Indian Military News, Reports, Data, etc.
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unfortunately the Indian army isn't tired. they seem to think that the t90 can perform miracles during war whatever its problems in peacetime
while i say that
the indian t90 may be a monkey tank but not certainly a sitting duck., thanks to the DRDO and CVRDE
while the army hollers loudly to the media about the arjun's problems, they quitely approach the DRDO to rectify the T90's faults
the latest T90's being rolled out of the Heavy Vehicles Factory, Avadi, is strapped with the latest improvements from the arjun programme
Great news. I guess this means the next four P-8Is are now completely approved.
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no,
the finance ministry has to approve it too.
usually they do,
but sometimes they ask stupid questions ,and stall things
TerraN_EmpirE
Tyrant King
it seems pretty good from what we see, but I think you might have misunderstood my biggest problem with the Insas replacement program.
First was there even a need to open a new program?
Yes INSAS is a disaster, it was antiquated before it was ever built, has fundamental issues with its operation and is of remarkable poor quality. I would place it on my list of the most flawed weapons to see service. But the Indian military already has a alternative system in issue that is lighter in weight, more compact, more reliable, accepts modern accessories and is built in India. The Tavor used by Indian elite units and licensed for Indian builds. So the Indian army could have replaced the Insas without the huge glut of a new program. The first step when filling a mission gap is or should be looking at what you and your sister services have in inventory to see if there is overlap.
But of course Tavor doesn't meet all the MCAR wants (but then again, the Excalibur option doesn't either). So assume that the caliber need is enough to justify the next step and a whole new universal weapon rather then just a filler for one nitch. Okay then what should have happened next?
The Indian government issued a request for information and submissions for MCAR. Venders both Indian and foreign would have looked there wears for something that meets the needs. And Colt, Beretta, CZ, and IWI found products that meet the needs or developed a product and made offerings.
But this is where things went wrong.
When you ask for submissions like this they are made in good faith that they will have a fare shake. That if indigenous offerings are developed they will be trialed vs the foreign ones, if all the needs are met with in the trials then the best performance and pricing options are to be looked at and chosen from.
Instead the Indian Army skipped this and jumped to the final step which is if your mission needs are not meet by the offerings then and only then do you clean slate a program.
This is my problem with the Indian army's rifle program.
1) there was already a option to fill the 5.56mm carbine
2) if there was justification for the need of having the 7.62x39mm requirement then they should have actually evaluated and trialed the offerings from abroad and not skipped right to a new development program.
If they wanted to develop a new rifle all along then they should have skipped the request for information.
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