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Kanpur: Cannon 'Sharang', Belt Fed Light Machine Gun and Joint Venture Protective Carbine (pictures in order) prepared in Kanpur under 'Make In India' movement, now inducted into Indian Army





Nahi sirji, only arty part of the news is correct.

belt fed LMG is still under development. No news of JVPC being accepted by IA.
 

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L&T to deliver first lot of K9 VAJRA-T guns by the end of May



Pune: The first lot of 155 mm/52 calibre tracked self-propelled gun system, K9 VAJRA-T, developed by the Larsen and Toubro (L&T) Defence will be handed over to the Indian Army by the end of this month. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) had given a contract to the company to supply 100 guns for Rs 4,500 crore. A total of 25 guns will be delivered now.

Jayant Patil, whole-time Director (Defence) of L&T, told Sakal Times, “We have already developed the gun and are ready to deliver. We have developed 25 guns within the time frame given by the government. It has already undergone all necessary trials and tests. The rest will be delivered also on time.”

The government had given the contract to L&T in May 2017. Under the contract, which is in line with the government’s 'Make In India' initiative, L&T will deliver 100 guns, which will have over 50 per cent indigenous components, in 42 months, from its manufacturing facilities, including a new Armoured Systems Complex at Hazira in Gujarat.

L&T, along with its South Korean technology partner Hanwha Tech Win (HTW), had bid for this 'Boy Global' acquisition programme of MoD in 2011.

Later, it emerged as the sole qualified bidder out of four bidders for the programme. The bidders went through a series of user evaluations, based on the performance of the K9 VAJRA-T self-propelled Howitzer.

The gun is an enhanced version of Hanwha Tech Win's K9 Thunder - self-propelled Howitzer - and is customised and co-developed by L&T to suit the specific requirements of the Indian Army, including desert operations.

The K9 Thunder self-propelled Howitzer is considered among the best in the world with over 1,000 units already in service in Korea and few other countries.

http://www.sakaltimes.com/pune/lt-deliver-first-lot-k9-vajra-t-guns-end-may-17624
 

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L&T to deliver first lot of K9 VAJRA-T guns by the end of May



Pune: The first lot of 155 mm/52 calibre tracked self-propelled gun system, K9 VAJRA-T, developed by the Larsen and Toubro (L&T) Defence will be handed over to the Indian Army by the end of this month. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) had given a contract to the company to supply 100 guns for Rs 4,500 crore. A total of 25 guns will be delivered now.

Jayant Patil, whole-time Director (Defence) of L&T, told Sakal Times, “We have already developed the gun and are ready to deliver. We have developed 25 guns within the time frame given by the government. It has already undergone all necessary trials and tests. The rest will be delivered also on time.”

The government had given the contract to L&T in May 2017. Under the contract, which is in line with the government’s 'Make In India' initiative, L&T will deliver 100 guns, which will have over 50 per cent indigenous components, in 42 months, from its manufacturing facilities, including a new Armoured Systems Complex at Hazira in Gujarat.

L&T, along with its South Korean technology partner Hanwha Tech Win (HTW), had bid for this 'Boy Global' acquisition programme of MoD in 2011.

Later, it emerged as the sole qualified bidder out of four bidders for the programme. The bidders went through a series of user evaluations, based on the performance of the K9 VAJRA-T self-propelled Howitzer.

The gun is an enhanced version of Hanwha Tech Win's K9 Thunder - self-propelled Howitzer - and is customised and co-developed by L&T to suit the specific requirements of the Indian Army, including desert operations.

The K9 Thunder self-propelled Howitzer is considered among the best in the world with over 1,000 units already in service in Korea and few other countries.

http://www.sakaltimes.com/pune/lt-deliver-first-lot-k9-vajra-t-guns-end-may-17624
Nacho bhenchod:balleballe::balleballe::balleballe::balleballe::balleballe: I am so f****** happy that words cannot Express the joy I'm feeling right now:hippo::cruisin2:
 

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ayant Patil, whole-time Director (Defence) of L&T, told Sakal Times, “We have already developed the gun and are ready to deliver. We have developed 25 guns within the time frame given by the government. It has already undergone all necessary trials and tests. The rest will be delivered also on time.”
25 Guns within this month????? That's really something.
 

