In which world do we have 410 Haubits? More than half of them were cannibalized back in 2016.
I should make a correction here. Both of us are correct.
An artillery battalion connected to a CAB is a 9-gun unit. But an artillery brigade has 2 battalions with 18 guns each, and this is configured in the IA style, so 4-6 guns per battery.
You brought up the same argument years ago, and @Hellfire pointed out that all guns are operational.
With such severe shortage, and the fact that the IA is upgrading older guns than Bofors, it makes sense that their best gun has also been upgraded. In any case, the 414 Dhanush will replace the Bofors 1-to-1.
Dont recall that. Point it out if you can....My info is from Deolali, strong enough to stick my neck out.
When a gun is cannibalized there is nothing left to upgrade. As far as replacements.... post Parrikar... its all doom and gloom, lets see how it goes. If LOC goes hot tomorrow, we will be headless chickens again. And this time around... there won't be emergency purchases from russians.
I recall you missed it. 'Cause he was cryptic as usual. I obviously can't go looking for it, been years, especially if it was on the older forum.
Cannibalization doesn't break the gun, they are not scrapping it, all you gotta do is replace the part that was taken with a new one.
I mean, the entire point of a gun is you can disassemble it completely and reassemble it anywhere you want. It's also very highly repairable in the field, never mind a factory.
Just like the assembly and disassembly of a rifle, the same is done to a gun during maintenance.
Is not it a little odd the report states the type of warhead, but no mention of which pinaka versions when there are 4?
Not a bad try from AWEIL. Apart from the 300 guns promised by the IA, they are aiming for these new 400 guns too. I don't think they will win though.
So, at least we know the current participants; AWEIL's Dhanush, Kalyani's Bharat 52 and Adani's (with Elbit) ATHOS. L&T is working with Nexter on a modern gun based on the CAESAR, which they have claimed they can start delivering within a year of order placement. Yet to see who else will join. Gotta see what Tata's gonna offer.
The 15T requirement kicks ATAGS out of the race, although some will come in through a separate requirement. Worst case, it goes the Arjun way, with only a few regiments bought. The 400-gun order can climb to its full 1600 limit after all.
BEML's HMV 8X8 is undergoing some testing. If only one could read the text:
General fluff. "High ride quality, low vibrations. Cabin has HVAC. Can accomodate single crane."
Semi-automatic loader from the looks of it. It's not gonna win, if that's the case.