New Battle Tank Plan: How India plans to dismantle and rebuild aging T72, T90 tanks by decoding decades-ol

India's Vehicle Factory Jabalpur is decoding Soviet-era Russian engineering drawings to establish a new T-72 and T-90 tank overhaul facility. Working with the Heavy Vehicles Factory in Avadi, engineers have deciphered nearly 70% of specialised fixture drawings and are developing indigenous designs where documents are missing. The ₹462-crore project aims to overhaul 80 Army tanks annually from April 2028.

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