Indian Army Artillery Systems : News and Updates

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OFB, Defence Ministry sign pact to upgrade 300 artillery guns
By Press Trust of India | Kolkata | Last Updated at October 26 2018 21:00 IST

The Ordnance FactoryBoard (OFB) said on Friday that it has signed a contract with the Ministry of Defence for 'up-gunning' of 300 existing artillery guns that will enhance the Army's strategic capabilites in terms of range and lethality.
The upgradation, involving the changing of the barrel, would mean an increase in the range of the guns.

OFB will 'upgun' 300 existing 130 mm M-46 guns to 155 mm/45 calibre and will be required to deliver them within four years, Gagan Chaturvedi, deputy director generalof OFB, said.

"This up-gunning is a highly cost-effective solution to substantially enhance the strategic capabilities of the lndian Armyin terms of range and lethality and artillery area coverage against the enemy," he said.
OFB signed the contract on Thursday, he said.
"The upgraded weapon system has been christened as 'Sharang', after the bow of Lord Vishnu, which was crafted by Lord Vishwakarma," Chaturvedi said.
OFB competed with two foreign manufacturers and won the contract with a fully indigenous solutionfor up-gunning of the artillery guns, he said.

Various performance parameters, including maximum range, direct fire, rate of fire, accuracy and consistency, were evaluated during evaluation trials through actual firing at the Pokhran range, Chaturvedi said.

Stating that 'Sharang' was the only compliant gun after the completion of the trials, he said that the indigenously developed weapon is aimed at meeting the Army's requirement to replace the existing Russian-made 130 mm calibre M-46 towed guns, which have been in service since 1968.
The range will increase from the existing 27 km to 39 km, lethality will increase from 130 mm ammunition to 155 mm ammunition, he said.

The OFB officialsaid that this will be a big step in the ongoing modernisation efforts of the IndianArmyand "in the long run, the export potential of this gun can be profitably explored".
Stating that Sharang has performed exceedingly well in accuracy and consistency trials, Chaturvedi said that design optimisation was done at Ordnance Development Centreat Kanpurand manufacturingof the guns at the Ordnance Factorythere.

Sharang weighs 8.4 tonnes, with an overall length and width of 11.84 m and 2.45 m respectively, he said adding that the barrel is approximately 7 m long and is equipped with a single baffle muzzle brake and horizontal sliding wedge breech block.

OFB, Defence Ministry sign pact to upgrade 300 artillery guns

 

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OFB, Defence Ministry sign pact to upgrade 300 artillery guns
By Press Trust of India | Kolkata | Last Updated at October 26 2018 21:00 IST

The Ordnance FactoryBoard (OFB) said on Friday that it has signed a contract with the Ministry of Defence for 'up-gunning' of 300 existing artillery guns that will enhance the Army's strategic capabilites in terms of range and lethality.
The upgradation, involving the changing of the barrel, would mean an increase in the range of the guns.

OFB will 'upgun' 300 existing 130 mm M-46 guns to 155 mm/45 calibre and will be required to deliver them within four years, Gagan Chaturvedi, deputy director generalof OFB, said.

"This up-gunning is a highly cost-effective solution to substantially enhance the strategic capabilities of the lndian Armyin terms of range and lethality and artillery area coverage against the enemy," he said.
OFB signed the contract on Thursday, he said.
"The upgraded weapon system has been christened as 'Sharang', after the bow of Lord Vishnu, which was crafted by Lord Vishwakarma," Chaturvedi said.
OFB competed with two foreign manufacturers and won the contract with a fully indigenous solutionfor up-gunning of the artillery guns, he said.

Various performance parameters, including maximum range, direct fire, rate of fire, accuracy and consistency, were evaluated during evaluation trials through actual firing at the Pokhran range, Chaturvedi said.

Stating that 'Sharang' was the only compliant gun after the completion of the trials, he said that the indigenously developed weapon is aimed at meeting the Army's requirement to replace the existing Russian-made 130 mm calibre M-46 towed guns, which have been in service since 1968.
The range will increase from the existing 27 km to 39 km, lethality will increase from 130 mm ammunition to 155 mm ammunition, he said.

