"India Took 35 Years to Make Its First Tank ..." Topic
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Tango01 | 28 Nov 2016 9:47 p.m. PST |
…(And It Was a Total Disaster). "In the mid-1970s, India began development on a totally new, advanced main battle tank that would satisfy the needs of the country's Armored Corps. An impressive combination of firepower, armor protection and mobility, the tank was to be India's first indigenously produced tank—and one of the best in the world. The service date for the tank, known as Arjun, was confidently set for 1985. Instead, the Arjun suffered a tortuously long development period spanning two centuries. The final result, introduced into the army twenty-six years later than originally planned, is a mess of a tank that not even the Indian Army wants. The Indian Army's Armored Corps has been in existence for seventy-four years, tracing its roots to the Second World War, and has fought in every one of India's wars with neighbor and rival Pakistan. The Corps has across has sixty-three armored regiments (the equivalent of battalions), spread across eight armored and mechanized divisions and another seven armored and mechanized brigades…" Main page link Amicalement Armand
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Mako11 | 28 Nov 2016 11:28 p.m. PST |
And some people question why we have doubts about new, indigenous, Iranian models. 200 years of development does seem a bit long though, given tanks have really only been in use/created, for about 100 years, or so (I suspect the writer meant "two decades" instead). Perhaps they can sell it to the Iranians, since it is probably more advanced than anything they've produced, especially since India is a wealthier and more technologically advanced nation. |
emckinney | 28 Nov 2016 11:40 p.m. PST |
By "spanning," he means that it "bridged" from the 20th century (intended to be ready by 1985) to the 21st century. It's a common usage. Anyhow, this is not a big surprise. The history of HAL told you what would happen … |
Mako11 | 28 Nov 2016 11:58 p.m. PST |
Ah, I see, though really, at least from my perspective, it's only 100 years. |
Reactionary | 29 Nov 2016 3:28 a.m. PST |
We can't gloat in the UK, I give you FRES… |
uglyfatbloke | 29 Nov 2016 7:45 a.m. PST |
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Tango01 | 29 Nov 2016 11:19 a.m. PST |
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