Cursed Indian Artillery

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Bhim Not On Track After All

19 June 2011

Trust DRDO not to put out the full picture. The Indian BHIM 155-mm tracked self-propelled howitzer was recently noted by DRDO to have been "evaluated" and "accepted" by the Indian Army. Well, it turns out the DRDO was referring to its nearly decade old evaluation/acceptance by the Army when the BHIM had a Denel T6 gun turret. After Denel was blacklisted by the Indian government following apparent evidence of malfeasance in a separate deal for anti-materiel rifles, the BHIM became effectively gun-less, and has remained so ever since. Efforts have been made twice to give the BHIM a gun, but those efforts are nowhere close to complete. And when I checked with DRDO, they told me they were "planning to" restart efforts to find the BHIM a new gun. So, no new gun. It's just a couple of Arjun chassis stored away somewhere.

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[MrIndianSikh]

India needs to develop its defense industry spend more on development of the public and private sectors the DRDO despite having some of the worlds hardest working scientists cannot just provide something like magic for the military India needs its own lockheed martin raytheon northtrop Rafael etc

if we had a indigenous 155mm howitzer then charges of graft or irregularities would not arise

 

[Abingdonboy]

I think IA artillery situation is getting beyond a joke now. At least the M777 seems certain- a great buy, saw a documentary on US airborne artillery and this device is a real beast- can be dropped in from C-130/C-17 (hmm sounds familiar!) with paratroopers, set up within 6 minuets and fire so accurately it can hit MOVING targets!