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India's Krasnopol 155mm LGM Shells: Defective?
Posted 14-Dec-2006 04:02
Krasnopol 155mm
The Indian Express reports that India's Russian Krasnopol 155mm laser-guided shells have displayed defective performance during Army test-firing in the Mahajan ranges in Rajasthan in 2004 and 2005,
The shells also displayed difficulties at high altitudes during the 1999 Kargil War. At first, the Army thought that the problem was with the designator so they replaced Israeli and French designators with original KBP equipment. Reports indicate, however, that this has not resolved the problems:
"Top Government sources have told The Sunday Express that a majority of the 2,000-strong Krasnopol inventory has been found defective: the shell, priced over Rs 15 lakh per piece, hits the target accurately during test-firing but fails to explode on impact."
Indian Express reports that 1,000 Krasnopol shells were bought from M/s KBP Instrument Design Bureau in Tula, Russia and delivered in May 2000 at a cost Rs 151 crore (about $34.4 million then). Two years later, New Delhi reportedly bought another 2,000 shells at the cost of some $80 million with plans firmed up for buying another 6,000.
Posted 14-Dec-2006 04:02
Krasnopol 155mm
The Indian Express reports that India's Russian Krasnopol 155mm laser-guided shells have displayed defective performance during Army test-firing in the Mahajan ranges in Rajasthan in 2004 and 2005,
The shells also displayed difficulties at high altitudes during the 1999 Kargil War. At first, the Army thought that the problem was with the designator so they replaced Israeli and French designators with original KBP equipment. Reports indicate, however, that this has not resolved the problems:
"Top Government sources have told The Sunday Express that a majority of the 2,000-strong Krasnopol inventory has been found defective: the shell, priced over Rs 15 lakh per piece, hits the target accurately during test-firing but fails to explode on impact."
Indian Express reports that 1,000 Krasnopol shells were bought from M/s KBP Instrument Design Bureau in Tula, Russia and delivered in May 2000 at a cost Rs 151 crore (about $34.4 million then). Two years later, New Delhi reportedly bought another 2,000 shells at the cost of some $80 million with plans firmed up for buying another 6,000.
