Dhanush 155mm indigenously developed by India uses Chinese components

While investigating the M777 artillery explosion, Indian authorities learned that the domestically developed artillery line used Chinese components.

Following the M777 explosion during a live-fire exercise by the Indian artillery force in August 2017, an investigation was conducted to determine the cause of the malfunction of the US-made howitzer. Former Indian artillery chief General Rahul Bhonsle said the incident stemmed from a number of causes, including over-explosive charges, and even a mass defect in the 155mm artillery shells.

M777 artillery.

However, while investigating the M777 incident, for unknown reasons, investigators focused on the Dhanush 155mm gun developed by India and discovered a shocking truth. According to the investigation results of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the 155mm gun developed by India used many components of Chinese origin.

NDTV quoted CBI sources as saying that many components made in China at cheap prices, hiding under the guise of "made in Germany", have found their way into the Dhanush artillery production line.

The CBI said the Dhanush is an improved version of the Bofors gun, which performed very well in the Kargil war of 1999. However, not only the M777, the Indian-developed gun has also exploded several times when firing live ammunition. The incident prompted the CBI to file a case against a Delhi-based company for using Chinese components.

Initial investigation by the CBI found that a factory in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, which produced some of the first guns, had adopted a key component of the spindle and some other components of Chinese origin.

The first Indian order from the factory was in 2013 for four spindles. In August 2014, the factory received an order for two more spindles. Deliveries of two spindles at a time to the Indian Army were made on three occasions between April 2014 and December 2014.

However, during testing, this type of gun had many different problems, culminating in the bullet hitting the muzzle brake speaker, causing serious damage.

With consecutive incidents on two main artillery lines of India, the country's media admits that, in case of conflict with neighboring China or Pakistan, the country's artillery will have nothing to use.

According to Baodatviet