Three decades after the Bofors scandal, the Indian Army is set to induct heavy artillery guns into its arsenal. The induction, scheduled for September, will be the first since the Bofors scandal in the late 1980s, The Hindu has reported.

The Army will induct two different guns - the K9 Vajra-T tracked self-propelled artillery and the M777 ultra-light howitzers.

India has contracted for 100 K9s and 145 M777s.

While the first 10 K9s will be manufactured in South Korea, the remaining 90 will be built in India by Larsen & Toubro and Hanwa Techwin. The deal for the K9s was signed in 2017 and all the guns will be delivered by November 2020.