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Dhanush artillery gun
June 11 , 2018
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- India's first indigenous, long-range artillery gun "Dhanush" has passed its final test at Pokhran, paving the way for its induction into the Army.
- Dhanush is a 155mm x 45mm calibre artillery gun and is also called the "desi Bofors".
- It has a strike range of 38 kilometres and 81 percent of its components are indigenously sourced.
- The gun has been developed by the Ordnance Factory Board (OFB), Kolkata based on the documents given to India as part of the first phase of "Transfer of Technology" (ToT) under the Bofors gun deal inked in the late 1980s.
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