It is a bummer (unless I'm missing something) that they're going for 500-odd K9-T Vajra for their tracked howitzer requirement, when an ATAGS adapted on VT-21/KSSL Light Tank/Arjun/Zorawar chassis could've not only meet the requirements, but exceed them. I'm not against tracked SPH mind you, but I'm against an import at the expense of an indigenous solution for this requirement. We've got the building blocks, just need the mentality, political will n "jugaad" mindset to bring it all together (feel free to correct me if I'm wrong).
This is why I hate indian X defence space. Too much noise for the sake of it based on surface level observation.
Won't be surprised if most of these are paid tattus of we all know who.
Good news though, we need more than a 1,500 + tracked Artillery inventory in long run. I would say we better induct more tracked artillery than tanks going forward.
That's why we're increasing our order of K9 Vajra from 100 to almost 400/500 units.
There should be a BFL SPH-Tr in development. Baba Kalyani won't lie for nothing if he himself said it. But he shouldn't expect the Army to accept it when there's clearly no need right now. Good for exports tho.
And I was just mocking the others for passing AI-defiled pics of some randomass old paper off as legit to their viewers, then feigning ignorance under the "representational" excuse. Bro then claimed he'd had the paper for a long, long time.
Yeah, no. You didn't.
Also I shouldn't be saying this but the phulsapot atmanirbhar dudes sometimes operate like a cult and it's starting to get insufferable at this point. Everything about them is just based on feelings.. it's like a kid playing with toys.
Btw how much investment does it generally takes to run a barrel manufacturing facility? Irrc there are only 2 companies that do it in India.
Noticed that for private sectors initial orders are small to get the time for technology absorption, then later big orders to get the necessary profit out of the deal..
335 numbers if ordered , with significant Indian content, L&T will profit.
Earlier out PSU s will get large orders, by the time they increase Indian content, orders will become small.
Even for Rafale , 36 and 26 ordered before something big could materialize.
How many MGS/MARG army has ordered ? Aon is for just 300
Infact i would say, except for BF's ultra light howitzer, every howitzer should truck mounted or tracked
Hope that army orderd over 1000 wheeled howitzer