New Indian-made 155mm artillery howitzer Dhanush ready for use by Indian army end of this year.

After trials, India's indigenous artillery gun 'Dhanush' would be ready for use by the Army by the end of this year.Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) chairman M C Bansal today said the winter trials of the 'desi' howitzers were successfully completed in Sikkim and after the summer trials to be held in the deserts of Rajasthan in the next few months, it would be ready for use.

"We will add another laurel to the country by producing them with indigenous technology," he said. After the extensive trials, 'Dhanush' would be produced in bulk in the Gun Carriage Factory in Jabalpur and the Army has placed an initial order of 114 such guns.

An improved and indigenous version of the Swedish Bofors, 'Dhanush' is a 155mm and 45 calibre gun. While the original Bofors gun has a maximum effective range of 27 km, 'Dhanush' can fire a salvo up to 38 km in the plains. With the Defence Ministry focusing on indigenous technology, OFB had also decided to increase production capacity for making 5000 rockets for the Pinaka multi-barrel weapons system. 

Ordnance Factory Board of India to showcase prototype 6 of Dhanush 155mm 45 calibre howitzer

Ordnance Factories Board (OFB) of India presents the latest prototype of its 155mm 45 calibre Dhanush towed howitzer at Defexpo 2014, the International Defense Exhibition of New Delhi, India. OFP is an industrial setup functioning under the Department of Defence Production of Ministry of Defence, Government of India.

Manufactured by the Ordnance Factory Board, based on technology supplied by Bofors, Dhanush howitzers (155 mm/45 calibre) has a maximum range of 38 km.

Later this month, the Indian-made towed howitzer would be send to Sikkim firing range for another round of trial tests to check its accuracy and range. “We already have a written request from the Army to make 128 of these guns for which we began procuring the material,” an OFB official told Deccan Herald at Defexpo 2014.

The Indian Army has not purchased any artillery gun since the Bofors came in the 1980s. The Swedish howitzers proved its mettle during the Kargil war, but, since then a large of number of artillery guns had to be cannibalized to keep the remaining functional. As repeated efforts to buy new heavy artillery failed in the last decade, the Defence Ministry finally dusted out the old licensing agreement and asked the OFB to manufacture these guns. The Gun Carriage Factory (GCF) in Jabalpur is the integrator, though other units made crucial parts.

Today, six prototypes of the Dhanush howitzer were manufactured. The one displayed at DefExpo is the sixth one, which the OFB claimed to have modified.

The Dhanush is a 155 mm/45 calibre, the use of a longer barrel increases the maximum firing range. Currently, the Indian army standard towed howitzer is the Bofors 155mm 39 calibre which has a maximum effective range of 27 km, while the Dhanush can fire up to 38 km.

The Dhanush is also equipped with a crane and an auto-loading system mounted to the rear and right side of the main gun.

According to Indian Army officials, The Dhanush could fire eight rounds per minute, while the Bofors has a rate of fire of three rounds per 14 seconds. Its also equipped with computerized fire control.

DRDO to unveil a new 130mm self-propelled gun based on Arjun MBT chassis at Defexpo in New Delhi

The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)of India is all set to unveil a 130 mm self-propelled gun system, built based on the Arjun Main Battle Tank (MBT) MK-1 chassis. Developed by the DRDO lab Combat Vehicles Research and Development Establishment (CVRDE), the Arjun Catapult Gun System is likely to be displayed in public for the first time during the Defexpo India-2014, to be held in Delhi from February 6-9.

Pakistani army would like to modernize the Corps of Artillery to prepare future threat.

As Indian Defence Ministry continues to be sick by Bofors guns corruption fever, Pakistan slowly modernizing the Corps of Artillery to fight future wars

Remember why the Battle of Panipat 3 was lost by the Marathas and \how much damage was caused by artillery on both sides in which Ahmad Shah Abdali finally emerged victorious.  Relying on French guns and gunners (read importing weapons) was a fatal mistake by the Marathas, a folly repeated to this day by the Indians and their mentally sick and retarted Defence Ministry.

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Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif of the Pakistani Army on Tuesday, December 31, 2013, said that our country would do all that was possible to modernise the Corps of Artillery as part of its overall drive to prepare for the future threat. He made these remarks during his visit to the regimental centre of the Corps of Artillery at Attock, on the occasion of annual commanding officers conference.

He appreciated the gunners for displaying highest standards in all professional pursuits, including their befitting participation in operations. He said that Pakistan Army would do all that is possible to modernize the corps of artillery as part of its overall drive to prepare for the future threats.

Speaking on the leadership traits, the Chief of the Army Staff emphasized cardinals of character, courage and competence as the core ingredients of a military leader to inspire his subordinates and accomplish his assigned mission.

Earlier on his arrival at the regimental centre, the COAS was received by the Colonel Commandant Corps of Artillery, Lieutenant General Tariq Nadeem Gillani and Inspector General Arms Lieutenant General Muhammad Ijaz Chaudhry.