Maybe a little help here In Soviet/Russian nomenclature might be helpful.
First from...
7 INTELLIGENCE COMPANY AS PART OF IT'S INTELLIGENCE TRAINING SUPPORT OF
1 (BR) CORPS. This dated from
1988. There is very useful data here other then from pg.1 especially at the very end.
http://www.thortrains.net/downloads/soviettanks88.pdf
http://www.alternatewars.com/BBOW/De...s_Prefixes.htm
It's all about what you call it, the lighter side of it...
https://sputniknews.com/military/201503031019008767/
Regards,
Pat
This has just come in by way of "reading my papers" finally some news on the
ARJUN Mk II. The Defence Research and Development Organization (
DRDO) of India has just completed the 93 improvements the Army tasked them to do to get them to like it more. Weight was one of the major issues among many. It is supposed to be lighter than the
ARJUN Mk I but much better protected, which it seems especially with "{improved KANCHAN armour, a modular composite armour developed by India.
It has been described as being made by sandwiching composite panels between Rolled homogeneous armour (RHA) (A very technologically difficult process.) . This armour is able to defeat APDS and HEAT rounds and is believed to withstand APFSDS."
Do not forget they've had a lot of foreign help from Israel, Germany, France to a lesser degree and it still looks like the U.S. in an unspecified role.
What caught my attention is it seems like the
LAHAT is back in play after it being reported the Israelis and Indians couldn't get it to work properly with the 120mmR MG. Testing was successful with a Ukrainian ATGW.
It's been well documented that
ARJUN Mk I outperformed all their current main tanks in the op eval trial period to include their improved
T-90S. They didn't even involve their T-72 tanks as they're so dated. I foresee them testing
ARJUN Mk II against the
T-90MS tanks when they get them. Should be interesting. Ref. has been updated to allow for protection, weapons, and other general changes.
To say I've spent a life time with these tanks here would be a bit of an exaggeration, but, and has felt like it at times.
https://www.armyrecognition.com/octo..._mbt_tank.html
https://www.armyrecognition.com/indi...elligence.html
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