2 hulls yes ! But one is wheeled and the other tracked.
At the beginning of the videos at the ceremony the person breaking the coconut is on the Wheeled version ( DRDO Kalyani stickers), you can literary see the tire on the extreme right (guy in the long sleeves is covering part of the view)
Then you can see the Tracked version driving around for the rest of the video
Also, it is just me or the video and pics is shrunk (length wise) - it doesn't give the actual scale. How big is it compare to the TATA Kestrel
Correct me if i'm wrong, but AFAIK there were supposed to 2 AAP-TR designs & 2 AAP-WH designs by bharat forge & TATA respectively.
Total 4 designs( 2 WH , 2 TR)
Yes. The ready vehicles we saw were TASL's AAP-Tr and BFL's AAP-Wh. The unfinished ones were BFL's AAP-Tr and TASL's AAP-Wh (those we saw without the turret).
Also, if you all didn't know, the project was sanctioned on 6th of January, 2022.
Comes with Tonbo Imaging's "Wolfpack"-See Through Armour for improved situational awareness:
Real test would be it's 50 $ FPV suicide drone counter capabilities..... They also need to seriously look for developing heavy IFV in class of Namer IFV along with this.
Had to look that up. 60+ ton IFV with a 1200hp engine & helical coil spring suspension. An IFV with a power to weight ratio worse than Arjun Mk2, without the firepower to match. The Israelis are wilding. This is less of an IFV, more of a mobile bunker. This is probably used in urban/semi-urban settings against insurgents.
No no...I got that wrong.
The smoke grenades are clearly on top of the turret:
This sensor array is a probably a Laser warning system:
SAAB LWS-310:
Saab Signs MOU with HAL for Laser Warning System
I might be wrong but ain't this the same turret by ADSL ?
If it turns out to be true then there are possibly two different turrets .
Nah...APS is still some time away. Also, the radar panels are fairly large. Probably designed for Arjun Mk1A, we will have scaled down versions later:
The work on development of the new turret (uncrewed with a 125mm smoothbore & autoloader) for the Ranjeet tank seems to have slowed down the APS project.
Probably two version of the same design. They will run through a few iterations during testing period; this is very normal. I am very interested to know more about the 30mm auto-cannon. Is it a new design? Or is it the same old Shipunov 2A42 cannon. BF was making 30mm primarily for naval use.
It's fairly larger than any of it's counterparts bcoz of X band spectrum (centred around 11ghz probably) . IDK why we didn't we go with the KU band similar to Trophy , strikeshield or Afghanit ?
I could guarantee you that Ranjeet would have a 120 mm smoothbore for sure . They want main gun launched nag mk2 for a reason. & also it doesn't make sense for a jacket on those smaller bore weapons .
There won't be 4x ATGM launchers for an IFV, only reconnaissance vehicles have those.