Today's Pic's. - Jan. 26

[He219]

54th Republic Day Parade in New Delhi, India, Monday, Jan. 26, 2004:

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Indian Army battle tanks T-90, foreground, and T-72, background, go past the saluting base during the 54th Republic Day Parade in New Delhi, India, Monday, Jan. 26, 2004. The highlight of the parade was a bristling display of Indias military hardware, including tanks, artillery guns and fighter aircraft. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

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Tungusta in the back?

Indian missile Agni-II, foreground, goes past the saluting base during the 54th Republic Day Parade in New Delhi, India, Monday, Jan. 26, 2004. The highlight of the parade was a bristling display of Indias military hardware, including tanks, artillery guns and fighter aircraft. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

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Indian paramilitary soldiers march past the saluting base during the 54th Republic Day Parade in New Delhi, India, Monday, Jan. 26, 2004. The highlight of the parade was a bristling display of Indias military hardware, including tanks, artillery guns and fighter aircraft. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)


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Soldiers of the Sikh Regiment march past the saluting base during the 54th Republic Day Parade in New Delhi, India, Monday, Jan. 26, 2004. The highlight of the parade was a bristling display of Indias military hardware, including tanks, artillery guns and fighter aircraft. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

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Schoolchildren march with flags during the 54th Republic Day Parade in New Delhi, India, Monday, Jan. 26, 2004. The highlight of the parade was a bristling display of Indias military hardware, including tanks, artillery guns and fighter aircraft. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)



JASDF send-off ceremony:

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The Japan Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF) personnel march in green caps and uniform before applauding colleagues in a send-off ceremony before their departure for Kuwait to take part in the reconstruction effort in Iraq at Komaki air base in Komaki, central Japan, Monday, Jan. 26, 2004. As part of Japan's scheme to help rebuild Iraq, three C-130 cargo planes with ASDF troops departed to join the first batch of the main unit deployed there already. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

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A C-130 plane carrying a group of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF) personnel takes off before waving ASDF officers at Komaki air base in Komaki, central Japan, for Kuwait Monday, Jan. 26, 2004. As part of Japan's scheme to help rebuild Iraq, three C-130 cargo planes with ASDF troops departed to join the first batch of the main ASDF unit deployed there already. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

[Marmot1]

I'm dissapointed He219 only 8 pics......

[He219]

Yeah, I've got a field day today - on my way out.

Fill in for me! Thanks.
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Indian border security forces march during the Republic Day Parade in the eastern Indian city of Calcutta January 26, 2004. India celebrated its 55th Republic Day with a parade by the armed forces and a performance of traditional cultural shows. *******/Jayanta Shaw

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Indian President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, second right, Brazilian (news - web sites) President Luis Inacio Lula Da Silva, center, Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, third left, and Defense Minister George Fernandes, second left, look on during the 54th Republic Day Parade in New Delhi, India, Monday, Jan. 26, 2004. The highlight of the parade was a bristling display of Indias military hardware, including tanks, artillery guns and fighter aircraft. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

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Indian Agni-II missile during the Republic Day parade in New Delhi(AFP/Emmanuel Dunand)

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Indian military parades Prithvi missiles during the annual Republic Day parade in New Delhi January 26, 2004. India kicked off republic day celebrations on Monday parading strategic military hardware and its finest soldiers, as a protest strike took hold in the revolt-torn region of Kashmir (news - web sites). *******/B. Mathur

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Border Security Force band on camel backs go past saluting base during the 54th Republic Day Parade in New Delhi, India, Monday, Jan. 26, 2004. The highlight of the parade was a bristling display of Indias military hardware, including tanks, artillery guns and fighter aircraft. (AP Photo/Press Trust of India (news - web sites))

[mustamato]

I'm dissapointed He219 only 8 pics......

Yeah very dissapointed. :( Hehe, nice pics as always He219.

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Aaah T-90´s. If the Iraqis would have had those and Indian crews on the Iraqi side that didn´t ran away immediately as the Iraqis, theoretically it would have been interesting to see what they could do against the coalition armour, in lets say built up areas as Basra against the Challenger 2´s. I doubt that they would look very nice after a direct hit from a HESH but then again T-90´s with Indian crews probably don´t miss them either.

[He219]

Seriously, gotta go this morning. Ironworkers are erecting one of my structures today.

Use this link and post them for me, please!

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Refresh regularly.

:D

[Marmot1]

Karbala local TV station note how "sophisticated" equipment is

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[Marmot1]

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An Indian army soldier lifts seized grenades in a camp in Kupwara 85 km (53 miles) north of Srinagar January 25, 2004. Fearing rebel attacks, India has tightened security in the restive Kashmir (news - web sites) region ahead of the country's Republic Day on January 26 after Indian soldiers recovered rockets and grenades from rebel hideouts on Saturday. Authorities said the rockets were aimed at disrupting Republic Day celebrations in the region. *******/Danish Ismail

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Indian Border Security Force (BSF) display rockets and ammunition recovered in raids. Seven people, including a woman, were killed in Indian Kashmir (news - web sites), where security forces recovered rockets and explosives ahead of India's Republic Day on Monday.(AFP/File/Tauseef Mustafa)

[wyrm_142]

54th Republic Day Parade in New Delhi, India, Monday, Jan. 26, 2004:
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Tungusta in the back?



