Miragedriver
Brigadier
Well may China will buy just one....hehehe
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Well may China will buy just one....hehehe
With the new Mig-29K aircraft now being seen at INS Dega at Vizag on India's East coast, we are getting a pretty good idea about the Indian Navy's basing strategy for its new carriers and Mig-29K aircraft.
Here's what we know now:
Aksha, is there a suitable base for the Vikrant near Vizag...or will the Indian Navy have to either build or improve a base like they did with INS Kadamba at Karwar on the west coast for the Vikramaditya?
Here's what we know now:
Aksha, is there a suitable base for the Vikrant near Vizag...or will the Indian Navy have to either build or improve a base like they did with INS Kadamba at Karwar on the west coast for the Vikramaditya?
TerraN_EmpirE
Tyrant King
They have made changes and done soem good but those are not in the hands of The Front line indian troops. CQ changes might solve he burst to Auto and the oil shooting perhaps one or two jams but even at the reduced weight it's still a heavier then it needs to be a fully railed 16 inch barrel AR 15 is about 6.28 pounds the "Light weight" Excaliber MK1 is 8.4 the Kalantak with a M4 length barrel is 7.9 pounds a M4A1 is 6.4 poundsthe quality of INSAS has improved a lot in the recent years,
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If the Indians can produce the MCIWS in quality fine but there track record is not good also consider that as yet there is no evedence of production infact we have reports of it hung up and any alternative design basically being tossed.Multi Caliber Individual Weapon System
Except INSAS was canceled,
So you have Insas rebuilds that may or may not solve some of the issues but are still heavy, you have the MCIWS which might come to be but has no competition, the F-Insas terminated. and the accessorys maybe salvaged for MCIWS as it's the only hope.
i beleieve the the vishakapatanam harbour can take a carrier of the vikrant's size,
though there is a base being planned
wikipedia article on it
i can't comment on frontline troops , but railway police , police force ,coast guard and navy are being equipped with the amogh and newer versions of excaliber carbines
the MCIWS seems to be the only logical answer to the cancellation of the
tender for other tender.
there is another programme running ,
for different requirements
their track record was not good in artillary guns either
with their first programme never seeing the light of the day
and the danush gun faced a barrel burst
but now it has passed all trials winter, summer , monsoon, and whatever else the indian army could think trialling of
they will find it hard to justify the weight and size of the T14 .
after all the only reason the Indian army isn't buying the arjun mk2 inspite of it roadrollering both the T90 and the T72(upgraded) is because they say it is too heavy , too wide etc etc
you can see their explanation for rejecting the arjun mk2 below
