An officer in India called the "mechanical problems" of the T-90 tank the reason for the failure of the Indian team in the tank biathlon
The Indian press decided to analyze tank component of the country's army. The publication Financial Express, which, it would seem, has nothing to do with military topics, gives a kind of example of comparing the Arjun and T-90 tanks. The author of the material is the columnist Huma Siddiqvi.
Referring to a senior Indian Armed Forces officer, Siddiqvi writes that the T-90 "has its own problems."
From an article that points to the "reason" for the failure of the Indian military at the tank biathlon in Russia:
A strange statement, as well as a strange attempt to determine the main culprit of the unsatisfactory result at those competitions was not the crew and technical personnel from the Indian delegation, but the tank. After all, if a tank was selected for participation in biathlon, then this, by definition, should mean that the combat vehicle was completely ready for the loads. Why is it now claimed to be the "mechanical problems" of the tank as the main reason for the failure of the Indian team?
The FI material additionally notes that the T-90 tanks "suffer from night blindness, since their night vision system ceases to work in high temperatures in desert areas."
From the article:
The article presents the opinion of a military expert, retired Indian army officer B. Bhatia. The expert said that the Arjun tanks have a high potential, and added that India needs to create tank units capable of effectively operating in mountainous areas. Bhatia explains this need by China's activity in the border territories.
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