Zorawar Tank

• The light tank Zorawar being jointly developed jointly by the DRDO and private sector firm L & T is expected to be ready for trials in the high-altitude mountainous border with China by the end of 2023.

About Zorawar Tank

• It is an indigenously designed and developed Light Tank.
• It is designed to operate in varying terrain from high altitude areas and marginal terrains to island territories.
• It will be highly transportable for rapid deployment to meet any operational situation.
• Zorawar will have niche technologies to include Artificial Intelligence, Drone integration, Active Protection System, High Degree of Situational Awareness and amphibious operation capability.
  • An active protection system is designed to protect vehicles from anti-tank guided missiles and projectiles away from combat vehicles.
• It will weigh less than 25 tonnes with a high power-to-weight ratio as well as superior firepower and protection.
• The tank has been named after the legendary General Zorawar Singh Kahluria who led multiple successful victories in Tibet.
  • He was a military general who had served under Jammu’s Raja Gulab Singh in the 19^th