Vijayanta
Sign in to saveThe Vijayanta () was a main battle tank built in India based on a licensed design of the Vickers Mk.1. The Vijayanta was the first indigenous tank of the Indian Army.
Key facts
- Weapon.name
- Vijayanta
- Weapon.image
- File:Yoddhasthal Permanent Exhibition Southern command Indian Army Bhopal (80).jpg
- Weapon.image_size
- 300
- Weapon.caption
- Vijayanta MBT on static display in Bhopal
- Weapon.origin
- United Kingdom/India
- Weapon.type
- Main battle tank
- Weapon.is_vehicle
- yes
- Weapon.is_UK
- yes
- Weapon.service
- 1965–present
- Weapon.used_by
- India
- Weapon.wars
- Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 Operation Bluestar 2019 India–Pakistan standoff
- Weapon.manufacturer
- Vickers-Armstrongs (Initial Production)Heavy Vehicles Factory (Indian Production)
- Weapon.production_date
- 1963 (Vickers Mk.1 prototype)1965–1986 (Vijayanta production)
- Weapon.number
- 2,200
- Weapon.crew
- 4
- Weapon.armour
- steel (hull and turret front) steel (side hull)
- Weapon.primary_armament
- 1 x 105 mm L7A2(44 rounds)
- Weapon.secondary_armament
- 1 x 12.7 mm MG (ranging gun)(1000 rounds)1 x 12.7 mm MG (pintle mount)(2000 rounds)1 x 7.62 mm MG(Co-Ax)(500 rounds)
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The Vijayanta () was a main battle tank built in India based on a licensed design of the Vickers Mk.1. The Vijayanta was the first indigenous tank of the Indian Army.
The prototype was completed in 1963 and the tank entered service on December 29, 1965. The first 90 vehicles were built by Vickers in the UK. Production continued at the Heavy Vehicles Factory in Avadi until 1983 with 2,200 being built.