India's Ministry of Defense has placed the largest order for the purchase of tanks in recent years

India's Ministry of Defense places largest purchase order in recent years tanks for their armed forces. The total order value is $ 1,02 billion.

With these funds, the Indian military department is going to purchase 118 tanks. Moreover, all these tanks are of Indian design and Indian production. We are talking about such a technique as the Arjun Mk-1A.

The parameters of the contract are as follows: within 30 months, five Arjun tanks must be delivered to the troops. Then, annually, the Indian army will receive about three dozen such combat vehicles.

Ministry of Defense of India:

118 Arjun Mk-1A tanks will replenish the arsenal of our army, consisting of T-72, T-90 tanks and the original modifications of the Arjun tank.

The Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Armed Forces, General Manoj Mukund, noted that Indian tank units need to be updated and replenished in their arsenals.

The contract was signed 8 months after the approval of the program for the development of the tank component of the Indian troops by representatives of the Council for Defense Purchases of India.

The Arjun Mk-1A is an upgraded version of the Arjun Mk-1 main battle tank currently in service with the army.

General Mukund:

The Arjun Mk-1A tank has about 72 upgrades compared to the base Mk-1 model. These are both new aiming systems and fire control systems. The tank has new reactive armor, modern target detection and identification systems. It is mobile and technologically advanced.

It is expected that a new order for 118 tanks for the Indian army will create about 8 thousand new jobs and attract about two hundred Indian suppliers.

According to the Indian commander-in-chief, the tank was designed in such a way that it "is well suited for protecting the state border." At the same time, a number of Indian experts are very skeptical about the updated "Arjun" due to the fact that its weight, according to some sources, has exceeded 62 tons. Some time ago, the Indian media reported that the Arjun Mk-1A is almost 10 tons heavier than the base version! This is despite the fact that the basic version of the Arjun Mk-1 tank has a mass of about 58 tons.

If we pay attention to the amount of the contract, it turns out that one Arjun Mk-1A tank will cost the Indian budget more than $ 8 million. This compares to the price of the most expensive tanks in the world today, including the Korean K2 Black Panther.

Comments

[Vladimir61]

one Arjun Mk-1A tank will cost the Indian budget more than $ 8 million. This compares to the price of the most expensive tanks in the world today, including the Korean K2 Black Panther.

And why be surprised, or in the homeland of the Roma, the budget cannot be cut by definition? Self-interest and profit are the companions of any "economic" entity!

[Mountain shooter]

Quote: Vladimir61

And why be surprised, or in the homeland of the Roma, the budget cannot be cut by definition? Self-interest and profit are the companions of any "economic" entity!

This is not the Ministry of Defense, but some kind of sawmill! Do they put these expenses into the budget right away?

[Seryoga64]

Quote: Mountain Shooter

Do they put these expenses into the budget right away?

Double the size so as not to offend anyone

[mitroha]

According to the Indian commander-in-chief, the tank was designed in such a way that it is "well suited for protecting the state border."

Does it hint that it is only good as a stationary firing point?

[alch3mist]

Double the size so as not to offend anyone

And all the same: you multiply 8 lambaxes by 118 - it turns out less than 1 billion in 8 years. Against the background of the Afghan cut, it looks like a fight of homeless people at the garbage dump ...

[Klingon]

One Indian acquaintance at work told me that corruption is off scale, with Pakistanis at the border they agree to bomb somewhere in the mountains without each other's consequences and then cut the loot

[knn54]

-Arjun Mk-1A heavier than the base version by almost 10 tons! This is despite the fact that the basic version of the Arjun Mk-1 tank has a mass of about 58 tons.
"The iron horse is replacing the peasant horse"
In the Indian "version" - an elephant.

[TermNachTer]

But there must be some reasonable limits))) everyone wants money, but not to the same extent, here the state's defense capability is in question, with such cheerful neighbors as Pakistan and China.

[Pandiurin]

Quote: Vladimir61

one Arjun Mk-1A tank will cost the Indian budget more than $ 8 million. This compares to the price of the most expensive tanks in the world today, including the Korean K2 Black Panther.

And why be surprised, or in the homeland of the Roma, the budget cannot be cut by definition? Self-interest and profit are the companions of any "economic" entity!

This money is recorded in two columns at once:
1.expendable, budget, armament costs.
2. GDP - arms production (even if there is money that will be stolen, they will still be credited to the GDP).

