Dhanush artillery guns

• The Army, which has ordered 114 Dhanush artillery guns, and has one regiment operational already, is expecting to receive all the guns by 2026.

ABOUT DHANUSH GUNS

• Dhanush is a 155 mm, 45-calibre towed artillery gun with a range of 36 km, and it has demonstrated a range of 38 km with specialised ammunition.
• It is an upgrade of the existing 155 mm, 39-calibre Bofors FH 77 gun.
• The Advanced Weapons and Equipment India Limited, carved after corporatisation of the Ordnance Factory Board, now manufactures the Dhanush guns.
• It is the first indigenously built long-range artillery gun.
• Features include
  • Inertial navigation system with global positioning system- (GPS) based gun recording and auto-lying,
  • an enhanced tactical computer for onboard ballistic computations and an onboard muzzle velocity recording.
  • Automated gun sighting system equipped with camera, thermal imaging and laser range finder.