The OFB officialsaid that this will be a big step in the ongoing modernisation efforts of the IndianArmyand "in the long run, the export potential of this gun can be profitably explored".
Stating that Sharang has performed exceedingly well in accuracy and consistency trials, Chaturvedi said that design optimisation was done at Ordnance Development Centreat Kanpurand manufacturingof the guns at the Ordnance Factorythere.

Sharang weighs 8.4 tonnes, with an overall length and width of 11.84 m and 2.45 m respectively, he said adding that the barrel is approximately 7 m long and is equipped with a single baffle muzzle brake and horizontal sliding wedge breech block.

OFB, Defence Ministry sign pact to upgrade 300 artillery guns

That's great, but another article I read said that there are about 1,000 guns like these. So why are we only upgunning 300 of them when we need every gun we can get? Are the remaining 700 not in any state to be salvaged?

Or is it possible that once the upgunning of the first 300 is completed, if the military is satisfied with the results, we could do the same for most of the remaining ones?

 

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OFB, Defence Ministry sign pact to upgrade 300 artillery guns
By Press Trust of India | Kolkata | Last Updated at October 26 2018 21:00 IST

The Ordnance FactoryBoard (OFB) said on Friday that it has signed a contract with the Ministry of Defence for 'up-gunning' of 300 existing artillery guns that will enhance the Army's strategic capabilites in terms of range and lethality.
The upgradation, involving the changing of the barrel, would mean an increase in the range of the guns.

OFB will 'upgun' 300 existing 130 mm M-46 guns to 155 mm/45 calibre and will be required to deliver them within four years, Gagan Chaturvedi, deputy director generalof OFB, said.

"This up-gunning is a highly cost-effective solution to substantially enhance the strategic capabilities of the lndian Armyin terms of range and lethality and artillery area coverage against the enemy," he said.
OFB signed the contract on Thursday, he said.
"The upgraded weapon system has been christened as 'Sharang', after the bow of Lord Vishnu, which was crafted by Lord Vishwakarma," Chaturvedi said.
OFB competed with two foreign manufacturers and won the contract with a fully indigenous solutionfor up-gunning of the artillery guns, he said.

Various performance parameters, including maximum range, direct fire, rate of fire, accuracy and consistency, were evaluated during evaluation trials through actual firing at the Pokhran range, Chaturvedi said.

Stating that 'Sharang' was the only compliant gun after the completion of the trials, he said that the indigenously developed weapon is aimed at meeting the Army's requirement to replace the existing Russian-made 130 mm calibre M-46 towed guns, which have been in service since 1968.
The range will increase from the existing 27 km to 39 km, lethality will increase from 130 mm ammunition to 155 mm ammunition, he said.

The OFB officialsaid that this will be a big step in the ongoing modernisation efforts of the IndianArmyand "in the long run, the export potential of this gun can be profitably explored".
Stating that Sharang has performed exceedingly well in accuracy and consistency trials, Chaturvedi said that design optimisation was done at Ordnance Development Centreat Kanpurand manufacturingof the guns at the Ordnance Factorythere.

Sharang weighs 8.4 tonnes, with an overall length and width of 11.84 m and 2.45 m respectively, he said adding that the barrel is approximately 7 m long and is equipped with a single baffle muzzle brake and horizontal sliding wedge breech block.

OFB, Defence Ministry sign pact to upgrade 300 artillery guns

OFB upgrades 130-mm field guns, eyes order from Army
Updated: Mar 19, 2018, 11.58 PM IST

KOLKATA: The Ordnance Factories Board (OFB) today said it had successfully upgraded the 130-mm field guns to 155 mm capability at its Nalanda facility in Bihar and was expecting an order for 300 such guns from the Army.

The Kolkata-headquartered State defence manufacturer had successfully completed the user evaluation of 130/155 mm "upgunning" and was likely to receive orders for the upgradation of 300 artillery guns from the Army, OFB Chairman S K Chourasia said.

"The cost of a new 155-mm artillery gun comes to around Rs 15 crore, while the upgradation has been done for just Rs one crore for each, thus saving the exchequer a lot of money," he told newspersons here.

The upgradation, involving the changing of the barrel, would mean an increase in the range of the field gun from around 27 kms to 36 kms, an OFB official explained.

Chourasia said the OFB-offered, 100-per cent indigenous solution had emerged successful against private competitors fielding imported equipment from leading global manufacturers in this field.

