Nagpur: Ordnance Factory Ambajhari (OFAj), Nagpur, a production unit of Yantra India Limited (YIL) has achieved a milestone by supplying a consignment of 155mm M-107 shells to a European country for the first time in its history. OFAj has released this first international consignment of 1 lakh numbers of 155mm M107 ammunition to the European country recently.
This achievement marks a promising start for the new financial year of OFAj towards a foothold in the global defence market. Earlier OFAj was producing these shells only for the Indian Army but with this consignment OFAj has entered the global market in the category of 155mm shells, a report said.
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OFAj has received more orders of 155mm shells from the same country. The production is going on in full swing in the factory and more consignments will be released soon, the report said. This Ammunition is used for Ground Target Attack with Mass destruction. It is fired from 155 mm artillery guns like Dhanush and Bofors. The range of the shell is 18 km and it has a shelf life of 15 years.
YIL has strategically scaled up its production of 155mm shells to cater the rising demand of the world market. Earlier,YIL was producing only 50,000 to 60,000 shells for the Indian Army which is now boosted by 1 lakh numbers for the international buyer.
In February, Munitions India Limited (MIL),another defence PSU of India, secured an export order of $225 million for 155mm artillery shells from Saudi Arabia. Last year, OFAj supplied a consignment of Pinaka Mk-1 Enhanced Rockets to Armenia. The country has shown interest to purchase more ammunition from Indian PSUs.
