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The truth may be somewhere in between. The 300 regiments with 18 guns apiece, it would be 5400 plus reserve ( 25 to 33%), assuming all light regiments have converted or will be converted. The larger number of guns, 13000 can be reported only when the 81 mm Infantry Mortars are considered as artiller...

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Belated Republic Day greetings

http://cj.ibnlive.in.com/the-citizen-jo ... how/20869/

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atreya wrote:
Raja Bose wrote:...

Who was the awardee. Please post the award citation in the Heroism thread.
Here you go saar

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/andhra-polic ... 33-62.html

That was independence day '13.

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Women may get combat support role in Army First time ever * Army seeks permanent commission for women in streams such as Signals, EME and even inductions in aviation, artillery and engineering * The matter will need an approval of the Cabinet Committee on Security * Army Chief Gen Bikram Singh had,...

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India is now one nation, one grid

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Next what? A far-eastern command with III and IV corps under it and XVII and XXXIII coming under present eastern command? Four corps under a single Army Commander would be a transitory phase, IMO.

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http://www.tribuneindia.com/2014/20140102/nation.htm#10 Mountain strike corps, its1st division raised Tribune News Service New Delhi, January 1 The mountain strike corps, aimed at countering China, was formally raised by holding a "flag hoisting" ceremony at Ranchi today. The headquarters ...

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PARTICIPATE IN ARMY DAY PAINTING COMPETITION 2014

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So 17 Corps it is. But the HQ is being reported as Panagarh instead of Ranchi as it is being discussed here...
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/indi ... 051747.cms

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terriers are territorial army units, i suppose. they are all over the country, like Kovai Terriers

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To assemble your realtime lego's , you have to create a full fledged workshops in the destinations for heavies like T-90 and Arjuns. A place like Nyoma, a C-130 or C-17 can land with less weight and another comes with the engine and a crane and accessories. Probably 3 planes can put 2 Arjuns in act...

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Are you sure about that? Your two statements themselves raise question marks on that???

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@ranji The engines of variants of Arjun weigh about 2.0 tonnes each. How will reducing 2.0 tonnes from a 58 tonne tank improve its modularity in terms of weight. Please explain how the same will prove it superior to a 48 tonne tank, in the given aspect of modularity in terms of weight. 58 - 2 = 56 >...

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Holding of stocks and indent for purchase of ammunition for any weapon in service is not calculated based on the firing rate of the weapon, even when there is a distant correlation. A weapon introduced in service, like the secondary armament of APC in question will have an ammunition scale laid down...

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I will repeat what I had posted few days back. Restricting a particular strike corps or its principal battle-group to a specific area of operation would impose significant strategic rigidity. In any scenario, the army HQ would want to retain its flexibility of launching the principal battle groups a...

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Just to add to the above. All this talk about how well suited the Arjun is for desert warfare is not a positive spin for the Indian tank. Rather it's a spin to hide IMO a glaring deficiency in the T90 - it's inability to function in high temperatures. When you consider the fact that the tank's thea...

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I would request you to refer the post by @rohitvats where the '800' Arjuns are originally postulated . In general you can go through the discussion of past ten pages.

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Now as far as the continuous production of Arjun Mk1, till such time Mk2 is finalised, I think IA made a well informed choice of waiting an additional year for Mk2, based on following rationale. - 800 Arjuns(Mk1 and Mk2) are not in the scheme of things. - All Mk1 will eventually be upgraded to Mk2 s...

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Also, according to original time-plan 30 Arjun Mk2 should be rolling out of HVF in 2013-14. This in words of Dr Sivakumar, Director CVRDE. ......... http://www.frontlineonnet.com/fl2805/stories/20110311280510000.htm Not so fast. As I pointed out earlier, the development and user trials themselves f...

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Also, according to original time-plan 30 Arjun Mk2 should be rolling out of HVF in 2013-14. This in words of Dr Sivakumar, Director CVRDE. The first prototype demonstration of Ajun Mark II will take place by June 2011. By 2013-14, the first batch of about 30 tanks will roll out of the HVF, said Siva...

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http://sniperz11.blogspot.in/2007/11/ar ... roved.html

The original news article, quoted therein, with BR News id has been removed. Per that article, then COAS has announced in a seminar on AFV organised by CII that DRDO has been working on Arjun Mk2, already.

