As SP's reported earlier, there are unlikely to be further orders for the Arjun tank of any type. ![]() But the good news for the Arjun programme potentially ends right here. With the already inducted fleet of 124 Arjun Mk.I tanks in two regiments in Rajasthan, the Army will be set to operate a total of four Arjun regiments. The Arjun Mk.II will conceivably begin entering service in 2016. Last year, dynamic trials of 120 mm penetration-cum-blast (PCB) ammunition for MBT Arjun Mk II were conducted successfully at PXE, Chandipur. The Phase IV user trials demonstrated trench crossing and step climbing capabilities of the Mk.II tank starting in September 2014. ![]() ![]() The Army has on order 118 tanks that will begin delivery once these two final evaluation processes are complete, likely by mid-2015. February 02, 2015: The Arjun Mk.II main battle tank has cleared all user trials with the Indian Army successfully and now awaits a maintenance evaluation by the Army and, crucially, a detailed evaluation by the Director General of Quality Assurance (DGQA).
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