Indian Army soft-pedals light tank of DRDO-L&T for China border

Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani flagged off on Monday the 91st self-propelled howitzer that Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has built at its Armoured System Complex (ASC) in Hazira. L&T is looking to complete delivery of its contract for 100 K-9 Vajra tracked guns by February, well ahead of schedule.

After February, however, once the Army has been handed over the last of these 155 mm, 52-calibre howitzers — essentially artillery guns mounted on a tank chassis for mobility — the ASC Hazira production line will fall silent. Then the expertise accumulated by L&T while building 100 K-9 Vajra guns will start