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Gurneesh

So this was posted in milphotos forum..

Now we know why Army is not inducting Arjun MBT.

Maybe DRDO just needs to change the name to get the tank accepted.

Gurneesh

^^^ BMP is also tracked.. Tracked SP arty is a turreted artillery gun mounted on a tracked chassis (typically a tank chasis). E.g. Bhim (Arjun chassis + T6 turret) is a tracked arty. http://www.military-today.com/artillery/bhim.jpg Wheeled SP arty is a turreted arty gun mounted on a special purpose ...

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Here it is http://livefist.blogspot.in/2012/10/first-combat-drill-with-tejas-in-3.html FYI the LCA pic is an old one... Another pic of the same plane/load-out shows 1 x LDP, 2 x Drop Tanks, 2 X Griffin LGB, 2 x R73 http://gallery.tejas.gov.in/Gallery/Tejas-Goa-Sea-Level-Trials-Nov/i-fg69cBJ/2/XL/DS...

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DAY 9 5:52 IST Somewhere in Central India Noise of brisk braking could be heard far away but this was not the main concern for Vivek Ahuja. He had to make sure that all the boxes were brought in ASAP. He had no time to waste. Workers were busy bringing boxes and cleaning the house. Vivek Ahuja glan...

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I think this song fits the mood

Also

Gurneesh

I think they are referring to this Denel gun shown by TATA in the last Defexpo

Though it is mounted on TATRA 815-7

PS. taken from a Kunal Biswas post in mil photos forum

Gurneesh

Funny people dont think twice before calling J 15/xx a chinese plane, but T 90 is not Indian. The difference is that China can make as many J15 as they want without paying any license fee and Russia cannot do shit about it (apart from giving more engines). And India cannot make the entire tank at h...

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Singha wrote:the budget as usual sounds highly unrealistic. one cannot even get a proper pistol for that figure anymore.

I think the project should be about up-gunning the OFB 45cal Bofors design to 52 cal. No need to design the entire gun from scratch. Will save time and resources.

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^^^ Quoting from the above link... To fill an initial order for 60,000 assault rifles, in the past two weeks the army has completed initial user trials of five guns contending for the contract, including U.S. firms Beretta and Colt, Israel's IWI, Switzerland's Sig-Sauer and Czech Republic's Ceska . ...

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FWIW http://www.tribuneindia.com/2012/20121111/main1.htm#2 Antony: No hasty decision on revoking AFSPA in J&K Defence Minister AK Antony today reiterated that there would be no “hasty decision” on revoking the much-debated Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) from Jammu and Kashmir. “The viol...

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You all got it wrong. We actually need this ::

Maybe the russians will install smerch launchers instead of cannons.

Gurneesh

@ pentaiah: Engine design is not a trivial task. It requires a lot of experience and huge knowledge base. Almost all (if not all) of the domestic auto manufacturers ( 2 wheelers and 4 wheelers included) get a lot of help from foreign consultants (AVL, FEV etc) for their new tech engines. So, to do i...

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This news : "MoD nod for Rs 6,000-cr purchase" http://idrw.org/?p=15299 The ministry cleared proposals to buy 3,000 Light Support Vehicles (LSVs) for the Army at a cost of Rs 1,500 crore. Ministry officials said the Army wants more rugged vehicles for its troops deployed in Jammu and Kashm...

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@ Karan, while criticizing the program because LSP's are different from one another is total BS, the time that LSP8 is taking to get ready is definitely worrisome. LSP5 was supposed to be IOC standard and LSP7,8 and subsequently SP1-20 were to be of this standard. So, after LSP5 first flight one tho...

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Very nice photo of saras

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Extended speculation... BAE systems were clearly in the loop, for consultancy on flight testing and systems integration. The primary objective was to compress the timelines and the other was on weight reduction and to free up real estate in the forward fuselage and avionics bay. With the EJ-200 eng...

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^^^ Just think about the size of electromagnets/ power source required to propel a giant missile to any meaningful velocities.

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^^^ Title is so misleading. It is only the oldest type 77 that will be retired in 2014. Also watching the accompanied video is must as the written transcript is missing a lot of the interview.

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<SNIP> Maybe he turned into a traitor , but who turned him into one should also be debated. Wiki says that he was sacked a day before his retirement. May be he turned into a traitor? You still have doubts about it? Thanks for giving a peek into your world view on the subject. As I said earlier, if ...

