Indian Army Artillery

[abingdonboy]

How do you run to the trenches if you do not hear the shell incoming. Weapons locating radar comes into the picture 30 seconds later with a solution to counter fire. But block your ears completely and suffer the consequences.

One more thing - mind your language.

I am talking purely about the gun crews, I'm not saying everyone within a 5 mile radius wear hearing protection.

My language may be abrasive but that is becuase it appears as though you are trying to defend the indefensible. Every other army has their gun crews with hearing protection, AS USUAL, the Indian soldier is left out in the cold and their interests ignored by penny-pinching out of touch brass.

God knows the long term effects these servicemen have to live with as a result.

 

[Advaidhya Tiwari]

This is nonsense. When firing a 155mm calibre gun there isn’t NO justification for not wearing hearing protection. There are weapon locating radars to provide firing solutions for counter-battery fire, there’s absolutely no way a human ear can provide such accuracy based on judgment alone.


Similarly you rarely ever see Indian soldiers wearing hearing protection when they are firing their rifles.

Blocking Headsets are rather cheap to buy and not buying is not about lack of funds. Ear protection is not worn even by soldiers of USA, Russia or China. The main reason is that earplugs block all noise and makes team work very difficult. All orders given to soldiers are also blocked. If anyone is calling you to warn something, then that is also blocked. Even things like enemy fire can be heard by bare ears and people can be alerted to impending danger which will not be possible with ear plugs. Sometimes it so happens that enemies infiltrate the lines from behind and start firing. If one has ear plugs on, then instead of getting alerted and fire back, he will simply get killed.

The best earplugs are index fingers when firing artillery, not any ear plugs/muffs

 

[cobra commando]

After howitzer, Vajra, Army guns for ‘made in India’ firepower

 

[Prashant12]

Indigenous gun trials of the Army to enter next stage by June


The development of the indigenously-designed heavy artillery gun, the Advanced Towed Artillery Gun System (ATAGS), has advanced to a stage where user-assisted trials of the gun are likely to start by June and the Army has begun finalising the Preliminary Specifications Qualitative Requirements (PSQR), a defence official said.

“Two guns are currently undergoing trials and another two guns will join the trials in a month,” the official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said. “User-assisted trials will begin from May-June while the PSQR should be ready by July,” the official added.

The ATAGS is a 155mm, 52 calibre gun being developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation on two parallel tracks: one prototype is being built in partnership with Tata Power (Strategic Engineering Division), and the other is in collaboration with Bharat Forge. There is a sanction for production of 10 guns as part of the development process.

The Army, which is in the process of drawing up the PSQR that details the essential and desired parameters for the gun, has already flagged a few concerns related to weight and accuracy. The gun currently weighs about 18 tonnes while the ideal weight for the army would be 14-15 tonnes. While the development team wanted the weight, accuracy and firing parameters to be relaxed in the PSQR, the Army has said that would be looked into after the user-assisted trials commence.

The gun has been undergoing development trials for some time now, with a few trials held in the Pokhran firing ranges as recently as last month.

Once the PSQRs are approved, the process for formulating the final Qualitative Requirements would begin. Guns from both Bharat Forge and Tata Power would be evaluated and based on the commercial bids, the order would be split between them with the lowest bidder getting a larger order. The Defence Ministry has already approved the in-principle purchase of 150 of these guns at an approximate cost of ₹3,365 crore.

The gun has several significant features including an all-electric drive, high mobility, quick deployability, auxiliary power mode, advanced communications system, automated command and control system. It also sports a six-round magazine instead of the standard three-round magazine. This necessitates a larger chamber and is a major factor pushing up the overall weight of the system.

The Army, which has been seeking to accelerate the modernisation of its weaponry, recently inducted its first modern pieces of artillery in three decades: the M777 Ultra-Light Howitzer from the U.S. and the K9 Vajra-T tracked self-propelled artillery gun from South Korea.


https://www.thehindu.com/news/natio...-enter-next-stage-by-june/article25791046.ece

 

[Hari Sud]

Too many bureaucratic procedures and too many stumbling blocks. These guns were in Sikkim last summer for trials, hence this bureaucracy should be cut.

 

[bhramos]

Indian PM Modi ji in a new K-9 Vajra-T howitzer at L&T’s facility in Hazira, Gujarat.

 

[WolfPack86]

PM @narendramodi at L&T’s Armoured Systems Complex in Hazira with the newly acquired K9 Vajra-T SPG

 

[WolfPack86]

Pictures from Army Day 2019: Artillery Corps new K-9 "Vajra-T" Self Propelled Howitzer, Mechanized Corps BMP-2 "Sarath" and Army Para SF Operatives showing Heliborne Drills with ALH Dhruv and a T-72 Combat Improved Ajeya in the background.