In addition, salaries and taxes come from this amount.

A Korean tank may be cheaper, but all this money will go to Korea, for India, from the economic point of view, only losses.

[Jacket in stock]

But made in India.
How be
for the war, these 118 tanks, what is, what is not, they definitely will not make the weather.
But loading 200 enterprises and giving qualified work to 8 thousand people is worth it.
Again, experience is being gained, technologies are being mastered. And there you look, and next time they will do something more decent.
Not everything is to feed our Uralvagonzavod. (Although we, kanesh, it was more pleasant).

[Grandfather]

however, they ordered their own tank.

[mitroha]

Quote: Dead Day

however, they ordered their own tank.

It depends on how they wanted to get the result. If you provide people with jobs and orders for factories, then yes, probably great. And if you increase the combat capability of the army, then there is still my grandmother in two said

[Flooding]

Quote: Jacket in stock

But loading 200 enterprises and giving qualified work to 8 thousand people is worth it.

slowly, dancing, but moving in the right direction
Competencies in the military-industrial complex are not easy at all
especially for the Hindus
and for some reason it is more difficult in tank building than in rocketry, for example

[Nikolaevich I]

Quote: Flood

hastily, dancing, but moving in the right direction

... getting closer to Mouse!

[uwzek]

Because it's hot in India. There welders work in slippers. Yes, argon-rich mixture in semi-automatic welding, but spatter is not 100% eliminated. Even during the manufacture of the tank, the armor has to be trimmed with oxygen (with different heating), here, in general, sandals are out ... The same Indian manufacturers of the T-90 prefer (when the government gives them money) to assemble tanks from hulls and towers made in Russia.

[abrakadabre]

five Arjun tanks are to be delivered to the troops within 30 months.

This is actually a garage assembly - 1 tank every 6 months.

But loading 200 enterprises and giving qualified work to 8 thousand people is worth it.

200 enterprises + 8000 newly hired workers and 1 tank in 6 months. The feeling that we are talking about a battleship. Are they going to cut his files out of a blank there?

[Jacket in stock]

So "garages" must first be built, equipment purchased or created, people trained, technologies set up ...
And then

annually the Indian army will receive about three dozen such combat vehicles

[abrakadabre]

So "garages" must first be built, equipment purchased or created, people trained, technologies set up ...

That is, the development contractor company does not have production facilities? Or do they exist, but are loaded above the roof with orders? That it is not straightforward to breathe and not to select / reconfigure a couple of workshops?

[Jacket in stock]

Quote: abrakadabre

just not to breathe and not to select / reconfigure a couple of workshops?

Well, not a couple, but a couple hundred.

[abrakadabre]

Well, not a couple, but a couple hundred.

These are generally the questions of subcontractors. Or do you think ALL components should be produced within the same perimeter? For an assembly line, 1-2 workshops are enough. Even more with such a serial production as 5 tanks in 30 months, followed by 30 tanks a year. Bo at a large plant will obviously have a separate foundry division, a heat treatment shop, etc.
Well, maybe the Indians build it all anew and separately for each separate project ...

[Jacket in stock]

Quote: abrakadabre

These are generally the questions of subcontractors

Until at least one subcontractor is ready, everyone is worth it.

[Roman1970_1]

So these are the first 5, and then 30 per year

The parameters of the contract are as follows: within 30 months, five Arjun tanks must be delivered to the troops. Then, annually, the Indian army will receive about three dozen such combat vehicles.

[abrakadabre]

So these are the first 5, and then 30 per year

This is the pace of a shipyard, not a tank factory.

[uwzek]

The T-90 tank of the old modifications has been assembled for about a year, the T-90ms, the "Armata" for about two years (in real life, even a little longer). A battleship in Russia is good if it is executed in 80 years. First, you will need to decide on the construction site of the corresponding shipyard. If you have read the articles of experts, there are very few places and they are not all on the Moscow Sea. Then, it will be necessary to build there the shipyard itself, a city, so to speak, of shipbuilders. Then you will need a lot of money to buy (so far only) iron for your battleship and transport it (iron) to the selected Tmutarakan. At the same time, it will be necessary to catch future shipbuilders (prisoners and other Tajiks will not ride, see Ragozin's successes).

[Polite Moose]

Quote: Jacket in stock

Not everything is to feed our Uralvagonzavod. (Although we, kanesh, it was more pleasant).

