DRDO and PSU's

Ayan Barat said:
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Laughs in KNDS/Nexter MLRS
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Hon Hon Hon
Oui Oui
Baguette
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The French currently don't have any rocket artillery apart from the M270 MLRS.

The Nexter MLRS is still under development so they are evaluating options to buy rocket artillery systems from abroad as it would be cheaper and faster.
IMO, Pinaka MBRL offers the best bang for buck.
 
705-Lira said:
IMO, Pinaka MBRL offers the best bang for buck.
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And that's it...that's sadly the only USP of Pinaka.

Now compare that to something like Chunmoo; a single platform can fire 131mm, 230 mm, 239 mm, 400 mm or 600 mm by just swapping the pods. Something similar is the case of Elbit's PULS

But perhaps the most lucrative feature offered by these systems is the speed of reloading
 
The thing is we got this Pinaka Mlrs, a good product. But then we sat on it, did nothing. We could have rolled out multiple calibre rockets with diff warheads and ranges but yeah we did nothing. Only recently LRGR 300mm rocket project was cleared.

I don't know why but our Artillery command didn't seem interested in atleast making drdo work for it. Had there been interest or intent by IA, we certainly would have gotten some kind of project on it.

We did nothing while Chinese were pumping various rockets and then koreans are doing the same, while we still are lagging.

I see Chinese inducting new concepts while our guys struggle to even catch up to current standards.
 
Hawkeye said:
The thing is we got this Pinaka Mlrs, a good product. But then we sat on it, did nothing. We could have rolled out multiple calibre rockets with diff warheads and ranges but yeah we did nothing. Only recently LRGR 300mm rocket project was cleared.

I don't know why but our Artillery command didn't seem interested in atleast making drdo work for it. Had there been interest or intent by IA, we certainly would have gotten some kind of project on it.

We did nothing while Chinese were pumping various rockets and then koreans are doing the same, while we still are lagging.

I see Chinese inducting new concepts while our guys struggle to even catch up to current standards.
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DRDO had a 300mm MBRL program since 20 yrs. it was sabotaged for protecting Smerch imports by Chandigarh lobby.

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karn said:
"Nexter MLRS" is screwdriver m270.
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It's like saying Kalashnikov SR-1 is a screwdriver AR-15 because it also uses the same STANG magazine.

The fact is, due the wide availability, maturity and ease of loading all Western MLRS systems try to use the same M270 pods. It's something similar to AK/AR magazines and 70mm rockets and NATO standard 120mm tank gun.

M270...same pod
HIMARS...same pod
Chunmoo...same pod
Homar-K...same pod
 
Hawkeye said:
The thing is we got this Pinaka Mlrs, a good product. But then we sat on it, did nothing. We could have rolled out multiple calibre rockets with diff warheads and ranges but yeah we did nothing. Only recently LRGR 300mm rocket project was cleared.

I don't know why but our Artillery command didn't seem interested in atleast making drdo work for it. Had there been interest or intent by IA, we certainly would have gotten some kind of project on it.

We did nothing while Chinese were pumping various rockets and then koreans are doing the same, while we still are lagging.

I see Chinese inducting new concepts while our guys struggle to even catch up to current standards.
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Reason is simple - the entire army officer corps is made up of dimwitted back benchers (all the bright ones are fished out by the Navy and Air Force), that's why.
 
Ayan Barat said:
It's like saying Kalashnikov SR-1 is a screwdriver AR-15 because it also uses the same STANG magazine.

The fact is, due the wide availability, maturity and ease of loading all Western MLRS systems try to use the same M270 pods. It's something similar to AK/AR magazines and 70mm rockets and NATO standard 120mm tank gun.

M270...same pod
HIMARS...same pod
Chunmoo...same pod
Homar-K...same pod
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Pod is the same and the rocket is the same . It is a screwdriver project. No matter how hard you spin it.
The French 120mm cannon is distinct from the reihnmetal 120mm so that comparison is incorrect.
 
karn said:
Pod is the same and the rocket is the same . It is a screwdriver project. No matter how hard you spin it.
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Okay Sir, completely agreeing with you...it's a screwdriver project.

Hope my acceptance would make the French ditch it and order some Katyushas
karn said:
The French 120mm cannon is distinct from the reihnmetal 120mm so that comparison is incorrect.
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My remark was regarding tank guns made around the same bore, chamber and pressure constraints...
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But ya, you're totally right here too
 
Ayan Barat said:
Okay Sir, completely agreeing with you...it's a screwdriver project.

Hope my acceptance would make the French ditch it and order some Katyushas

My remark was regarding tank guns made around the same bore, chamber and pressure constraints...
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But ya, you're totally right here too
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Suuure .. everything is same cause the ammo is identical.
What's next vz 58 and ak 47 are the same cause they fire the same ammo ?
 
karn said:
By proxy they will. They will unload all their old systems to ukraine and import to make up the shortfall.
It's actually insane to watch all the cold war stock piles from both sides being burnt in this "limited conflict".
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Whatever as long as our weapons are not used in the Ukraine conflict we should sell weapons to anyone but Pakistan and China or their supporters such as Turkey or Bangladesh.
 
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