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The 118 Arjun tanks would additionally kind two regiments within the Armoured Corps of the Indian Military like the primary 124 tanks. Principal Battle Tank Arjun is a state-of-the-art tank with superior hearth energy, excessive mobility, and glorious safety, based on the DRDO web site
New Delhi: In yet one more path to push ‘Make-in-India’ within the defence sector, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is all set to dedicate the Principal Battle Tank Arjun MK-1A to the nation on Sunday.
“Prime Minister Modi can be dedicating the newest model of the Arjun tank to the nation on February 14 in Chennai on the tank manufacturing facility in Avadi,” a Defence Analysis and Growth Organisation (DRDO) officers instructed India At present.
The Ministry of Defence has already cleared 118 Arjun tanks which might value round Rs 8,400 crore to the exchequer for forming two regiments of the indigenous tank.
These 118 tanks will be a part of the fleet of the primary batch of 124 Arjun tanks which have already been inducted into the Military and deployed within the western desert alongside the Pakistan entrance.
The 118 Arjun tanks are additionally anticipated to kind two regiments within the Armoured Corps of the Indian Military like the primary 124 tanks.
Officers stated the Military has diminished the variety of tanks required for the formation of a tank regiment and that’s the reason the present order has six tanks lesser than the earlier order for 2 regiments.
The tank has been totally designed and developed by the DRDO in shut coordination with the Indian Military.
The DRDO has been growing the Arjun MK-1A for fairly a while now and the undertaking was hastened by each Chief of Defence Employees Gen Bipin Rawat and DRDO chief Dr G Satheesh Reddy to extend the extent of indigenous weapon methods within the armed forces.
The Arjun has been designed by the DRDO’s Fight Automobiles Analysis and Growth Institution (CVRDE) and DRDO Chairman Satheesh Reddy will hand the primary Arjun Mark 1A to Prime Minister Modi.
The tanks will likely be produced by the OFB’s Heavy Automobiles Manufacturing unit Avadi and the primary batch of 5 MBTs will likely be handed over to the Military inside two-and-a-half years of the signing of the contract.
On the occasion, Rajnath Singh had stated, “Tejas isn’t solely indigenous, however it’s also higher than its overseas equivalents on a number of parameters, together with engine capability, radar system, past visible vary (missile), air-to-air refuelling and upkeep, and is relatively cheaper.”