 2. The primary role of these platforms are to carry out emergency repairs of battle tanks & armoured Troop carriers right in the middle of the battlefield, including freeing them from position where they've become stuck due to topography. An ARV is, thus, primarily, equipped with a crane, winch & dozer blades, including space to carry men & material for the job. The general practise is to modify an existing tank platform, thereby providing the vehicle with the required muscle, speed & protection needed for the task.
India's existing inventory of these vehicles have all consisted of adapted variants of the T-series tanks 1. Its natural, considering India's Armoured formation would've made Stalin, beaming over the Red Square, proud, the latest being the unceasing induction of T-90 tanks, with its "modular" acquisition [search T-90]. The Army's ARV fleet consists of the,
- T-55-based Polish WZT-2 [near obsolescence]
- T-72M1-based Slovakian VT-72B & the WZT-3 of Poland
Recent reports indicated the Army's desire to place a follow-on order for 200 more WZT-3 estimated to be worth $247.6 million USD. However, given the aspersions cast on the earlier contracts, apparatchiks must've thought its best to maintain safe distance "till matters cool down" or, the mundane, they perhaps couldn't reach an agreement. The Chennai-based Combat Vehicles Research & Development Establishment [CVRDE] has announced plans to develop a MBT Arjun-derived repair & recovery vehicle. It could, however, be a little while away. Moreover, incompatibility involving logistics for supporting the T-series & the Arjun, would ideally require that the ARV be based on the same tank chassis. Hence, perhaps, this RFI.
More Information - Up For Grabs - Indian Army Contract For 200 Armoured Recovery Vehicles - AA Me, IN
