Bharat Rakshak

Israel will soon be helping India combat Maoist insurgency and terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir and in the north-east. Talks are on between India and Israel about procurement of high quality body armour for India's paramilitary forces deployed for counter-terror and counter-militancy operations, according to official sources.

If the deal is through, Israeli defence firms will be supplying at least 5,00,000 Level IV body armors and helmets for India's six paramilitary forces other than to many state governments which are also dealing directly with Israeli companies to equip their police forces combating armed left-wing Naxalite guerrillas. "The usual process is to acquire these bullet resistance body armors through tenders and that is why the procurement is being delayed. No government will dare to directly place the order though Israeli body armours and helmets are the best in the world", said a senior Home Ministry official. "The Maharashtra government is already through with its tender process and an Israeli company is likely to get the order. Similarly, many other state governments are also in various stages to finalize deals with Israeli firms. But as far as the Union home ministry is concerned, we will procure through a global tender and Israeli or U.S. companies are likely to bag the orders,"he said on condition of anonymity.

All along paramilitary forces were authorized "bullet proof jackets" but now even the parliamentary committee on home affairs have recommended Level IV "bullet resistance jackets"to replace the Level III jackets which are inferior and cannot resist bullets fired from AK-47 rifles.

A small innovation will go a long way in giving the Army’s T-90 main battle tanks the ability to hunt and kill in the dark - and at a fraction of the cost of imported equipment. Army engineers have integrated locally made LCD monitors to replace malfunctioning imported gadgets.

A major problem with the T-90’s imported night sight was that its visual video display (VVD) unit was not ruggedised and, hence, defect prone. This resulted in the tank becoming night-blind. This was particularly the case in the hot and dusty environs of the desert.

LCD display units of the requisite size available off-the-shelf commercially have been used to replace the VVDs. According to available information, the TFT screens are available for just about Rs 3,500 as compared to a staggering Rs 25 lakh for the imported units.

The biggest challenge for Army engineers undertaking the project, according to armoured corps officers, was integrating the LCD screens with the sight’s sensors and electrical systems as well as physical dimensions.

The T-90 tanks are the Army’s latest acquisition and have been inducted into frontline formations. In today’s battlefield, the ability to fight at night is crucial and most of the earlier generation tanks with the Army, including the T-72, lacked this capability.

The Army had bought 310 T-90 tanks, some of which were assembled locally at the Heavy Vehicles Factory at Avadi. This was followed by two more contracts in 2006 and 2007 for assembly and licenced manufacture of 330 and 347 upgraded versions of the tank, respectively. The Army has planned to equip 21 regiments with the T-90.

While the T-90 tanks have been in service for about a decade, there have been some reports of malfunctioning or non-availability of certain electronic equipment, including those required for night or adverse weather operations. The non-availability of ammunition for its 125 mm main gun was also an issue some time ago.

some local innovations are implemented to rectify problems in T-90’s night vision devices

http://www.tribuneindia.com/2012/20120130/nation.htm#11

some local innovations are implemented to rectify problems in T-90’s night vision devices

http://www.tribuneindia.com/2012/20120130/nation.htm#11

^^^

Any and every time a competitive Indian product exists it will be chosen. Any and every time a product can be MKIzed (as in the above) it will be done.

Blaming "some" in IA is nice, but quite fuzzy, and entirely meaningless.

If this was voluntarily done in order to improve on an already functioning component, I would buy that argument,

Yes it was to improve a already working component, about 10 years after the component was first made available too.

Thank you for open mindedness.

You get an A+ for spin there. But the article clearly mentions that the components were rendering the tanks night blind. If that is a
already functioning" component, I am not sure what a non-functioning component would be.

:D

nachiket they were working (maybe 2 out of 100)

Man, some people can always land on their feet. Now we have a new euphemism "MKIzation." If this was voluntarily done in order to improve on an already functioning component, I would buy that argument, but since its replacing something that doesn't work or wasn't supplied, I would hardly call it MKIzation. As for fuzzy remarks, I think we all know who I mean (I don't intend to go into specifics or get into a protracted argument, I know I don't stand a chance ).

That is incorrect. The components were not rendering the tanks night blind. The tanks would go night blind IF AND WHEN the components would not work.

When would components not work? Some of the times.

Are components not working some of the times unusual -- no; all components have down time.

Can the down times be improved -- yes they can be -- and this is the case.

Damn, am sure Rosobonexport folks are monitoring this thread so that these kind of gems can be thrown at the next customer who complains about some defective piece for which he had paid with his hard earned money!!

Damn, am sure Rosobonexport folks are monitoring this thread so that these kind of gems can be thrown at the next customer who complains about some defective piece for which he had paid with his hard earned money!!

damn I thought it was canadian!

Yes, let have numbers please, and comparative data too, otherwise no ranting and allegations.

heh heh - how about a 72 % failure rate for the tincans? but you just have to trust my mysterious sources Now where have we heard this before? I wonder.

Oh musharaff numbers dont count. Thats the basic. I forgot to mention, I thought all will get the obvious.

Saar then obviously you don't hold yourself to your standards

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0et5e3fGoto&feature=related

an interesting video. Leo2A6 vs Hummer. as expected the Leo owns the Hummer in crossing vertical, gap and water obstacles.

but it gets real interesting in the end where there is a glass of water balanced on the tip of the cannon and it doesnt spill when it moves x-country, showing the stabilization of the gun and chassis, while the lady spills the water when driving the hummer.

leo:10 hummer:0