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The third set of 16 Arjun Tanks, India&aposs Main Battle Tank (MBT), will be handed over to the Army on May 25, DRDO sources said today.K Sridhar, DRDO scientist and spokesperson for the Combat Vehicles Research and Development Establishment (CVRDE), which is building a total of 124 such tanks, said here that chief controller R&D, DRDO, A Sivathanu Pillai would flag off the consignment at CVRDE&aposs Avadi unit on Monday. The CVRDE, a laboratory of DRDO, had already delivered 29 MBTs in two instalments till March this year. The forthcoming delivery would mark the successful completion of the distribution of First Arjun Regiment, he said. "A Regiment consists of 45 MBT Arjun Tanks and with this we will be completing the distribution of first set of Arjun Regiment,"he said. The next Regiment would be delivered in another six to nine months, he added. The CVRDE had bagged orders for the production of 124 Arjun Tanks worth of Rs 1,760 crore in March 2000, he said. Explaining the salient features of Arjun MBT, Sridhar said the tanks can fire at a range of 3-4 km and have great mobility and are equipped with high protection facility.
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Might of caused waves in Asia, if introduced in 1990s. Now meh, nothing special over existing tanks in Asia.
India has to keepup the tempo and proceed with further modification which can rise the standards of the tank to world class level......what is important is that the expertise gained in the field of tank design gained over the last two decade should not be allowed the go waste.....It will only be fool who can dream of a developing country to come out with a world class tank in its first venture......
PAKISTAN MADE ALKHALID TANK IS VERY GREAT MACHINE AS WELL
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