India’s first indigenous, long-range artillery gun Desi Bofors to be first showcased in R-Day parade

Towards that end, former Defence Minister A K Antony flagged off a 155-mm gun manufacturing facility at GCF on September 22, 2012.

The over a century-old GCF has already delivered six ‘Dhanush’ guns to the Army which has been extensively trying these in snowy, desert and hostile areas in the country, he said.

The army had been looking for a total of 114 ‘Dhanush’ guns from GCF to augment its firepower.

According to the official, the army needs a huge number of howitzers of different types, and Indian firms, some with the help of foreign manufacturers, are in the race to fulfill the demand with the gun’s variants.

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(Sourced from agencies, feature image courtesy:oneindia.com)