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the Ex major gen was Shahbeg Singh, the Traitor, discharged dishonorably from IA. Could you give any sources of how he was dishonorably discharged ? I found this old BR page (2003) where people discussed it... http://forums.bharat-rakshak.com/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=390&start=40 I am quoting a...

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@ Karan M: Good post. You used better words for what I was trying to say.

Anyhow, one time that a general stood up to GOI was Sam Manekshaw where he flatly refused to go to war under prepared. And well all know the result of that.

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Pathetic, disgraceful and disgusting attempt at justifying hatred of KS Brar. There is more than enough information available publicly on Blue Star and books written by credible people about the role played by differen personalities and organisations. Clearly you prefer reading the propaganda writt...

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Attack on Harmandir Sahib in Op Blue Star was a classic case of "how not to" - be it in terms of poor tactics, inapprorpiate equipment, lack of clear objectives, timing, failure of ground intelligence etc... Op Black Thunder on the other hand was a classic case of "how to". Ther...

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More orders for Mk1 would have made sense if the production line was up and running. We are still waiting for LSP8 to fly let alone the SP series. So, by the time 40 SP are built we Mk2 production might have started (hopefully). If not then they can build more Mk1's till Mk2 production starts. But f...

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Well, IAF seems to be insisting more on getting the LCA Mk1 to be ready for AG weapons than for AA ones. So, maybe they want to replace some of the Mig27 with LCA Mk1 for CAS role.

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Vivek sir,

For God's sake, please finish your earlier scenario. The Rhino Arjuns must have reached the Russian border by now....

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Khalsa wrote:Whats being advertised here ?
A cheap upgrade ?????

http://vmestoslov.info/wp-content/uploa ... /oplot.jpg

That is T-84 Opolt from Ukraine and is based on T80UD.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-84

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I need help in finding any 10m MLC 50 class bridges that IA uses (i.e. which can transport t70/90). Googling did not show anything

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^^^ So, what is the variation in the gap length that a particular bridge can handle (eg: +- 1m, 2m etc)....

Also (posted on milphotos forum)

Would have looked better with a couple of tiles by the gunner sight (the radar could have been attached on the tiles).

Gurneesh

Noob pooch: Why can't a 15m bridge be used on a 10m gap ?

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How much weight turret carry? there is other load on chassis to hold bridge. If you see closely, then there is no bridge on the tank and I found these specs... http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3299/3222915974_c8e526d7f1_b.jpg So, without the bridge it is T90 class as far as weight is concerned...

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^^^ Well it is Arjun Chassis, so no turret, extra armor etc. It also does not seem to have the bridge on it. All this should make it a lot lighter than MBT variant of Arjun.

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Really sad as far as Arjun is concerned...

But anyways a Pic side-front pic of Arjun with ERA (taken from forceindia.net)

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TATA is already making many of the composite parts for Tejas... From a very old article http://livefist.blogspot.com/2010/11/state-agency-busy-private-industry-to.html Tata will produce 13 major composite parts for each of the 20 Tejas MK-1 fighters. These include parts in the centre fuselage, under...

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c) Allows for shoot and scoot due to LOAL + the propellant is designed so that Nag launch detection is difficult. The shooter is exposed to risk in the case of laser guided missiles (assuming illumination by the launch platform) A slight correction, Nag is not LOAL but LOBL. It offers shoot and sco...

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The garbage HAL is building for the F-18 is doors and "wire harnesses" the latter could probably be built by two guys in their garage. It's an offset for other Boeing sales in India. 2 guys in their garage ? :roll: really man, you're displaying your own ignorance here. This is the gun bay...

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^^^ Atleast in the US while basic research is directly funded by gov grants, most of the applied research is funded indirectly by gov grants. Government chooses a private company (for example GE) for a particular project (lets say aero combustor design for lower pollution etc). The chosen private co...

Gurneesh

^^^^ What you said is correct. But I was talking about thrust to weight ratio of the engine alone. As i showed in my previous post, 90kN EJ200 has better thrust to weight ratio than the 98kN 414. So, EJ200 in Mk2 should provide better performance in both dry and wet thrust regimes. So to effectively...

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^^^^We are just looking at wet thrust numbers to compare two engines which IMHO is wrong. If EJ200 is taken as an example it has a dry/wet thrust of 60/89 kN while 414 gives out 62.3/98 kN. Further EJ200 weighs 989kg giving it a thrust to weight ratio of 6.18/9.18 while 414 weighs 1110 kg giving it ...

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^^^ IMHO one would be a backup plane (to be used only if the main two cannot fly for some reason).

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