Equipment
Anti-Tank Weapons
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- Created: 12 October 2006
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Recoilless Weapons
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- Created: 12 October 2006
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OT-64 "Skot"
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- Created: 12 October 2006
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Crew: 2 + 15 troops.
Combat Weight: 14,500 kg.
Power-to-Weight Ratio: 12.41 bhp/ton.
Engine: V-8 diesel engine, developing 180 hp.
Fuel Capacity: Not Known.
Maximum Speed: 94.4 km/h.
Maximum Range: 710 km.
Transmission: Semi-automatic transmission.
Steering: Not Known.
Art work of an OT-64 Infantry Combat Vehicle.
Suspension: Not Known.
Electrical System: Not Known.
Gradient: 60%.
Side Slope: Not Known.
Fording: Amphibious.
Vertical Obstacle: 0.5 metres.
Trench Crossing: 2 metres.
Ground Clearance: 0.46 metres.
Armament: 1 x 14.5mm main gun.
...............1 x 7.62mm machine gun.
Variants: DPT-65 repair vehicle*
.............OT-64R (command and radio)*
*It is not known as to whether these variants served in the Indian Army.
Comments: Before the arrival of the BMP-1/2 ICVs, the OT-62/64 ICVs were used. Currently they are used for mortar carrier duties.
30mm AGS-17 PLAMYA
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- Created: 12 October 2006
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 Indian soldiers with the 30mm AGS-17 in Kargil |
PT-76
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- Created: 12 October 2006
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Crew: 3.
Combat Weight: 14,600 kg.
Ground Pressure: 0.50 kg/cm2.
Engine: V-6B 6-cylinder in-line water-cooled diesel with 240hp at 1800 RPM.
Fuel Capacity: 250 litres.
Maximum Speed: 50km/h.
A Russian Army PT-76 Amphibious Tank
Maximum Range: With long range fuel tanks; 250 km.
Electrical System: 24V.
Gradient: 70%.
Side Slope: 35%
Fording: Amphibious.
Trench Crossing: 2.8 metres.
Vertical Obstacle: 1.1 metres.
Art work of a PT-76 Amphibious Tank
Armament: 1 x 76.2mm gun with 40 rounds
...............1 x 7.62mm coaxial machine gun with 1000 rounds.
Gun Elevation/Depression: +14º/-6º.
Smoke Grenade Launchers: 8.
Comments: This amphibious tank was used in the 1971 Indo-Pak war in the former East Pakistan (Bangladesh). The PT-76 MBTs were kept in reserve status until recently and have since been disposed of. They are now used in a variety of roles - from target practice by the Indian Air Force (IAF) to static memorials at various military establishments around the country.
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Vintage Equipment - Retired
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Weapons