The Indian Army has received its first Arjun Mk 1A. This variant
incorporates 71 new features. A total of 118 are planned at a cost of Rs
8,500 crore (1,160 million $). The number of imported foreign-made
components has been reduced from 63 to 54 percent.
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| Prime Minister Modi with an Arjun Mk1A tank and its crew (PTI). |
From 2004 to
2011 a total of 124 Arjun were manufactured. After that Mk 2 was
supposed to come into series, but delays seem to have forced
introduction of a Mk 1A version.
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