Army eyes light tanks & armed swarm drones for mountain warfare on China front

为了能打好山地战，印度陆军希望能列装轻型坦克和武装无人机群

NEW DELHI: The 12-lakh strong Army is now going in for light tanks and armed swarm drones to enhance ‘shock and awe’ capabilities in high-altitude warfare along the northern borders with China.

新德里：印度120万强大陆军正在物色轻型坦克和武装无人机群，以提升在印中北部边境高海拔战中的“震慑”能力。

With the “increased threat” from China “likely to remain for the foreseeable future”, sources on Friday said the Army has launched Project Zorawar to induct around 350 indigenously-developed light tanks that can be swiftly deployed by air and are more manoeuvrable and operationally flexble in mountains.

来自中国的“威胁可能在可预见的未来仍然存在”，消息人士周五称，印度陆军启动了“左拉瓦”计划，引进约350辆国产轻型坦克，这些坦克可以快速空运部署，在山区更具有机动性和作战灵活性。

After procuring swarm drones from two Indian start-up companies, the force has also initiated a `Make in India’ case for autonomous surveillance and armed drone swarm (ASAD-S), with adequate ranges to destroy enemy targets in `depth and high-altitude areas’.

在从两家印度初创公司采购无人机群后，部队还启动了一个“印度制造”项目，研制自主监视和武装无人机蜂群(ASAD-S)，具有足够的射程，可摧毁“纵深和高海拔地区”的敌方目标。

Project Zorawar has emerged out of lessons learnt from the continuing 27-month-old military confrontation with China in eastern Ladakh, which saw both armies forward deploy heavy weapon systems like tanks, howitzers and surface-to-air missile systems.

“左拉瓦”项目是从中印在拉达克东部持续27个月的军事对抗中吸取的教训中萌生的。在这场军事对抗中，两军都部署了坦克、榴弹炮和地对空导弹系统等重型武器系统。

The Army has finalized the technical parameters for the Zorawar tank or armoured fighting vehicle-Indian light lank (AFV-ILT), which should weigh less than 25 tonnes with a high power-to-weight ratio and substantial firepower.

印度陆军已经确定了“左拉瓦”坦克或装甲战车的技术参数——印度轻型坦克(AFV-ILT)，重量应小于25吨，具有高功率重量比和强大火力。

The agile tank should also incorporate niche technologies like AI, drone integration, active protection system and high degree of situational awareness. The case will be moved to the defence ministry for the initial acceptance of necessity (AoN) in September.

敏捷坦克还应纳入小众技术，如人工智能、无人机集成、主动保护系统和高度的态势感知。该提案将于9月移交给印度国防部，以获得初步的接受必要性(AoN)审批。

以下是印度时报读者的评论：译者：Jessica.Wu

Biswajit

One more thing - We need a longer range MBRL and are working on it. Swarm Drones Light MBTs Long range MBRLs Manpads = Deathtrap for  formations. Jai Hind

还有一件事-我们需要更远射程的多管火箭发射器，并正在努力。无人机群、轻型主战坦克、远程多管火箭发射器、便携式防空导弹。印度必胜！

Pkm

India today needs Himmars from the Americans, Bofors are now outdated.,Just see how they are creating havoc on Russian soldiers in Ukraine

博福斯高射炮现在已经过时了，如今印度需要美国的高机动火箭炮系统, 看看在乌克兰它们是如何打击俄罗斯军队的

PappuSwami

Shock and Awe? My foot!

震慑？我的天啊!

Vishal Raj

There is no such threats to India from China. Its just a eyewash to raise GST and bring air water under GST slab. Acche Din aayenge Mere Karan Arjun Aayenge Modi Ji

中国对印度没有这样的威胁，这只是提高商品和服务税的障眼法，把空气和水纳入商品和服务税范围吧，莫迪总理

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A 25 ton tank would use somewhat less fuel than a T-72 does which should give it better range. A T-72 weighs 41 tons. 1200 liter fuel tank for a range of about 460 km.,

25吨的坦克会比T-72少用一些燃料，这样航程就更远。T-72重41吨，1200升油箱，航程约460公里。

Pkm

T-72 became sitting ducks in front of the American Javelin missiles.

在美国标枪导弹面前，T-72成了活靶子。

User Panda

Press should be prohibited and penalised for these formatiin sharing .. lathogh these are not classified we dont see somilar things coming from Chinese or Pak media .

媒体应该被禁止分享这些信息，谁分享的应该受到惩罚，虽然这些不是机密，中国和巴基斯坦的媒体是不会报道这些信息的

Ramesh

You commentators miss the very point. These details are everywhere in the public domain for a LONG time. It is not any secret. We know such details of China and, for that matter, of a lot of other countries too. What these journalists writing is age old details readily available in the public domain. Government departments, (India is no exception) deliberately leak such news to gain some strategic value.

长期以来，这些细节在公共领域无处不在，这不是什么秘密。我们知道中国的这些细节，我们也知道许多其他国家的细节。这些记者所写的都是公开的陈年旧事。政府部门(印度也不例外)故意泄露这样的消息，以获得一些战略价值。

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Why is such sensitive news being shared and compromising national security.

为什么如此敏感的新闻被分享出来了，这会危及国家安全。

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India seems to be learning a lot from Ukraine,how Turkish Drones created Havoc on the Russians. India should purchase Himmars from the Americans.,Putin bit more than what he could chew in Ukraine.

印度似乎从乌克兰学到了很多，土耳其无人机是如何造成俄罗斯的浩劫的。印度应该从美国人那里购买高机动火箭炮系统

Proud Indian

China has neither any guts to attack India or don't want to accept it's inability to attack I discussed

中国没有勇气攻击印度，或者不想接受自己没有能力攻击印度。

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by the time it will b inducted... it will be china occupied india ..under the great Modiji..

等到被引进的时候，印度都被中国占领。在伟大的莫迪时代…

Yoga N Mani

It has become a universally accepted fact that USA pushed poor unwilling Ukraine into a War with Russia by suggesting incessantly to unwilling Ukraine to come under NATO. USA also suggested to NATO to open a facility in Poland close to Poland’s

美国不断建议乌克兰加入北约，将乌克兰推入与俄罗斯的战争，这已经成为一个普遍接受的事实。

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Stil way behind China... Our establishment won't be able to match China ever in Technology and Armed forces front. Any idea they already implemented morden warfare techniques ??

我们仍然远远落后于中国，我们在技术和武装力量方面永远无法与中国匹敌。

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New India!

新印度

Jigyasu

Army earlier rejected the light tank proposed by DRDO till  did the Galwan peccadilloe. Those short sighted Generals should be taken to task.

印度陆军早些时候拒绝了国防研究发展组织提出的轻型坦克。那些目光短浅的将军们应该受到责备。

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Indigenous development makes little sense unless it is fast

除非速度很快，否则本土研制没有什么意义。

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Right direction! Thrust on local design, development, and production of new cutting edge equipment is welcome!!!

正确的方向

在国内大力设计、开发和生产新的尖端设备

Humsafar

When all the operational details and plans are out in open, there is no shock and awe left. Do we know what China is planning. Not sure how every one, every news channel has access to such plans

当所有的行动细节和计划都公开时，就没有震慑效果了。

我们知道中国在计划什么吗?

不知道为什么印度每个人，每个新闻频道都能获悉这样的计划

Godfather Senior

Why the minutest details of military secrets be published in newspapers?Fools are there in control, it seems, who releases these details to the press!

为什么军事机密的微小细节会被刊登在报纸上?

看来，把这些细节透露给印度媒体的都是傻瓜