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Bharat forge might have the capability to manufacture one barrel a day, but OFB has the facilities to produce one barrel an hour. The speed of the supply chain is governed by the slowest process, which for a new product lies in quality control checks and low rate of initial production to iron...

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It is the first 20 out of 144. The Army's projection is for 414 guns.

OBF had made the gun a good part of the decade back. The army woke up just a couple of years back and now they are conducting trials. Had the process been initiated say 6 years back, we would have been mass producing these guns by now.

Lol, the nincompoop bragged about it to the media. Antony can still have his career screwed :D

BEL's Shakti ACCCS. Totally networked.

Re: Army to Induct Bofors based 155 mm 'Dhanush' gun The 38 Km range should already be with base bleed rounds if not V-lap. The 38 Km range is greater than what OFB claims for its BB round from 45 caliber gun (it might be due to better gun though). Compare with the detailed range specs on...

OFB Head's interview. http://ofbindia.gov.in/download/chairman_interview_2014.pdf Haven't heard about OBF FH77B02 39 caliber gun, which most likely seems to have been abandoned in favour of 45 caliber gun. There was already an upgrade proposal underway of FH77B from 39 caliber to 45 caliber a...

Re: Army to Induct Bofors based 155 mm 'Dhanush' gun What kind of special ammo?

Re: Army to Induct Bofors based 155 mm 'Dhanush' gun Hard to tell. If the 8 rounds per minute is for sustained rate of fire then it is very good. If it is for intermittent rate of fire then it is same as the old gun.

Re: Army to Induct Bofors based 155 mm 'Dhanush' gun Idiots will now say that the Indian gun has a lower rate of fire than the original gun while neglecting the cool off period required in the FH-77 after the 3 round burst.