Bharat Rakshak

Karan M

The LRDE does have its own MPR program called the Arudra. The IAF ordered 15 MPR from ELTA and also asked DRDO to develop a local capability in this critical arena, ordering 8 radars from them. These are initial orders. As seen with the Rohini (7 orders and then 30 more), the orders can and will in ...

Karan M

...the FCS deal was struck with Delft Sensor systems....Delft was the name of the actual FCS partner for Arjun. Its actual FCS division was not from the Netherlands but Belgium. The unit was procured by ELOP of Israel. The holding company was based out of Netherlands. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G...

Karan M

Yup, i remember that autocar article where it even described HK. There is a very slight outside possibility that it is not included in Mk1 (like LAHAT firing capability) but given the date of that article, I believe we can safely assume that is not the case. No slight outside possibility whatsoever...

Karan M

I read conflicting newj.. 300km, SAR etc. any more info on this. awesome/congrats lrde. SAR is for airborne radars, this is a 3D Surveillance radar, but an enhanced one with Multifunction capabilities. There are 3 different projects for Army & AF mentioned as in the report below - 2 AESA - LLTR...

Karan M

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/165353/iaf-induct-indigenous-radars.html Very good news. Thank you Rakesh for posting this as it would have been missed otherwise. The Arudhra is India's first self developed AESA 3D radar, of the medium power capability. Heartening to learn the country can now ma...

Karan M

Without CITV, it is obvious that HK is not possible at night. However does that preclude HK during the daytime as well? I would assume that transferring the commander designated target to the gunner would be a capabiity of FCS and not of any particular sight. In that case, the commander can still s...

Karan M

tsarkar, Karan, For all those words, you have given not one substantiative proof that Arjun FCS has the capability. Yeah, the Arjun FCS engineer mentioning and explaining the capability is not good enough. Here, since you clearly dont know anything about the Arjun FCS, except worthless sarcasm and f...

Karan M

Some T-90 pics

http://img222.echo.cx/img222/1186/pribor900079eo.jpg
http://img71.echo.cx/img71/7618/pribor900089ol.jpg

courtesy harkonnen

Karan M

So if theres a spray of molten fragments into the tank as a result of the penetration, one or the other rounds sprinkled across the turret of the 72 are likely to be hit and cook off, as opposed to a (nonM1, non Merk) western tank, which has all its ammo in one location? I'd rate the Challenger als...

Karan M

tsarkar: Karan, Funny how you want your words to be taken as gospel without an iota of supporting evidence, yet claim published facts as wrong. Lets take them one at a time. Heh Niranjan Malik not being "published facts" and not "evidence" - how convenient. Relying on obsolete w...

Karan M

Gagan wrote:But it is already May 2011,
Where is the Chakra?

Delayed, what else. They have been saying this year, next month from last two years.
March was the planned date from last year
http://news.outlookindia.com/item.aspx?695744
Hope I am wrong..

Karan M

ViVS,

"What I stated was indeed the norm. Fighters aren't going to hang around in the air pointlessly if they can transit into the area in a matter of minutes after take off. "

Actually in ops, they do, on call for CAS/BAI. Arthuro is correct (IMO) in that more fuel = more flexibility.

Karan M

Sudeep, we are all armor newbies, the actual experts are at Ahmednagar and CVRDE. I'd rather somebody with a good grasp & memory of ORBATS answers query. 1. I remember all sorts of sizes for the brick size, perhaps rohitvats can help you here. The standard used to be around 50 tanks, but then nu...

Karan M

Was this posted? Note it was a meet the press event, judging by the pic and details thought the ATV stuff is from sources. http://indiastrategic.in/topstories861.htm According to well placed sources, while work on Arihant, the first nuclear submarine that was launched in 2010, was going on as schedu...

Karan M

KaranM: All Rakshaks will not agree on everything :) Agreed, life would be boring otherwise but a lot to be said about countering arguments without getting personal, ie remarks about delusional and what not.. Anyways, yours & rahuls point taken. Defense building and capability needs patience an...

Karan M

Rakesh, sure. But there is a situation where we have guys throwing around terms like delusional, etc without the slightest of compunction & deliberately provoking a response. And others, who rarely if ever provide any source for their claims, quickly jump in with one liners about third party ver...

Karan M

^^^ The problems reported above are endemic to MoD, and span the entire spectrum of Tanks, as well as every other product. . Back it up oh-Sanku-ji, with links for each and every tank - entire spectrum of tanks as you said, and every other product. Only latest links accepted. Should at least make y...

Karan M

In that case perhaps you should restrict both your attitude and information to real world. Here we need and ask for back up accredition. And who are you to advise anybody anything? A <snip> who spends all his time fighting on multiple topics, getting banned, and then redoing the whole shindig, is n...

Karan M

That is why big countries subsidies these small batch runs so that R&D and new innovation in defence is built inside the country. India can create a small fund to enable these critical tech in small numbers to be developed since it will lead to transfer of this tech to other viable defense prog...

Karan M

..... Karan M, not being able to back up your statements with third party verification is not a virtue. Did you even bother to read my reply to SaiK before sharing this bit of exceptional wisdom? Posting it again, so you can see it again. http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/LAND-FORCES/Special/184-Arjun-...

