Russia to rectify problems in Indian T-90 tanks

The Times of India ^ | June 20 2003 | PTI

[knighthawk]

NEW DELHI: Indian Army which recently started inducting the advanced T-90 tanks is facing problems with its night fighting capabilities and the issue has been taken up by the Chief of the Army Staff General N C Vij with Russian army top brass in his ongoing visit to the country.

India, which had signed a deal for acquisition of 310 T-90 tanks, has already equipped two armoured regiments with these main battle tanks. The tanks delivery schedule was advanced on New Delhi's request during Operation Parakaram, Army sources said.

The Russian military brass has assured Vij during talks that it would send a high level delegation to India to look into and rectify the faults. The tanks are also armed with missiles which are capable of engaging enemy tanks beyond visual range.

Vij, during his talks, also asked the Russian army brass to speed up the delivery schedule of Smerch long range multi-barrel rocket system capable of hitting enemy targets almost 50 to 60 km away.

The Army chief on his first foreign visit after his take over, on Friday witnessed a fire power display in which Russian army T-90, T-72 tanks, BMP 3 and BMP 2 armoured carriers and Russian self propelled 155MM artillery guns took part.

Gen Vij also gave a presentation on India's security concerns at Russia prestigious General Staff Academy.

[knighthawk]

Ping

[VaBthang4]

Piece of Crap Ping

[RoughDobermann]

Smerch long range multi-barrel rocket system

Isn't "Smerch" Russian for "death"? Cute...

[martin_fierro]

Russia to rectify problems in Indian T-90 tanks

Damn things keep floating off.

[demlosers]

[The_Victor]

Piece of Crap Ping

Now you've done it.

I hope you're prepared for a fight. This thread's going into the hundres of replies. :)

[RoughDobermann]

Ping!

[Centurion2000]

Pakistan is going to be in deep sH^& one day over this.

[BlazingArizona]

India, which had signed a deal for acquisition of 310 T-90 tanks, has already equipped two armoured regiments with these main battle tanks. The tanks delivery schedule was advanced on New Delhi's request during Operation Parakaram, Army sources said.

Now they'll be able to attack Seattle and make a direct assault on Microsoft.

[demlosers]

T 90S MAIN BATTLE TANK, RUSSIA
The T-90S is the latest development in the T-series of Russian tanks and represents an increase in firepower, mobility and protection. It is manufactured by Nizhnyi Tagil of the Russian Federation.

The T-90S is in service with the Russian Army and in February 2001, the Indian Army signed a contract for 310 T-90S tanks.

ARMAMENT

The T-90S armament includes one 125 mm 2A46M smoothbore gun, stabilised in two axes and fitted with a thermal sleeve. The gun tube can be replaced without dismantling inside the turret. The gun can fire a variety of ammunition including APDS (Armour Piercing Discarding Sabot), HEAT (High Explosive Anti-Tank), HE-FRAG (High Explosive Fragmentation) as well as shrapnel projectiles with time fuzes.

The T-90S gun can also fire the 9M119 Refleks (NATO designation AT-11 Sniper) anti-tank guided missile system. The range of the missile is 100 - 4,000 m and takes 11.7 sec to reach maximum range. The system is intended to engage tanks fitted with ERA (Explosive Reactive Armour) as well as low-flying air targets such as helicopters, at a range of up to 5 km. The missile system fires either the 9M119 or 9M119M missiles which have semi-automatic laser beamriding guidance and a hollow charge warhead. Missile weight is 23.4 kg. The guns automatic loader will feed both ordnance and missiles.

Also fitted is a coaxial 7.62 mm PKT machine gun and a 12.7 mm air defence machine gun. A 5.45 mm AKS-74 assault rifle is carried on a storage rack.

SELF-PROTECTION

The T-90 tank is protected by both conventional armour-plating and explosive reactive armour (ERA).

The T-90 is fitted with the Shtora-1 defensive aids suite which is produced by Electronintorg of Russia. This system includes infrared jammer, laser warning system with four laser warning receivers, grenade discharging system which produces an aerosol screen and a computerised control system.

It is also fitted with NBC (nuclear, biological and chemical) protection equipment.

FIRE CONTROL AND OBSERVATION

The T-90S has the 1A4GT integrated fire control system (IFCS) which is automatic but with manual override for the commander. The IFCS contains the gunner's 1A43 day fire control system, gunner's TO1-KO1 thermal imaging sight which has a target identification range of 1.2 km to 1.5 km and commander's PNK-S sight.

The gunner's 1A43 day FCS comprises: 1G46 day sight/rangefinder with missile guidance channel, 2E42-4 armament stabiliser, 1V528 ballistic computer and DVE-BS wind gauge.

The commander's PNK-4S sight includes a TKN-4S (Agat-S) day/night sight which has identification ranges of 800 m (day) and 700 m (night).

The driver is equipped with a TVN-5 infrared night viewer.

PROPULSION

The T-90S has a liquid-cooled V-84MS 618 kW (840 hp) four-stroke V-12 piston engine. This engine can be fuelled by T-2 or TS-1 kerosene and A-72 benzine, in addition to diesel. The tank can carry up to 1,600 litres of fuel in the main fuel tanks and fuel drums. The fuel tanks are reinforced with armour plating.

The tank is provided with a snorkel for deep fording and can ford 5 metres of water with equipment which can be deployed in 20 minutes.

The mechanical transmission includes primary reduction gear, two planetary final gearboxes and two planetary final drives. The running gear features torsion bar suspension with hydraulic shock absorbers at 1, 2 and 6 road wheel stations and tracks with rubber-metallic pin hinges.

[Lil'freeper]

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[Only1choice____Freedom]

India - Russia's beta test site for tanks.

[Poohbah]

Hey, I thought this thing was supposed to be far superior to the M1A2 Abrams! Why, we had eleven-star generals on FR telling us so!

[colorado tanker]

Ya gets what ya pays for.

[colorado tanker]

LOL! The real problem is the T-90 IS far superior to a Stryker.

[Pontiac]

Make's a nice target for an A10 Warthog.

[VaBthang4]

LOL!!

Repeatedly.
Now the fallback is "Oh yeah...it'll beat a Stryker".
Just not at night I guess. Hahaha...anyway.

So far no joy from Spetznaz [my boy]....or even better, Stavka [the Russian equipment apologist].

[VaBthang4]

"Make's a nice target for an A10 Warthog."

Or an 03 with an AT-4.

[RussianConservative]

Why? He talk from dumb ignornace...not worth key strokes to educate.