Russia's Tank Biathlon

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Type-96B paint job for the tank biathlon finals! :eek::(:confused:

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SteelBird

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This news is a bit dated, since no one posts it yet, here you go.
The Indian Army has been knocked out of the high-profile international tank biathlon taking place at the Alabino ranges in the Moscow region of Russia after both the main and reserve T-90 main battle tanks developed mechanical problems.

As a result of the breakdown of both tanks, the Indian squad was unable to complete the race and were disqualified. This is a sad end to the competition for the Army's tank crews since they had topped their group in the earlier round and were seen to be strong challengers to win the competition.

Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and China have now entered the final round of the event. Russia and Kazakhstan participated with T-72B3 tanks, Belarus with a modernised T-72 and China sent its indigenous Type 96B.
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decided to field its top of the line Russian designed T-90 Main Battle Tank instead of the indigenous Arjun tank which was widely expected to participate at the games this time.



Nineteen teams in total participated in the exercises with the top four entering the final. In the past, India had participated in these games using T-72 tanks provided by the Russian hosts. The Army felt disadvantaged using these tanks and was keen to field its best tanks and best crews. Consequently, two state-of-the-art T-90s were shipped across to Russia for these games.


Each participating team has up to 21 personnel including team members, a coaching crew and a maintenance unit. There are three stages in the competition - all teams participated in the individual race. Twelve teams made it to the semi-finals including India which involved a relay race. The top four teams will also participate in a relay race in the finals.
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SteelBird

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siegecrossbow said:
The thing that surprised me was how engine failure was a problem for Indian T-90s. Technically they should be more robust since they operate in a much hotter environment.
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I feel strange too. T-72s are designed and made by Russia, so are the T-90s. Theoretically, what T-72s can do, T-90s also can do it and do it better. The Indian send their best tanks and crew with eager to show off and win the game. How come the two 'best' tanks suddenly failed at the same time at the final stage? Anything that we didn't know here? I heard the Russian use T-72B3M with improved engine of 1130 horse power rather than the rest of T-72B3 with 950 horse power engine.

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SteelBird said:
I feel strange too. T-72s are designed and made by Russia, so are the T-90s. Theoretically, what T-72s can do, T-90s also can do it and do it better. The Indian send their best tanks and crew with eager to show off and win the game. How come the two 'best' tanks suddenly failed at the same time at the final stage? Anything that we didn't know here? I heard the Russian use T-72B3M with improved engine of 1130 horse power rather than the rest of T-72B3 with 950 horse power engine.

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Maybe the crew pushed the engine too hard in the final leg. The Indian team performed pretty stabily in the qualification rounds.
 
SteelBird

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The Tank Biathlon 2018 has stared. This year there New players which includes Vietnam and Myanmar. The Indian team isn't bringing their T-90. I think because it's too strong compared to the majority of T-72
 
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