NEW DELHI - India to deploy strike Corps along Pakistan borders with new and lethal 464 Main Battle Tanks.
Indian Army will induct 464 Russian-origin upgraded T-90 Bhishma battle tanks at a cost of Rs 13,448 crore ($1.93 billion) in the year 2022-2025.
The T-90 tanks will be manufactured at Avadi Heavy Vehicle Factory (HVF) under the Ordnance Factory Board. The induction of the 464 T-90 tanks will be an addition to 1,654 tanks procured earlier from Russia.
The HVF had in 2006-07 signed a contract to produce 1,000 T-90S tanks under licence from Russia by 2020. But they have been able to supply only 350-400 T-90S till date.
Apart from the 1,070 T-90 and 2,400 T-72 tanks procured from Russia, the Indian Army has 124 Arjun tanks in its 67 armoured regiments.
The latest acquisition will strengthen the Indian army's firepower along the land border stretch with Pakistan.
More than seven armoured regiments of both the Strike Corps of the Indian Army have already been equipped with T-90s tanks. The Defence Ministry plans to equip more than 20 armoured regiments facing Pakistan with T-90 tanks.
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