"We are likely to receive orders for the upgunning of 300 such 130-mm guns to 155-mm ones," the OFB chairman said.

OFB member (weapons, vehicles and equipment) Hari Mohan said the indigenous technological solution for upgunning the 130-mm field guns was achieved at the organisation's Nalanda facility and had emerged as the only acceptable offer to the armed forces' requirements.

Chourasia said research and development was being cultivated at the OFB's 13 ordnance development centres.

"With the assistance of premier academic institutions like the IITs at Mumbai, Kanpur and Kharagpur, the ordnance factories are not only upgrading the existing products, but also developing new weapon platforms," he added.

OFB upgrades 130-mm field guns, eyes order from Army

 

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Dwelling a bit into history, India acquired nearly a 1000 units from 1950-60s. 100 of the guns were converted to the Catapult version based on Vijayanta tank which are now retired and replaced by 40 Catapult version based on the Arjun chassis.

In the year 2000, Soltam won an upgrade contract to Upgrade 180 units of M-46 into 155/45 mm caliber M-46S standard with an option clause for 200-250 additional units. All the 180 units as per contract were upgraded by late 2008 and the option clause was exercised. However due to corruption charges, the follow-on order for 220-250 units were cancelled. The order was then offered as open competition for 300 units with 4 contenders by 2013, which seems to have been won now by OFB with Sharang. 480 (180 Soltam+300) M-46 units with another 40 catapult version seems to be a very realistic figure on how many of these units are still serviceable right now, which is not bad considering they have seen atleast 4-5 decades of service.

Israeli firm to upgrade Indian artillery
JERUSALEM, MARCH 31. An Israeli company has won a crucial deal to upgrade Indian artillery, beating its French, Swedish, Czech and South African competitors, according to a media report here.

Soltam Systems Ltd. has won the $ 47.5 million contract to upgrade 180 artillery pieces of the Indian Army following a tender process which involved competition from French, Swedish, Czech and South African companies, the English newspaper Haaretz reported. As per the deal, Soltam would upgrade Russian-made M- 46 130 mm field artillery pieces into 155 mm guns, similar to the ones used by the Israeli defence forces, the daily said.

The upgradation would involve replacing of the gun tubes and the firing mechanisms and the upgraded guns would have six-metre tubes and ranges of up to 39 km.

As per the deal, the project is expected to be completed in two years in Israel. The daily said the tender was delayed due to variations in the concepts presented to the Indian defence ministry by competing companies. Soltam offered to retain the original structure of the artillery pieces.

There has been an agreement that if the option for further upgrades is implemented, Soltam would cooperate with local Indian industry in the upgrade and transfer know-how for the building of gun-tubes, the paper said.

The Hindu : Israeli firm to upgrade Indian artillery

OFB eyes to bag Army order to upgrade imported field guns
Jun 10, 2018, 01.35 PM IST

We are eagerly waiting the order from the Army to upgrade the Russian 130-mm M-46 guns to 155-mm ones with 45-mm calibre. The OFB is hopeful of getting the order, which is at a final stage, to improve these field guns imported between 1950s and 1970s," S K Singh, Senior General Manager of Jabalur-based Gun Carriage Factory (GCF) told today.

"GCF, with the help of two ordnance factories in Kanpur, is going to upgrade these 300 guns being used by the Army," the senior official of the GCF, which is over a century old, said.

The Army issued a request for proposal (tender) to upgrade Russian 130-mm guns in December 2013. It handed over a gun to OFB for improvement in October 2014, he said.

"Following this, we upgraded the gun indigenously and our internal and the Army's trials took place at Pokhran in 2016-17," he said.

"We beat two Indian private companies in partnership with foreign defence manufacturers in the trials. The two companies, too, upgraded as many guns with imported barrels and other components, but failed to pass the muster," he added.

Earlier, an Israeli company- Soltam- had upgraded around 180 Russian-made 130-mm guns to 155-mm in GCF. But midway, the project got embroiled in controversy over several issues, including certain technical deficiencies, defence sources said.

OFB eyes to bag Army order to upgrade imported field guns

Good Day

 

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Dwelling a bit into history, India acquired nearly a 1000 units from 1950-60s. 100 of the guns were converted to the Catapult version based on Vijayanta tank which are now retired and replaced by 40 Catapult version based on the Arjun chassis.

