dhanush may prove just a pain in ass for army considering their near 10 ton weight . Bofors were successful as they weigh half of what these giants do.
Which giant. What did the Bofors 39 cal weigh?
also to be noted it is 45 calibre 155 mm howitzer drdo is in pocess to work on 52 caliber 155mm owitzer though.
Good Indian Army can buy 400 pieces of 52 Cal too, in that case.
Kalyani group bought the famous Noricum and brought the entire company to India. Bharat forge howitzer is 52 calibre 155mm howitzer and much better range perhaps close to 50 km and should have been bought by army instead of dhanush. the cost factor is also important where bharat 52 will be produced at around 13 crores.
Sir, if the cal is increased to 60 then the shell will travel even further, but may not be needed. Dhanush is good to go.
And what does Dhanush cost?
Under the first phase, the army will place an order worth over Rs 1,200 crore for 114 such guns with the Ordnance Factories Board.
Read more at:
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com...ofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst
No matter what though kalyani group howitzer will get global customer but chances for dhanush are bleak.
That is merely a view.
There is a huge bureaucratic babu lobby of DRDO which in the name of make in India is looting India.
Koi nahi ji, upni gun hai. Thodi mahangi sahi. Imported maal is even more expensive in the long run compared to the cost of bureaucracy.
there should have been proper trials for both of these howitzer against each other. Indian army ordered 400 + so that drdo lobby is happy and do not obstruct their plans to buy more potent weapon system.
Indian Army does not have the money for much after the showbazzi they indulge in.
M777 on other hand is in entire different class and is meant for our mountain strike corps. these are ultra light and can be easily transported using chinook helis.
So how would they send the Arty Shells up there. On Helos?
Do you know what happened to the large number of shells IA decide to hoard for Siachen?
Bharat Forge has already developed an ultra light howitzer weighing 800 kg the tech is imported from USA but completely made in India. they are developing a counter to M777 howitzer gun we are importing from USA.
Bhai ji, 800 kilo ki top? Kya mutter ka dana shoot karti hai?
But it seems despite being patriotic unlike upa this government lacks serious brain to invest in the right areas.
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