In India decided to create a new tank platform

India's defense ministry intends to replace all existing army (2 414 thousand units) T-72 tanks, deeming them obsolete, reports look with reference to the resource livefist defence. And it is not about the acquisition of other, more modern tanks, and the development of the new tank platform of its own production. Soon to be announced the beginning of the contest. All defense ministry intends to buy about 2-thousand tanks on the new chassis. The first cars should be handed over to the army in 2025-2027 years. Based on the platform you plan to create a family of combat vehicles. The project was named frcv.

It is described as the "Platform of the average weight of" suitable for use in "Semi-desert and desert". In march, the media reported that Russia and India began negotiating a multimillion dollar deal for modernization of T-90 tanks. In service of India more than 950 of these machines. India is traditionally the biggest buyer of Russian weapons, particularly armored vehicles.