indigenisation process of 155mm arty started only after 2011 with dhanush, with first gun produced in 2015. our clock starts in 2015.
Did you ever question why it only started in 2015 and not 2005, it's not like we didn't have the ToT at that time.
Why didn't the army ask the industry to make dhanush in 2005
AWEIL
- Dhanush (induction in process )
- Dhanush MGS (Proposed)
- Sharang
Dhanush and Sarang are fucking ancient, they were good in 2005 not 2015, it's based on ToT from a 90s gun in essence it's a 30 year old technology.
KALYANI
- ATAGS
- Bharat ULH - 39
- Bharat 45
- Bharat 52
- MarG 155-BR (MGS)
Literally none of them are under order right now, ATAGS project started in 2013 FFS, it should have been in production by now but our harmkhor ( yes I understand the weight this word carries and I stand by it) Generals and corrupt Babus in the MoD have found a great trick of not buying indigenous equipment by setting unrealistic standards, then doing snail pace testing and taking years to give any firm orders and even then giving only piece meal order thus by the end of it a decade or so has passed with just few piece meal equipments I army's hand so rinse and repeat because technology is now outdated
Orders given :
2016 - M777
2016 - K9 Vajra
2017 - Dhanush
2018 - Sharang
Ordering nearly 4 decades old technology of Dhanush and Sharang is something only Indian Army can do
Upcoming orders
ATAGS 307
Remind me of this when the deal is actually signed and 1st ATAGS roll off the assembly line till then it's all smoke and mirrors, have been hearing about it for nearly 4 years now, I don't want to see another LCH
I am sorry but what exactly are you trying to prove with your reply, remind me of it when an actual deal is signed which I suspect won't be happening for atleast the next 10 years so no point bringing it up
Ahhh yet another RFI, I can bet you that it would take another 10 years before this RFI is concluded
So what exactly are you trying to prove here, if you are trying to prove how slow our Harmkhor Generals are then congrats I am convinced,
since towed gun requirement is around 1800 guns, that's where most of the noise is. rest of orders are in 100's, have been a relatively smoother process so far.
If you want to be happy with piece meal orders then suit yourself but the enemy won't be this forgiving and I am sorry but did these harmkhor generals not learn anything from the Ukraine war, why are we still fixated on 1800 towed guns, Pakis will have the support of the Cheenis (you know the fuckin biggest producer of drones)
Also what exactly do you mean by smooth other than Vajra everything else is either outdated or still stuck in the hell called MoD's procurement process
Let me remind you We have 0 MGS, we have 0 Modern Towed Gun System (no Sarangs are not modern) and we have just 145 modern ULH's with not even a RFI for more, so stop defending the pure incompetence of these harmkhor generals who don't even have a fuckin sense of urgency