In Chennai, PM Modi handed over the Arjun Main Battle Tank to the army

New Delhi. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday handed over the Arjuna Main Battle Tank (MK-1A) to Army Chief MM Narwane in Chennai during his Tamil Nadu tour. CVRDE, DRDO has designed, developed and built this indigenous war tank, in association with 15 academic institutions, 8 laboratories and several MSMEs.

What is unique about the new tank

71 advanced features have been added to the new Arjun tank. With the help of which the tank can target targets with greater accuracy and speed. With this, the tank firepower has been increased further. The tank is also made safer than before. At present, India already has two regiments of Arjun tank with a total of 124 Arjun Mark 1s. Now the army will build two more regiments with 118 MK-1A.

You will get big help in self-reliant India mission

The army is to get 118 tanks under the project valued at Rs 8500 crore. 200 different companies are involved in preparing it and thousands of people have got business from it. The military is now emphasizing light tanks in the midst of conflict with China. The DRDO has already indicated that the knowledge and experience in preparing the Arjun tank will go a long way in preparing the highly advanced tanks and armored vehicles in the country and in the next few years, India will be fully involved in preparing the next generation of offensive vehicles. Will become self-sufficient. The Arjun Main Battle Tank (MK-1A) is an armored fighter vehicle developed indigenously by the Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) for the Indian Army. This battle tank is very powerful. Arjun Tank (MK-1A) joined the Indian Army fleet today. The new Arjun tank will be deployed on the Indo-Pakistan border in the desert of western Rajasthan. Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived on a day-long visit to Tamil Nadu and Kerala on 14 February today. Prime Minister Modi handed over 118 Arjun tanks to the Indian Army in Chennai. PM Modi also inaugurated the Chennai Metro Rail Phase-1 extension built in Tamil Nadu at a cost of Rs 3,770 crore. Tamil Nadu is becoming the country’s tank manufacturing hub Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that Tamil Nadu is becoming the tank manufacturing hub of the country. PM Modi said that despite the Corona epidemic, all the projects were completed on time.