Yup, India was the first export of the 2S6.

[HumanShield]

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Aaah T-90´s. If the Iraqis would have had those and Indian crews on the Iraqi side that didn´t ran away immediately as the Iraqis, theoretically it would have been interesting to see what they could do against the coalition armour, in lets say built up areas as Basra against the Challenger 2´s. I doubt that they would look very nice after a direct hit from a HESH but then again T-90´s with Indian crews probably don´t miss them either.

They would have made nice targets for American jets/bombers/arbams/bradlys...etc
woot

[AVZ]

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[Chris1]

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Iraqi Civil Defence Corps(ICDC) soldiers march during a training session organized by the Dutch troops in the southern Iraqi city of Samawa.
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An indian army solider displays bullets recovered from the forests in Kupwara, some 100 kms north west of Srinagar.

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An off-duty British soldier has been arrested in Cyprus for biting off part of another man's ear during a fight, police in Cyprus say. Royal Marines are pictured patrolling a coast of a British military base at southern town of Limassol on the island of Cyprus on January 29, 2003. *******/Yiorgos Karahalis
awww, fun in cyprus
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Japanese soldiers patrol at the Dutch military base in Samawa. An attack on a truck transporting equipment intended for the Japanese army showed that the situation in Iraq was still volatile. AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye

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Iraqi officers of ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's regime line up to sign a statement declaring that they have deserted Saddam's Baath party. AFP/Marwan Naamani

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More than 1,000 former army and intelligence service officials linked to the Baath party of ousted dictator Saddam Hussein queued up to denounce the organisation and pledge to serve Iraq. AFP/Marwan Naamani

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A Kiowa Warrior helicopter on patrol in Iraq. Hopes were fading of recovering alive three US soldiers lost when a boat capsized and a helicopter crashed in northern Iraq. AFP/Jim Watson

[Chris1]

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A Japanese soldier stands guard at a makeshift bridge during an inspection at a bridge construction site in Al Khudr, south of Samawa, southern Iraq January 26, 2004. Japanese troops will based in Samawa for the purification and distribution of water and rebuilding works in Iraq. *******/Kimimasa Mayama
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A U.S. soldier walks between shrink wrapped helicopters before loading onto the U.S. Navy Ship Red Cloud in Antwerp port, January 26, 2004. The 1st Infantry Division will send 12,000 soldiers from Europe with 8,000 pieces of equipment this month for ongoing operations in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. *******/Francois Lenoir
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A U.S. soldier looks at parked military vehicles prior to loading onto the U.S. Navy Ship Red Cloud in Antwerp's port, January 26, 2004. The 1st Infantry Division will send 12,000 soldiers from Europe with 8,000 pieces of equipment this month for ongoing operations in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. *******/Francois Lenoir
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Iraqis survey the damage to a minibus which was caught in the explosion of a roadside bomb, in the Baghdad suburb of Al-Doura, January 26, 2004. Iraqi police said that a man was stepping off the bus when the device exploded, killing two people and wounding one. *******/Ali Jasim
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A boy holds the new Georgian state flag outside the Sve****khoveli cathedral in the ancient Georgian capital of Mtskheta, near Tbilisi, January 23, 2004. Mikhail Saakashvili will be sworn in as president this weekend in ceremonies his people hope will mark an end to years of post-Soviet upheaval, but with the new leader warning the way ahead will not be easy. *******/David Mdzinarishvili
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Smoke rises from a Palestinian building after the Israeli army blew it up during a military operation in the West Bank city of Nablus, January 22, 2004. *******//Str
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An injured Iraqi policeman, who fell off his vehicle while giving chase to assailants, awaits to be transported to a hospital, on a highway near the restive town of Falluja, January 22, 2004. Police near Falluja, a hotbed of resistance 30 miles west of Baghdad, said guerrillas in a passing car lobbed a grenade and opened fire with AK-47 assault rifles at a checkpoint on the highway to the town of Ramadi. *******/Ali Jasim
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An Iraqi boy plays with a Japanese soldier's radio in Samawa, southern Iraq January 22, 2004. Japanese troops soldiers visited a tribal chief on Thursday in the southern Iraqi city after their arrival on Monday night to engage in humanitarian and reconstruction operations. *******/Kimimasa Mayama
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Japanese advance troops soldier and a tribal guard (R) chat in Samawa, southern Iraq, January 22, 2004. Japanese troops soldiers met tribal chief Addindin Abo Tepek on Thursday in the southern Iraqi city, about 300km south of Baghdad, after their arrival on Monday night to engage in humanitarian and reconstruction operations. *******/Kimimasa Mayama
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South Korean soldiers patrol at the barbed wire-fence of Imjinkak pavilion near the demilitarized zone which separates the two Koreas, in Paju, about 50 km (18.6 miles) north of Seoul, January 22, 2004. A window for diplomacy to rein in North Korea's nuclear weapons programs could close in a few years as Pyongyang develops the capability to produce up to more than a dozen bombs per year, the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies said. *******/Kim Kyung-Hoon
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Indonesian soldiers escort several captured members of the separatist Free Aceh Movement (GAM) at an airport in Banda Aceh in the troubled Aceh province, January 22, 2004. The Indonesian military moved 54 GAM prisoners to a Semarang, Central Java jail on Thursday. Indonesia has been launching an all-out offensive to crush rebels from GAM since May. *******/Tarmizy Harva

