The Indian army has taken possession of three new, indigenously developed 155 mm Dhanush howitzers, the Press Trust of India reported Monday.
The guns were handed over by the Gun Carriage Factory defense company, PTI reports.
India will now begin user trials of the weapons, the factory's general manager, Sanjay Shrivastava, was quoted as saying in the PTI report.
"Another consignment of three guns is being readied and these howitzers too will be delivered to the army shortly," he said.
The towed howitzer features a strike range of about 22 miles and was developed by the Ordnance Factory Board.
The army called for the six howitzers following successful summer and winter trials, PTI reports.
Those trials involved about 2,000 rounds being fired successfully in different climatic conditions.
استلم الجيش الهندي 3 مدافع جديده محليه الصنع نوع Dhanush هاوتزر عيار 155 ملم
سيبدأ الجيش الهندي بتجربه هذه المدافع
هنالك دفعه اخرى ستورد قريبا للجيش الهندي مكونه من 3 مدافع ايضا
مدى قذائف هذا المدفع تصل الى 22 ميل وتم تطويره من قبل Ordnance Factory Board
وسيطلب الجيش الهندي سته مدافع اخرى بعد ان ينهي تجارب الصيف والشتاء عليها والتي تشمل اطلاق 2000 قذيفه في مختلف المناخات