Karan M

^^^ AS long at the IA insists on having 1900~ T 90s. The Arjun will never be build in numbers. The reason is simple. HFV lacks both the industraial and human resources to build both in large numbers. In addition to this the suppliers for both are the same. If one is working for the the T 90, they m...

Karan M

Proof Karan, provide Proof. If Shangri-la exists, it must be on the map Here is proof that the capability doesnt exist - From BEL, the manufacturer http://www.bel-india.com/index.aspx?q=&sectionid=315 describing the entire fire control system. No where is the Commander's sight mentioned, or the...

Karan M

Look if you see the way T-90 has many flaws etc etc then I dont have much to argue there , I just disagree with you. Feel free to disagree, but the evidence speaks for itself, especially when it comes to the specific points I mentioned regarding - Lack of passive crew protection - Subpar ergonomics...

Karan M

Also, there were still design deficiencies in Arjun until the Mk2 improvements were ordered. The Mk 1 commander has only a panoramic day sight and it was not interfaced with the FCS to hand over targets to the gunner for hunter killer capability. It is only Mk 2 that commander will get a day & ...

Karan M

Its your point of view and I will leave it at that , I call it solution to a problem to call it a jugad , lets leave it there and agree to disagree A solution works. What does one call a solution which does not work? Jugaad is charitable. You put a secondary sight shoehorning it into a tank because...

Karan M

where did you copy - paste that from. Unlike you, I don't have to trawl the internet or Mphotos or assorted forums to copy paste what others say to make my arguments for me OR claim google has the answers. I posted that from my own awareness. See the difference. Try that sometime. now read what you...

Karan M

Look that is the key thing what you call it as jugad , is the way it would work if you want to integrate a Western TI on T-90 , something the IA wanted 10 years back if I am not wrong. You can call it jugad if you like , I would call it solution to a problem. Heh, its a jugaad solution to a problem...

Karan M

by avoiding to prove your point which you made to support your argument, i would believe that you have no data to support it, that why you are taking this new line of defense!! Lol- what avoiding? You want to be spoonfed? Sure, here you go. The Leyland L60 diesel was a horrible maintenance hog, aff...

Karan M

using a point to support an argument and not explaining your point is an art to be mastered! ( i am still a novice on this) No sire, you are a past master at this approach, with your wink-nod-contacts-nudge-i know approach which you have extensively used on the Arjun / T-90 topic. It works most of ...

Karan M

^^^And the best part is, the a/c cooling unit is to placed outside the turret....!!!! Of which there is no certainty the AC will even work. The Thermal Sight is in its own exposed doghouse, and wonder of wonders whether reducing the temp inside the tank will even work on the detector assembly locat...

Karan M

Every tank has its flaws. Absolutely. The entire issue is that the flaws should be fixed, after open evaluation and analysis as you mention about the APU issue below.. Abrams did not have APU for silent watch mode. An APU was added before Iraqi Freedom, that drew fuel from main tanks. The APU was o...

Karan M

- Tell me when was Vijayanta inducted in IA ? - what were the expected enemy armor against Vijayanta? - and there engine performance and Armour rating? - have you ever been in a vijayanta? - which automotive parts were (in)famous and (un)reliable (except engine over heating in desert environment, w...

Karan M

KaranM , with due respect you tend to repeat the same stuff again and again in a long easy and say the same thing in different words , you seem to think Russians are bad at their design and say that with authority because you are patron of all russian Land System. Austin, with all due respect, I re...

Karan M

who accepted that vijayanta was a piece of junk ? was it a piece of junk when it was inducted or when it was de-commissioned? If you didn't even know this, one wonders - what do you really know of the true state of affairs? The Vijayanta was junk throughout! Its automotive (un)reliability was (in)f...

Karan M

pragnya: if we want to show the power of google and one would find 10 times more reports on Arjun failures on net lease look at them also, would would find all of them in the BR archives over last 10 years. The difference is that each of these failures were overcome by hard work and persistence and...

Karan M

There are many reports of T 90s performing very well in all the IA exercises and tests over last many years, officially IA has no problems with T 90 none documented in any formal official or quasi-official report. Many direct praises in the media. Officially the Army had no problems with the Vicker...

Karan M

Avadi has underperformed on every small thing it was ever asked to do. Sure they can always come up with "reasons" of how X Y Z or the rest of the world is to blame for it, but that does not change it. They underperformed to the same extent the Army BRD underperformed on Project Gulmohar ...

Karan M

There is nothing right or wrong on this , it is just the way you could integrate and make it work. If the IA a decade back needed a 3rd GEn TI sight which was not available and then you have to integrate that rn westesight with the FCS of the tank then you need to provide a way where both systems c...

Karan M

My problems with the T-90 purchase or rather boondoggle or swindle, are that we acquired yesterdays design at todays prices, and which has significant flaws in our operational scenario. The Army evaluators, I daresay, went with a scripted outcome, to buy a brushed up T-72 and ended up giving it pass...

Karan M

Both the Arjun and T-90 thermal imagers would have an integral stirling microcooler. Whats interesting in the case of the Arjun is that they have managed to make the entire package such that it manages to perform despite high internal temperatures in the tank. We own the tank design, optimal placeme...

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