Indian Army Satisfied With Arjun MBTs Performance
Dated 5/5/2007
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Replying to Standing Committee on Defence(2004-2005) the representative of the Ministry of Defence during oral evidence has stated "We have no difficulty to go this summer with the five tanks which the Army would like to put through its own accelerated user trials. Arjun has been checked by the DRDO along with 43 Armour Regiment."
The Indian Army was conducting un-official trials of India's indegenious Main Battle Tank - Arjun - during its summer war games being held currently in Rajasthan. The Army has absolutely 'zero complaints' from the performance of the Arjun Tank in dusty, hot desert conditions in Rajasthan. The Army had previously some reservations about the performance and effectiveness of the Tank in operational conditions.
On April 22, 2006, in an 'Know Your Army' exhibition, when asked by a reporter on Arjun tank, Brig (Retd) Prabir Goswami replied "it's a highly-sophisticated tank with several state-of-the-art components and a very high first round hit capability a must to survive in an increasingly hostile battlefield having multiple anti-tank threats compounded by developed terrain restrictions on India
