Facing Chinese aggression on the borders, the Indian Army will soon be fortified with all-new Mine-Proof Futuristic Infantry Combat Vehicles (FICV) and special high-altitude vehicles. The military hardware is being manufactured at Ordnance Factory Medak, Yedumailaram in Sangareddy district. The FICV will be equipped with an instant fire detection and suppression system (IFDSS).
The only ordnance factory in the Telugu-speaking states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, which has played a strategic role in manufacturing and supplying military hardware since its inception in 1984, is developing a prototype for wheeled armored combat vehicles that are plain Moves on the surface.
The factory has also made advances in key Sarath BMP2 armored vehicles, which have rolled out over 3,000 armored vehicles so far. The new BMP will be equipped with night vision capability, which gives 360-degree view to the tank driver, commander and gunner even at night. Currently, the BMP lacks night vision capability, except for the 14.5-ton metal giant blind, literally after sunset.
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In the month of February alone, the Ordnance Factory sent more than three dozen Sarath BMP2s to the Galvan Valley.
Asked about the dispatch of unusually BMP numbers, especially at a time when Chinese forces appeared to be one step behind the LAC, the factory’s general manager Alok Prasad said: “Their aggregation is our preparation.”
The Indian Army has deployed BMP2 armored vehicles in response to the Chinese side in the presence of heavy artillery, troops and armored vehicles to counter the threat on a critical road to the Darbuk-Shyok-Daulat Beg Oldi (DSBBO) road. Indian Army.
Mr. Prasad said that 125 new Infantry Combat Vehicles come out of the factory every year, which is high and “With the advancement in technology, we are planning to increase the manufacturing capacity in future.” ”
The Ordnance Factory will start overhauling the BMP in addition to producing new vehicles. The General Manager said, “We will be overhauling the Indian Army at least 100 BMPs per year, and with that we can say that the manufacturing capacity will be more than 200”.
According to him, the hull and turret of the Arjuna Main Battle Tank (MK-1A), which was handed over to the Indian Army by Prime Minister Narendra Modi last month, are built in the Ordnance Factory Medak. “Even the first Arjun MBT tank was assembled here,” he said.
“It is the only factory in the country that produces infantry combat vehicles. Mr. Prasad said that the quality of the vehicles is the best in the world.
In 1801, Ordnance Factory Day was observed in Kosipore near Kolkata in 1801 to lay the foundation of the first Ordnance Factory in Colonial India.
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