India’s Arjun the MK2 tank is about to start the test contains 93 improvements
Date:2012-06-28Author:adminCategory:International militaryComment:0
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[World Wide Web roundup, according to Russian military news network reported on June 27, the Indian Defense Ministry’s Defense Research and Development Organization for the Indian Army to develop and improve the perfect type “Arjun Mk2″ main battle tanks recently the Poclain range has already begun in the Rajasthan desert factory tested for one month.
India’s Defense Research and Development Organization, a spokesman for Gupta, India’s Economic Times interview that the test is 124 Arjun Mk2 “main battle tanks allowed Al-Awadi heavy The test must be carried out before the mass production of mechanical factory, the main purpose is to practice test 19 technical parameters are more dissatisfied with the Indian military on the previous models Arjun the Mk1 tank. The latest modified Arjun Mk2 “tanks in the structure of the 93 improvements, including 19 major changes.
in this trial, the Indian Army will focus on detection of the Arjun Mk2 “tank main improvement projects, including the car long panoramic night TV collimator, this new collimator replaces the previous basic tank day as the collimator, so the tanks have a night fighting capability, and opened fire in the Hunter – shooter “mode. The car with the new long night TV targeting scanned the battlefield, search and mark the target, and target designation data to the shooter, opened fire on the latter. Motormen then continue to search for other targets. Other tests include the use of tanks, guns test-fired artillery missiles, integration testing and tank main gun with laser radiation defense system. This laser countermeasure system capable of firing a laser beam to intercept the approaching enemy missiles, tanks team fight for a reaction time of 10-15 seconds, tank vehicle defense system at the same time within a few milliseconds and automatically launch a smokescreen, destroy the incoming missile’s guidance system, and defend against enemy missile attack.
latest remodeling of India “Arjun Mk2″ main battle tanks also carried out a series of other important improved and perfected, including ammunition, armor-piercing capability to improve, and expand the type of tank ammunition, the installation of active reactive armor, and adapted to attack helicopter machine gun, with the perfect car navigation systems and tank barrel, mine clearance equipment, use of new engines, auxiliary power unit, pilot night vision system, crawler and roller. Full weight of 65-66 tons of new and modified tanks, the crew, bus captains, shooter, loading hand and the driver.
Indian defense minister said earlier that the first “Arjun Mk2″ mass-produced main battle tanks in production in 2015, the unit price is estimated at 370 million rupees ($ 8,000,000). According to available information, heavy machinery factory in Al-Awadi production of the Arjun Mk1 “tank unit price is estimated at 1.6-1.8 billion rupees. 124 Arjun Mk1 “main battle tank of the Indian Army procurement contract is signed in March 2000 and India’s Defense Research and Development Organization, combat vehicles developed by Bureau, the total amount of 17.6 billion rupees, heavy machinery and factory production by Al-Awadi. (Compiled: woodlands) otherContent_01 p {line-height: 23px; margin: 0px;}
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