 

[WolfPack86]

newly acquired K9 Vajra-T SPG

 

[Enquirer]

Modi's Rath Yatra

 

[bhramos]

newly acquired K9 Vajra-T SPG

did India buy
K10 ammunition re-supply vehicle (ARV)

 

[Enquirer]

did India buy
K10 ammunition re-supply vehicle (ARV)

Yes. It's part of the package. I forget the exact number - probably around 10(??)

 

[WolfPack86]

#BREAKING Army To Get New Batch Of K-9 Vajra Howitzers In One Month, Says Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman

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A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi took a ride in the K-9 Vajra howitzer, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday said the Army would get a fleet of 10 more Howitzers in the next one month.

The K-9 Vajra is one of the two new howitzers to have been inducted into the Army after a gap of more than 30 years in the shadow of the Bofors gun scandal. “The induction of the gun into the Army was a big achievement after a gap of 30 years… in the next month, the Army will receive a new batch of these guns,” Defence Minister Sitharaman said in reply to an ANI query.

This is one of the fastest deals in terms of the time taken.

Larsen & Toubro had won Rs 4,500 crore contract to supply 100 units of the K9 Vajra-T 155 mm/52 calibre Tracked Self-Propelled gun systems to the Indian Army in 2017.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday inaugurated the Armoured Systems Complex of Larsen and Toubro in Gujarat, the first private facility in the country where the K9 Vajra self-propelled Howitzer guns will be manufactured.

Larsen & Toubro had in 2017 won the Rs 4,500-crore contract from the Ministry of Defence to supply 100 units of K9 Vajra-T 155 mm/52 calibre tracked self-propelled gun systems to the Indian Army under the Centre’s ‘Make in India’ initiative.”I congratulate the entire team of Larsen & Toubro for building the state-of-the-art K-9 Vajra Self Propelled Howitzer. This is a significant contribution towards India’s defence sector and protecting the country,” Prime Minister Modi tweeted.”Boosting ‘Make in India’ in the defence sector is our endeavour. I am glad that the private sector too is supporting this pursuit and making a valuable contribution,” he had said in another tweet.

The other gun to have been inducted into the Army was the M-777 ultralight howitzer which has been imported from the US.
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[jackprince]

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[WolfPack86]

Recent entrants into the Indian Army, you’ll see a pair of K-9 Vajra-Ts & @BAESystemsplc M777s on Rajpath this morning at the #RepublicDay2019. Here they are the rehearsal earlier this week.

 

[Hari Sud]

Recent entrants into the Indian Army, you’ll see a pair of K-9 Vajra-Ts & @BAESystemsplc M777s on Rajpath this morning at the #RepublicDay2019. Here they are the rehearsal earlier this week.

Yes we saw them but did not know how to distinguish one from the other.

 

[pankaj nema]

Modi's Rath Yatra

Modi preparing for the Next Surgical strike

:biggrin2:

 

[aarav]

Sharang’ Power: Kanpur Ordnance Factory To Supply Indian Army With Make-In-India Artillery


by Swarajya Staff Jan 30 2019, 2:32 pm,

Sharang Artillery gun (image credit: Facebook)
As part of the Modi government’s ‘Make in India’ initiative, an indigenously-designed towed 155 mm/45 calibre tower artillery gun named ‘Sharang’ is all set to be supplied to the Indian Army from Field Gun Factory and Ordnance Factory, Kanpur, reports Times of India.

Sharang will bolster the army’s combat abilities along the lines of the Soltam guns produced by Israel. The weapon has been upgraded successfully from its previous specification of 130 mm to 155 mm.

“The upgrade, involving the changing of barrel, would mean an increase in the range of the field gun from 27 km to 38 km,” said general manager, Field Gun Factory, Shailendra Nath. He added that the field gun was a 100 per cent indigenous weapon.

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Sharang had clinched the winning bid at a procurement drive of the central government. Subsequently, the field weapon was tested at a DRDO facility in Balasore on 17 January 2019 called The Proof and Experimental Establishment.

 

[Kay]

Yes we saw them but did not know how to distinguish one from the other.

K-9 is tracked and M777 is towed. Am I missing something?

 

[Haldiram]

did India buy
K10 ammunition re-supply vehicle (ARV)

India didn't buy the K10. We bought only k9 (110 units).

Only 2 countries are using K10, namely S.Korea (170 units) and Norway (6 units).

India will most likely use non-armored, thin skinned vehicles to move around ammo. Ashok Leyland recently got a big order from Israel's Elbit as an artillery mounting platform (and possibly ammo carrying). Ashok Leyland has only mentioned one line "for mounting artillery and other systems". Probably India will use something like that too or possibly use the Bhim chassis as a resupply vehicle.

Question for muh niggas : Bharat Forge had signed a JV with Elbit for wheeled artillery (ATMOS), what's the status of that? how many did we buy? or is the deal cancelled?