[Ian H]

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Aaah T-90´s. If the Iraqis would have had those and Indian crews on the Iraqi side that didn´t ran away immediately as the Iraqis, theoretically it would have been interesting to see what they could do against the coalition armour, in lets say built up areas as Basra against the Challenger 2´s. I doubt that they would look very nice after a direct hit from a HESH but then again T-90´s with Indian crews probably don´t miss them either.

They would have made nice targets for American jets/bombers/arbams/bradlys...etc
woot

OK, fair enough, but ignoring the air power factor, how well would a T-90 stand up to a modern Western tank, and vice-versa, assuming all human factors are equal? Does anyone have any info about this?

[REMOV]

OK, fair enough, but ignoring the air power factor, how well would a T-90 stand up to a modern Western tank, and vice-versa, assuming all human factors are equal? Does anyone have any info about this?Nobody can give you answer you want.

The war is game played by lots of tools, and the score is accomplished by many factors. If you want to compare only technical features of T-90 and modern Western tanks (M1A2 SEP, Challenger 2, Leopard 2A6 or Leclerc) the answer would be - yes, this MBT is a little bit worst than others (in fact it a modernized version of T-72).

But the technical features are only one of factors and well-trained crew in T-90 in favorable circumstances also can beat any Western tank. But for instance also the T-54/55 can destroy an Abrams or Leopard 2A6, from short distance using good ammunition hiting M1A2 back or side armor.

So decide and choice answer you want. But no one can do that, before you define assuption like - imagine a flat field with two tanks - T-90 and (put a name of the MBT) and the same crew three kilometers (3000 m) away and so on. But this situation is only theoretical. The tanks almost never meet each other on the flat field...

[Javehn]

That's about it . To give an example , in 91 horvats used T-34/85 tanks , and outused them more then Serbians T55 . One Horvat T34 held 2 Sager shots on him , an managed to shoot 2 APC's , onr truck , and serbian T55 .

[usa320]

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Am i the only one who thinks the chopper on the right looks like the outline of an RAH-66?

[-Max2-]

Am i the only one who thinks the chopper on the right looks like the outline of an RAH-66?

Looks like an AH-64 Apache to me...

[Ian H]

Fair points REMOV and Javehn, thanks. I realise it was a fairly ill-thought out question now.

[Marmot1]

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Hey have you noticet that on the foreground there are 3 t-90 then folowed by 3 t-72 but there are also other tanks in the backgroun looks like brown with some added armour or somethimg??? it is not t-xx (to tall) fammily AFAIK so what is that????

[He219]

Great Job Marmot1, AVZ & Chris1!
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President of Brazil, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva inpects a guard of honour at his arrival at the Presidential palace in New Delhi.(AFP/Raveendran )

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Indian policemen stand guard near the venue for the Republic Day celebrations in New Delhi January 25, 2004. Indian police said Sunday they had arrested a cell of heavily-armed Muslim guerrillas who had been planning to attack the spectacular annual Republic Day parade through New Delhi Monday. 'The level of security alert is now on maximum,' Ashok Chand, Deputy Commissioner of Police, told *******. (B Mathur/*******)

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Indian soldiers march during the India's annual Republic Day parade in New Delhi January 26, 2004. India kicked off republic day celebrations on Monday parading strategic military hardware and its finest soldiers, as a protest strike took hold in the revolt-torn region of Kashmir (news - web sites). *******/B. Mathur

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Female paramillitary personnel march during India's Republic Day parade in New Delhi(AFP/Emmanuel Dunand)

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To the left! : Indian soldiers march during a military parade for India's Republic Day celebrations in New Delhi. (AFP/Raveendran )

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An aerial view of the marching contingents during the Republic Day parade in New Delhi, India, Monday, Jan. 26, 2004. The highlight of the parade was a bristling display of Indias military hardware, including tanks, artillery guns and fighter aircraft. (AP Photo/Press Information Bureau)

