During Field Trials, M777 Howitzer Damaged; U.S. Gun Was Recently Delivered
September 13 2017
One of India's imported M777 155-mm lightweight howitzers has been damaged in a firing accident, says an army source cited by the Economic Times (India).
The U.S.-made howitzer was undergoing live-fire drills at the Pokhran range on Sept. 2 when ammunition made in India "exited the barrel in multiple places," said the source on Wednesday.
The shell used was manufactured by the Indian-run Ordnance Factory Board (OFB). This was the third time in four months that an artillery...
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