Indigenously made Indian 155mm howitzer Dhanush to face induction shortly

Ramillies, Belgium, Dec 29 (UNI) India's indigenous 155m Dhanush howitzer might be inducted shortly as it will be facing the final test in January 2019 after multiple failures.

The Dhanush 155mm howitzer comes under Dhanush project and was started by OFB (Ordnance Factories Board) to replace the older 105 mm Indian Field Gun, 105 mm Light Field Gun and the Russian 122 mm guns with a modern 155mm artillery gun.

According to Belgium based defence and security magazine, Army Recognition, India's first indigenous gun will eventually be inducted in February 2019 during a ceremony planned at the School of Artillery in Deolali.