India's Armor Gets a Boost: A Closer Look at the T-72 and T-90 Upgrades

[Apocalypse gupta]

It was signed in 2020. Not too long ago, when considering the time frame. So even today you can get it for 4 million usd or thereabouts.

India has been buying t90 tanks for decades now.

 

[Amit Ray]

Sarcasm, my good man, sarcasm.

Metaphors, Pun, Sarcasm everything is okay, but don't take refuge to those after being caught talking prolix.

 

[Anant]

Metaphors, Pun, Sarcasm everything is okay, but don't take refuge to those after being caught talking prolix.

Not my fault if you cannot identify or understand sarcasm when you read it, and even more so when the final sarcastic taunt is being built up to.

Say what you will, and believe what you will. I do not care either way, unless you have a sensible point to make. Above all, however, do have a good day.

 

[Anant]

That is exactly the thought of the army. Right now t90 tanks form our frontline. These t72 will remain in storage. But they will be modernised that when they are pulled out of storage, we dont have to modernise them then, as the russians are doing. It would be more expensive then, waste of precious time and resources during wartime.

True, but there is no point going for a very comprehensive modernisation costing pretty much as the tank did in the first place. We should have plans such as this, but they should be done only if need be.

If the Army is looking to spend something like 23,000 crores on a modernisation today, it would be a better idea to spend a fraction of that for an austere rework and spend the rest of the money where it actually makes sense, such as the FMBT, where the Army wants a tank that is essentially a South Korean K2 Black Panther (with a cost price of over 8 million dollars) for less than 4 million USD apiece.

 

[Apocalypse gupta]

If the Army is looking to spend something like 23,000 crores on a modernisation today, it would be a better idea to spend a fraction of that for an austere rework and spend the rest of the money where it actually makes sense, such as the FMBT, where the Army wants a tank that is essentially a South Korean K2 Black Panther (with a cost price of over 8 million dollars) for less than 4 million USD apiece.

Army is spending as much on upgrade as it needs to. If it spends less then these tanks would just be very exzpensive targets.

Engines are also very old, that is why they getting brand new upgrades engines.

 

[Akshat]

India has been buying t90 tanks for decades now.

I specifically stated that the price I am quoting is for the latest deal which was signed in 2020 only.

 

[Apocalypse gupta]

I specifically stated that the price I am quoting is for the latest deal which was signed in 2020 only.

I found that a deal was done in 2019 for 464 t90 tanks and it was for around 3 billion which comes to more than 6 million each. Also India hd to pay a ridiculous amount of money as license fees (over 1 billion).