In the year 2000, Soltam won an upgrade contract to Upgrade 180 units of M-46 into 155/45 mm caliber M-46S standard with an option clause for 200-250 additional units. All the 180 units as per contract were upgraded by late 2008 and the option clause was exercised. However due to corruption charges, the follow-on order for 220-250 units were cancelled. The order was then offered as open competition for 300 units with 4 contenders by 2013, which seems to have been won now by OFB with Sharang. 480 (180 Soltam+300) M-46 units with another 40 catapult version seems to be a very realistic figure on how many of these units are still serviceable right now, which is not bad considering they have seen atleast 4-5 decades of service.





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Any comparison between the specifications of those upgraded by Soltam and the OFB offering?

 

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That's great, but another article I read said that there are about 1,000 guns like these. So why are we only upgunning 300 of them when we need every gun we can get? Are the remaining 700 not in any state to be salvaged?

Or is it possible that once the upgunning of the first 300 is completed, if the military is satisfied with the results, we could do the same for most of the remaining ones?

Answered above, sorry forgot to quote your post and unable to edit it now.

Good Day!

 

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Any comparison between the specifications of those upgraded by Soltam and the OFB offering?

Not exactly sure, maximum range is comparable. But Soltam was designed in the early 2000, and could be outdated by now. Elbit which acquired Soltam competed against OFB by partnering with Bharat Forge, which seems to have lost to OFB.

Bharat Forge Limited, the flagship company, of the Kalyani Group, and Elbit Systems Land and C4I Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Elbit Systems Ltd., ( NASDAQ and TASE:ESLT ) today announced a strategic co - operation in India through the establishment of a new Joint Venture Company (JVC), to address the Indian Ministry of Defence and other potential Indian government customers’ requirements for the most advanced artillery and mortars systems solutions.

Subject to requisite government and regulatory approvals, the JVC will offer solutions in the Artillery Guns & Mortars segment based on Elbit Systems’ cutting edge technologically advanced products opera tionally used worldwide, such as the ATHOS 155/52 Towed Gun System , the ATMOS 155/52 Mounted Gun System and the upgraded 130 mm M46 Gun to a 155/45 Gun (KARAN) .

BHARAT FORGE ABOUT

 

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Indian Army to get more firepower, Made in India Vajra and M777 artillery guns to be inducted on Friday
The Indian Army after waiting for three decades will be getting two new guns K 9 Vajra and M777 on Friday, when these are formally inducted in the service. The guns were expected to be inducted in Sept, however due to unexpected delays will join the Indian Army now.

In 2017, L&T signed a contract with Hanwha Techwin of South Korea for jointly building 100 self-propelled artillery guns worth Rs 5,000 crore in India. As reported by FE earlier, the gun is a 155 mm, 52 calibre gun, mounted on a tracked, armoured vehicle. Artillery units equipped with this gun will be a part of the Army’s strike corps, whose tank spearheads need artillery guns that can keep pace with them.

The K 9 gun has been developed under the `Buy Global’ programme of the DPP where foreign companies are allowed to participate —in this case Hanwha Techwin is the technology partner. The guns have been tested at the test track facility in Hazira, Gujarat.

The gun has been customized keeping in mind India’s different terrains and weather conditions. The first 10 will come to India in semi knocked down condition and will be assembled at the L&T’s state of the art facility in Hazira and will have the mostly Korean materials. But the rest of the 90 to be made in India will be almost 80-90 % indigenous. It will have locally made fire control system, hull, turret, electronics, NBC systems, autoloaders, air conditioning, and direct fire systems. The most important part of the gun – the barrel and the Breach will be from Korea.

The 47-ton gun will be powered by a German 1,000 hp MTU MT 881 Ka-500 V8 diesel engine which can fire up to 40 Kms.

L&T is also working with French company Nexter developing 155mm/52 calibre towed gun called `Trajan” under- going user trials at Indian Army ranges and is being fast tracked too for the modernisation of the Indian Army.
BAE Systems M777 155mm/39-calibre ultra lightweight howitzer (ULH) guns will be inducted too, after several trials including trials with the Indian ammunition. As has been reported by FE earlier, the trials were carried out for high-altitude and desert terrains.