I suggest not to rush Uralvagonzavod out of parentheses. Let's wait what the result will be for the Indians. They have one tradition ...

[avg]

I am afraid that with the current prices for metals and their desire to grow, there will be no money left for the rest of the improvements. And don't go to the gypsy if they ask for more money ...

[Nafanya from the sofa]

The parameters of the contract are as follows: in 30 months the troops should be supplied with five Arjun tanks.

In 2.5 years another party will come to power and this contract will be canceled / changed. And the present "democratic elected" will get the grandmother now.
"There is no Lelik N on them"

[Flooding]

As the Indians themselves write, the price of the tank is $ 7.523.000.

மேக் இன் இந்தியாவை ஊக்குவிக்கும் விதமாக அமைச்சகம் ஆவடி தொழிற்சாலையில் இருந்து 7,523 கோடி ரூபாய்க்கு 118 பீரங்கி வாங்க இருக்கிறது இருக்கிறது

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[Seryoga64]

Quote: Flood

மேக் இன் இந்தியாவை ஊக்குவிக்கும் விதமாக அமைச்சகம் ஆவடி தொழிற்சாலையில் இருந்து 7,523 கோடி ரூபாய்க்கு 118 பீரங்கி வாங்க இருக்கிறது இருக்கிறது

Well, yes, somewhere like that ...

[Archon]

T̢ͩͮ̊e̶͒ͬ͑̈k̓sͣ̌͞t̍̆ͫͧ ͦ̈͘h͑o̡͗͛̊ͧͩͮ̚t͑ͣͬͬya͒ͬ̓̈ͬ ̉̍by̕ ͭ͘m͑ͩ̇͑̈̿ͤo̴͑̌̈ͥ̚zh̏ͪ̏̐̒͝n̈͋̊̇̚oͧ̍ͧ ̡̏ͦ͗͑̍vͫ͋ ̌̇ͤ̍ͧ̾ͯgͩ̇͛̈͟u̔̋gͣ͟l̡ ͧ̆̐ͨ͛̄̚͘p͋̑̿̓͗͗ӗ̍ͩ̇̿͛͢r̴e̵̓͌vͥͪo͒dch̑ͬͫ͆͜iͮkͯ͒̅̕ ͐s̡ͣͯ̆̊͌k͛ơ͊ͭ͐̒p͑͝iͪ̋ͬ̋̓͗̿r̈̍̇̋͌̅͋o̡̊ͥ̾͐̇v͊͋ͦ̆͑̊a̓̊ͬͥ̕t̵̢͗̾ͬͮ̆, ̄ͧ̓ ȧ̉ͪ̕ ̷̋̈̿ͣ̒ͫ̚s ͆ͧͫ̈͋̾k̋̏̊͐͑ͪaͤͮͪ͐ͦ̇͝r̒t̶̑̈̑̓̄̄i͌̓̉̇nͬ͗̄̿̈͒͏k̷͗ͫ͛ͫ͒ȏͥỷͫͧ͛ ̢̅ͯ̈e͐̔ͦͮ̕sch̡ͨͯͯ̒ŏ̢ͬ̑̾̆̽̈ ͨ̈pͫͭͫ̒ͤ͡o̿ͮ̌̽̏v̐ͤ̊ͬoͪ̍̐̅ͣͭӟ͡i͑̓̚t̉̾͒͠s͋̋̓̐͏yǎ͛͌̓ͦ ňǎ̔͝dͫ̚͟oͣ̋̾ͤ.̡ͨ̉ͯ

[Seryoga64]

Quote: Archon

;

So this is just a joke

[Normann]

إلى كل بلده like this)

[Seryoga64]

Yes, that's something like this)

[Ovsigovets]

and the elephant is included in the kit ????

[abrakadabre]

and the elephant is included in the kit ????

As a standard ARRV.

[Waterways 672]

In the sense of "Ferdinand", aka "Elephant"?

[Troll]

Most of the money will come back in the form of taxes, more they order from themselves.

[Zaurbek]

Already the Britons realized and replaced 120mm rifled with 120mm smoothbore ..... and here is a large order.

[75 Sergey]

This is to be expected, the country is big, there is income, of course they need their own tank.
Maybe he is a little crooked, which is still in question, but the school of his tank building is already working in the event of a protracted war, this approach fully justifies itself.
Only small-scale "one-day" countries cannot afford to build equipment for a full cycle.
And they will finish their plane and the Navy.

