India's #FirstEver indigenously designed & developed Dhanush 155mm/45 Calibre towed Gun System is ready for inducti… https://t.co/KzYSf2j4vF — ADG PI - INDIAN ARMY (@adgpi) 1554600610000

NEW DELHI: In a major boost to the Army's firepower, India's first indigenously designed and developed Dhanush 155/45 Calibre towed Gun System is ready for induction.The Dhanush gun system is based on the designs of the Bofors howitzer which was inducted in the Army in 1980s and would be the third type of artillery gun to be inducted into the force after the K-9 Vajra and the M-777 ultra-light howitzers.The Army has placed an order for more than 110 of these guns with the Ordnance Factory and they would help the force to modernise its artillery which had been awaiting induction for over three decades till a while ago.The weapon, which will be made at the Gun Carriage Factory (GCF) in Jabalpur, is the first long range artillery towed gun to be made in India. It will replace the Swedish Bofors purchased in the 1980s.