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Indian Air Force fighter jets fly in formation during a parade to mark India's Republic Day in New Delhi on Monday(AFP/Emmanuel Dunand)




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U.S. troops and a U.S. helicopter search along the Tigris river in the northern Iraqi town of Mosul Monday Jan. 26, 2004 for a soldier and two pilots missing after a helicopter crashed Sunday while searching for a river patrol boat that had capsized. One U.S. soldier remains missing from the boat accident while three others survived according to a military spokesperson. The OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopter, attached to the 101st Airborne Division, crashed in the Tigris Sunday evening during a search-and-rescue mission for the capsized boat and two pilots remain unaccounted for. (AP Photo/Karam Hussein)

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U.S. troops search along the Tigris river in the northern Iraqi town of Mosul Monday Jan. 26, 2004 for a soldier and two pilots missing after a helicopter crashed Sunday while searching for a river patrol boat that had capsized. One U.S. soldier remains missing from the boat accident while three others survived according to a military spokesperson. The OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopter, attached to the 101st Airborne Division, crashed in the Tigris Sunday evening during a search-and-rescue mission for the capsized boat and two pilots remain unaccounted for. (AP Photo/Karam Hussein)

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A police diver surfaces in the Tigris River in Mosul, Iraq, after inspecting the cockpit of an OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopter that crashed Sunday. The chopper, from the 3rd Squadron, 17th Cavalry, attached to the Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, went down during the search for a soldier missing after a boat accident.

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Iraqi Civil Defense Corps (ICDC) members clean their AK-47 rifles during their first day of training at Camp Muleskinner, a base in Baghdad that serves as the home of both the 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment and the ICDC Training Academy. Over the course of six days, U.S. soldiers train ICDC members in how to march, shoot, perform individual and vehicle searches, control crowds, clear buildings and perform first aid. ICDC members are Iraqi citizens who remain in their communities and are integrated into coalition military units.

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Iraqi Civil Defense Corps members learn military tactics from Army instructors during their second day of training at Camp Muleskinner in Baghdad on Sunday.

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An Iraqi Civil Defense Corps member is photographed for his ID card during the first day of training at Camp Muleskinner in Baghdad on Saturday. The Civil Defense Corps currently has about 4,700 members nationwide. The U.S. plans to call for expanding the force to 15,000 by the end of January, officials said.

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A minibus burns after a man, getting off from the public minibus, stepped on a roadside bomb killing him in a Baghdad suburb Monday, Jan. 26, 2004, Iraqi Civil Defense Corps 2nd Lt. Mustafa Tariq said. The explosion destroyed the bus, injuring three other passengers including one critically, he said. (AP Photo/Ali Saleh)
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Soldiers of the 82nd Airborne Division keep watch at the scene of a roadside bombing in Baghdad on Monday.

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A soldier with the 82nd Airborne Division stands guard at the scene of a roadside bombing in Baghdad on Monday. The bomb destroyed a bus, killing two Iraqis and wounding another.

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Staff Sgt. A. Arocha, with the 82nd Airborne Division, investigates the scene of a deadly roadside bombing in Baghdad on Monday.


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Sgt. Adam George, with the 82nd Airborne Division, walks past the scene of a roadside bombing in Baghdad on Monday. No U.S. soldiers were injured in the incident.

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Iraqi boys clap their hands to a Japanese army vehicle, in Khider, near Smawah, southern Iraq, Monday, Jan. 26, 2004. Japan is preparing to deploy up to 1,000 military personnel in southern Iraq on a humanitarian mission that will be the military's largest and most dangerous operation since World War II. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

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Danish diplomat Sven Christian Frederiksen, seen in a January 2003 file photo taken in Sarajevo. Frederiksen, head of the European Police Mission in Bosnia, died in Sarajevo on Monday, Jan. 26, 2004 of a heart attack, officials said. He was 56. Frederiksen was heading the mission of 500 international police officers deployed in Bosnia to help in the implementation of the peace process after the 1992-95 war. (AP Photo/Hidajet Delic)

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A police officer is seen in front of a mosque in Gelsenkirchen, western Germany, Monday, Jan. 26, 2004, where two worshippers were shot dead during morning prayers. Police arrested a 59-year-old Turkish man who told police he killed the victims because they insulted him and his wife. Authorities arrested the suspect after he fled to his home. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

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French President Jacques Chirac, on red carpet, right, shakes hand with his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao upon their arrival at the Elysee Palace, in Paris, Monday, Jan. 26, 2004. Hu, who was earlier greeted by Chirac upon his arrival at Orly airport, south of Paris, starts Monday a three-day state visit to France. Republican Guards frame the two presidents. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)

