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Dhanush is 155x45mm whereas this is 155x52mm.

War time manufacturing will be vastly different and higher than what one has now, Also, India will have logistical advantage in LAC making easier for India artillery to be well supplied and in large numbers. Next, one child policy of CHina has hit CHinese demography the hardest and they are not...

I actually said that the artillery will be transported up the hills using pulleys and mules. Pulleys using diesel motor can be used. Even mules have been used to tow artillery up the hills before. I am not sure how but that is a fact. I am also not sure if ATAGS can be disassembled and pulled up...

Actually in 1999, Pakistan had weapons locating radar from USA while India did not. That gave advantage to Pakistan The problem in Kargil was that India had no location service. GPS was disabled and India could not locate the enemy properly. Mobility will cause major problem, especially in a...

There are different types of usage of artillery. SPG is used for forward march whereas towed artillery is used for defensive posture to defend the territory. It is true that WLR can spot artillery, it is also a fact that the steep slopes of the himalayas can't be negotiated with a truck. The...

APUS are to move locally for a few hundred metres to a few kilometres. Trucks are needed only for hauling longer distances. ATAGS can exist independently without any trucks

Yes, ATAGS can move a few ten kilometres on its own at about 12kmph speed. Sorry for saying 100 km. Sure, the truck that tows ATAGS consumes more fuel but the cost of the truck is saved. One truck can haul in several artillery. Also, fuel consumption of Caesar is high while operational as the...

ATAGS is not meant to be mounted on trucks. It can't be mounted. It is not just a gun but a system of artillery. The discussion was about the weight of ATAGS being comparable to Caesar despite Caesar having a truck

ATAGS can move a few hundred kilometres on its own. It is just not a truck that can go very long distance. Caesar is essentially a self-propelled gun. It has all the advantage and disadvantage of a SPG. The main disadvantage is that Caesar is reliant on the engine of the truck to work - either...

It does not look awkward but works awkwardly. The support is not strong enough and there is big movement to the back whenever it is fired. See youtube video of Caesar firing. Transportation wise, I really don't see any reason to transport an artillery over hundreds of km on its own power...

ATAGS: AtAGS during transportation: ATAGS when firing Caesar: The caesar is a bit awkward and the truck has to be lifted off air so that it does not move back due to recoil. ATAGS also has a APU and is fully capable of moving around on its own but is also capable o being towed over long...

In Kargil war, 2lakh + shells were used. I think, a cost of 1000 dollars per shell would have destroyed the economy back then for such a small scale war. But, history shows that artillery fire has been generous with very little cost. In WW2, final siege of Berlin by USSR, 1 million shell was...

How many artillery shells are we capable of making? How much is the cost for artillery shell?