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[Former Chief of Army Staff, General Shankar Roy chowdhury] “Shootout at the OK Corral?” The Indian Army would undoubtedly frown at such frivolity, but scattered media reports and Internet chatter indicate that during the recent comparative trials pitching a squadron (14 tanks) of Russian T-90 tanks, currently the mainstay of the Army’s armoured forces, and an equivalent number of India’s indigenous Arjun Main Battle Tank (MBT), the latter is said to have “performed creditably” and “outshot and outran” its Russian competitor.
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[flickr set=72157623326534813] NEW DELHI: The Army on Monday placed a fresh order for an additional 124 'Arjun' main battle tanks, giving a much-needed fillip to the over three-decade-long DRDO programme. The new order comes in the wake of reports that Arjun had outdone the Russian-made T-90 tanks during comparative trials in the deserts of Rajasthan earlier this year. "The Army has decided to place fresh order for an additional home-built 124 Main Battle Tank Arjun. This is over and above the existing order of 124 tanks. The development follows the success of the indigenous MBT Arjun in the recent gruelling desert trials," a defence ministry spokesperson said here.   Left: With Maj Gen HM Singh, who spent three decades of his career as a tankman, guiding the {ln:mbt-arjun 'Arjun} developmentRight: A comparative chart, snapped by me at the CVRDE, Chennai, comparing the performance of the {ln:mbt-arjun 'Arjun} with the world's major Main Battle Tanks (MBTs) [Ajai Shukla] India’s home-built {ln:mbt-arjun 'Arjun tank} has emerged a conclusive winner from its showdown with the Russian {ln:t-90s-main-battle-tank 'T-90}. A week of comparative trials, conducted by the army at the Mahajan Ranges, near Bikaner in Rajasthan, has ended; the results are still officially secret. But Business Standard has learned from multiple sources who were involved in the trials that the {ln:mbt-arjun 'Arjun tank} has outperformed the {ln:t-90s-main-battle-tank 'T-90} on every crucial parameter.
[LIVE FIST] The indigenous Arjun main battle tank (MBT) has “met all performance objectives” at the recent month-long trials in Rajasthan, according to sources who witnessed them. The Army’s trial is expected to submit its report and findings latest by the end of this month. Despite what the Defence Ministry seems to be putting out, DRDO is confident that the game isn’t over that the Army may still be prevailed upon to place an order for at least 176 more tanks. [PTI] The Army is likely to place more orders for indigenous DRDO-developed {ln:arjun 'Arjun tanks} after completion of the comparative trials it would be put through with the Russian-origin T-90 tanks later this year. “After completion of the comparative trials between {ln:arjun 'Arjun} and T-90s. We are waiting for it. Then we will decide on future orders (of {ln:arjun 'Arjun} for the Army),” |
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