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U.S. Vice President **** Cheney bows his head after placing a wreath on a memorial, Monday, Jan. 26, 2004 during his visit to the Sicily-Rome American Cemetery at Nettuno, Italy. Cheney's visit was a way for him to recognize the 60th anniversary of Allied landings at Nettuno and Anzio on Jan. 22, 1944 _ surprise attacks that helped pave the way for the liberation of Rome. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Vice President **** Cheney, right, and his wife Lynne on their way to pay their respects at the grave of U.S. 2nd Lt Donovan Astle from Wyoming, at the Sicily Rome American Cemetery and Memorial, in Nettuno on the outskirts of Rome, Monday Jan. 26, 2004. (AP Photo/Corrado Giambalvo)

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Israeli army ultra-Orthodox Jewish soldiers prepare to dig up the bodies of Lebanese militants buried near the northern Israeli kibbutz of Amiad, Monday Jan. 26, 2004 in preparation for a prisoner swap to take place in three days. Removing the metal numbered plates from each dirt-covered burial site, the soldiers emptied the fenced-in plot of land. The bodies of the 59 Lebanese militants will be taken to an unnamed location near Munich, Germany on Thursday where Israel will hand-over the bodies along with 435 Palestinian, Lebanese and other Arab prisoners in exchange for an Israeli businessman and the bodies of three soldiers captured by the Hezbollah militant group in 2000. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

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Israeli soldiers carry the remains of a Lebanese militant buried near the northern Israeli kibbutz of Amiad, Israel Monday Jan. 26, 2004 in preparation for a prisoner swap to take place on Thursday. Israeli soldiers Monday began digging up 59 bodies of Lebanese militants buried in a small plot in northern Israel, a first step toward a prisoner swap with the Hezbollah guerrilla group. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

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Israeli army soldiers carry a coffin with the body of a Lebanese militant exhumed near the northern Israeli kibbutz of Amiad, Monday Jan. 26, 2004 in preparation for a prisoner swap to take place Thursday. The bodies of the 59 Lebanese militants will be handed over along with over 430 Palestinian, Lebanese and other Arab prisoners in exchange for an Israeli businessman and the bodies of three soldiers captured by the Hezbollah militant group in 2000. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

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A Lebanese worker makes Hezbollah flags in one of their workshop in the southern Lebanese town of Nabatiyeh, Monday Jan. 26, 2004 as they prepare to welcome Lebanese prisoners who will return from Israel. Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group reached an agreement with Israel to exchange prisoners on Thursday. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)

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Israeli soldier Mohammed Hussein, whose mother is an Israeli Jew and whose father is a Palestinian with no legal right to be in Israel, pictured inside inside the office of his father's new legal advisor, in Ramat Gan, near Tel Aviv, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2004. Two days earlier, Adel Hussein was rounded up in a police sweep in northern Israel, then dropped off on the West Bank side of an army roadblock. Hussein called his son who is in the Israeli army to rescue him, as well as reporters and lawyers. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

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Israeli soldier Mohammed Hussein, 21, whose mother is an Israeli Jew and whose father Adel Hussein, 52, is a Palestinian, enters an SUV as he leaves the office of his father's new legal advisor, in Ramat Gan, near Tel Aviv, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2004.

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Palestinian Adel Hussein, 52, right, hugs his Israeli son Mohammed, 21, whose mother is an Israeli Jew, inside the office of Hussein's new legal advisor, in Ramat Gan, near Tel Aviv, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2004. Two days earlier, Adel Hussein was rounded up in a police sweep in northern Israel, then dropped off on the West Bank side of an army roadblock. Hussein called his son who is in the Israeli army to rescue him, as well as reporters and lawyers. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

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Palestinian Mashaikhah Droobi, carries an olive tree, one of dozens uprooted by Israeli bulldozers near the West Bank Jewish settlement of Kadim, east of Jenin, Monday, Jan. 26, 2004. According to the IDF spokesman, the trees were uprooted as part of security measures taken to prevent Palestinian gunmen from shooting at the settlement while taking cover between the trees. (AP Photo/Mohammad Ballas)

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Auschwitz survivors, joined by local residents, walk through the "Arbeit Macht Frei", or "Work Makes Free" gate at the former Nazi death camp's museum in Oswiecim, Poland, Monday, Jan. 26, 2004 in a silent march to mark the eve of the 59th anniversary of the camp's liberation by the advancing Soviet troops. Sign at left reads: Stop. (AP Photo/Rafal Klimkiewicz)

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President Paul Kagame of Rwanda and Swedish Crown Princess Victoria Monday Jan. 26, 2004 attend a royal lunch for participants to the Preventing Genocide conference in Stockholm. Ten heads of state and officials from dozens of nations have gathered for the three-day conference hosted by Sweden. (AP Photo/Henrik Montgomery)

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People watch a light show symbolizing the searchlights used by Leningrad air defense during the 900-day Nazi Siege at the Dvortsovaya (Palace) Square, St. Petersburg, Russia, Monday, Jan. 26, 2004, with the Alexander Column, at center. The city, which has reverted to its original name, St. Petersburg, celebrates the 60th anniversary of the lifting of the siege on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

