Tata groups first indigenously developed 155 mm howitzer
The Indian Army is looking to replace its old 105 mm light fields guns with a mix of towed, mounted and wheeled artillery. Bids have already been invited for 155mmx52 calibre towed guns. The process to acquire truck mounted guns would now start afresh for replacing Indian Army's 2000 existing 105 mm guns. Through these options, it was hoped to complete the new purchases by 2027. The total cost of artillery modernisation is estimated to be over Rs. 35,000 crore.
Several Indian companies are in the contention for the contract including TATA SED with its 155mm truck mounted gun system and L&T-Ashok Leyland-Nexter 155 mm gun. As per an earlier plan, the initial 100 guns were to be imported and the remaining 714 to be produced in India.
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