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Indian Army Carries Out Drills Of Crossing Indus River In Eastern Ladakh Sector To Attack Enemy Positions: Watch

Indian Army tanks and combat vehicles carried out drills of crossing the Indus River in the eastern Ladakh sector to attack enemy positions.

Indian Army tanks and combat vehicles carried out drills of crossing the Indus River in the eastern Ladakh sector to attack enemy positions, as reported by the news agency ANI on Saturday. The Army in the recent past has inducted the made-in-India Dhanush howitzer which has been developed based on the Transfer of Technology for the Bofors howitzers and has been made more advanced.

"This equipment is a 155 mm x 45 calibre Dhanush Made in India Howitzer. This modern two-system is made by a gun carriage factory in Jabalpur under the Make in-India scheme and it is stationed here since last year. It has the ability to target above 4000 meters of sea level with the accuracy of a 48-kilometre target. It has six types of ammunition and can fire three rounds in the first fire...This is the transfer of technology of Bofors. But India has made it by itself under the Make in India scheme," Captain V Mishra said, as quoted by ANI.

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As the military standoff between India and China enters its fourth year, the Indian Army is continuously adding newer weapons and capabilities in the Eastern Ladakh sector to tackle emergency situations as well as carrying out conventional operations.

Captain V Mishra from the Regiment of Artillery said the Dhanush howitzer can strike targets at up to 48 Kms, and has been inducted in the Eastern Ladakh sector last year itself. 114 guns developed and produced by the erstwhile Ordnance Factory Board would also be joining the Indian Army.

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