T-90 tanks in Indian Army

Indian Army will receive 464 T-90MS without complex of active protection "Arena-E"

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Government of India approved the purchase of 464 T-90MS tanks for the Indian Army

According to Jane's Defense Weekly magazine in an article by Rahul Bedi "India’s Cabinet Committee on Security approves procurement of 464 T-90MS tanks", in early April 2019, the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS), headed by the Prime Minister Minister of India Narendra Modi, approved the purchase for the Indian army of 464 Russian T-90MS tanks in the amount of 134.48 billion rupees (1.93 billion dollars). The corresponding contract with Rosoboronexport JSC must be signed by the Indian Ministry of Defense "within a few months."


Prototype T-90MS tank during tests in Kuwait, 2014 (c) Rosoboronexport JSC

Earlier in November 2016, the Defense Acquisition Council of the Indian Ministry of Defense decided to acquire 464 T-90MS tanks, which were now finally approved by the Indian government.

The officers of the Indian army told the author of the article that these tanks should be assembled at the Indian state tank factory Heavy Vehicles Factory (HVF) in Avadi from vehicle sets supplied by the Russian Uralvagonzavod Scientific Industrial Corporation (UVZ). T-90MS are planned to be equipped with ten tank regiments of the indian army.

According to statements by officers of the Indian Army, the planned return to the assembly of tanks from Russian vehicle sets for HVF is associated with low rates of full-scale licensed production of T-90S tanks there. To date, the HVF plant has built only 350 to 400 T-90S tanks (Bhishma) under a Russian-Indian license agreement of 2006 providing for the release of 1,000 T-90S tanks in Avadi by 2020. The first ten T-90S licensed tanks manufactured for HVF were transferred to the Indian Army in August 2009.

Earlier, under the contracts of 2001 and 2007, the plant in Avadi more successfully assembled 409 T-90S tanks from vehicle sets supplied from Russia with UVZ (another 248 T-90S tanks were supplied ready to India by UVZ).

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Indian Ministry of Defense issues a contract for the production of 464 T-90MS tanks

According to the Indian newspaper The Times of India in Chethan Kumar’s article “Bhishma tanks to made in Tamil Nadu's Avadi”, the Indian Ministry of Defense issued a contract worth about 20 thousand crore rupees to the state tank building company Avadi in Avadi (2, $ 8 billion) for the manufacture of 464 T-90 tanks for the Indian army (apparently, we are talking about T-90MS tanks). The supply of tanks is expected to take at least four years.

On the part of bmpd, we recall that in early April 2019, the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) of India, headed by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved the purchase of 464 Russian T-90MS tanks for the Indian army in the amount of 134.48 billion Rs. ($ 1.93 billion). The corresponding contract with Rosoboronexport JSC was signed by the Ministry of Defense of India, apparently in November. Tanks should be assembled at the Indian state-owned HVF tank plant in Avadi from car kits supplied by the Russian Uralvagonzavod Scientific Industrial Corporation JSC (UVZ). 464 tanks being purchased. T-90MS is planned to equip ten tank regiments of the Indian army.

According to statements by Indian army officers, the planned return to the assembly of HVF tanks from Russian car kits is associated with the low rate of full-fledged licensed production of T-90C tanks there. To date, the HVF plant has built no more than 500 T-90S tanks (Bhishma) under the 2006 Russian-Indian license agreement, which envisages the release of 1000 T-90C tanks in Avadi by 2020. The first ten licensed T-90S tanks manufactured by the HVF were handed over to the Indian Army in August 2009.

Earlier, under contracts in 2001 and 2007, the Avadi plant more successfully assembled 409 T-90S tanks from vehicle sets delivered from Russia from UVZ (another 248 T-90S tanks were delivered to India with UVZ ready).

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India will continue to manufacture T-90S tanks, a contract for T-90MS has not yet been signed

According to Jane's Defense Weekly magazine, in an article by Rahul Bedi, "Indian MoD awards OFB USD2.8 billion contract to license-build 464 additional T-90S MBTs", issued on November 6, 2019 by the Indian Ministry of Defense to the state Indian defense industry association Ordnance Factory Board (OFB), which includes the Indian heavy vehicle factory (HVF) in Avadi, a contract worth about 20 thousand crore rupees ($ 2.8 billion) to produce 464 tanks for the Indian army, is a contract to continue licensed production of tanks T-90S / SK in the framework of the Russian-Indian intergovernmental An agreement on the licensed release of 1000 T-90S / SK tanks (Indian designation Bhishma) by the HVF until 2020.

 Thus, we are talking about the completion of the production of 1000 T-90S / SK tanks under this 2006 license agreement. Recall that the first ten licensed T-90S tanks manufactured at HVF under this agreement were transferred to the Indian army in August 2009, and in total, the company has built no more than 500 licensed T-90C / SK tanks to date. Thus, in 2020, the completion of the first stage for the licensed production of 536 tanks is expected, and now the Indian Ministry of Defense has issued an HVF contract for the licensed production of the remaining 464 T-90S / SK tanks. The production of these 464 tanks is expected to take at least four years in Avadi.

 Earlier, under contracts in 2001 and 2007, the Avadi plant more successfully assembled 409 T-90S / SK tanks from machine sets delivered from Russia with NPK Uralvagonzavod JSC (UVZ) (another 248 T-90S / SK tanks were delivered to India with UVZ ready )

 As for the modernized T-90MS tanks, the purchase of 464 units of which in the amount of 134.48 billion rupees ($ 1.93 billion) at the beginning of April 2019 was approved by the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS), headed by the Prime Minister Minister of India Narendra Modi, then, according to the above publication, the corresponding contract for their purchase with JSC Rosoboronexport by the Indian Ministry of Defense has not yet been signed, and pre-contract negotiations of the parties are ongoing. It is worth noting that all the data of 464 T-90MS tanks should not be produced by HVF under license, but will be collected in Avadi from car kits supplied from UVZ. This should speed up and reduce the cost of the process of their delivery to the Indian army (it is indicative that 464 T-90MS tanks from car kits, according to preliminary estimates, are one third cheaper than the same number of less perfect T-90S tanks of Indian licensed production).

 Previously, the Indian Ministry of Defense expects to receive 464 T-90MS tanks from 2022 to 2026 to equip ten tank regiments of the Indian army, with the first 64 tanks to be delivered within 30 to 41 months from the date of signing the contract. .
 
It is reported that the terms of the contract for the acquisition of 464 T-90MS tanks by India were discussed at the 9th meeting of the Intergovernmental Commission of India and Russia on military and military-technical cooperation, which was held in early November in Moscow.

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Russia in talks with India to upgrade T-90S Bhishma main battle tanks

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