Purchase of medium guns (155mm calibre) has suffered slippages in the past. However, the process for procurement of these guns is underway. The following modern artillery systems have been inducted in the recent past:
- Pinaka Rocket System.
- Smerch Rocket System.
- BrahMos Missile System.
- Upgradation of 130mm Guns system to 155mm/45 cal gun system.
The operational preparedness of the Army continues to remain at the desired level.
The Government proposes to induct the following artillery guns in future:
- 155mm / 52 Calibre Towed Gun.
- 155mm / 52 Calibre Tracked (Self-Propelled) Gun.
- 155mm / 52 Calibre Wheeled (Self propelled) Gun.
- 155mm / 52 Calibre Mounted Gun System (MGS).
- 155mm/39 Calibre Ultra Light Howitzer (ULH).
This information was given by Minister of Defence Shri A.K. Antony in written reply to Shrimati Usha Verma and others in Lok Sabha today.