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Published: March. 8, 2012 at 6:30 AM
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NEW DELHI, March 8 (UPI) -- The Indian army has ordered 100 howitzer artillery pieces to be made by the Ordnance Factory Board, in Kolkata, West Bengal state.
Indian Minister of State for Defense M.M. Pallam Raju confirmed the order is for the 155mm, .52-caliber model, a report by the online news site Indian Express said.
Raju also said that bids for artillery guns including towed, self-propelled and ultra-light howitzers will be open to all manufacturers, foreign and domestic under $4 billion artillery modernization program.
Up to 40 towed guns will be ordered as well as 180 self-propelled and145 ultra-light guns, the Indian Express report said.
OFB was set up by the government in 1979, incorporating more than three dozen private and public domestic ordnance sales and manufacturing companies.
OFB has been supplying the army with howitzer spares, including muzzles, loading troughs, recoil systems and breach mechanism. The company also makes Vidhwansak, AK-47 and INSAS rifles, sport guns, various types of military vehicles and other defense equipment such as parachutes and propellants.
India moves on howitzer purchase - UPI.com
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NEW DELHI, March 8 (UPI) -- The Indian army has ordered 100 howitzer artillery pieces to be made by the Ordnance Factory Board, in Kolkata, West Bengal state.
Indian Minister of State for Defense M.M. Pallam Raju confirmed the order is for the 155mm, .52-caliber model, a report by the online news site Indian Express said.
Raju also said that bids for artillery guns including towed, self-propelled and ultra-light howitzers will be open to all manufacturers, foreign and domestic under $4 billion artillery modernization program.
Up to 40 towed guns will be ordered as well as 180 self-propelled and145 ultra-light guns, the Indian Express report said.
OFB was set up by the government in 1979, incorporating more than three dozen private and public domestic ordnance sales and manufacturing companies.
OFB has been supplying the army with howitzer spares, including muzzles, loading troughs, recoil systems and breach mechanism. The company also makes Vidhwansak, AK-47 and INSAS rifles, sport guns, various types of military vehicles and other defense equipment such as parachutes and propellants.
India moves on howitzer purchase - UPI.com
