The CEP of the Pinakas are some 40-50 mtrs as per S Jha. Probably more.
MBRL are area saturation weapons , they compensate for lack of accuracy by volume of fire.
Also free flight rockets dependent on metrological data etc for accuracy
Pinaka unguided rounds have far greater accuracy due to incorporation of inertial land navigation in the launchers which the Russian grads and smerch don't have. Afaik neither the Chinese ones.
Guided pinaka CEP < 30m for all ranges
problem is this makes their usefulness so less as we have to wait for actual battle to use them......just like other missiles.....if we can reduce the CEP then we can very well use it just like our artillery
Powerplant of the K9 Vajra-T : MTU Friedrichshafen MT 881 Ka-500 8-cylinder water-cooled diesel engine producing 1000 hp. Power/weight, 21 hp/ton. Transmission, S&T Dynamics X1100-5A3.
Up-gunned Sarang(155mm/45 cal) test fired in Jabalpur :
देश की सबसे बड़ी गन सारंग का जबलपुर में सफल परीक्षण, अंधेर में भी करेगी दुश्मन पर वार pic.twitter.com/Z3tRcDS4WZ
— Newsroompost (@NewsroomPostCom) January 21, 2020
Real Solid guns. Around 180 Batch 1 Soltam upgraded M46, around 20 Batch 2 guns and 300 OFB upgraded M46. Total of around 500 155/45 caliber M46.
Real firepower boost in very less spending.
We should also up gun the Bofors to 45 caliber gun atleast , if not the 52. That will enable to Bofors to fire even the basic M107 rounds to 5-7 km further.
155 mm Sharang gun, with range of 39 kms, successfully test-fired; to be inducted into Army by March
By Ahamad Fuwad
Updated: Jan 21, 2020, 09:10 PM IST
The first batch of 18 Sharang guns will be inducted into the Army by March end this year.
Sharang gun test-firing at Long Proof Range (LPR) of Ordnance Factory Khamaria in Jabalpur district of Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday
The upgraded 155 mm artillery gun Sharang was successfully test-fired at the Long Proof Range (LPR) of Ordnance Factory Khamaria in Jabalpur district of Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday.
The gun, indigenously upgraded from 130mm to 155mm/45 calibre, has a striking range of 39 kilometres.
Programme Coordinator (Sharang) Brigadier Jayant Kar said the first batch of 18 artillery guns will be inducted into the Army by March end this year.
The gun went through integrated firing check on different parameters ranging from 0 degree to 45 degrees on Tuesday at the Long Proof Range at Khamaria.
"The indigenously-designed Sharang will be inducted in the Army by this fiscal-end. The barrel of the gun has been upgraded from 130 mm to 155 mm and this has increased its hitting range by 12 km kilometres, to 39 kilometres," Brigadier Kar said.
The official said that Gun Carriage Factory (GCF) in Jabalpur had won the global contract to upgrade the Sharang artillery gun. The upgradation work was carried out by the GCF with the help of the state-owned ordnance factories, and teams from the Army and DRDO, he said.
The ‘Made in India’ artillery guns will be supplied to the Indian Army from Gun Carriage Factory, Jabalpur and the Ordnance Factory, Kanpur. Its commercial production is likely to begin soon.
The Vehicle Factory Jabalpur (VFJ) has been tasked to assemble 12 Sharang gun systems. Sharang gun systems will also be equipped with night vision sensors which would allow the armed forces to target the enemy at night.
The 155 mm Sharang gun is an upgraded version of Soviet-era 130 mm/52 calibre M-46 field guns. The original version has a striking range of 27 kilometre.
The Indian Army is expected to save Rs 100 crore annually due because of the indigenous upgradation of the gun.
155 mm Sharang gun, with range of 39 kms, successfully test-fired; to be inducted into Army by March
By Ahamad Fuwad
Updated: Jan 21, 2020, 09:10 PM IST
The first batch of 18 Sharang guns will be inducted into the Army by March end this year.
Sharang gun test-firing at Long Proof Range (LPR) of Ordnance Factory Khamaria in Jabalpur district of Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday
The upgraded 155 mm artillery gun Sharang was successfully test-fired at the Long Proof Range (LPR) of Ordnance Factory Khamaria in Jabalpur district of Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday.
The gun, indigenously upgraded from 130mm to 155mm/45 calibre, has a striking range of 39 kilometres.
Programme Coordinator (Sharang) Brigadier Jayant Kar said the first batch of 18 artillery guns will be inducted into the Army by March end this year.
The gun went through integrated firing check on different parameters ranging from 0 degree to 45 degrees on Tuesday at the Long Proof Range at Khamaria.
"The indigenously-designed Sharang will be inducted in the Army by this fiscal-end. The barrel of the gun has been upgraded from 130 mm to 155 mm and this has increased its hitting range by 12 km kilometres, to 39 kilometres," Brigadier Kar said.
The official said that Gun Carriage Factory (GCF) in Jabalpur had won the global contract to upgrade the Sharang artillery gun. The upgradation work was carried out by the GCF with the help of the state-owned ordnance factories, and teams from the Army and DRDO, he said.
The ‘Made in India’ artillery guns will be supplied to the Indian Army from Gun Carriage Factory, Jabalpur and the Ordnance Factory, Kanpur. Its commercial production is likely to begin soon.
The Vehicle Factory Jabalpur (VFJ) has been tasked to assemble 12 Sharang gun systems. Sharang gun systems will also be equipped with night vision sensors which would allow the armed forces to target the enemy at night.
The 155 mm Sharang gun is an upgraded version of Soviet-era 130 mm/52 calibre M-46 field guns. The original version has a striking range of 27 kilometre.
The Indian Army is expected to save Rs 100 crore annually due because of the indigenous upgradation of the gun.
155 mm Sharang gun, with range of 39 kms, successfully test-fired; to be inducted into Army by March
This channel is doing a very good job by giving us original content.
I can't believe my eyes. Eshwin actually praising one of the you tube defense channels. I'm giving you the benefit of doubt here that you aren't directly or indirectly connected to the said channel creators.
K9Vajra guns have been deployed on LoC & recently destroyed terror launchpads across LoC#RepublicDayParade https://t.co/nHRhUJl15d
— Neeraj Rajput (@neeraj_rajput) January 22, 2020
Isn't that too bulky for the LC? May be near the southern LC Jammu region and foothills.
After that incident of beheading by BAT there were escalations. May be that one.
