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    The Arjun is a third generation main battle tank developed by India's Defence Research and Development Organisation for the Indian Army. Key features include a 120mm main gun, 1,400 horsepower engine, Kanchan composite armor, and a top speed of 67 km/h. Initial delays and problems led the Army to order Russian T-90 tanks instead. However, comparative trials in 2010 showed the Arjun performed well, leading to new orders. But subsequent decisions to order additional T-90s undermined further Arjun procurement.

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    The Arjun is a third generation main battle tank developed by India's Defence Research and Development Organisation for the Indian Army. Key features include a 120mm main gun, 1,400 horsepower engine, Kanchan composite armor, and a top speed of 67 km/h. Initial delays and problems led the Army to order Russian T-90 tanks instead. However, comparative trials in 2010 showed the Arjun performed well, leading to new orders. But subsequent decisions to order additional T-90s undermined further Arjun procurement.

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    The Arjun is a third generation main battle tank developed by India's Defence Research and Development Organisation for the Indian Army. Key features include a 120mm main gun, 1,400 horsepower engine, Kanchan composite armor, and a top speed of 67 km/h. Initial delays and problems led the Army to order Russian T-90 tanks instead. However, comparative trials in 2010 showed the Arjun performed well, leading to new orders. But subsequent decisions to order additional T-90s undermined further Arjun procurement.

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    Arjun (tank)

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    Arjun MBT

    Arjun MBT Mk.1 (Republic Day Parade 2010).

    Type Main battle tank

    Place of origin India

    Production history

    Designed March 1974–present

    Manufacturer Combat Vehicles Research and Development


    Establishment
    Heavy Vehicles Factory

    Unit cost ₹55.9 crore (US$7.8 million)[1]

    Produced 2004–present

    No. built 242 (124 Mk.1 and 118 Mk.2 ordered)[2][3][4][5][6][7]


    Variants See Variants

    Specifications

    Mass Mk.1: 58.5 tonnes (57.6 long tons; 64.5 short tons)
    Mk.1A: 68 tonnes
    Mk.2: 68 tonnes (67 long tons; 75 short tons)

    Length Mk.1: 10.19 metres (33 ft 5 in)


    Mk.2: 10.64 metres (34 ft 11 in)

    Width Mk.1: 3.85 metres (12 ft 8 in)


    Mk.2: 3.95 metres (13 ft 0 in)

    Height Mk.1: 2.32 metres (7 ft 7 in)


    Mk.2: ~2.8 metres (9 ft 2 in)

    Crew 4 (commander, gunner, loader and driver)

    Armor ERA, NERA, Kanchan armour (classified)

    Main 1× 120 mm rifled tank gun capable of


    armament
    firing LAHAT, HEAT, APFSDS, HESH, PCB, TB.
    (Rate of fire: 6-8 rounds/minute, total: 39 containerized
    rounds)[8][9]

    Secondary 1× NSV 12.7mm AA MG (1000 rounds)


    armament
    1× Mag 7.62 mm Tk715 coaxial MG (3000 rounds)[8]
    12× smoke grenades

    Engine MTU MB 838 Ka-501 V10; 1,400 hp (1,044 kW) liquid-

    cooled turbocharged diesel engine.


    1500 hp (1,118 kW) V12 diesel engine (under-
    development).[10]
    Power/weight 23.9hp/tonne,[11]

    Transmission Renk epicyclic train gearbox, 4 forward + 2 reverse gears

    Suspension Hydropneumatic

    Ground clearance 0.45 metres (1 ft 6 in)

    Fuel capacity 1,610 litres (350 imp gal; 430 US gal)

    Operational Mk.1: 450 kilometres (280 mi)


    range
    Mk.2: 500 kilometres (310 mi)[8][12][13][14]

    Maximum speed Mk.1: ~70 km/h (43 mph)

    Mk.1A: 58 km/h (36 mph)


    Mk.2: ~60 km/h (37 mph) on road[8]
    40 km/h (25 mph) cross country[8][15][16][17]

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    The Arjun (Sanskrit: अर्जु न, pronounced [ɐɽˈdʑʊn] in Classical


    Sanskrit and pronounced [ərdʒʊn] in Hindi) is a third generation[18][19] main battle
    tank developed by India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO),
    for the Indian Army. The tank is named after Arjun, the archer prince who is the main
    protagonist of the Indian epic Mahabharata.
    The Arjun features a 120 mm main rifled gun with indigenously developed armour-
    piercing fin-stabilized discarding-sabot ammunition, one PKT 7.62 mm coaxial machine
    gun, and a NSVT 12.7 mm machine gun. It is powered by a single MTU multi-fuel diesel
    engine rated at 1,400 hp, and can achieve a maximum speed of 67 km/h (42 mph) and
    a cross-country speed of 40 km/h (25 mph). It has a four-man crew: commander,
    gunner, loader and driver. Automatic fire detection and suppression and NBC
    protection systems are included. All-round anti-tank warhead protection by the newly
    developed Kanchan armour is claimed to be much higher than available in comparable
    third generation tanks.[20]
    Subsequently, delays and other problems in its development from the 1990s to the
    2000s prompted the Indian Army to order T-90S tanks from Russia to meet
    requirements that the Arjun had been expected to fulfill.[20][21]
    In March 2010, the Arjun was pitted against the T-90 in comparative trials and
    performed well. On 9 August 2010 The Army showed interest to place an order for 124
    Arjun Mk.2 Tanks in addition to 124 Mk.1 ordered earlier.[2][22][23][24] However, in 2012 and
    2016 the Indian Army has chosen instead to order 464 new T-90MS tanks for eight tank
    regiments,[25] increasing the total number of T-90s in Indian service to over 2000 and
    undermining further procurement of the Arjun.
    The Arjun entered service with the Indian Army in 2004.[26] The tanks were first inducted
    into the 43rd Armoured Regiment, Indian Army Armoured Corps while the latest
    induction has been into the 75th Armoured Regiment on 12 March 2011.[26][27]

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