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A Suvorov military boarding school pupil lays a wreath at an ice-hole in the Fontanka River, one of the sites where citizens of Leningrad sourced water during the 900-day siege of the Russian city by Nazi German invaders, in St. Petersburg, Monday, Jan. 26, 2004. The city, which has reverted to its original name celebrates the 60th anniversary of the lifting of the siege on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

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Honor guards take part in a commemorative ceremony of the 900-day Nazi Siege of Leningrad, in St. Petersburg, Monday, Jan. 26, 2004. The city, which has reverted to its original name, St. Petersburg, celebrates the 60th anniversary of the lifting of the siege on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

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Survivors of the 900-day Nazi siege at Leningrad cry near a siege memorial during a commemorative ceremony, in St. Petersburg, Monday, Jan. 26, 2004. The city, which has reverted to its original name, St. Petersburg, celebrates the 60th anniversary of the lifting of the siege on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

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Vera Lyudyno, one of the Leningrad 900-day Nazi blockade survivors, looks on, in St. Petersburg, Saturday, Jan. 24, 2004. In February 1944 Vera Lyudyno found herself on another journey to a place of death and destruction, this time in a Soviet labor camp. Her crime? Keeping a diary that reflected not just the city's heroic struggle, but also the inability of the Soviet state to protect its citizens and the cruelty the siege brought out in its victims. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)


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Afghan President Hamid Karzai, center, looks up from signing the decree implementing Afghanistan's first democratic constitution flanked by, Afghanistan's former king Mohammed Zaher Shah, left, and an unidentified palace official Monday Jan. 26, 2004 in Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Ed Wray)

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Afghan President Hamid Karzai, second left, prays along with Afghanistan's Vice-President Karim Khalili, left, Afghanistan's former king Zahir Shah second right, and Afghanistan's Defense Minister Abdul Kasim Fahim, right, after signing the decree implementing Afghanistan's first democratic constitutionl Monday Jan. 26, 2004 in Kabul, Afghanistan.(AP Photo/Ed Wray)


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Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili speaks in a church after signing a declaration on reconciliation and national concord in Tbilisi, Monday, Jan. 26, 2004. The declaration is to be followed by the amnesty of 30 prisoners arrested after post-Soviet Georgia's late first president, Zviad Gamsakhurdia, made an armed attempt to regain power from Shevardnadze in 1993, said Eldar Shengelaia, a lawmaker. (AP Photo/ Shakh Aivazov)


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Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi accepts a plaque from Rep. Curt Weldon, R-Pa. during a meeting with an American bi-partisan congressional delegation in Tripoli, Libya Monday, Jan. 26, 2004. It was the first such meeting since Gadhafi took power in 1969. From right are: Candice Miller, R-Mich., Darrell Issa, R-Calif., Elton Gallegly, R-Calif., Solomon Ortiz, D-TX, Curt Weldon, R-PA., Rodney Alexander, D-La., and Gadhafi. (AP Photo)

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Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi speaks with American Congressman Solomon Ortiz, D-Texas, while meeting with a bi-partisan congressional delegation in Tripoli, Libya Monday, Jan. 26, 2004. (AP Photo)

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The core of Libya's Tajura nuclear reactor sits immersed in water at a research facility just east of Tripoli, Libya, Monday, Jan. 26, 2004. U.S. Congressmen and journalists toured the the 10 megawatt reactor site where Libyan scientists had been doing research since 1983. The reactor is monitored by the International Atomic Agency. (AP Photo/John Moore)


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Soldiers from both the U.S. Army and Japan’s Ground Self Defense Force stand at attention during a ceremony Sunday at the Asaka Training Ground in Tokyo marking joint training between the two forces. Despite public controversy, Japan recently sent troops to Iraq in its largest overseas troop deployment since World War II.


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CAMP SCHWAB, Okinawa, Japan – Corporal Matthew S. Abbott and Pfc. Dwayne E. Fuller toss towing ropes to Lance Cpl. Hamilton Lewis and Lance Cpl. Guadalupe Pilvarez Jr. to secure to thier disabled AAV an exercise named “Splash.” The Marines are assault amphibious vehicle crewmen with Amphibious Assault Company, Combat Assault Battalion, 3rd Marine Division on the Unit Deployment Program from 3rd Amphibious Assault Battalion, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif.

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CAMP SCHWAB, Okinawa, Japan - Lance Cpl. Hamilton Lewis and Lance Cpl. Guadalupe Pilvarez Jr. secure towing ropes to their AAV to tow a disabled vehicle in an exercise name “Splash.”

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MCAS Iwakuni - Using student Vincent Midgley’s own momentum, Susumu Sato effortlessly throws him to the floor.

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With arm bars like this one, Susumu Sato can completely control his opponent’s movement.

