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Karan M I detect a note of cynicism and despondency... when you along with Admiral and Master Yoda tend to provide perspective to the general rants here...

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Unf not much room internally for that it’s current internal hard point can only handle something the size of Mark 54 torpedoes so even more constrained than external hard points, so cannot even carry harpoon size missiles internally. USN has commissioned a project to integrate the LRASM (Long Range...

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You tell us Vimal..

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A single pilot will not be able to do six separate missions per day. Each mission is quite exhausting on the human body. So rotation of pilots will happen, if required. If there is a gap in production between FOC and Mk1A, we can do a repeat order of FOC trainers. Train more and more pilots that ca...

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@Admiral you have the patience to repeat the above ad nauseam. I wish posters read things and thought about your golden nuggets!

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X posted from the main Ukraine thread. It's actually Russia that may be facing a manpower shortage. Russia reduced conscription in 2008, to just 12 months, More importantly, only about 20% of the eligible population are conscripted. That's because Russia has intended for the last 10 years, to more ...

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Pratyush wrote:Is this human machine interface a DRDO effort. Which the army will sign off once executed?

Or the Army has told the DRDO what it is specifically looking for and DRDO has to diliver.

The HMI things generally will be feedback from the test pilots to the DRDO team.

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Our eyes and ears are but tiny holes through which we see the world in the visible and audible spectrum. Our mind, while trying to make sense of it, applies its own filters. Then our emotions distort, and our character selects. It would be mighty foolish of me to think I have the truth on any subje...

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Atmavik wrote:
fanne wrote:With Helina tested at both desert and high altitude, SANT to follow soon, I think we have the whole package with LCH. We should go ahead full steam with its deployment.

Monsoon, Fall and spring trials next..

Don’t be flippant. Budget, funds and MMRCA. We can’t have everything

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Why is Russia losing so many tanks in Ukraine? https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/why-is-russia-losing-so-many-tanks-in-ukraine/ar-AAW5XIW My comments: Despite overall tone, it has lessons for India. PLA also has Combat Batallion Groups as the main formations. These come in different flavors from...

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Cyrano wrote:What exactly was A_Gupta complaining about? Moi pas compris

Edited: ok, i understand now, he is right. Stalin's famine pre-dated Nazi era. I stand corrected.

That was very gracious of you comrade Hercule!!!

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Pratyush wrote:The T 90 MS moves the ammunition to the turret bustle with blow off armour panels and a different autoloader.

Pratyush can you point me to some literature on this new autoloader design please. For autoloader design to change the gun has to undergo some redesign - did it?

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Thakur_B wrote:
Pratyush wrote:
The Russians with T90 MS solved the blow off turret issue. What do we do? Order 350 + such tanks in 2019.
We haven't ordered the MS variant.

Also how does the MS solve the ammo cook off issue. If it has has the autoloader design changed?

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Snip.... A lot of tankers across the length and breadth of the Armd corps will prefer the T series as they know it like the back of their hands. This includes the issue of protection. If this is correct in any way shape or form. Then we have a bigger problem on our hands. It shows that the Indian a...

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The rot is deep. If the PM & RM want to fix this, they need to bring a sledge-hammer, not a scalpel. That's the mistake they did with the civil service. How deep is it? And what kind of rot? Is it corruption or a constipation of thought. A lot of tankers across the length and breadth of the Arm...

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On UKR - RU - "The bubble we knew (re RU armed forces) and suspected has truly burst"!!! Meaning what (for the denser members of BRF, like me)? That these two gentlemen always knew/suspected the Russian military was a paper tiger and now events have proven their suspicions right? That is ...

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Pratyush wrote:The question I have is why did the Indian army not learn any lessons from the performance of Russian armour since 1991. It's the same lesson that users of Russian armour have been learning. Including the Russians themselves.

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Thanks Pratyush.

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Thakur_B wrote:
ks_sachin wrote: The AK74 had limitations.
Nyet. Rifle is fine.

Although, SiG550 and Fn-FNC are the best AK 'inspired' rifles out there.

Thakur_B the AK74M with the polymer replacement of wood etc still does not have decent options for optics etc. Or am I mistaken?

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I have not seen this particular video. But in US you cannot get genuine Russian army arms for the last nearly 10 years. That being the case it is difficult to see how this particular firearm is a representative of the AK 12. Therefore, the conclusion of quality is not justified. IMO. Having said th...

