While India's army has employed Soviet-designed T-72 tanks since the '80s, it has struggled to manufacture its own main battle tank (MBT) for five decades. Development began after the 1971 Indo ...

Following a month-long validation trial, the Indian Army has accepted an improved variant of the Arjun main battle tank into service.

New Delhi has so far failed to successfully mass-produce an indigenously developed modern main battle tank.