India will reopen a long-delayed artillery procurment programme, with a request for proposal (RFP) to global defence suppliers for the procurement of 814 motorised howitzers to arm 40 regiments of the Indian Army.
Under the army’s Rs20,000-crore artillery modernisation programme, the country will purchase 200 17t motorised 155mm/52-calibre mounted gun systems from overseas and a further 614 howitzers will be manufactured domestically under transfer of technology.
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The clearance for the project has been given by the country’s Defence Acquisitions Council.
The project is expected to deploy 2,814 guns of different types while the army wants ultra-light howitzers to aid swift deployment in inaccessible areas with the help of helicopters.
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