Army to get new guns

After years of wait for new artillery guns, the Indian Army is likely to get two new 155 mm field Howitzer guns by March for trial, a senior official said on Monday.

The ordnance factory in Jabalpur was manufacturing artillery guns based on Bofors technology, which has been at the Defence Ministry’s disposal since mid-1980s, but gathered dust for the political sensitivity associated with the Bofors deal.