Close to home:

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Cpl. Yuri Schneider, combat illustrator, Combat Visual Information Center, waits for friends at the bottom of the mountain at Big Bear Mountain Resort. Schneider joined several Depot Marines as well as dozens of Marines from the other southern California-area Marine bases to take advantage of Single Marine Program's snowboarding trip Jan. 16-18.

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Some of the Single Marine Program group paused for a group photo before heading back up the mountain one last time.
^ :lol:

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MCRD San Diego - Operation/Exercise/Event:
Single Marine Program - Scott Bornhoft of San Diego hits the gateway box at the bottom of Big Bear Mountain.


Haiw! Your're up:
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Desert Rats Signal Troop bijdrage 7 (http://www.nldetirak.nl/eenheden/20stvzgcie/250104rats7.html)

Here we go.....
;)


Midtermdag. Verslag van het Verkenningspeloton

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De midterm dag op de 16e januari kan natuurlijk maar op één manier gevierd worden bij het Korps en dat is met een sportdag.Velen voelden zich geroepen dus ook de KL en en de KM deden mee in dit evenement.Het begon allemaal met een volleybal wedstrijd waarbij we elkaar niet konden zien dus was het wat moeilijk te anticiperen op de bewegingen van de “vijand”


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Het geheel moest natuurlijk aangekleed worden door een soort van kostuum, of zoiets. Je kunt je voorstellen dat buiten het pak wat we hebben er niet veel is om een kostuum van te maken. Zie hier de oplossing! Andre op zijn best!


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Er was ook een estafette gepland, zie dan ook hier het voorbeeld van HIGH SPEED, LOW DRAG.. Jasper doet er even een stapje bovenop!


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De wissel tussen Sebastiaan en Bas gaat voorspoedig, het stokje is niet zo’n lullig dingetje als bij de olympics maar natuurlijk een maatje groter en zó lang dat je er net niet lekker mee loopt.


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Kijk ze nou eens staan. Als je niet weet wie het zijn, kijk dan maar eens op de benen!Sectie 1 compleet.

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Skilopen, waar moet je dat anders doen dan in de zandbak van Irak.Voordeel: ook zonder wax een ideale grip op het terrein.Nadeel: behoeft een beetje coördinatie met zijn zessen..Team van de staf met.. die hele stiekume mannen

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Sectie 2 na een geslaagde missie

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Weer zoiets..Laroduwen!!Op tijd uiteraard en zie ze eens gaan!

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In het kader van de medische hulp van kameraden onderling, een test over het veilig en snel afvoeren van een gewonde kameraad, over een parcours met hindernissen.

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Natuurlijk hoe kan het ook anders ……....touwtrekken altijd leuk, dit keer was de buitenstaander kleine Marcel want die woog een beetje te weinig.Had dit ook invloed op de uitslag?Nee dus!

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Jammer voor de rest van het bataljon maar verkpel sectie 2 en 1 mochten de 1e en 2e plaats bezetten.De KM genie werd derde gevolgd door het team van de staf met die eeh…ja die ja !

Champagne (alcoholvrij natuurlijk)(zucht)

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Oh ja, we maken ook 4x4's, alle andere uitvoeringen en typen auto’s, we voorzien in de recovery in dit zuidelijk deel van de regio en staan stand-by met ons knipteam voor eventuele ongelukken met mogelijke beknelling. In de vrije uurtjes, duh, sleutelen we aan onze hobby, geleend van Saddam, een T55 Tony’s toy.
-De Monteursgroep





Medaljeregn i Irak

Forhandlinger om et større dansk ansvarsområde i Irak og uddeling af medaljer til de danske soldater i missionen var højdepunkterne, da forsvarschefen, general Hans Jesper Helsø Den litauiske forsvarschef, generalløjtnant Jonas Algirdas Kronkaitis, og chefen for Hærens Operative Kommando, generalmajor Poul kiærskou, besøgte Irak i denne uge.

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Fanekommandoet er klar.

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Kaptajn Morten Eberhardt Johnsen dekorerer en af sine folk.


Dagbog for uge 04 ved DANBN i Kosovo - KFOR

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Operationssektionen vandt i bordfodbold og får her overrakt præmien.

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Kørsel i det pansrede hjulkøretøj Piranha var et stort hit!

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Glade og forventningsfulde børn sammen med litauisk personel.

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Klar til gummibådssejlads – sikkerheden er i højsædet.



;)

[Trigger]

I don't know if these were already posted or not. If they were, sorry for the repeat ;)
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SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Senior Airman Nathan Jones dons a bomb suit and mans a .50-caliber sniper weapon while performing required training at a forward-deployed location Jan. 5. Airman Jones is an explosive ordnance disposal technician with the 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Lakisha Croley)
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Hi-res

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SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Zorro relaxes in his sun goggles after a vigorous afternoon of training at forward-deployed location Jan 1. Zorro is a military working dog for the 379th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Lakisha Croley)
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[Eddie]

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Hey have you noticet that on the foreground there are 3 t-90 then folowed by 3 t-72 but there are also other tanks in the backgroun looks like brown with some added armour or somethimg??? it is not t-xx (to tall) fammily AFAIK so what is that????

