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No Indian vendor currently makes them,” he said. “TGMs are different from the precision-guided kits, the ‘fire and forget’ Excalibur ammunition bought by the Army.
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It further said that Indian vendors meeting the technical, commercial and project requirements will be issued a project sanction order to develop 25 rounds of a prototype of the TGMs first.įollowing that, the commercial Request for Proposal will be issued to procure 1,966 rounds of 155mm TGMs, with a minimum 50% Indian component, under the Defence Acquisition Procedure, along with support equipment such as fire control systems, projectile simulator and sectionised projectile.įormer D-G Artillery Lt Gen PR Shankar (Retd) told News18 that it needs to be seen what technology would be employed to make these ammunitions, especially because no Indian vendor at present makes these or even the basic ammunition for the 155mm guns. Stating that the indigenous ammunition will be a low-cost option, the Army has also said that its requirement will increase manifold in the future, with the majority of artillery regiments switching to 155mm guns as part of the ongoing artillery modernisation plan. India Pays Tribute To Gen Rawat, Others Who Died In Chopper Crash | See ListĪn Expression of Interest (EoI) floated by the Army on Friday stated that the 1,966 rounds of 155mm Terminally Guided Munitions (TGM), along with the support equipment which it seeks to buy, will enhance the capabilities of the artillery guns in its inventory, adding that they will be bought under the Make II category of the Defence Acquisition Procedure 2020. In September, the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) headed by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh had cleared procurement of TGMs and HEPF/RHE rocket ammunition at a cost of Rs 4,962 crore from domestic sources in a boost to indigenous design and development of ammunitions. The Army also has precision-guided kits in its inventory, which is used with the regular ammunition of conventional artillery guns to strike a target with higher precision. The artillery shell uses GPS guidance for accuracy. However, in 2019, the Army had inducted Excalibur artillery ammunition from the United States for its 155mm Howitzers. The regular ammunition for artillery guns in the Army’s inventory has a lesser accuracy than the Terminally Guided Munitions, which can hit a target with higher precision, thus reducing chances of collateral damage in the target area. At present, the Army’s Regiment of Artillery does not have any such munition.
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The Indian Army has sought to buy 1,966 rounds of 155mm Terminally Guided Munitions, capable of carrying out precision strikes on identified targets, from Indian vendors.