![]() ![]() Instead it was desired that new armored vehicles were to be produced in India. The Indian government, which wanted to be as independent of other countries as possible, did not want to just buy vehicles abroad. However, the army lacked modern armored vehicles as it only possessed some older Second World War tanks, such as the M3 Stuart, M4 Sherman and various British armored vehicles. Fearing a Pakistani invasion, a modern powerful Indian army was desired. Two Sherman tanks of the Indian Army, they saw service until the 1970s.Īfter the war, tensions between Pakistan and India remained high. This also meant that the British-Indian army was split up between the dominions of India and Pakistan, and went through a chaotic period with several military actions, with the main conflict being the Indo-Pakistani War in 1947-48. When the British Raj became independent in 1947, it was split into India and Pakistan to create separate states for Muslims and Hindus to prevent tensions between both religious groups. Source: Motorbuch Verlag India’s Military Artist impression of two Indien Panzers in action. The first plans were laid out in 1954, seven years after India gained its independence, but the project was soon abandoned in 1955. The Indian Army was looking for a tank to equip its army with, but also wanted to be able to produce it in India, so an easy to build design was necessary. ![]() The Indien Panzer (Indian Tank), also known as B-PS 102, was a tank designed by the German firm Porsche KG in the early 1950’s in which the Indian Army showed interest. ![]() Federal Republic of Germany/Republic of India (1953-1955) ![]()
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