Bharat Rakshak

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I am a avid Arjun supporter. But before we dish out the T-90 (or we saved them bohuhu) let's consider some facts... Fanne the indigenous content of the Arjun is set to increase with the introduction of the Bharat Powerpack. The Geman MTU-838 engine and the Renk transmission will get replaced by Ind...

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There was recently some news about AVNL (erst while OFB), experimenting with putting a T90 turret on a T72 chassis. What is the purpose of this kind of an exercise? Is there a major difference between the T72 and T90 chassis? I thought most of the changes are in the turret between the two tanks. Th...

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Kilo Class: 1). Klub missiles 2). type 65 Russian HWT. Plus mines HDW Type 209-1500 1). Upgraded with Harpoon Missiles 2). SUT German torpedoes Kalvari Class: 1). Exocet Sm-39 missiles 2). SUT German torpedoes THANKS MISSILES Has IN fired the missiles from the TT ? We have never heard any news from...

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https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/decoding-pakistan-s-biggest-business-conglomerate-pakistan-army/ar-AA16Dqw6?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=a944d68b956a4a8ebd7627b89bbb377c Decoding the Business Emprice of the Paki Fauj: "When in 1954, then Army Chief General Ayub Khan and Defence Secre...

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One of the you tube channels is reporting that the CVRDE engine of 1000 HP for T72 has cleared user trials. But I am not seeing any news link on the mainstream media pages. Can any paanwala or chai wala provide any information from his sources. Should be fairly straightforward. A couple years ago, ...

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A bit unsure What are the weapons used on our Kilo class submarines, HDW Type 1500 submarines and Scorpene / Kalvari class submarines ? Kilo Class: 1). Klub missiles 2). type 65 Russian HWT. Plus mines HDW Type 209-1500 1). Upgraded with Harpoon Missiles 2). SUT German torpedoes Kalvari Class: 1). ...

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For the IAF, getting all Aircraft compatible with all Missiles makes sense, if SU 30 MKI can I-Derby it does not mean Astra 1 Bad or lacks any capability. In war time Aircraft are moved across Bases, Missiles get used across sorties, at such times it is best that every available missile at any base...

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Germans have refused to send any Leopard tanks to Ukraine or allow any other country to send German origin tanks, until the US sends heavy armour to Ukraine. Sending US M1 tanks all the way from the US to Ukraine would be big task. The euros can probably free up about 100-120 tanks in total, if they...

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Just for reference Rheinmetall is developing Mounted Artillery to match Russian long range artillery. https://www.edrmagazine.eu/indirect-fires-rheinmetall-details-its-latest-solutions While IA is still wasting the ATAGS lead. Baba Kalyani has said that once ATAGS enters full scale production, Indi...

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Ramana Sir and RohitVats, In another thread one of the posted articles has said that one of the lessons the US has got out of the UKR conflict is that towed arty is perhaps losing its relevance vis-a-vis mounted / SP arty. Even with an APU a towed gun is very vulnerable to detection in this day of ...

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The good part in all this is that due to the crisis, Pakjab will corner most of the resources as it always does, followed by some scraps going to Sindh. Balochistan, KP and PoK, GB will be left to fend for themselves. If the circus continuous for a few more months, The Taliban will virtually take ov...

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Hope this is not another wild goose chase: Autoloader for MBT Arjun :roll: I hope the Army is not dreamy eyed about the LeClerc and now want a desi LeClerc at 40% off or whatever. Reportedly they are developing the autoloader for an unmanned version of the Arjun tank. Don't know if IA has given suc...

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Apparently 2 nos of updated uttam AESA radars have been delivered to HAL for flight testing. The TR module count has been increased to 912 from the previous 760-780 TR modules. Don't know if this would require all the tests already carried out with the previous version of the Uttam to be repeated. S...

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https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/500-tow-anti-tank-missiles-to-155mm-self-propelled-howitzers-us-announces-3-bn-in-military-assistance-for-ukraine/ar-AA163GFz?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=b3eed855d0a846dca72b9bd01eb7118f The Germans are providing 40 Marder armoured vehicles, the French are giving AMX-...

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The pakis were supposed to pay back $1 Billion in this week. Have they managed to roll the debts over? No news about the payments having been made. A $1 Billion repayment would almost brake the pigs back.

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Indian shell is called TGM. And the indent was for some 1800 shells first. The PGK fuze was also TOT by DRDO. Need to find its report. As Ramana has reported the initial requirement given is for 1,800 units. This will obviously be to setup the manufacturing and conducting he relevant trials. if the...

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With a twin carriage the ground pressure exerted on each individual axle will be lower than for 1 carriage design. The mobility of the ATAGS in the mountains has been demonstrated. The total weight of the ATAGS can be constraint only if the towing trucks do not have the capacity to tow a 18 ton gun....

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The chinese have upgraded their copies of the Al-31 engines to 150KN thrust. The Al-31 engines were designed in the 90s and surely it should be possible to upgrade the engines. The best way forward should be to add the Su-30MKI engine upgrade to the new engines for the AMCA program. This would sweet...

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That is an interesting view. The MTU 838 powering the Arjun is a turbo diesel. It should be able to maintain power rating at those altitudes. few private firms collaborating and currently testing 800 HP, 1500HP, 2200HP MTU all three are DOHC(double overhead cam) 4 valve per cylinder CRDI (common ra...