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Arjun Mk2 's specifications was handed over to DRDO in mid 2007, when CVRDE started working on it. Many of the specification are incremental/add-on, in nature and spillovers from Mk1 design requirement. There is no major design change on Mk1. CVRDE should have foreseen those had they been doing real...

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http://ajaishukla.blogspot.com/2013/04/how-weakness-buys-strength.html sounds more like Ajai Shukla rant with many loop holes in the article. A simple example of capital Navy ship being built at our Naval Yards very true but most component on that ship is still Imported or Lic built by PSU , Cost o...

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Sometime back when initial reports containing specification of Arjun Mk2 came out, a pertinent question was raised as to why Arjun Mk2 weighs 67 tonne. Forum members offered various reasons but it was inconclusive whether the ERA and ploughs alone would have caused 8.5 tonne gain in weight. I am mak...

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Brahma Chellaney while on his favorite theme of 'water-wars' ...

The Great Indian Water Folly

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<snip> Nelson – you need to first decide what is that you’re arguing about. You have shifted the very premise on which the discussions have been built. Over last couple of pages, your arguments have taken different positions and each has different implications. Let me summarize your arguments (and ...

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-OT-

Shmel RPO is standard issue in IA. For want of a better qualified source.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RPO-A_Shmel

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@rohitvats As you say T-72 BLT is in service, but how many. IA ordered 135 units in 2011? How many have been produced as yet. IA also ordered first 40 units of production series Sarvatra in 2006. BEML started producing in 2010? How many have been delivered. Even we saw a prototype of Arjun slide lau...

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I have already requested you to forget AM-50. There was no discussion centered on AM-50. NRao posted a video stating that AM-50 was MLC 70. I corrected it. But why forget the AM-50? After all, even it does not meet the MLC-70 standard and you just argued about IA having to spend another INR 1,800 c...

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Both, it is a fraction of what is held(even as of now) and thereby an even smaller fraction what is ideally required. I am not saying in equal quantities of AM-50, but of all assorted bridging equipment. Changing the goal post here, are we? First, it was about lack of MLC-70 class bridges and now, ...

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Both, it is a fraction of what is held(even as of now) and thereby an even smaller fraction what is ideally required. I am not saying in equal quantities of AM-50, but of all assorted bridging equipment.

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Forget AM-50 (MLC 50) because it can not take Arjun. One set of Sarvatra(5 x veh+ 5xbridge ) cost 22 crores. Going with the quantity that you have worked out, it should be 400/5 * 22 = 1760 crores.The bridging equipment you listed here is only a fraction of what is required. I would cut the nose, o...

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<snip> Now, what is per unit holding of AM-50? If one averages out equipment across various units (some would hold more, other less), can we assume 15 units per regiment? And this would give a total of 345 units. Let us be further charitable and jack this up to 400 units. Let us see the cost part -...

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It will not suffice to parade a system. 'Requirement' has to be fulfilled in quantity also, as would be required during war. As i said, we have discussed this before. Let me leave it at that.

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I don't have any problems with Col retd Shukla generally, and i understand that he has to earn his bread. If i may, can i pose a counter question. 95% of the Indian Army's tank force weighs less than 50 tonne. Any futre development in terms of FMBT or otherwise is going to less than 50 tonne. Here w...

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Like one poster Anujan has been playing here, possible.

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@NRao
I was referring to "70 tonne load capacity" of the AM-50 bridges that you said, and pointed out it was incorrect. The bridge in the IA Engineers video is same AM-50 and is the mainstay, as of now.

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Arjun is superior to T-90 based on comparative trials: When did IA say it? India won ODI world cup 2011. Does it get to become the best team for eternity in all forms of cricket. It is a result of ability and performance of a team at certain point of time for a small duration in cricket matches of a...

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@NRao Go and read your post containing the video on IA Engineers. IMO, it was not a FYI post. @pandyan Corruption in defence deals is a common mode. It be T-90 or Arjun or cement bags or the ballpen that is procured from the local dealer. Percentages vary but it is there, stark reality of this nation.

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I have issues with the following. Arjun fits the requirment of terrain that IA would operate in. Arjun is superior. Arjun is indigeneous. I have followed this thread and others on BRF for nearly a decade now. I am unconvinced even after going through the 'threadbare' discussions on Arjun. I have som...

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