Author: Hong Photo Kursk
Recently, India exhibited its prototype vehicle of its next generation tracked infantry fighting vehicle, which is said to be exhibited at the Defense Exhibition. What is surprising is that this infantry fighting vehicle has no sign of the "next generation" at all. It can even be said that its appearance is no different from the world's first generation of BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicle . It can only be said to be the "previous generation" infantry fighting vehicle. Moreover, the turrets, cannons, , etc. it does not look like real goods, but more like models made of wood.
Picture: India's next-generation infantry fighting vehicle, its appearance is too backward.
The crawler infantry fighting vehicles currently equipped in India are mainly Russian-made BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicles, but they have problems such as thin armor and poor firepower. Indian Army has always hoped to develop a domestic infantry fighting vehicle. In 2020, the Indian Army also urged the famous Indian automobile industry manufacturer, Tata, to hand over 2,000 armored vehicles and develop domestic crawler infantry fighting vehicle.
India's original domestic infantry fighting vehicle project was called "FICV" (future infantry fighting vehicle), which was launched as early as 2001.
Tata Company produces an infantry combat vehicle called "ABHAY". In fact, the vehicle was unveiled around 2005, but it has been like this for the decade since then, and no new photos or news has been leaked. It looks like an iron box, even shabby than the BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicle.
Picture: The "Abuhan" infantry fighting vehicle exhibited in India in 2005.
"Abuhan" is an infantry fighting vehicle that is not good at first sight, and it can't satisfy the Indian army at all. Therefore, Tata Company fully utilizes its characteristics as a powerful PPT country and designed and launched a PPT design drawing of a FICV infantry fighting vehicle in 2020.
looks like an heavy infantry fighting vehicle , which has a Western-style heavy armored chassis, and a turret similar to the British "Samurai" infantry fighting vehicle , equipped with a 30mm machine gun.
If you build such an infantry fighting vehicle, it will definitely make people admire the aesthetics of Tata Company and the Indian Army. However, no matter how well PPT is done, it will be useless if it cannot be made.
Picture: Indian FICV infantry fighting vehicle leaflet, looks good, but the final product is surprising.
But unexpectedly, before the National Defense Expo that year, the Indian Ordnance Council (OFB) revealed photos of its future infantry fighting vehicle (FICV). This is completely different from the promotional photos of Tata, just a flatter BMP-2.
is installed on a ship-shaped body similar to a BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicle, with a weird turret, with a 30mm machine gun and a 7.62mm coaxial machine gun. A rectangular module on the side of the turret should carry 2 anti-tank missiles . Only one rotary thermal imager is installed on the turret, while two are generally required to be installed on similar models in other countries.
In addition, this infantry fighting vehicle is obviously thin fur and is not much stronger than the BMP infantry fighting vehicle. Although the Indian media said that the Indian Army was very satisfied with the car, you can tell that it was just a failed product after seeing the shape!
Picture: A uniquely shaped FICV infantry fighting vehicle, using 7 pairs of wheels, is a flattened and elongated BMP.
This FICV infantry fighting vehicle looks completely different in design.
It uses 6-to-weight wheels. Unlike the OFB version of the 7-to-weight wheels, the chassis movement mechanism is also different from the BMP chassis. But it is still a low-short thin leather design. The car body armor actually uses riveting, which is too retro.
turret is like a wooden turret, with a strange shape and no sighting equipment. It may be an unmanned turret. The artillery should still be a 30mm machine gun, but the cannon shield is also made of wood.
It would be a drunk to say that such a car would be the next generation of infantry fighting vehicles! I really can't make it up. Can anyone tell me which car is built by the auto repair shop? ?
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