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Pakistan Railways being forced to curtail is operations, due to shortage of fuel.

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There was recently some news about AVNL (erst while OFB), experimenting with putting a T90 turret on a T72 chassis. What is the purpose of this kind of an exercise? Is there a major difference between the T72 and T90 chassis? I thought most of the changes are in the turret between the two tanks. The...

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Sprut was disqualified by the Indian Army a few years ago. http://www.military-today.com/tanks/k21_105.htm This procurement project seems customer designed for the Hanwa K21-105. The only thing it needs is a 100 hp power plant. Cockrill 105 turret. 1000 HP engine. Under 25 tons. I am surprised by t...

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Looking at the army RFI for towing Vehicles and the tamaha around the 15 ton limit. It makes sense to just buy the K-9 Vajra upgraded models which can fire rocket assisted projectiles for greater range. The platform seems to have almost no negative publicity. There is no towing vehicle needed. It m...

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I suspect that Russia will not launch any large scale offensive in this war. They will simply consolidate their positions and make some incremental gains in the Donbas region and Zaporizhia. In Kherson, they will simply remain on the east side of the river and consolidate their position. Any small p...

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https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/other/3-terrorists-killed-in-encounter-with-security-forces-in-jammu-day-after-major-attack-averted/ar-AA15Jg7r?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=1cf01bf0623e405395287f50182d55e9 https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/other/chance-encounter-of-terrorists-kashmiri-pandits-issue-on-cards-f...

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https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/other/what-is-helina-the-latest-weapon-in-the-indian-armed-forces-armoury/ar-AA15EDD4?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=3dd0b4ee8adc42cc8a05301247f72317 An article on Helina in TOI. Can anyone confirm the following information given in the piece. 50-60 seconds to acquire a target...

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How many Pralay missiles can be carried on a 8X8 TEL? 3 or upto 4 per 8X8 TEL would be nice.

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Ordering an additional 2 squadrons of Tejas MK1A is a must. I have been saying this since a long time. But still its not too late. Order an additional 2 squadrons, to be delivered within the current timeline for delivery of 73 Tejas MK1A itself. This will allow HAL to scale up the production capacit...

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Nearly 10 years ago MDL had attempted to enter into a similar relationship with Pipavav Yard. Only to have the then chairman of MDL disgraced. GRSE and L&T partnership is a step in the right direction for the sustainment of Indian shipyard capacity. I am looking forward to seeing larger ships g...

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The air force should also order some, will help in disabling enemy airfields also. You mean a separate rocket force will not target enemy airforce bases? Why should the airforce be devoting any manpower towards operating ground based ballistic missiles? We have to get out of this kind of silo based...

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A-3 weight reduction was over 50%. The Chinese always claimed that A-5 was 8000 Kms. They will now say that it is >10K Kms now. Han muh mein ghee shakar. The weight reduction was for Agni-III to Agni-IV. The original Agni-III remains the same. The Agni-IV, previously called Agni-2Prime was perhaps ...

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The problem is not comparing the Rampage with the Brahmos. The problem is that the military did not anticipate a need for a weapon like the Rampage and did not ask for it to be developed. Instead they simply go for emergency procurement of imported systems, which are obviously well marketed to the p...

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Some reports suggest that one of units was being relieved by a new fresh unit and hence there was greater man power available on our side. We were able to mobilize greater number of men, as additional acclimatized troops were readily available. Next time we might not be so lucky and the odds might b...

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Baloch rebels blow up oil storage facility at Gwadar port. Every little bit helps!!

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Antonov is in Ukraine. Most of their factories and infrastructure has been destroyed. Absolutely no chance for the AN-178 to come out anytime soon.
With regard to the AN-132, if we had bought out the design earlier, maybe something could have been worked out. Now seems very difficult.

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The best solution would be to get 24-36 C-130J pure cargo format planes and replace the balance AN-32s with C-295s. The C-130Js would fulfill the requirement of higher cargo carrying capacity, whenever required, as well for high altitude operations. Remember the C-130s can take off and land at DBO, ...

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JTull wrote:
That launcher in the photo is of Mistral.

https://www.mbda-systems.com/product/mistral-atam/

My bad. Didn't realize the same. Just went with the news flow about the launcher for the Helina.

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Basically, Israel took a ground-launched guided rocket (> 300mm) and added suspension lugs and ensure the electrical connector can mate with the aircraft to provide guidance data. There is no el-op seeker just INS and GPS. Now compare to guided Pinaka which is 227 mm in diameter and has an el-op se...

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https://twitter.com/alpha_defense/status/1598289552166510594?s=20&t=MBV6jEPfgdQHUdb9J4aV5g ---> DRDO sends out a tender for the fabrication of 15 × launch tubes Mk.2 for HeliNa ATGM. These are to be delivered within 6 months of contract signing. From the photo it looks like a new or modified la...

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Embraer is having financial problems. Maybe we can even buy out the complete design and technology of the C-390 and setup a production line ourselves in India. It can replace both the AN-32 and cater to some of the roles that Il-76 was performing. For dedicated heavy lift aircraft, we can then look ...

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