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My first post on DFI after a hiatus of years . The round used was a Denel Assegai VLAP-ER round .

will go in for retests after corrections!

You're correct the ARMY had an indent for 15000 shells, the figures i quoted were from a CAG report damning the OFB for not meeting targets, not much has changed yet. Cost is for a complete ready to fire shell.

The OFB manufactured 7552 155mm HE ERFB (BB) shells in 2014, value of one shell was approximately 67,000Rs.

The wiki page is incorrect the M777ER is a 55 cal howitzer. https://www.army.mil/article/182638/picatinny_engineers_double_range_with_modified_m777a2_extended_range_howitzer As of today all the 155/39/45/52 cal howitzers you've named remain concepts except for the Dhanush which is in limited...

BHARAT FORGE has a declared capability to make one gun every two days or a production run of 15 units/month at it's existing facilities, this can be increased exponentially with the addition of facilities provided orders come through.

M777-ER is a 155/55 Cal gun not a 52 Cal one , targeted range is 70Km.

About Titanium manufacture in India, please just go in for a simple google search Please follow some random links below http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/pune-based-startup-to-make-copper-titanium-alloy-in-india/articleshow/53079693.cms http://www.titanium-india.com/...

Bharat Forge has been working with Titanium forgings for a long time now, and are acclaimed as one of the masters in the craft globally. As of 2016 they are one of the global vendors for Titanium parts supplied to Boeing for commercial airliners including the 777X as well. Berkshire Hathway has...

If you notice closely both guns are slightly different, the one on the left is from Bharat Forge with a Mercedes APU & also has an Autoloader sourced from ELBIT in Israel, the one on the Right is from Tata Motors and uses a Domestic APU. The final Production Gun will incorporate elements of both!

With regards to the above we still have miles to go as far as weight to orbit is considered. the GSLV carries only some 8 Tonnes to Orbit currently, the US DELTA V Heavy 8 Chinese Long March 5 can carry 25 Tonnes into Orbit, the Russian ANGARA A5 can carry 35 tonnes into orbit & the Ariane A5...

the IA loves the good old IFG/LFG it's the AK-47 of arty . works anywhere 7 is dirt cheap to maintain & use. Easy to train on as well. the LFG/IFG is also being upgraded wiht the help of Bharat forge. the upgraded gun has a range of 24km as compared to 17 km for the regular one. pls excuse any...

Our arty is being expanded massively the numbers for 155 tube arty by 2030-35 should be something like this 2000 ATAGS consideringa production run of 100/annum each between 2020-2030 from both BF & Tata lines. ~500 Dhanush 155/45/52 from OFB 145 M777 + 300 ULWH from Bharat Forge(This will come)...

Discussed the ATAGS with an Arty Major, let's just say the excitement in the corps is sky high. one of the key problems the guys had with OFB products was low quality of manufacturing. with Tata & Bharat Forge involed this is unlikely in ATAGS. This beast should pass user trials with flying colors.

Six Six Rounds in burst not three. This means a battery can fire 36 shells in 30 secs, double the firepower of a regular battery .

Also in addition to what Kunal has already pointed out in the post above the OFB project was based upon the old BOFORS design acquired in the 80's with very little modifications. the DRDO gun is envisaged as an entirely new Product!