Q. What is the name of the indigenous artillery guns, which are to be inducted into the Indian Army?
Answer: Sharang
Notes: As per the recent announcement from the Indian Army, the first batch of 18 indigenously upgraded 'Sharang' artillery guns are to be inducted into the Army by March 31, 2020. The barrel of the indigenously designed gun has been upgraded from 130 mm to 155 mm. As a result, the hitting range of the gun has been increased by 12 km kilometres, to 39 kilometres. The Gun Carriage Factory (GCF) in Jabalpur had been awarded the global contract for upgrading the Sharang artillery gun, and the project was done with the help of ordnance factories, Indian Army and DRDO.
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