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    DRDO 155mm Artillery Program

    Now that's what the aim should be.
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    DRDO 155mm Artillery Program

    A peculiar hit job article. The writer is at lost about how to make sense, but tried hard to satisfy the financer.
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    DRDO 155mm Artillery Program

    Chill. It is norm to blame OFB for any barrel burst. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/barrel-burst-sets-back-armys-advanced-howitzer-programme/articleshow/78115375.cms
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    DRDO 155mm Artillery Program

    Copperhead M712 CLGP is the mother of all guided projectile. Its a 155 mm artillery shell developed in 70s which is laser guided and is still in use. But one point to note is, shells like these use the glide mode for precision strike rather then range extension. SO as of now, only BB and RAP...
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    DRDO 155mm Artillery Program

    You mean something like this.
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    DRDO 155mm Artillery Program

    The fired round is a V-LAP round from G6 which is a SPHG system. V-LAP round is a hybrid round of Rocket assisted and base bleed round. https://www.yugoimport.com/en/proizvodi/155-mm-he-erfb-rabb-very-long-range-artillery-projectile-vlap-rocket-assistancebase-bleed
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    DRDO 155mm Artillery Program

    Nice to read and good for Chinese aviation industry overall. What I have cited is what have been flowing in media about Chinese industrial espionage saga due to which Russia has not given the ToT for Al31F. Whereas Chinese developed SCB on their own, we are unable to do so till now even with...
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    DRDO 155mm Artillery Program

    First of all, its a JV in between a Pvt Indian company and Techwin. So ToT is not a priority here as it comes into play only when such contract happens between a OEM and a state run organization like OFB. If there had been any such ToT offer been made, it has been made to L&T and not Govt of...
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    DRDO 155mm Artillery Program

    Okk............ On your first point, could you kindly point towards any article where it is written that India manufactures it from scratch without imports? Now coming to Kaveri, it uses DS blades and not SCB, agreed. But Al-31FP does make use of SCB. Now could you kindly enlighten me on the...
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    DRDO 155mm Artillery Program

    For start, try to get out of this false dream or thought that India does have ToT of any jet engine. What HAL had was just the know how of screwdriving parts supplied to them for overhauling an engine for start. Later on with time and skill they acquired the know how of fabricating parts of it...
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    DRDO 155mm Artillery Program

    Do you even know what you are talking about? We are getting a gun at the very first place. Do you even know what parts are covered under any ToT? Metallurgy is not covered under any ToT pact.
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    DRDO 155mm Artillery Program

    Offcourse, you need to make some changes in the gun itself to accommodate a revised shell. But these design change in itself is not responsible for drastic range increment. But likes of Ajai Shukla writes whatever they dream of after a heavy overnight booze.
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    DRDO 155mm Artillery Program

    Guys............. ERCA program is all about increasing the range of the shell by implementing likes of RAMJET engine. It has nothing to do with the gun. Here read this. AUSA 2018: US Army Extended Range Cannon Artillery programme eyes 130 km range...
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    DRDO 155mm Artillery Program

    You are talking about Dhanush 52. It is not under ATAGS programme. Its independent upgradation programe of Dhanush or FH77 haubits.
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    DRDO 155mm Artillery Program

    I think this is an old list. India had opted for ATAGS to fill up 155/52 caliber towed gun instead of procurement. It seems politburo and IA top brass had already made up their mind to go for foreign vendor and Dhanush and ATAGS just dashed their sweet dreams.
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    DRDO 155mm Artillery Program

    The 55 km range of G5 is only through VLAP, not with regular shells. With regular shells, its 39 km at base bleed performance or 35 km in normal condition. Now if we compare G5 and ATAGS, G5 is 155/45 as opposed to 155/52 caliber ATAGS. G5 weighs at 13+ ton whereas ATAGS weighs at 12tons. Rate...
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    DRDO 155mm Artillery Program

    Nice video on ATAGS...
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    DRDO 155mm Artillery Program

    Now that TOI report regarding Copper Titanium alloy looks promising. We should work in field of Aluminium-Titanium alloy along with Copper-Titanium to build around weapon grade alloy.
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    DRDO 155mm Artillery Program

    Not really. Private sector can't be the sole answer. You need to involve SME and educational institutes in the effort. One positive step I have seen in this regard is Army involving IITs in solution buildup process recently. Efforts should be made to involve educational institutes and...
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    DRDO 155mm Artillery Program

    The very failure of management and high handedness or bureaucracy has not allowed R&D to florish in defence industry.
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