India to field the T-14 Armarta?

[Cdnwolf]

Why go over when you can go around. Create a diversionary attack and draw the forces to the north and attack from the East.

[RN7]

Originally Posted by Cdnwolf

Why go over when you can go around. Create a diversionary attack and draw the forces to the north and attack from the East.

So for China to launch a diversion attack on India they go around the Himalayan Mountains through a huge desert in Xinjiang Province and then invade Tajikistan which in T2K is Soviet territory, and then march south through Afghanistan and Pakistan to reach Northern India..

..and then the main attack comes through the Jungle and into Burma and then Bangladesh. I think India might notice all that.

[Raellus]

Although massed armor engagements between India and China would certainly be precluded by significant geographical barriers, a war between the two countries is not out of the question. They've already done it once before (the Sino-Indian War, 1962).

A contemporary conflict would once again be largely a contest involving mostly mountain troops, light infantry, and special forces, but being as China is now a full-fledged global power, and India an emerging one, it would now likely involve major clashes at sea and in the air as well.

Pakistan could also become involved, presumably working with China against India. Pakistan could act as a conduit for Chinese armor, although transporting tanks from China to Pakistan, especially during wartime, would be very difficult, perhaps prohibitively so. This could also apply to Myanmar.

[Legbreaker]

Originally Posted by RN7

..and then the main attack comes through the Jungle and into Burma and then Bangladesh.

And that worked so well for the Japanese...

[pmulcahy11b]

You know, the Indians can't decide what they're going to buy -- upgraded Arjun, T-90, T-72M1, all of the above, none of the above, a mobile flaming pisspot, or whatever. Most of their armor replacement programs have been going on for 20+ years, and they're still "testing the waters" and "soliciting candidates." They may even buy a few T-14s, just in their policy of seemingly testing every armor candidate that comes down the pike. The US, UK, French, Italians, etc, gave up on trying to get hard sales from them a long time ago. They've been stringing along the South Africans and Israelis for 30 years, and that's what they seem to be doing with the Russians now.

Maybe they're trying to get enough candidates together and make a mashup!