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Home / News / India News / OFB to manufacture 114 India's first-ever long-range artillery gun 'Dhanush'
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OFB to manufacture 114 India's first-ever long-range artillery gun 'Dhanush'

OFB to manufacture 114 India's first-ever long-range artillery gun 'Dhanush'
Written by Aakanksha Raghuvanshi
(Sourced from PTI)
Feb 20, 2019, 04:50 pm 2 min read
OFB to manufacture 114 India's first-ever long-range artillery gun 'Dhanush'

The Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) has received a bulk production clearance from the Indian Army and the Defense Ministry for production of 114 'Dhanush' artillery guns, officials said yesterday. 'Dhanush' is the first long-range artillery gun to be produced in India and it is a major success story of the 'Make in India' initiative, the defense ministry said in a statement. Here's more.

Features
'Dhanush' equipped with inertial navigation-based sighting system, auto-laying facility

The ministry further said the clearance was received on Monday. "The gun is equipped with inertial navigation-based sighting system, auto-laying facility, on-board ballistic computation and an advanced day and night direct firing system. "The self-propulsion unit allows the gun to negotiate and deploy itself in mountainous terrains with ease," the ministry said. Dhanush' has been mechanically upgraded to fire standard NATO 155 mm ammunition.

Information
Dhanush electronically upgraded to enhance the firing accuracies

'Dhanush' can accommodate the bi-modular charge system (BMCS) which has resulted in increasing the range. It has also been electronically upgraded to enhance the firing accuracies, laying speeds of the existing gun and to provide compatibility with various kinds of ammo as well, it said.

Performance
'Dhanush' evaluated under arduous conditions in several phases

The performance of the gun has been evaluated under arduous conditions in several phases. "The guns travelled extensively in towed and self-propelled mode in all terrains viz desert and high altitude with each gun clocking over 1600 km. Such an extensive exercise was carried out by the user for the first time for any gun system under the process of induction," it added.

Challenge
Change in vision parameters posed a challenge for OFB: Statement

The manufacture of a 155 mm modern artillery gun was initially a challenge for the OFB because of a change in vision parameters from 155x39 calibre to 155x45 calibre. The OFB received the Transfer of Technology documents pertaining to 155x39 calibre and then converted it to 155x45 calibre successfully, it said. DRDO, DGQA, Bharat Electronics Limited, SAIL have also contributed to the 'Dhanush's development.

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