Re: Indian Army unsure about Arjun tank's role
^^ The problem with the Arjun Tank is that India tried to make this tank among the best in the world. The Best tanks in the world are found in Europe mostly the German Leopard or the French LeClerc Tanks.
What India failed to grasp is that those tanks are made for European battlefields and colder climates where as Indian Tanks are suppose to fight in deserts in sweltering heat.
So the basic principle was wrong. And thus once the body of the Tank was complete, it was tweaked and re-designed and re-designed to make it work but it kept getting heavier and heavier and now India has a 60 Ton Tank.
And to power it they had to install a massive engine which breaks down because its so hot and install a cooling unit because the tank feels like an oven for the crew and thus adding more weight and draining power from the tank.
So this tank has been a total disaster.
Pakistan went a different route.
They just took what worked and re-configured it to make it work for Pakistan like our Al-Khalid Tank which went from concept to induction in 10 years.