The contract with the company indicates that 25 guns will come to India in a fly-away condition (two per month will be delivered), and the rest of 120 are going to be assembled at facility for the weapon system in India in partnership with Mahindra Defence, located in Faridabad. FE was the first to report that the Indian partner for contract was Mahindra Defence.

The $ 750 mn deal for 145 guns has come to India through the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) route under the buy (global) category of the Indian Defence Procurement Procedure (DPP). These will be used in defensive troop deployment spread across the country’s vast rugged terrain. The gun will come with laser inertial artillery pointing systems (LINAPS), maintenance, personnel training and training equipment, technical assistance, engineering and logistics support services.

A major portion of the M777 has been manufactured in the company’s UK plants. The UK facility produces core components like titanium forgings and fabrications, which make the M777 light enough to be lifted by helicopters like the Chinook to high-altitude deployment areas.

Before being sent for the final integration and testing phase to BAE’s Hattiesburg facility in Mississippi, US. The guns will come in semi knocked down condition and will be assembled here in India at the assembly, integration & test (AIT) facility for the M777 ultra-light howitzer. The barrel of the gun cannot be made in India as this is barred by the Berry Amendment, a Congressional Act in the US.

The AIT capabilities are from the US based company as it will provide not only in-country support to the Army on its weapon system, but also begin the process of indigenous manufacture of modern artillery in India under `Make in India’ initiative.
Indian Army to get more firepower, Made in India Vajra and M777 artillery guns to be inducted on Friday

 

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Modi govt’s artillery modernisation would change game at Pak border | ORF

 

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K9 Vajra, M777 howitzers to be inducted on Friday, Nirmala Sitharaman to attend event

NEW DELHI: Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will attend a ceremony on Friday to induct new artillery guns and equipment, including K9 Vajra and M777 howitzers, at Deolali artillery centre in Nashik, a ministry spokesperson said.

Induction of 100 K9 Vajra at a cost of Rs 4,366 crore is to complete by November 2020. The first batch of 10 guns will be delivered this month, Defence Ministry spokesperson Colonel Aman Anand told reporters on Thursday.

The next 40 guns will be delivered in November 2019, and another 50 in November 2020, he said.

The first regiment of K9 Vajra, first-ever artillery gun manufactured by the Indian private sector, is expected to complete by July 2019.

The gun has a maximum range of 28-38 km. It is capable of burst firing three rounds in 30 seconds, intense firing of 15 rounds in three minutes and sustained firing of 60 rounds in 60 minutes, he said.

The Army is also going to raise seven regiments of 145 M777 howitzers.

Five guns each will be delivered to the Army beginning August 2019 and the entire process will complete in following 24 months. The first regiment will complete by October next year, the spokesperson said.

The gun, having a range of 30 km, can be moved to a desired location using helicopters and service aircraft.

Compact gun tractor to tow 130 MM and 155 MM artillery guns will also inducted during the ceremony, the officer said. It is fitted with a crane that can handle ammunition weighing two tons.

Maximum speed of the vehicle without a tow is 80 km per hour which comes down to 50 km per hour with a gun attached to it, he added.

 

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Golden day for Indian Artillery!

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Army goes big on howitzers: Tata Sons, Bharat Forge compete to deliver 'Made in India' guns

The Nirmala Sitharaman-led defence ministry has already given clearance for the acquisition of 150 howitzers which have been developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and would be manufactured by both Tata Sons and Bharat Forge. “There will be a competition between both the companies for supplying the guns. As per the plan, the firm offering the lowest price will get to supply close to 100 guns while the other firm would supply the remaining guns at the cost offered by the winning bidder,” senior Army sources told MyNation. Sources said this arrangement will help the Army to get a lower price for the guns.

 

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Artillery Modernisation- A Realty Check

 

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Broadsword: Induction of new artillery guns shows promise for indigenous defence firms

For the third year running, new artillery guns have featured in the Republic Day parade, signalling that the army’s debilitating shortfall of modern artillery guns – the most effective battlefield weapon since the American Civil War – could soon be alleviated.

The parade saw the debut of two new artillery guns. One is the Korean-origin K-9 Thunder self-propelled gun, a 155 millimetre (mm), 52-calibre gun that Larsen & Toubro (L&T) is building under licence in their Talegaon plant, near Pune. These guns are mounted on tracked vehicles to keep pace with fast-moving tanks of the strike corps, providing uninterrupted fire support even as armoured spearheads move deep into enemy territory.

