tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post3560277334061956169..comments2024-03-29T05:44:18.835-07:00Comments on Broadsword by Ajai Shukla - Strategy. Economics. Defence.: Indian artillery guns make a splash at DefExpoBroadswordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13076780076240598482noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-74431586950939197952014-02-17T22:37:47.499-08:002014-02-17T22:37:47.499-08:00The Bharat52 gun appears to be the older version o...The Bharat52 gun appears to be the older version of the Israeli ATHOS gun from Elbit. Incidently, Nexter Systems of France has partnered with L&T and showcased their <b> TrajanĀ® </b> 155mm/52 Cal Towed Artillery Gun during DefExpo 2014, which is currently undergoing trials in India and this Gun seems the best fit for Indian MoD requirements. It may be noted that Bharat Forge has partnered with Israel's Elbit Systems to field the ATHOS 155mm/52 Cal towed gun, which is also undergoing trials in India. Based on these facts, the OFB's Dhanush gun and the Bharat52 gun have a lot to catch up with Nexter's gun.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-50517223629530892462014-02-14T05:58:12.234-08:002014-02-14T05:58:12.234-08:00splash you said..... !!
Rightly.... DODOs can onl...splash you said..... !!<br /><br />Rightly.... DODOs can only splash...<br /><br />what the forces require is a gun that thunders....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-4455273856291279472014-02-11T13:17:15.596-08:002014-02-11T13:17:15.596-08:00Very Nice article. Very informative as well.
Som...Very Nice article. Very informative as well. <br /><br />Some comments:<br /> <br />1. On a demonstration video of the Bofors AG FH-77 i noticed that it was a towed gun, but once the is seperated from the transport it would have some limited mobility of its own. <br /><br />I can only imagine that this mobility feature on its own must have proved vital in the kargil war where the Corps of Artillery of both Pakistan and India were not only providing fire support but were also engaged in an artillery to artillery duel. <br /><br />A battery would unload, set up, fire, fold up and travel, set up again and fire. i.e. "Shoot and Scoot" as termed by the army. <br /><br />Would this feature be available with the Dhanush or the Bharat? <br /><br />2. Gen VK Singh in his book " Courage and Conviction" mentions that the manufacturing plans and know how and wherewith all was always there with the OFB. And that on a visit to the OFB the army top brass was shocked, when they found out about it. For decades, OFB guys were just sitting on it, MOD was unaware, Army was unaware. All this time army desperately needs guns. <br /><br />If I remember correctky from the book Gen Singh asked OFB guys if they could develop a prototype...<br /><br />Come 2014, Dhanush, you son of a gun ! :) <br /><br />If somebody (MOD/Army/DRDO/DEF Min) would have done some actual digging and inspection in 20 years. Dhanush would have been ready to deploy by now. <br /><br />3. Innovative Idea : in military electronics and computing, many industial or military motherboards are liquid cooled i.e. encased in that liquid. Is it not possible to use such liquid cooling technology on Artillery or Amrored main guns. <br /><br />The one Dhanush that burst was due being fired a lot in the desert heat. Just my idea. <br /><br />As I have read, Gun heat is the number one reason why Naval Artillery has a substantially higher rate of fire than Field Howitzers in the army. <br /><br />And thats why the army needs more guns so each individual gun fires less rounds per fire mission to provide sufficient rounds per target. <br /><br />Naval guns are cooled by sea water. <br /> <br />4. I have a strong feeling that the new Mountain corps, will have a very large helicopter component. From transports to attack. <br />Simply because the Army cannot trust road development of GOI. <br /> <br />Therfore, i believe the Army will give importance to weight and dimensions of the guns too, so they are air transportable. Jean Luc Picardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07523465808756925391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-3981243234508204962014-02-10T07:08:42.425-08:002014-02-10T07:08:42.425-08:00Can you please write an article on what prevents M...Can you please write an article on what prevents MOD to give its test facilities tomTATA and Bharat forge ? If we have 3 vendors IA artillery can be upgraded in a predicted way : time and money wise.<br />In what sense will the Proposed DRDO gun be better than TATA or Bharat forge ones ? <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-71890124486881599872014-02-09T09:21:12.395-08:002014-02-09T09:21:12.395-08:00Bharat forge gun could be real. It is great to see...Bharat forge gun could be real. It is great to see localizations finally. Army should have highest local components after all. A little difference in performance/capability can be improved incrementally<br /><br /> how many of OFB gun components are cannibalised from existing boforsgun ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-35380537486066663342014-02-08T23:57:55.566-08:002014-02-08T23:57:55.566-08:00Dear Shukla,
The OFB gun definitely looks wonderf...Dear Shukla,<br /><br />The OFB gun definitely looks wonderful, even though its 45 cal. However,even after much hoopla of Kalyani's gun, in the first instance, it appears as a enhanced version of M-46 130mm gun. The gun looks belonging to dated technology. I wonder what is the elevation and firing profile of the Bharat 52 gun and how it matches with OFB Dhanush, except the range? <br /><br />If somehow the Dhanush gun can be extended to 52 cal, it would be a formidable option and can be adopted across the platforms, namely, MGS, SPH etc for logistical simplification. <br /><br />Of course, Tata has a MGS gun but everyone knows that only the truck and computers belong to TATA while the gun is from DENEL.<br />AKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-87435132596505950572014-02-08T20:24:48.690-08:002014-02-08T20:24:48.690-08:00Very informativeVery informativeSubash Vaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13511918230809884853noreply@blogger.com