"India’s Newest Gun: Fast and Deadly " Topic
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| Tango01 | 09 Oct 2015 12:54 p.m. PST |
"The Indian Ministry of Defense has selected South Korea's Samsung-Techwin and its local Indian private-sector partner Larsen & Toubro to supply the Indian Army with 100 K-9 Vajra 155 mm/52 caliber self-propelled tracked howitzers, IHS Jane's Defense Weekly reports. The selection came in late September after the completion of maintenance acceptability, high altitude, and desert trials, which took place in 2013 and 2014. A final contract is expected to be signed within the next six months. Total procurement costs for the 100 guns are estimated to be around $ 800 million. During repeated army trials, the K-9 Vajra — a variant of the K-9 Thunder — outperformed its Russian competitor, the Russian self-propelled 2S19 Msta-S howitzer, which had been specifically modified with a 155mm/52 caliber gun to fit Indian Army requirements…"
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| napthyme | 09 Oct 2015 9:55 p.m. PST |
Looks like someone is trying to make up for there short comings… |
| Tango01 | 10 Oct 2015 11:22 a.m. PST |
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