Dhanush’ Clears Final Trials in Pokhran

[acetophenol]

Waiting for someone to come up with an excuse like there's no in-built music system and scrap the orders and go for foreign maal.

 

[SwAggeR]

Waiting for someone to come up with an excuse like there's no in-built music system and scrap the orders and go for foreign maal.

Hopefully ,that won't happen in Modi regime. Modi government has proposed new Apache squadrons for IA themselves as bargain to stop them from throwing spanner in homegrown products.

 

[Capt.Popeye]

Prove me wrong. moreover I have done my schooling from Sweden.

What is so unusual about Sweden?

 

[shree835]

Good Point is :

More importantly, it is likely to be priced at `14 crore a piece, less than half the price of a similar gun made abroad. The Bofors gun has a maximum effective range of 27 km, but sources said ‘Dhanush’ can fire a salvo up to 38 km in the plains.

Naree Taqbeer Allah Hu Akber

You have already tested Bofors gun...now we have new desert for you called Dhanush...Hope you will like it.... ... Not to worry, Lots of other stuff is on the way. ... FOR YOU ONLY... With deep love and affection ... INDIAN ARMY.

 

[Tshering22]

But IA should order more pieces. 500+ orders would do justice.

 

[shree835]

But IA should order more pieces. 500+ orders would do justice.

500 is not enough for Indian Army... I am sure it will go far more...

 

[Tshering22]

500 is not enough for Indian Army... I am sure it will go far more...

Sir ji, kaheen to start karein.

 

[GORKHALI]

If the order is significantly large, the price will further come down because of economy of scale. And given the attractive price point, the export potential seems excellent.

NEW DELHI: In a major boost to defence indigenisation, the desi Bofors howitzer has now entered its final round of user-trials in Pokhran field firing ranges after successful winter trials in the mountains of Sikkim.

The artillery gun christened 'Dhanush', which is the electronically upgraded indigenous version of the original Swedish 155 mm Bofors howitzer bought by India in the mid-1980s,has already entered the production phase at the Jabalpur Gun Carriage Factory of the Ordnance Factory Board (OFB).

Both the Army and OFB, in fact, are "quite excited" about Dhanush, which they claim performs "20-25% better" than the original Bofors gun in virtually all parameters like range, accuracy, consistency, low and high angle of fire and shoot-and-scoot ability.

"It outclassed the Bofors during the trials in Sikkim at sub-zero temperatures at 11,500 feet altitude," said an official. The final summer trials, in turn, are being held from June 16 to 30 at Pokhran. There was a slight setback to the project when the barrel of a Dhanush prototype had burst during firing trials at Pokhran in August last year.But officials contend it was the use of "old ammunition with air bubbles" that led to the accident. "The inquiry established there was no fault with the barrel or its metallurgy," he said.

The Army hopes to plug at least some of its operational gaps in long-range, high-volume firepower through the initial induction of 414 Dhanush guns. The OFB has already been given an order of over Rs 1,260 crore to make 114 howitzers.

"Dhanush is around 80% indigenous now. It costs just about Rs 14 crore apiece. Only its APU (auxiliary power unit), electronic dial sights and a few other small items are imported. As per the plan, OFB will manufacture 18 howitzers in this financial year, followed by 50 in the next, and 100 per year thereafter," said the official.

Dhanush has been upgraded to 45-calibre from the 39-calibre of the original Bofors gun, increasing its strike range to 38 km with "extended range, full-bore" ammunition. The Army-OFB team began work a few years ago on the long-forgotten original designs, obtained under transfer of technology (ToT) provisions in the infamous Rs 1,437 crore Bofors contract of 1986, to develop the Dhanush.

The Army now hopes the howitzer will boom soon in its inventory. The force, after all, has failed to induct even a single 155 mm howitzer for 30 years after the infamous Bofors scam, which in later years got reinforced by scandals around other artillery manufacturers like South African Denel, Israeli Soltam and Singapore Technology Kinetic's (STK) to derail all its artillery modernization plans.
Desi Bofors howitzer undergoes final trials in major boost to indigenization - The Times of India

 

[GR!FF!N]

plus,another point to note....................

through the initial induction of 414 Dhanush guns

 

[GORKHALI]

plus,another point to note....................

Well I have some sources in DRDO and ARDE,who said that Brand new ATAGS 155/52mm will be based on Bofors with modern recoil , breach mechanism and new ballistic computers.

 

[SrNair]

But IA should order more pieces. 500+ orders would do justice.

I thinkit is a stage by stage process.when OFB finish their 500 pieces they can field their next gen artillery.Any way IAN will order at least 500 of this system

 

[The Great One]

Whoa.
Whatever happened to this

Tatas display Indian Bofors
Not to mention

Tata claims this "21st century" 155 mm, 52 calibre gun can extend the reach of India's artillery firepower to 52 km. The existing 155 mm, 39 calibre Bofors guns of the Indian Army have a range below 30 km. Not a single new artillery gun has been inducted by India since the scam-tainted Bofors deal of 1986.

 

[shree835]

Now Waiting for ... TATA Wala Gun...

 

[Koovie]

Why do they jump like that that?

 

[SledgeHammer]

I think the following organizations are developing their versions of 155 mm artillery guns for IA:

1. OFB
2. TATA Power SED
3. Bharat Forge
4. L&T
5. Mahindra Defence Systems
6. DRDO (ARDE)

Anyone has any details on their present status?