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25 Guns within this month????? That's really something.
I think contract was to deliver atleast 10 but they made 25. These are made in Korea just being assembled here, rest of the gun will be manufactured here with 50% indigenous content. L&T is the best private company they usually deliver earlier than given timeline. I believe 50 more will be ordered taking total to 150.
 

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Jayant Patil, whole-time Director (Defence) of L&T, told Sakal Times, “We have already developed the gun and are ready to deliver. We have developed 25 guns within the time frame given by the government. It has already undergone all necessary trials and tests. The rest will be delivered also on time.”
Is L&T developing this weapon or assembling from Korea?
 

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Is L&T developing this weapon or assembling from Korea?
Semi Knocked down kits..
Except for a few items from Indian suppliers , most are directly from SoKo .
Pretty reasonable for such a low order volume of just 100 SPGs .

Indian items will usually include communications , displays, computers. etc
 

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I think contract was to deliver atleast 10 but they made 25. These are made in Korea just being assembled here, rest of the gun will be manufactured here with 50% indigenous content. L&T is the best private company they usually deliver earlier than given timeline. I believe 50 more will be ordered taking total to 150.
10 of these are directly from S Korea in form of knock down kits. 15 were manufactured in India. The contract was to deliver 100 guns within 42 month. So no wonder that L&T is working at break neck speed.

Moreover SPG requirement is of 250 guns. Now would have to wait and see further orders.

BTW no mention of K10 delivery yet.
 

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L&T to deliver first lot of K9 VAJRA-T guns by the end of May



Pune: The first lot of 155 mm/52 calibre tracked self-propelled gun system, K9 VAJRA-T, developed by the Larsen and Toubro (L&T) Defence will be handed over to the Indian Army by the end of this month. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) had given a contract to the company to supply 100 guns for Rs 4,500 crore. A total of 25 guns will be delivered now.

Jayant Patil, whole-time Director (Defence) of L&T, told Sakal Times, “We have already developed the gun and are ready to deliver. We have developed 25 guns within the time frame given by the government. It has already undergone all necessary trials and tests. The rest will be delivered also on time.”

The government had given the contract to L&T in May 2017. Under the contract, which is in line with the government’s 'Make In India' initiative, L&T will deliver 100 guns, which will have over 50 per cent indigenous components, in 42 months, from its manufacturing facilities, including a new Armoured Systems Complex at Hazira in Gujarat.

L&T, along with its South Korean technology partner Hanwha Tech Win (HTW), had bid for this 'Boy Global' acquisition programme of MoD in 2011.

Later, it emerged as the sole qualified bidder out of four bidders for the programme. The bidders went through a series of user evaluations, based on the performance of the K9 VAJRA-T self-propelled Howitzer.

The gun is an enhanced version of Hanwha Tech Win's K9 Thunder - self-propelled Howitzer - and is customised and co-developed by L&T to suit the specific requirements of the Indian Army, including desert operations.

The K9 Thunder self-propelled Howitzer is considered among the best in the world with over 1,000 units already in service in Korea and few other countries.

http://www.sakaltimes.com/pune/lt-deliver-first-lot-k9-vajra-t-guns-end-may-17624
Finally the koreans give us something other than kpop.

I hear the k-9 is one of the best in the world
 

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Final trials of ‘Dhanush’ underway

Testing of indigenous weapons/artillery is in continuous progression at Pokhran field firing range in Jaisalmer. And this time, first indigenous, long-range artillery gun ‘Dhanush’ (Deshi Bofors) is being tested finally after two years.

Developed by Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) and manufactured by Jabalpur-based Gun Carriage Factory (GCF), the trails of Dhanush have been going on for five years. Earlier, it had faced some major hiccups regarding ammunition used in it. The existing Dhanush can hit target at 38km and the improved version, which has the capacity to hit target at 42 km, is undergoing final trials in Pokhran. After that it will be handed over to the Army.

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com...-of-dhanush-underway/articleshow/64470761.cms
 

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