Sharang, Dhanush and Dhanush ordnance on M2 carriage from BL 7.2 Inch Mk. 6 howitzer. pic.twitter.com/D7DzWTMk5p
— Saumya Supratik (@SupratikSaumya) April 30, 2024
Bharat Forge leading the way in artillery development!
— News IADN (@NewsIADN) May 3, 2024
The Indian Army 🇮🇳 is yet to place an order for 307 ATAGS cleared by MoD. Earlier claims were made by the DRDO chief that the contract will be signed before March 2024. #IADN pic.twitter.com/0A6LDYysP3
Breaking: The Indian government is set to approve the acquisition of an additional 100 K9 Vajra SPHs from #HanwhaAerospace next month. This long-awaited decision follows delays due to the general election. #India #K9Thunder #K9Vajra https://t.co/E6IlySsGjc pic.twitter.com/tLrm6RQZKV
— Hwarang (@KDefenseInsight) July 31, 2024
Lurkingn this news since last one year in twitter, but no significant progress visible since.
Its better to increas the order to above 1000 along with loader vehicle. You need loader vehicle to utilize the full potential of k9. Comes handy both in desert of western region & ladakh.
If the requirements are that large (which they actually are but the Army is obviously ignorant here) then restart Bhim. Why pay South Korea commission for every vehicle.
If i am not wrong Bhim was rejected IA. Why do you want army to induct a thing which rejected earlier? Let them have whatever they feels suits their requirements. They are the one who gonna fight at border, protect the border by tossing their own life.
We did similar thing in past with Biho too. IA shortlisted Biho over Pantsir , but vested interest want them to induct Pantsir. Ultimately IA didn't get a mobile SAM system.
Something rejected earlier can still be a base for something new and more promising right?
And it's not like K9 is the best system out there.
And with BF & Tata also into manufacturing of howitzers, why not provide them with a T72 or Arjun chassis and see what they can come up with.
Why pay a premium and still be dependent on South Korea. All the modifications for K9 operations in Himalayas were done with South Koreans in the loop.
Why keep an unreliable country in a loop for such a strategic asset.
K9 Vajra-T of the IA on the Tibetan border. pic.twitter.com/RNqnrGJEi5
— Singh (@Duorope) August 1, 2024
Does the 78 or other army units still operate this?
Perfect for transfer to border units like bsf & itbp.
“A symphony of power and precision”#ChinarWarriors #Kashmir@adgpi@NorthernComd_IA pic.twitter.com/I9Mi9PZ78s
— Chinar Corps🍁 - Indian Army (@ChinarcorpsIA) August 7, 2024
Perfect for transfer to border units like bsf & itbp.
Without good training & years of hands on experience with it, won't be useful the way like Army uses it in proper ragtag way. Border units are sort of foot soldiers patrol party for the most part of the other regions. Need to raise dedicated units within under army command, could even transfer retired ex arty personnel to form ranks maybe ?
The CRBN variant of Mahindra DRDO/VRDE WhAP has several improvements over earlier iterations of the WhAP currently in service. #Aatmanirbharbharat https://t.co/s5rF0EzVdA pic.twitter.com/PD7uoSmvYa
— Singh (@Duorope) August 12, 2024
Tata WhAP & its improved CBRN variant by Mahindra, IDDM by DRDO.
— Adithya Krishna Menon (@AdithyaKM_) August 12, 2024
The front glacis has the most evident changes. WhAP here has the old 30mm BMP-2 turret, with an ATGM launcher. Better turrets being developed for AAP & Namica Mk2.
Now, orders are required to spawn more versions... pic.twitter.com/lkQMBlB7Jx
they look good. It's a shame that their development will stall out since IA and MoD look keen to order Stryker and Atmos instead.
ATAGS is not as expensive as I was expecting. It would cost 15 crore per gun. Dhanush cost the same in 2016.
One thing Ukrainian war has shown is that towed artillery are slow & way to vulnerable to counter battery fire & drone attacks in modern warfare where situational awareness levels are off the charts......... Investing on Track Artillery platforms like K 9 is the way forward.... Wheeled Artillery while good are not practical for unpaved roads.
Ukraine & Russia are both failing to deploy a coherent force. Untill our Army is planning to fight in bits and pieces like them, the towed artillery has immense importance.