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Not to forget Army is ok with 50 ton K9 in High altitude mountains but ATAGS is too heavy

Is there any similar 52 caliber artillery in the world which weighs 12 tons? Any way if Army wanted 12 tons then will TGS requirement demand 12 tons? Some pvt Co will be used to relabel and sell ATHOS as IDDM to fill TGS requirement what Kalyani 52 ULH weighing 8 tons if weight is so important?

I think 200 K9 is just a balloon floated by import lobby

Don't be too excited. Imports will continue under the label of JV or Local Assembly.

Israeli Barak 8 got USD 2.5 Billion = Rs. 17,500 crore order 7 years BEFORE FIRST TEST FIRE. Recently Rs. 20,000 crore order given for MORE T90s. Even though the urgent need is for Dhanush Pinaka Nag AMR GPMG AKASH AEWs LCA LCH ASTRA

No. Army has not permitted start of Dhanush production and only from first batch of 12 will be produced

Relying on paid News to get well researched data? Bottom line :- Bulk production cleared Neither for Dhanush nor ATAGS. Rest is word play

Army procurement system is controlled by Dalal s Dhanush has been ready since 2013 Initially the orders was supposed to be 1500 Plus But they were reduced to 414 There after they were again reduced to 144 Even this reduced order was not allowed to be produced by import mad Army. It seems...

Zero ATAGS & Dhanush will be adopted by Army. Dalal lobby too strong. We are Looking forward to more M777 CALIBER 39 & 52 orders

Army will kill both ATAGS & Dhanush. Dalal lobby of BAE is too powerful

Army brass is actively blocking the production of Dhanush howitxers since 6 years. the idea is to protect potential imports and also to prevent development of indigenous industrial base for production of howitzer In the meanwhile m 777 is trying to Canvas that heavy howitzers are outdated and...

Only 18 have been actually ordered even though sanction has been given for 114. Trials going on various times each year for 3-4 years now

OFB 105mm can be dismantled and easily lifted by ALH or Mi-17 is 600-800 Helos by M777 is only suitable for airlift by Chinooks ie only 15 helos.

Interesting info. 105mm LFG costs only Rs. 2.5 crore each. So for the cost of 145 M777, we can purchase 2500 LFGs and pre position them in forward areas.

Roughly 2000 full power rounds

They are so many arms dealers for imported weapons and ways, means has to be found to oblige them.

There is lot of money to be made and bribes flow like water even before the award of final order i.e. during the RFI and RFP stages. So, the bigwigs wanted to keep the tap on.

Can u give more details? I thought that Soltam upgrade for around 180 guns is complete and second batch was not ordered. Further the Metamorphosis upgrade was not accepted

While GUn deal is important but there is no need to get overexcited. Note:- Smerch are being procured with Pinaka-2 on way Grad upgraded, Pinaka-1 being procured Additional 130mm procured Soltam 155mm upgrade kits (around 220-400?) OFB 155mm upgrade kit (?) M777s - 145