[sukhoi-30mki]

India's early attempt at a light tank

[Dr. Sivana]

So will Ta-Ta build a Tank-Tank?

[C19fan]

Bring back the AMX-13.

[AppyPappy]

I think Brazil or Argentina make one

[Gen.Blather]

Tanks are ridiculously expensive now for what you get. They have inherent vulnerabilities and a light tank, more so. I’d recommend they try a technological leapfrog and design a remotely controlled/AI device to deliver the same ordinance. It would be cheaper, smaller and harder to kill despite being less armored. Yes, it would have vulnerabilities, but India will never match China in money or building capacity.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

The Indian Army is in the early planning stages for a new light tank capable of traversing the rugged conditions of India’s mountainous northern borders.

Which means a prototype might actually get built sometime around 2030, and some early, flawed production models might get deployed sometime around around 2050. By that time, India's "rugged mountainous norther borders" might be 200 miles inside occupied Chinese territory.

India needs to decide whether it's serious about defending itself against China or not. If it is, it'll start expediting the purchase of the hardware it needs from the US and Western Europe. If it's not, it'll keep doing what it's doing - the acquisition of a few French Rafales took decades and didn't come close to fulfilling their needs. China is an expansionist power - its neighbors can either arm themselves or they can knuckle under. India's running out of time and territory.

[nuke_road_warrior]

Ah yes, the allure of “Light” tanks. Lighter, cheaper, more mobile than Main Battle Tanks, the “Light” tank seems to be a magic solution, especially for a country with limited resources. Unfortunately, due to unforeseen circumstances (no plan survives contact with the enemy) or cheep politicians who spend resources on numbers rather than quality, sooner or later “Light” tanks are sent against “real” tanks with predictable results.

India faces serious challenges due to hostile neighbors and difficult terrain. There are no cheap, easy answers. I'm not sure what the solutions are, but I suspect that trying to make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear isn't it. India also needs to rethink its whole arms procurement system, spending billions of $ and many years reinventing the wheel just to have domestically produced arms is a no win game in today's world.

[epluribus_2]

Boy the top photo shows a clear contrasted target for air power. Find the tank in the mountain sand. See: kuwait withdrawl turkey shoot.

[Rebelbase]

Tony Stark’s invention would work well in the Kashmir.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBC1Qob27sM