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Lok Sabha
Some of the salient capabilities of Arjun tank are superior armour defeating capability, day and night operation, remarkable mobility, excellent ride comfort, high degree of immunity and fire ‘on the move’ capability.
The Arjun tank is superior to T-90 tank due to its high power to weight ratio, superior fire on the move capability during day and night and excellent ride comfort. MBT Arjun has gone through all the tests and it is meeting the General Staff Qualitative Requirement of the Army.
The first batch of five Arjun tanks, out of production lot will be going, for comparative trials with T-90 tanks. During preparatory tests before comparative trials certain systems have not met the acceptance criteria. These units are being rectified. Ruggedisation has been introduced to withstand peak abnormal temperature.
This information was given by the Defence Minister Shri Pranab Mukherjee in a written reply to Shri Ajoy Chakraborty and Shri Naveen Jindal in Lok Sabha today.
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