![]() One successful upgrade effort includes the mating of the Arjun's turret with the T-72's chassis, christened the 'Karna.' For instance, the bulk of India's tank fleet comprises aging T-72 tanks, some 1,700 of which are in India's inventory. ![]() While the Arjun's media trial continues, the project itself resulted in a number of successful spin-offs. Can one place an order with Tata for a Sumo type vehicle, keep changing the specs and expect a vehicle with the Indica's size and cost? Now, if the Arjun is not exactly what the armoured corps wanted, the blame goes equally to army officials who set the requirements along with DRDO. Pakistan still does not have missile-firing tanks, by the way. DRDO also successfully test-fired the advanced Israeli LAHAT anti-tank missile, which has a much longer range. Those were the benchmarks that the Arjun had to meet and the Arjun of today is more than a match for the Abrams and equivalent Western tanks in terms of armour, firepower, mobility and protection. ![]() Midway through this process, the Army changed its requirement to a 120mm gun armed heavier tank, capable of going toe-to-toe with the American Abrams tank, which Pakistan, was about to acquire from the United States in the 1980s. The original requirement was for a 40-ton tank armed with a 105mm gun, and DRDO had to start from scratch. ![]()
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