Dhanush Artillery Guns
Dhanush is a 155-mm, 45-calibre towed artillery gun with a range of 36 km, and it has demonstrated a range of 38 km with specialised ammunition.
It is an upgrade of the existing 155-mm, 39-calibre Bofors FH 77 gun.
Dhanush is manufactured by Advanced Weapons and Equipment India Limited, previously a part of Ordnance Factory Board (OFB).
The gun was approved for service in 2019 and has been inducted into the Indian Army.
The Dhanush project was started by OFB to replace the older 105 mm Indian Field Gun, 105 mm Light Field Gun and the Russian 122 mm guns with a modern 155 mm artillery gun.
The Dhanush gun is manufactured by the OFB at its Gun Carriage Factory Jabalpur.
The gun was officially inducted by the army on 8 April 2019.
93 Field Regiment becoming one of the first units to be armed with this gun and had the honour to participate in the 71st Republic Day Parade and Army Day parade in 2020 with its new equipment.
The Army which has ordered 114 Dhanush artillery guns, and has one regiment operational already, is expecting to receive all the guns by 2026.
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