[Normann]

After Pakistan, with the help of China, eliminates them)

[75 Sergey]

They will overstrain, with such a country they will not ride on the ball.

[Normann]

And China? One of three.

[75 Sergey]

And the USA? The fourth player should not be discounted, and India did nothing to Russia either ... although this is the path to the Last War.

[Normann]

So one of three))

[Agent cooper]

Well, sooner or later it had to happen. It was impossible to endlessly trade in Soviet developments. What is left for Russia to offer India? Yes, already on the fingers, in principle, you can count.

[Normann]

And the Russian Federation sells only Soviet weapons, there are no modern exported types of weapons and equipment?

[Agent cooper]

No. Is that various modifications of dryers

[storm]

This armored vehicle is offered by Rosoboronexport:
T-72M3M
T-80 BVM
T-90 M
T-14E (export Armata)
Octopus - SM (light amphibious tank)
BMPT - 1/2/3 (tank support combat vehicle)

This technique is actually on the conveyor belt, not drawn on paper.

Who in the world except Russia can offer a large range of armored vehicles in terms of price and combat characteristics.

[voyaka uh]

Arjun is planned to be used in tank-hazardous areas as
anti-tank defensive means.
And use the T-90 for mobile actions: raids, transfer along the front.
And as an infantry support tank.

[faiver]

They order their tanks, for their own money, why doesn't anyone like it?

[mva]

While the leading armies of the world (USA, Great Britain) are putting tanks on storage, as obsolete weapons that are not able to get into contact with the enemy in modern warfare, the Indians are buying new tanks. Couldn't it have been cut?

[Normann]

This is a deterrent)

[Alf]

Quote: mva

While the leading armies of the world (USA, Great Britain) are putting tanks on storage as obsolete weapons

And non-leading France-Germany gash a new tank ...

[Pandiurin]

Quote: mva

While the leading armies of the world (USA, Great Britain) are putting tanks on storage, as obsolete weapons that are not able to get into contact with the enemy in modern warfare, the Indians are buying new tanks. Couldn't it have been cut?

The Hindus have a different story, they do not need to get to the contact for a long time. On a regular mutual massacre with the enemy generally go on foot.

[yfast]

Quote: Mountain Shooter

This is not the Ministry of Defense, but some kind of sawmill! Do they put these expenses into the budget right away?

Not everyone will leave the country. They can do - let them do. The Chinese also did not immediately learn.

[Normann]

But now they have tanks - God forbid everyone)

[storm]

Or could they buy 200 T-90M tanks with this money ...

[Ivanushka Ivanov]

Saw saw cut strife. If there is a lot of handicraft, somewhere handicraft, then these tanks will feed a lot of people. And do not blame us "gypsies". These Roma feed 1,5 billion people in a country devoid of any natural resources. Soon they will be the world factory of everything and everything instead of China. At the same time, they manage to preserve natural forests without turning them into arable lands.

With our resources, both natural and human, and with our moral monsters in power, not burdened with intellect, it is a sin to poke at the "gypsies", more does it squeeze a log?

[Osmodey]

Commercials in the homeland of Tsigan they will start making flying Vimans, according to the drawings of the ancient horse thieves

[Ivanushka Ivanov]

Indobramosaurus is already being poured with might and main, no complaints

[Reserve buildbat]

One "arjun" is equal to two T-90s. By price. And by weight ...

[Glagol1]

A tank weighing 62 tons ... will be too much. The engine must be at least 1500 hp, and what are the bridges in India especially strong? Something seems to me that smacks of a gamble. And things will not go further than military tests.

[Borisych]

They steal in this India very much, it is impossible. Where is the conscience ?. And how do you pay disco dancers after that? Then there will be bad dancers. And they, as you know, get in the way all the time.

[Azimuth]

Quote: Vladimir61

one Arjun Mk-1A tank will cost the Indian budget more than $ 8 million. This compares to the price of the most expensive tanks in the world today, including the Korean K2 Black Panther.

And why be surprised, or in the homeland of the Roma, the budget cannot be cut by definition? Self-interest and profit are the companions of any "economic" entity!

The point is not only in cuts, but also in foreign components.
This is the situation for many countries if they import everything - armor, electronics, engines and transmissions. There is no other way to expect.

[bbss]

Saw-saw ...