He's old as fuck. No really, he IS.
Facts are often too bitter to swallo, I know. But I'd still advise you to stop crying over it.
read on twitter that the time for setting up m777 towed on site and packing it up is just ~2 mins . thought it would in 10 - 20 min range.
Yeah, same. There's a lot of misconception and misinformation.
Really would depend on the terrain and the situation. The biggest plus of towed systems is their strategic mobility - you can air-drop those things pretty much anywhere there is a patch of flat ground, the same can not be done with self-propelled ones.
Mounted gun system provides shoot and scoot capability . Thus more immune to counter battery fire . Minimize ability to locate and fire the position . Also the idea is it is less time taking to prepare a mounted system . It has its own benefits . Mix of towed and mounted is the right way for a army .
Chotay tu dukhi mat ho. Sab maaya hai....
Constitution me directive principle, article 36 se 51 me self reliance ko badhawa dena hai.
The last I heard the MGS tender had been withdrawn.
The hilarious/pathetic part is the DRDO were given the brief to design a towed 155/52 with world class specs- they did this and included the 25L chamber so the ATAGS has beaten all existing 155/52 range records. It’s the only gun in india that could hit zones 1-7 with conventional ammo
They all have their uses. Truck mounted/MGS is good for combined arms offensive tactics (shoot and scoot). The towed guns are useful for entrenched firing locations and for infantry support
Not going to get into the Arjun stuff here (their games there are for all to see)Bad Decision to Import Towed Artillery Gun
The Indian Army has done it again; it has placed the locally made artillery gun (ATAGS) on back burner and has issued a RFI to purchase a towed gun under 15 tons in weight.
The Indian Army hates local stuff, no matter how good it is! One quick reason given is weight of the ATAGS is a ton and half greater than arbitrarily set weight limitations of 15 tons. Although the Army knows that ATAGS has a greater range than any other gun which will participate in this tender……. Shame on the Army as well the civil MOD who is a full participant in this stupidity. Now we know why ATAGS was undergoing such a long trial and evaluation process. It was trying to look for possible defects in order to reject it. Kalyani, TATA and L&T and DRDO must be stunned at this development. Now this RFI process will take at least five years and then it will be re-tendered at least three times and emerging winner will be no better than ATAGS…… Shame on them again.
Don‘t you see the artificial rejection ten years back of highly upgraded Arjun tank in favour of T-90. The rejection of Arjun was based on 4 tons extra weight due to, too many improvements requested by the Army which added weight. It was flimsily argued that Indian rail and road bridges cannot take that extra weight. Now the argument for Indian made artillery is same that it is ton and half heavier and harder to make turn in the mountains; another flimsy argument to favor imports.
Our Atamnirbharta has become a laughing stock.
Apparently L&T made an unsolicited offer for the Nexter 155/52 towed gun very recently to the IA. Insiders seemed to know what was going on, what dirty dirty games that go on inside Delhi HQsCould it be that DRDO knew that IA was gonna tank the ATAGS which is why they released that tender last month for the laser ignition system for ATAGS, which should reduce the weight by overall removing the need for a primer based ignition system?
The acquisition dates seem aggressive enough....
DRDO developing new laser based ignition system for ATAGS
DRDO developing new laser based ignition system for ATAGSwww.theigmp.org
2 minutes mein maggi bhi nahi banti. Don't go by these brochure release.
Isliye maine abhi masala daal ke kacchi khali tasty hai
Bharat 52 already got a small export order from Saudis within 2 years of trials.
