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Tanks1965–present
Main battle tank
Vijayanta is a main battle tank originating in United Kingdom / India. It was built by Vickers-Armstrongs (Initial Production) Heavy Vehicles Factory (Indian Production).
United Kingdom / IndiaMain battle tank
United Kingdom / India
1965–present
India
Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 Operation Bluestar 2019 India–Pakistan standoff
Vickers-Armstrongs (Initial Production) Heavy Vehicles Factory (Indian Production)
1963 (Vickers Mk.1 prototype) 1965–1986 ( Vijayanta production)
2,200
39,000 kg (43 short tons)
9.788 m (32.11 ft)
3.168 m (10.39 ft)
2.711 m (8.89 ft)
4
80 mm (3.1 in) steel (hull and turret front) 30 mm (1.2 in) steel (side hull)
1 x 105 mm L7A2 (44 rounds)
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)
Leyland L60 Diesel 535 bhp (399 kW)
David Brown Ltd. (formerly Self-Changing Gears Ltd.) TN12 semi-automatic gearbox
Torsion bar
530 km (330 mi)
50 km/h (31 mph)
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Sourced dimensions beside a 1.75 m human reference.
Points represent sourced observations, including revisions. Revisions on the same effective date are not separate inventory events. Ranges appear in the table and are not plotted as exact points.
| Observation / report period | Value | Source | Claim state |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Sept 2026 | 9.788 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
Vijayanta equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
IndiaReported count for Vijayanta MBT. Service scope: Indian Army; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Excludes retired/reserve/on-order rows. Count column(s): quantity: 200. Origin: India United Kingdom. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.