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Army given first AN-32 platform.
NAGPUR: Ordnance factory Ambajhari (OFAJ) too also started producing AN-32 platforms that are used to drop jeeps and other vehicles from aircraft from a height of 500 to 700 metres with the help of parachutes. The first platform was handed over to Indian Army on Saturday.
Director General of Ordnance Factories Board (OFB), DM Gupta, told the media that the platforms loaded with vehicles are carried on hydraulic trolley to the airbase and are then put inside AN-32 aircraft the trolley and manual effort. "The platforms along the vehicles are dropped at a desired location."
Gupta further said that the platforms were designed by OF Ambazari indigenously with the help of Aerial Delivery Research and Development Establishment (ADRDE), Agra. "It is a substitute for Russian AN-32 system."
Senior general manager of OFAJ, Sartaj Singh, said that a series of trials was carried out and final shape was given based on the feedback of these trials. The Army finally gave the green signal on March 15, 2011. "The Army has placed an order of 159 platforms and we are confident of meeting the target."
AK Saxena, scientist at ADRDE, explained the role of his organization in development of the system. Lt Col Ashok Kumar of 50 th Independent Para Brigade explained the importance of the AN-32 platforms in a war.
Factory officials DVK Rao, J P Tiwary, RG Karemore and GB Khade explained the role of various sections of the factory in manufacturing the platforms.
Army given first AN-32 platform - The Times of India
NAGPUR: Ordnance factory Ambajhari (OFAJ) too also started producing AN-32 platforms that are used to drop jeeps and other vehicles from aircraft from a height of 500 to 700 metres with the help of parachutes. The first platform was handed over to Indian Army on Saturday.
Director General of Ordnance Factories Board (OFB), DM Gupta, told the media that the platforms loaded with vehicles are carried on hydraulic trolley to the airbase and are then put inside AN-32 aircraft the trolley and manual effort. "The platforms along the vehicles are dropped at a desired location."
Gupta further said that the platforms were designed by OF Ambazari indigenously with the help of Aerial Delivery Research and Development Establishment (ADRDE), Agra. "It is a substitute for Russian AN-32 system."
Senior general manager of OFAJ, Sartaj Singh, said that a series of trials was carried out and final shape was given based on the feedback of these trials. The Army finally gave the green signal on March 15, 2011. "The Army has placed an order of 159 platforms and we are confident of meeting the target."
AK Saxena, scientist at ADRDE, explained the role of his organization in development of the system. Lt Col Ashok Kumar of 50 th Independent Para Brigade explained the importance of the AN-32 platforms in a war.
Factory officials DVK Rao, J P Tiwary, RG Karemore and GB Khade explained the role of various sections of the factory in manufacturing the platforms.
Army given first AN-32 platform - The Times of India
