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  The   Arjun   ( pronounced   [ɐɽˈdʑʊn] ) is a   third generation   main battle tank   developed by the   Combat Vehicles Research and Development Establishment   (CVRDE) of the   Defence Research and Development Organisation   (DRDO), for the   Indian Army . [13] [14]   The tank is named after   Arjuna , the archer prince who is the main protagonist of the   Indian epic   poem   Mahabharata . Design work began in 1986 and was finished in 1996. The Arjun main battle tank entered service with the Indian Army in 2004. [15]   The   43rd Armoured Regiment , formed in 2009, was the first regiment to receive the Arjun. [15] [16] The Arjun features a 120 mm rifled main gun with indigenously developed  armour-piercing fin-stabilized discarding-sabot  ammunition, one  PKT  7.62 mm coaxial machine gun and a  NSVT  12.7 mm machine gun. Powered by a single...