Engineering solutions provider Bharat Forge has set up an ordnance equipment factory in Pune to manufacture barrels, breech, muzzle brake for artillery systems and tanks like the T-72, T-90 and Arjun.
The facility was inaugurated on October 1 by Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, the company said in a statement issued here today.
"We have been at the forefront in establishing a vibrant defence industrial base in the country. In the past few years, we have invested sizeable resources to develop a wide range of products and technological capabilities to manufacture various critical items of defence systems, equipment and components," Bharat Forge Chairman and Managing Director B N Kalyani said.
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This plant allows manufacturing of complete ordnance, including barrels, breech, muzzle brake for artillery systems and tanks like the T-72, T-90 and Arjun.
"Manufacturing of artillery guns is a highly complex science which involves cross disciplinary architecture, robust design and engineering capability and intensive knowledge of complex materials, with a solid foundation in metallurgy which forms the backbone of this capability," Kalyani said, adding the company has invested heavily to create a manufacturing ecosystem for the artillery systems.
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