So... 2 updates:
1. It is about calling for elections for setting up the UTβs Legislative Assembly, which by the way cannot be conducted unless & until the delimitation of constituencies is carried out.
2. (MORE IMPORTANT)
It is inevitable that the ATAGSβ field evaluations will be long-drawn due to the increased volume of the barrel chamber, which increases the pressure inside the barrel on the 155mm rounds. Consequently, the laws of physics dictate that the 155mm artillery rounds too be made compatible so that the barrels donβt get damaged. But is this even possible? If yes, then is anyone in India developing such rounds? Or is it time to revert back to 23-litre chamber volume for the barrel, instead of the 25-litre chamber volume that no one else in the world uses? In fact, an enquiry should be conducted over how & why was it decided that a 25-litre chamber volume was specified & developed when no one else in the world has adopted this concept. And as I had stated earlier, long-range is totally irrelevant since fire-assault effectiveness is judged only through direct forward observation by optronic sensors & even if long-range is desired, then rocket-assisted projectiles (RAP) fired from 155mm/52-cal barrels had demonstrated a range of 61km way back in the late 1990s when the IA was evaluating the DENEL-developed T-6 turret (part of the CVRDE-developed BHIM 155mm/52-cal tracked self-propelled howitzer).
ATAGS to giyo