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| Arjun tanks would be inducted into the forces: Antony | | | New Delhi | May 6
Ruling out the possibility of abandoning the indigenous main battle tank Arjun project, Defence Minister A K Antony on Tuesday said the tanks would soon be inducted into the armed forces after faults were rectified.
"There is no question of abandoning the prestigious project," Antony told. "It is the country's first effort to produce such complex war machines and there are bound to be hiccups".
The minister's remarks come in the backdrop of Government informing Parliament on Monday that the tanks were found to have "low accuracy", frequent break down of power packs and problems with its gun barrel in the recent accelerated user-cum-reliability trials.
The tanks also had problems with consistency and recorded failure of hydropenumatic suspension units and shearing of top rolls, Government informed the Lok Sabha.
"The rectification of these defects and performance of the tanks were being closely monitored," Antony said.
Antony said there was some delay in the issue of tanks to the army due to design modifications and removal of defects noticed during various trials.
He said the manufacture of the tank was being monitored by a team headed by Director General of Mechanised forces and a steering committee under the chairmanship of the Secretary Defence Production and Scientific Advisor to the Defence Minister. |
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