Why The Army's Arjun Tank May Be Its Best Bet Yet

Why The Army's Arjun Tank May Be Its Best Bet Yet

For decades, the made-in-India Arjun tank was seen as an also-ran, a noble Indian effort but one that fell short of the Army's expectations. Yes, the Army would acquire the Arjun in limited numbers but by no means would it be a replacement for the Russian-built T-72 or T-90, the mainstay of the Army's armoured formations. The numbers tell the story - more than 1,200 T-90 tanks are in service with the Army presently. By the time the last T-90s roll in, India will end up operating more than 2000 of the tanks. By contrast, the Army employs only 124 Arjun tanks in just two of its 67 Armoured regiments.

Does that mean that the Arjun is a bad tank? It really depends who you ask. For years, cherry-picked data on the Arjun tank's faults seemed to highlight a series of seemingly insurmountable obstacles - the tank was too heavy, it wasn't reliable and it couldn't fire an anti-tank missile. This is all true, but was this reason enough to stifle the growth of the indigenously built tank?

written by Vishnu Som

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[mrsharathgopalanaiyangar]

It is high time now if army isnt going for the tank we can create export market for arjun ...

[Swatantramauryavlogs]

Arjun 2 MBT is a state of master in its class.Proud of being Indian Jai Hind.

[Kaustabh_Singha_Roy]

No, it wont be, because it wont be allowed to. No one will give it a chance to prove its worth. It will be buried under blames, like the Lahat missile failed to meet requirement so the entire tank put on hold... Otherwise why they sent T-90 to Russia for the Army game and not Arjun? What happened there? Both the T-90s disqualified, couldn't even complete. You know internal trials are easy to hide, no matter if Arjun outperform T-90. But a grand success in an international even will by difficult to deny. So no matter what you develop, purchase wing wins.

[exterminator]

This video is a clear, classic example of plagiarism. The audio has been entirely read from an NDTV article.