SOURCE: RAUNAK KUNDE / NEWS BEAT / IDRW.ORG

Neelesh Tungar, Whole Time Director and CEO of Kalyani Strategic Systems Limited (KSSL), a key entity within the Kalyani Group, has officially announced that the company will introduce its Bharat 52 in response to the Indian Army’s Towed Gun System (TGS) tender for a 155mm/52 Caliber Gun System.
This move comes after speculations that KSSL might develop a new, lighter 15-ton towed gun based on the heavier ATAGS (Advanced Towed Artillery Gun System). Instead, KSSL has opted to repurpose and enhance their existing Bharat 52, originally developed in 2012, to meet the tender’s specifications.
Bharat 52 is a derivative of the GC-45 towed howitzer designed by Canadian artillery expert Gerald Bull’s Space Research Corporation (SRC). The artillery gun has rate of fire of 3 rounds in 30 seconds in burst mode, 12 rounds in 3 minutes in intense mode and 42 rounds in 60 minutes in sustained mode.
Tata Group plans to develop a Lighter ATAGS for the Army’s TGS program as confirmed by idrw.org in the past reports. Dhanush is a 155mm/52 calibre gun developed by the Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) is also in the race. Adani Defence plans to offer its Autonomous Towed Howitzer Ordnance System (ATHOS), a long-range 155mm/52 calibre artillery to the Indian Army.
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