Why doesn't India mass produce Arjun tanks?

为什么印度不大量生产阿琼坦克？

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Ashutosh Narayan Singh

Although DRDO has developed two versions of Main Battle Tank Arjun - Mk I and Mk II, its main potential user Indian Army is far from satisfied with them. They have ordered only 242 Arjuns - 124 MK I and 118 MK II against DRDO's request for a minimum 500 orders. So, for whom will India mass produce the tanks? Let the army place larger orders.

虽然印度国防研究发展组织已经研发出了两款阿琼主战坦克，分别是 Mk I 和 Mk II

然而，潜在的主要用户印度陆军对这些阿琼坦克相当不满意，只订购了242辆阿琼坦克，其中124辆MKI，118辆MK II，而印度国防研究发展组织要求最少订购500辆。

如果大量生产阿琼坦克，卖给谁呢？还是让印度陆军多买一些吧

Chaitanya Shirish Chakradeo

Mass produce for what????

Arjun is not a Bajaj Pulser or even a Mercedes.
Builing a tank is complicated and hell lot expensive than the costliest commercial veh.
Idea of mass production is when there is a demand of that sort.
Mass production involves production in lakhs.
World’s largest army PLA () has about 8000 tanks.
So now do you think there is a demand for Arjun of that sort to even invest for mass production.
Even India doesn't require that many tank pieces.
Now take your call.

大量生产，卖给谁？

阿琼坦克不是奔驰车啊

造一辆坦克的工艺是复杂的，比最贵的商用车贵多了

是否大量生产，这要看是否有需求

大规模生产的话，那就是几十万辆。

世界最大陆军解放军有8000辆坦克。

你觉得阿琼坦克的需求有那么多吗，有必要大规模生产吗？

就连印度都不需要那么多坦克。

Rishikesh Patil, Defence Tech Buff

The Indian Army has procured around 250 Arjun MK1 and 120 MK2, but these numbers are not on par with the number of T-90 and T-72, both around 3000, ordered from Russia.

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印度陆军采购了大约250辆阿琼MK1坦克和120辆阿琼MK2坦克，没有印度从俄罗斯买的T-90和T72坦克多。

Arjun MK1

Arjun MK1 was inducted into service in 2004. Arjun MK2 was designed with a total of 73 improvement over MK1. But this led to increase in weight of MK2 by over 6 tonnes. Due to this excess weight, the MK2 can only be operated in semi-arid or desert area of West India. It cannot operate with its full potential in urban warfare, heavily forested area and mountainous terrians. The weight of MK2 also restricts itself to be airlift to North East Frontier against . It cannot be transported via Air or Rail in large numbers, which is a major tactical disadvantage. Moreover, India have poor road infrastructure along North East Frontier with .

阿琼MK1坦克

阿琼MK1坦克是2004年服役的。阿琼MK2坦克是对MK1坦克经过73项改进而成的。

不过MK2坦克也因此增重6吨。

也正因如此，阿琼MK2坦克只能在印度西部的沙漠地区机动，不能在城市、森林和山地中发挥全部性能。

增重后的MK2也无法用直升机空运至东北对付。

无法大批量通过空运和铁路运输进行机动，这是一大战术上的劣势。

况且，印度东北靠近地区的路况差。

Arjun MK2

Since Army now has demanded to reduce the weight of MK2, DRDO will have to redesigned its turret and hull and will have to use new composite materials. After all these improvements are introduced in MK2, Army will conduct trials for the tank. All this will take about 4-6 years.

阿琼MK2坦克

印度陆军已经要求对阿琼MK2坦克进行减重。为此，印度国防研究发展组织重新设计了炮塔和外壳，将采用新的复合材料。

MK2坦克经过改进后，印度陆军将对其进行试验。而这一过程大约要4-6年。

Further, to add salt to the injuries, Arjun MK1 is not in service since 2013 because of unavailability of spare parts. Mk1 imports almost 70% of its components from foreign vendors. Due delays in deals with these vendors, Arjun MK1 fleet is grounded and not going to be revived any time sooner.

更糟糕的而是，2013年以来，阿琼MK1坦克因为缺少零部件而一直没有服役。

MK1坦克70%的零件是从国外进口的！

组建阿琼MK1坦克团的计划也随之搁置。

The main reasons behind the unsuccessful induction of Arjun is the continuous changing of requirements from the Army for the MBT. Due to this it took more time for the DRDO to design the tank, with new specifications given by the army every time the tank reaches trials. Other major reason is failure to increase the indigenous production of spare parts for the tank. Indian Defense Ministry failed to sign deals with foreign vendors to provide spare parts and components for the MBT. Arjun MBT remains one of the many indigenous defense products, which failed to find a significant place in the force.

阿琼坦克没有成功服役的主要原因是，印度陆军对主站坦克的要求不停地改变。

印度国防研究发展组织只好不停地更改设计，结果是耗费大量时间。

另一个主要原因是坦克的零件未能大量国产化。

印度国防部没有和外国供应商签署提供零件的协议。

阿琼坦克是印度许许多多未能在军队占据一席之地的国产装备之一。