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Amid military standoff with China, Indian Army gets new high-altitude firing range in Arunachal's Tawang sectorThe Indian Army has set up a new firing range, which is helping it to practice firing of howitzers and other important weapon systems, a to...
Army issues Rs 6,500 crore tender for buying 400 howitzers under Make-in-IndiaIndian Army's Regiment of Artillery is looking to use the expertise of Indian Industry to produce a 155 mm/52 calibre Towed Gun System, whi...
Adani unveils South Asia's largest ammunition and missiles complex in Kanpur, to add 4,000 jobsThe Ammunition & Missiles Complex in Kanpur, owned by Adani Defence, is the first leg of Uttar Pradesh's defence corridor. It is South Asia...
Indian Army to boost firepower with 200 new mounted howitzers, 400 towed gun systemsThe procurement process is part of the Army plan for Mediumisation with indigenous guns and is likely to be completed by the year 2042. In ...
Indian Army moves to buy ₹6k cr artillery guns from Indian companiesThe Indian Army has proposed a ₹6,000 crore plan to acquire next-generation guns from domestic companies. The new towed gun system (TGS) wi...
Army moves over Rs 6,500 cr deal to Defence Ministry for procurement of 400 howitzers from 'desi' firmsThe Army wants the guns to be lighter in weight and easier to deploy in high-altitude areas like the older bofors guns. The procurement pro...
OFB exports its newly developed 52-calibre barrels to BoforsThe OFB chairman said that it has exported two 52-calibre barrels to Swedish arms manufacturer Bofors AB, from which it had imported 155 mm...
Indian Army gets first batch of Dhanush artillery gunsThe Dhanush, which has a calibre of 155x45mm, is the first ever indigenous artillery gun of this calibre. In army parlance, it is classifie...
India to finally induct desi Bofors next week to upgrade long-range, high-volume firepowerThe electronically upgraded Dhanush howitzer has been upgraded to 45-calibre to increase its maximum strike range to 27-36 km from the earl...
Army to get first batch of Dhanush artillery gunsFive guns from the total order for 114 are likely to be handed over next week.
Army uses Bofors guns to respond to border shelling by PakistanSince the Pulwama attack, there have been over 100 ceasefire violations along LoC and both countries have been using guns of higher calibre
United Arab Emirate guns to fire with Made in India shellsThe ordnance factories' exports will multiply 10 times once the Rs 235 crore order is finalized. "At present, exports are within Rs 20-25 c...
Desi Bofors howitzer to be tested again, Army keeps fingers crossedThe Army has not inducted a single modern 155mm gun for the last three decades since the infamous Bofors scandal.
- Ordnance factory introduces indigenous version of 155mm gun
Indian armed forces will use in 3 months an indigenous version of the 155mm calibre Bofors guns "which are more advanced than Bofors".
Army to induct indigenous howitzers in 2013: AK AntonyAfter failing to induct artillery guns in the last over 25 years, the Indian Army will get its first indigenously-manufactured howitzer nex...
- Defence Minister A K Antony to review work on indigenous artillery howitzers
Antony will tomorrow review progress of the work on two types of indigenous artillery howitzers being developed for the army by the Ordnanc...
- Army may finally induct howitzers in 2011
The first gun to be inducted is likely to be the M-777 ultra-light howitzers, 145 of which India will buy from US in a direct government-to...