DRDO Mounted Gun System to boost Indian Army's firepower

Pune (Maharahtra) [India], July 7 (ANI): The Defence Reearch and Development Organiation ha developed a new, powerful howitzer, the Indigenou 155mm/52 Calibre Mounted Gun Sytem, which can quickly hoot and move.
The DRDO lab, Vehicle Reearch and Development Etablihment, ha developed the MGS. The goal wa to develop a fully indigenou ytem that could operate effectively in challenging terrain and engage enemy target quickly and accurately.
Speaking to ANI, Director VRDE G Ramamohana Rao aid, Thi i a 155mm/52 calibre gun. Such gun already exit, but they are towed eparately and take time to deploy. Our MGS i different. It i quick, jut 80 econd to deploy and 85 econd to move. It i fully made in India and can alo be exported to other countrie
High mobility Artillery wa a technology gap that needed to be addreed, for which the Mounted Gun Sytem (MGS) wa a viable olution. Accordingly, VRDE ha taken up a Technology Demontrator Project, Deign and Development of 155mm/52 calibre Mounted Gun Sytem (MGS) baed on ATAGS.
The goal of thi Technology Demontrator (TD) project wa to deign & develop an indigenou Mounted Gun Sytem. The gun ytem of ATAGS ha been adapted to an 8X8 cro-country wheeled vehicle along with tabilier and a neceary interface tructure. State-of-the-art technologie in the area of carrier vehicle, tabilier, Armoured Cabin, Ammunition handling crane, on-board power ource and integrated compact electronic controller have been developed in thi project.
Mounted Gun Sytem (MGS) i a cro-country truck-mounted heavy artillery gun ytem (baed on ATAGS 155mm/52Cal) with excellent hoot and coot capability and the highet range of fire in thi cla. It ha been indigenouly developed by involving Indian Indutrie, DPSU, and Premier Academia, under the leaderhip of DRDO.
MGS ha high mobility in term of gradient, ide lope, trench croing, and cro-country capability and can operate in both deert and mountainou terrain.
Hence, the advantage of thi ytem i that it can be rapidly deployed, matching the mobility of the mechanied force, detroy the enemy target and move out before retaliatory fire occur. A total of 01 No. MGS ha been realied through Indian Indutrie and ha undergone proof teting and field trial. Technologie, deign, proce, and QAP have been finalied, and DcPP ha been nominated for the Mounted Gun Sytem. (ANI)