Indian Army confirms induction of Tata RCWS
Tata Advanced Systems Limited has supplied its RCWS (pictured here) to the Indian Army. (Janes/Oishee Majumdar)
A Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL) remote-controlled weapon station (RCWS) was seen for the first time on a T-72 main battle tank (MBT) during a visit by the General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the Trishakti Corps, Lieutenant General Zubin A Minwalla, to an undisclosed forward post in Northern Sikkim to review the operational readiness.
An image released by the Trishakti Corps on X (formerly Twitter) on 28 May showed Lt Gen Minwalla inspecting a T-72M1 Ajeya, fitted with a TASL RCWS armed with a 12.7 mm NSVT heavy machine gun (HMG).
The RCWS is integrated with a day camera, a thermal camera, and a laser rangefinder (LRF) to enable both day and night operations. It offers an elevation of -10° to 78°, continuous 360° in azimuth traverse, and can engage a target at a distance of up to 4,000 m.
For more information, please seeIndian Army to procure T-72 bridge-laying tanks .
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