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It appears Ukrainian people have been turned so vehemently anti-Russian with all the propaganda and pro-Russian people in the East have suffered so much from Ukrainian neo-nazi assaults since over a decade culminating in the atrocities now, that no co-existence is possible in the future. Ukraine ha...

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Russian army is heavy on armored and artillery firepower. They use fire power to clear the path for infantry. A Russian army division will have 3 brigades with two being armored and one infantry. Infantry follows the armor. Other armies like the IA is heavily focused on infantry where it may have 2...

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Back in Bangalore for a brief holiday. Happened to meet two LCA TPs one of who was much in the news when the first LCA sq was in the news. The other a colleague of one who twitters. Incidental meeting but such an unassuming lot. AMCA progressing. Trainer PM is now PM for AMCA. Mk2 quite bullish on a...

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The CO knows many of the tanks are not battle worthy. If his crews abandon tanks, he might be able to show it as loss due to enemy action (because he didn't get air support, or infantry did not arrive to cover them for AGTMs etc), rather than admit it was poor maintenance. Are Russian rank and file...

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Atmavik wrote:^^^ ShivS , we have to replace a lot of these Old T 72s , What should be our plan to replace them now That Arjun project has ended ?

Plus we may have a diff doctrine when employing armr. Rest assured if you and I know of the T aerie’ vulnerabilities so to does the IA.

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This war is making it clear that hard kill active protection systems with the ability to create a hemisphere arround the tank and APC are a must. In addition to the various passive protection systems. Also making it clear that the above is virtually impossible to achieve and that Armr and APC / ICV...

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Any Armd background ShivS with IA? No personal background. I used to run a company and my VP of Ops, was Lt Col in an armored regiment (T-90s). Worked in Russia before that and my sales manager was a Major in the 1st Guards Army that I mentioned earlier. Thanks your and ShivS’ posts are nice to rea...

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So is Putin a dead duck now or living on borrowed time or will he do a Bashar al Assad?

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Absolutely- took us 2 years to learn how to operate T72s in Ladakh. Cold plays havoc with tanks. The T72s made in Russia often have another problem - spare parts designed and made in one factory won’t fit properly a T72 made in a different factory or even made 10 years later in the same factory. Ma...

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I don't know, no one "expects" such things, but seeing this unrestrained viciousness unfold sitting in Europe is pretty disturbing and enraging for me. I can feel your pain. War is horrible business and truth is it’s first casualty. Unfortunately the ones most keen on war are most often t...

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The one event which has changed my opinion of Russia's performance, is the record of its 1st Guards Tank Army, operating to the East of Kiev (Sumy-Cherniv region). This is supposedly Russia's most elite formation - in its old Avatar in WW2, it fought constantly from Stalingrad to Berlin, without be...

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The western machine is doubling down on the Bucha allegations, with relentless media barrage, statements by leaders and ministers of all NATO states condemning the killings largely to rile up their own populations, piling on more sanctions though what more can be done economically is not clear. The...

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In the current fighting, its divisions have taken high casualties. More disturbing, for an elite formation, it has a high number of abandoned tanks, pointing to either poor maintenance, or scared crews abandoning them. Their withdrawal from Kiev seems to be a shambles. I don't think they planned on...

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What is your suggestion when the AZOV battalions are hiding in homes , hospitals and medical facilities as well as sniping from balconies. Let's take an example closer to home. A group of Paki terrorists in hiding in a house in Kashmir. every ingress is blocked that could lead to loss of many soldi...

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dnivas wrote:I think after Ukr drama is over, Poland will be taught a lesson.

By who?

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Cyrano wrote:Lets hope the new oil deals with Russia will free up some funds for more LCH and other desi maal. S400 would already have been provisioned for.

No no Saar we will spend money on the AK203!!!!

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These orders came because HAL and other indigenous manufacturers got lucky at the expense of the Russians. No change of heart by the services. The government asked them to order...that's the only silver lining. " Unable to Clear Rouble Payments, India Orders Indigenous Weapons to Use Up Defenc...

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What was the objective of this in your opinion? to keep half of Ukr army tied down at kyiv and kharikiv, so that they cannot assist Ukr army groups in Mariupol and other eastern targets. Thanks. A very costly approach in men, materials don’t you think when superior air power and arty and missiles w...

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Indian Embassy in Brusselabad has asked all students to register with them citing assistance in case of "emergent and exigent"circumstances. Holland has stop distributing newspapers and magazines all around the Europe.....oil price bite. Cooking oil,toilet papers and other products ration...

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