India carries out initial trials of indigenous light tank ‘Zorawar’
The initial internal trials of the tank took place at a facility in Hazira, Gujarat, less than two years after the ambitious project was sanctioned,
NEW DELHI India has carried out initial trials of an indigenous light tank named ‘Zorawar’ being developed primarily to enhance the Army’s overall combat capabilities along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China, people familiar with the matter said on Saturday.
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and L&T Defence are developing the air-transportable 25-tonne tank that has been designed for rapid deployment largely along the frontier with China, they said.
The initial internal trials of the tank took place at a facility in Hazira, Gujarat, less than two years after the ambitious project was sanctioned, the people in the know of the matter said.
The Indian Army is looking at deploying over 350 light tanks, mostly in the mountainous border areas, they said.
The development of ‘Zorawar’ is being seen to be aimed at countering China’s deployment of tanks of the same categories.
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