Other possible FCRV variants are “light tracked, wheeled, bridge layer, and trawl tanks, self-propelled howitzers, air defense guns, artillery observation post and engineering reconnaissance vehicles, and armored ambulances.” The vehicle will be developed on a modular concept to serve as the base platform of at least 11 tracked vehicles, including a main battle tank, according to The Diplomat. The project’s design and development should have at least 50 percent indigenous content, as the defense ministry specified in a project brief.
Since the 1940s, the world had become accustomed to Russian tanks that essentially evolved from the Soviet T-34s and T-55s of the 1940s and 1950s to the T-72s and T-90s of today.The Indian Ministry of Defence has approved the development and production of over 500 indigenously-built future combat vehicles.Ī total of 590 Future Ready Combat Vehicles (FRCV) will be built under the project’s Make-I category, which provides for up to 70 percent of government funding for prototype development. European countries may develop the Main Ground Combat System tank - if they can muster the political unity and funding - but at best, the MGCS won't appear until 2035. Since the Armata was made public in 2015, Russia's next-generation tank has worried Western analysts, who fear it might dominate NATO's main battle tanks - such as the M1 Abrams, Challenger 2, and Leopard 2 - which are Cold War-era designs dating to the 1980s.Īfter the failure of the Future Combat System project, America's next tank is likely to be just an upgraded Abrams. Previously, only a scale model of the vehicle had been displayed at the IDEX trade show in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, in 2021, which led to "about six countries" expressing interest in the T-14, Rosoboronexport said. Russian T-14 Armata tanks prepare for the Victory Parade in Red Square on May 9, 2015. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.
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