{"id":82892,"date":"2021-02-15T17:34:05","date_gmt":"2021-02-15T12:04:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=82892"},"modified":"2021-03-01T12:43:57","modified_gmt":"2021-03-01T07:13:57","slug":"what-is-the-arjun-main-battle-tank-mk-1a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/what-is-the-arjun-main-battle-tank-mk-1a\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the &#8220;Arjun Main Battle Tank&#8221; MK-1A?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>What is the news?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister has handed over the indigenously developed Arjun Main Battle Tank (MK-1A) to the Indian Army. The ceremony was held in Chennai.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Arjun Main Battle Tank:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a third-generation main battle tank. Defence Research and Development Organisation(DRDO) initiated this project in 1972.\u00a0 The Combat Vehicles Research and Development Establishment(CVRDE) is its lead laboratory in this project.<\/li>\n<li>However, The Indian Ordnance Factory\u2019s production facility in Avadi, Tamil Nadu began its mass production only in 1996.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Objective: <\/strong>This state-of-the-art tank created to provide the Indian army with superior firepower, high mobility, and excellent protection.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Named after: <\/strong>The tank is named after Arjun, the archer prince. He is one of the main protagonists of the Indian epic Mahabharata.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Features:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>main feature<\/strong> of Arjun tanks is its \u2018Fin Stabilised Armour Piercing Discarding Sabot (FSAPDS)\u2019 ammunition and 120-mm calibre rifled gun.<\/li>\n<li>It also has a computer-controlled integrated fire control system. This system has a\u00a0 stabilised sighting that works in all lighting conditions.<\/li>\n<li>Tank has secondary weapons including, a coaxial 7.62-mm machine gun for anti-personnel and a 12.7-mm machine gun for anti-aircraft and ground targets.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>How is Mk-1A different from earlier versions?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a weapon platform with superior firepower, high mobility, excellent protection and crew comfort.<\/li>\n<li>However, the biggest achievement of the latest version is, it is made up of 54.3% indigenous content. It is 41% in the earlier model.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/explained-what-is-the-arjun-main-battle-tank-mk-1a-7188226\/\"><strong>Indian Express<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the news? Prime Minister has handed over the indigenously developed Arjun Main Battle Tank (MK-1A) to the Indian Army. The ceremony was held in Chennai. Arjun Main Battle Tank: It is a third-generation main battle tank. Defence Research and Development Organisation(DRDO) initiated this project in 1972.\u00a0 The Combat Vehicles Research and Development Establishment(CVRDE)&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/what-is-the-arjun-main-battle-tank-mk-1a\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">What is the &#8220;Arjun Main Battle Tank&#8221; MK-1A?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1738,9],"tags":[1434],"class_list":["post-82892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","category-public","tag-st_0","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704673054},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82892","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82892"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82892\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}