Zorawar Light Tank: India's Mountain Marcher

[Rasray]

That will take a bit of time as no proper ATGMs have been integrated with it. It has just now completed the High-Altitude Trials with Army recommending some changes in the prototype.
Only ATGM that makes sense to be integrated is the NAG Mk2 which has completed all of its trials recently and is now waiting for orders.

[Miraz05]

Can’t they just use some Spike atgms for now?

[Rasray]

Why would they go for Spike when Nag has passed the trials?
Zorawar has undergone only its first developmental trials. There is more development needed on the platform and multiple other subsystems that are planned for it.

[Miraz05]

@Rasray

Why would they go for Spike when Nag has passed the trials?

just saying. This will be a really good light tank for India.
Btw is India going to use domestic APFSDS round for this or are they going to buy german or israeli rounds?

[Headnaught]

@Miraz05

Btw is India going to use domestic APFSDS round for this or are they going to buy german or israeli rounds?

See my message here (unfortunately the website is down now and Web Archive isn’t loading the images…):

Zorawar Light Tank: India's Mountain Marcher

On that topic, it seems like there’s intent to develop an indigenous FSAPDS round for this tank and any other future vehicles fielding a 105mm gun. I believe the given weight is with sabot, etc. included as it would otherwise be infeasibly dense and/or wide diameter. I have only surface level knowledge of how dart rounds perform but I think it would be reasonable to say this round is around 105mm DM63 level if not better. It remains to be seen whether this pans out or not. India has developed …

It’s probably possible there will be some interim round procurement like DM63/M426 or maybe Cockerill’s M1060CV, but I honestly don’t really know.

[Rasray]

I think there will be initially only imported rounds as there is no production capacity of 105mm APFSDS rounds in the country. Currently I don’t have information of the origin of these rounds.

[Yontzee]

“The tank, featuring the RENK America HMPT-800 transmission and a 760 hp Cummins VTA903E-T760 engine, highlights a blend of indigenous innovation and international collaboration.”

https://defence-blog.com/indias-new-zorawar-tank-features-us-made-power-pack/?amp

Edit: Image fixed.

[UrMumSaysHi]

It looks like the tanks i drew as a kid.
+1 for that reason

[花谱_kaf]

+1. Another high speed 105mm tank gun light tank that is lacking in the UK, hope to see it in the game soon.

[Yontzee]

I’ve been trying to pinpoint any possibilities for the missiles in the canister but I’m still stuck on my original idea, the MP-ATGM which is a Nag ATGM variant. The dimensions when taking the images of the Zorawar and the MP-ATGM during testing compare favorably. They must either be having issues with integrating the software or likely due to the missile still ongoing several tests.