{"id":36765,"date":"2018-11-10T17:22:17","date_gmt":"2018-11-10T11:52:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=36765"},"modified":"2018-11-13T16:23:09","modified_gmt":"2018-11-13T10:53:09","slug":"army-fire-power-gets-booster-shot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/army-fire-power-gets-booster-shot\/","title":{"rendered":"Army fire power gets booster shot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/todays-paper\/tp-national\/army-fire-power-gets-booster-shot\/article25459216.ece\"><strong>Army fire power gets booster shot<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>News: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>The Army recently inducted M777 Ultra Light Howitzers, K9 Vajra-T self-propelled artillery gun, common gun tower giving a boost to the defence capabilities.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Important Facts: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li><strong>About M777 Ultra Light Howitzers:<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>This is the first artillery gun systems in three decades after the Bofors guns procured from Sweden in the early 1980s.<\/li>\n<li>These are procured from the U.S. The M777 is a 155-mm, 39-calibre towed artillery gun. It weighs just four tonnes, making it <strong>transportable<\/strong> underslung from helicopters.<\/li>\n<li>The M777 brings a new level of capability to the artillery unit by offering rapid deployment and extreme accuracy.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Howitzer deal with U.S. :<\/strong> India signed a $737-million deal with the U.S. in November 2016 under the Foreign Military Sales Programme for 145 M777 Ultra Light Howitzers.<\/li>\n<li>Twenty-five guns will be imported and the rest will be assembled in India in partnership with an indigenous company (Mahindra Group). Deliveries will be completed by mid-2021.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li><strong>About K9 Vajra-T : <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>The K9 Vajra-T is a 155-mm, 52-calibre self-propelled gun with a maximum range of 40 km.<\/li>\n<li>It has been customised from the original K9 Thunder.<\/li>\n<li>Its fire control system has been customised for desert conditions.<\/li>\n<li>Under the agreement, the first 10 guns will be imported from South Korea and the rest will be indigenously made and 100 guns will be delivered by November 2020.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li><strong>About common gun tower:<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a 6&#215;6 vehicle with cross-country capability.<\/li>\n<li>Produced indigenously it is required to tow the medium guns.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Army fire power gets booster shot News: The Army recently inducted M777 Ultra Light Howitzers, K9 Vajra-T self-propelled artillery gun, common gun tower giving a boost to the defence capabilities. Important Facts: About M777 Ultra Light Howitzers: This is the first artillery gun systems in three decades after the Bofors guns procured from Sweden in&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/army-fire-power-gets-booster-shot\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Army fire power gets booster shot<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[555],"tags":[594,217,655,654,656],"class_list":["post-36765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-test-1","tag-defence-modernisation","tag-gs-3","tag-k9-vajra-t","tag-m777","tag-m777-ultra-light-howitzers","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704883044},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36765"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36765\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}