Just 100 K-9 Thunder guns are on order, enough only for one Indian strike corps. With three Indian strike corps awaiting modern self-propelled guns; the order to L&T could well be trebled.

Also making its Republic Day debut this year was the M777 ultralight howitzer (ULH) – a 155 mm, 39 calibre gun, built largely of titanium, that is light and manoeuvrable enough for the mountain borders. BAE Systems Inc. has an order for 145 M777 guns but, given the need to equip four recently raised mountain divisions, this order, too, could be doubled or more.

Meanwhile, the army’s most crucial new gun – the Advanced Towed Artillery Gun System (ATAGS) – made its debut in the 2017 parade. The army could eventually induct over 1,500 of these powerful, 155 mm, 52 calibre towed guns, to replace the old, lighter, shorter-range, less destructive 130 mm and 105 mm guns that has largely comprised the army’s arsenal for several decades.

For now, however, the ministry of defence (MoD) has ordered just 10 ATAGS howitzers, shared between the two firms developing the gun – Kalyani Group and Tata Power SED. The MoD has cleared an initial order for 150 guns, subject to successful trials. The lowest bidder will get to build 107 guns, while the more expensive bidder will build the remaining 43, at the lowest bidder’s price.

Using this order as a springboard into artillery production, the Pune-based Kalyani Group has invested Rs 500-600 crore into gun fabrication facilities. Group chairman, Baba Kalyani, who had earlier had earlier bought and transported to Pune an entire factory from Austrian gun-manufacturer, RUAG, told Business Standard he has recently bought another facility from the UK.

“We have completed the acquisition of a BAE Systems facility in Barrow-in-Furness, UK, which is a submarine and artillery plant,” stated Kalyani.

Kalyani, who makes no secret of his ambition to be the Krupp of India, has tasked his engineers to build various guns in order to develop design and fabrication skills. Besides the on-going ATAGS project, Kalyani Group has already developed six other types of guns.

“These include two 155 mm guns – called the Bharat-52 and Bharat-45. We have also mounted a lighter 105 mm gun on a truck. We have built three ultralight howitzers – one of titanium, another called the Hawkeye ULH, and finally a 155 mm, 39 calibre, all-steel ULH”, says Kalyani.

One of these came after army chief, General Bipin Rawat, on a visit to Kalyani Group, wondered whether it would be feasible to mount the all-steel ULH on a truck, for mobility in mountainous terrain.

Kalyani says he has met Rawat’s request by integrating a 6.8-tonne, all-steel ULH onto a 7.5-tonne Ashok Leyland carrier. By March, it will be offered to the army and could go into testing.

Kalyani Group is also pitching in the ULH segment, having developed an all-titanium ULH that, at 4.8 tonnes, is only marginally heavier than the 4.5-tonne M777. Kalyani claims this gun would become lighter as development proceeds.

Both Kalyani Group and Tata Power SED officials complain the Rs 15 crore the MoD is paying for each ATAGS will not even cover manufacturing costs. But they remain in the project in the expectation of large orders ahead.

Meanwhile, the MoD is paying the OFB more generously – Rs 14 crore for each 155 mm, 45 calibre Dhanush howitzers it is manufacturing, even though that gun is smaller and less complex than the ATAGS. The OFB developed the Dhanush from the technology blueprints provided by Bofors in 1986, and is now building 114 guns for the army.

“After decades, there is movement on multiple fronts in artillery development. Now let us see how quickly we can get these guns into service,” says a senior army planner who deals with equipment induction.

 

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OFB gets bulk production clearance for Dhanush

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OFB gets bulk production clearance for Dhanush

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@Parthu
And is the upgrade of M46 guns also started?

 

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OFB gets bulk production clearance for Dhanush

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The GCF plans to send the first six guns by end of the current financial year. It has already made 12 prototypes. “There are plans to make 36 guns by December, followed by 48 in 2020 and finally completing the order over the next three years,” said a source.The trials were marred by three misfires which included one barrel burst and two muzzle hits, and a CBI inquiry. So far 81% of indigenization has been achieved which is projected to be taken to 91% by end of 2019.

Defence ministry green signal for OF to produce Dhanush guns - Times of India