Delhi New: Ministry of Defense on Thursday finally put RS 7,523 Crore Order for 118 Arjun Mark-1A Battle Tank 1A, which has 72 “upgrades” for firepower, mobility, protection and better durability, which will be produced by heavy factories The factory (HVF) in Avadi in Tamil Nadu.
HVF has promised to produce the first five Arjun Mark-1A tanks within 30 months of the indentation, which has now been placed.
After this approved by the Army, HVF will provide 30 tanks per year.
This `increase ‘118 Arjun will add 124 first tanks appointed by the army more than a decade ago.
In February this year, PM Narendra Modi ceremonially submitted the first Arjun Mark-1a tank to the Head of the Army General of MM Naravane, while the Defense Acquisition Council Rajnath Singh had cleared the procurement of 118 of them, as reported by TOI.
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“Mark-1a-1a is a new Arjun variant developed by Drdo.
Infused with 72 new features and more custom content from the Mark-1 variant, the tank will ensure easy mobility in all fields, in addition to the involvement of targets right at noon and night, “said the mod statement on Thursday.
“Mark-1A tanks are equipped with accurate and superior firepower, mobility of all fields and unbeatable multi-layer protection provided by various advanced technology systems.
It can take enemies during day and night conditions and in static and dynamic mode,” Add it.
Army for a long time has opposed the induction of the “extra heavy” Arjun tank, and vice versa bends on the T-90’s tanks ‘Bhishma’ from Russia.
His strength so far sworn in more than 1,200 of 1,657 T-90s tanks licensed by HVF.
The army also has an older 2,400 t-72 tanks and is now looking for a “futuristic” tank.
Drdo, in its part, has worked hard to complete “all maintenance, spare parts and other problems” and do the top 14 and 58 “improvements” in Arjun Mark-1a tanks, as reported by TII before.
MOD on Thursday said Arjun Mark-1a is equivalent to contemporary main battles in its class throughout the world.
“This tank is very configured and designed for Indian conditions and is therefore suitable for the spread to protect the border effectively,” he said “this production order to HVF opened a large road in making defense for more than 200 Indian vendors including MSMEs, with employment opportunities for around 8,000 People.
This will be a superior project that shows off customary abilities in advanced defense technology, “he added.