Looks like the Arjun MBT.
More info: http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/row/arjun.htm

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[Haiw]

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Desert Rats Signal Troop bijdrage 7 (http://www.nldetirak.nl/eenheden/20stvzgcie/250104rats7.html)
Right...you honestly think I'm gonna translate all THAT?! :P

Oh good, almost same story again, why did you dig up Midtermday photo's again? :P There's only one picture with an interesting comment, mind you I'm not gonna waste time on translating the report of their sport festivities :)

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Oh ja, we maken ook 4x4's, alle andere uitvoeringen en typen auto’s, we voorzien in de recovery in dit zuidelijk deel van de regio en staan stand-by met ons knipteam voor eventuele ongelukken met mogelijke beknelling. In de vrije uurtjes, duh, sleutelen we aan onze hobby, geleend van Saddam, een T55 Tony’s toy.
-De Monteursgroep
From the maintanance guys:
We fix 4x4's, all other versions and types of cars, we handle recovery of broken down vehicles in this southern part of the regio and we're always stand-by with a special team to cut anyone loose after he or she's stuck in a car because of an accident. In our free hours we're playing around with our new hobby, a loaner from Saddam, a T55.


I'm anxiously waiting for any real Armed Forces pics of the Dutch contingent instead of just photo's of 'em playing childs games ;)

[mustamato]

http://www.nldetirak.nl/eenheden/logistiek2/220104monteurs6.jpg

I wonder what will happen to that T-55 afterwards. End up in a dutch war museum, or maybe even used by ICDC? Would be a shame if it was sold as scrap, but of course, with all that steel it would be worth a lot. But scrap is fast cash, in a museum it would be a visually interesting evidence of dutch soldiers in action. But of course, in the information there would be something like, "captured by dutch troops during hard battles against Fedayeen insurgents" :)

[mustamato]

http://a1112.g.akamai.net/7/1112/492/03312000/news.lycos.com/news/ot_getImage.asp?op=img&id=527881



Hey have you noticet that on the foreground there are 3 t-90 then folowed by 3 t-72 but there are also other tanks in the backgroun looks like brown with some added armour or somethimg??? it is not t-xx (to tall) fammily AFAIK so what is that????

It´s a Indian Arjun Mk. I

http://homepage.tinet.ie/~steven/images/arjun.jpg

http://homepage.tinet.ie/~steven/images/arjun2.jpg

Comparable to Leopard 2A4 and so forth I guess.

Good page about indian stuff --> http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/

[Haiw]

Looks like the old Tiger I lol.

[He219]

Oh good, almost same story again, why did you dig up Midtermday photo's again? :P There's only one picture with an interesting comment, mind you I'm not gonna waste time on translating the report of their sport festivities :)

I'm anxiously waiting for any real Armed Forces pics of the Dutch contingent instead of just photo's of 'em playing childs games ;)
rofl

...but those miterm photos are classic! Gota love the Netherlands...
:D



It´s a Indian Arjun Mk. I .... Comparable to Leopard 2A4 and so forth I guess.
In bulky looks only. Germans may be fuming by now.
The HORROR! ....
:P

The Arjun has been plagued with technical problems with regards to the fire control system, which has reached its developmental limit. Engine overheating problems in desert conditions as well as poor operational mobility, due to its excessive weight and width are also some of the other pressing concerns. Transporting the Arjun has also proved to be a problem, as the 58-tonne tank protrudes 6cm beyond the permissible 3cm limit on either side of tank transporters used for India's current MBT, the T-72M1. The MoD has allocated $3.9 million to build three transporter types to move Arjun. The improved cooling pack, has limited ammunition-carrying capacity and obstructs gun depression towards the rear. The commander's periscope sight, laser warning sight and muzzle reference sight also need modification. A recent CAG (Comptroller & Auditor General) report stated that Arjun's imported content had risen from 27% to nearly 60% in the 15 pre-production series (PPS), substantially enhancing costs.
http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/LAND-FORCES/Army/Arjun.html

'ARJUN MK I' - INDIA'S MBT-70 OR WHITE ELEPHANT? (http://www.defencejournal.com/nov98/arjun.htm)

Haiw's comparison:

Since the Arjun extends 6cm beyond the official 3cm limit on either side of a standard Indian flatbed railcar, strategic transport would be extremely difficult. This would also require that India refurbish large sections of her rail network, as well as acquiring new rolling stock (This is nothing new, as the Germans had this problem with the ÔTiger' Mk VI in World War II). It's width and weight, Indian Rail to charge the Army over-dimensional consignment (ODC) costs, which are 150% over normal costs. The Indian Ministry of Defence allocated US$ 3.9 million (R165 million) to develop three Arjun-capable flatbed rail cars wagon by January 1999.