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| + | [http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com//Article.aspx?eid=31808&articlexml=Bofors-jinx-breaks-155mm-artillery-guns-land-today-18052017008044 Rajat Pandit, Bofors jinx breaks: 155mm artillery guns land today, May 18, 2017: The Times of India] | ||
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| + | India has now exorcised the ominous Bofors ghost haunting its artillery modernisation plans for the last 30 years. In the first modern 155mm artillery guns to be inducted by the Army since the 1980s, two of the 145 M-777 ultralight howitzers ordered from the US will touch down. | ||
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| + | Defence sources said on Wednesday the two howitzers, which will come in a chartered aircraft from the UK, will be taken to the Pokhran ranges for testing and “compilation of the firing tables“ for subsequent use. “The firing tables, with the guns being tested for different kinds of Indian ammunition with bimodular charges, will take some time to be formulated,“ said a source. | ||
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| + | The delivery schedule for the air-mobile howitzers, being acquired under a $737 million deal inked with the US in a government-to-government deal, will quicken from March 2019 onwards. “Five guns will then be delivered every month till all 145 are inducted by June 2021. While the first 25 guns will be imported, the remaining 120 will be assembled in India with artillery-manufacturer BAE Systems selecting Mahindra as its business partner here,“ he added. | ||
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| + | The arrival of the M-777 guns, which are primarily meant for the front with China, comes soon after the government also inked a Rs 4,366 crore contract with engineering conglomerate L&T for the supply of 100 self-propelled howitzers in collaboration with its South Korean partner Hanwha Tech Win. These 155mm52calibre tracked guns called K-9 Vajra-T, in turn, are to be delivered within 42 months, as earlier reported by TOI. | ||
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| + | The Army has not inducted a single 155mm artillery gun since the Bofors scandal brought down the Rajiv Gandhi government, and derailed all plans for technology transfer and indigenous manufacture. | ||
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| + | Subsequent scandals revolving around other global artillery manufacturers (see graphic) , like South African Denel and Singapore Technology Kinetics, further punched gaping holes in the Army's long-range, highvolume firepower. Interestingly , the original Swedish Bofors company is now owned by BAE Systems. | ||
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Unmanned Air Vehicles
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Howitzers
M-777 ultralight howitzers/ 2017
Rajat Pandit, Bofors jinx breaks: 155mm artillery guns land today, May 18, 2017: The Times of India
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India has now exorcised the ominous Bofors ghost haunting its artillery modernisation plans for the last 30 years. In the first modern 155mm artillery guns to be inducted by the Army since the 1980s, two of the 145 M-777 ultralight howitzers ordered from the US will touch down.
Defence sources said on Wednesday the two howitzers, which will come in a chartered aircraft from the UK, will be taken to the Pokhran ranges for testing and “compilation of the firing tables“ for subsequent use. “The firing tables, with the guns being tested for different kinds of Indian ammunition with bimodular charges, will take some time to be formulated,“ said a source.
The delivery schedule for the air-mobile howitzers, being acquired under a $737 million deal inked with the US in a government-to-government deal, will quicken from March 2019 onwards. “Five guns will then be delivered every month till all 145 are inducted by June 2021. While the first 25 guns will be imported, the remaining 120 will be assembled in India with artillery-manufacturer BAE Systems selecting Mahindra as its business partner here,“ he added.
The arrival of the M-777 guns, which are primarily meant for the front with China, comes soon after the government also inked a Rs 4,366 crore contract with engineering conglomerate L&T for the supply of 100 self-propelled howitzers in collaboration with its South Korean partner Hanwha Tech Win. These 155mm52calibre tracked guns called K-9 Vajra-T, in turn, are to be delivered within 42 months, as earlier reported by TOI.
The Army has not inducted a single 155mm artillery gun since the Bofors scandal brought down the Rajiv Gandhi government, and derailed all plans for technology transfer and indigenous manufacture.
Subsequent scandals revolving around other global artillery manufacturers (see graphic) , like South African Denel and Singapore Technology Kinetics, further punched gaping holes in the Army's long-range, highvolume firepower. Interestingly , the original Swedish Bofors company is now owned by BAE Systems.
