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  1. shuvo@y2k10

    Indian Army Artillery

    ITBP troops getting familiarized with 105 mm IFB. Not sure if it is inducted in their arsenal.
  2. shuvo@y2k10

    Indian Army Artillery

    There was a also some report last year about raising an artileery wing for ITBP. Wonder what happened to that.
  3. shuvo@y2k10

    Indian Army Artillery

    Atags is much better. Dhanush is just a OFB version of Bofors gun (based on old TOT papers), which has been made in 45 caliber.
  4. shuvo@y2k10

    Indian Army Artillery

  5. shuvo@y2k10

    Indian Army Artillery

    There is no point in discussing import of Athos. Tracked artillery systems (52 caliber) has been moved to Import Negative list by the Government with the deadline of December 2020. That deadline has already been crossed...
  6. shuvo@y2k10

    Indian Army Artillery

    Bharat 52 is not ATGAS. Bharat 52 is Bharat Forge's 52 caliber version of the their own design which is heavily borrowed from GHN 45 artillery gun from Norincum (Austria), whose design as well as the entire factory from Austria was acquired and reestablished in India. GHN-45 in turn is based on...
  7. shuvo@y2k10

    Indian Army Artillery

    Long before ATAGS project, the ARDE developed a 185 mm artillery gun in the 70-80s, but Army didn't show any interest.
  8. shuvo@y2k10

    Indian Army Artillery

    No Bharat 52 is not the gun offered by Bharat Forge as a potential M-777 replacement. Bharat 52 is a 52 caliber artillery gun which Bharat forge (BF) made. This gun is a separate project that ATAGS. It has completed trials as of August 2020...
  9. shuvo@y2k10

    Indian Army Artillery

    52 caliber artillery in order of decreasing range: ATAGS > BHARAT 52 > Dhanush > Athos Now, it depends on the dalals on how to play their import card, now that we have 2 more options other than ATAGS. Bharat 52 has cleared trials, while Dhanush and ATAGS are in trials.
  10. shuvo@y2k10

    Indian Army Artillery

    Don't forget Kalyani developed Bharat 45 and Bharat 52 which are also towed 155mm artillery. Other than that modified IFG offered by Kalyani which weighs less than 1 ton and can be mounted on the back of a small truck. Also there is two versions of ULH : one made of titanium and one slightly...
  11. shuvo@y2k10

    Indian Army Artillery

    He said march 2018 in the interview. http://ajaishukla.blogspot.in/2017/10/metallurgy-skills-are-kalyani-groups.html
  12. shuvo@y2k10

    Indian Army Artillery

    I hope Kalyani 155 mm 39 caliber ULH will be inaugrated in Defence expo 2018 which will most probably happen in April. As per recent interview Baba Kalyani said it will be ready by March 2018 which is just 2 months from now.
  13. shuvo@y2k10

    Indian Army Artillery

    2 good news : 1. ULH will be ready for trials by March 2018 i.e 4 months from now. 2. Bharat 52 is in testing phase.Don't know where.
  14. shuvo@y2k10

    Indian Army Artillery

    “India will become one of the largest exporters of military hardware in the next 10-15 years”: Baba Kalyani Baba Kalyani says Kalyani Group will turn over Rs 2,000 crore annually in defence manufacture Q. Large metals giants, like Krupp in Germany, have traditionally spearheaded the...
  15. shuvo@y2k10

    Indian Army Artillery

    Metallurgy skills are Kalyani Group’s springboard to defence production The Kalyani Group's Bharat 52 gun, which is undergoing test firing at present By Ajai Shukla Business Standard, 23rd Oct 17 Indian engineers, who struggled for decades to design high-tech weaponry like the Tejas fighter...
  16. shuvo@y2k10

    Indian Army Artillery

    This was bound to happen. In fact during the trails which were conducted on Gen V.K Singh's tenure the M777 exhibited several deficiencies which were written in a confidential report which got leaked to media (REF : Saurav Jha's tweets). But I am sure this will be blamed on faulty ammo supplied...
  17. shuvo@y2k10

    Indian Army Artillery

    if the denel gun means does it means the rebirth of the bhim project?
  18. shuvo@y2k10

    Indian Army Artillery

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    Indian Army Artillery

  20. shuvo@y2k10

    Indian Army Artillery

    you are wrong. the kalyani group showcased artillery is indegeneously manufactured 155mm 52 caliber called bharat 52. you must have been confused with another kalyani group project called Project Karan: Upgrade proposal of M-46 130mm guns to 155mm/45 caliber guns by Kalyani Group which is not...
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