Indigenous towed artillery guns complete firing trials, paving way for induction into Army

印度国产牵引式火炮完成射击试验，为进入陆军服役铺平道路

NEW DELHI: India’s big new gun has boomed much more successfully this time. Summer firing trials of the advanced towed artillery gun systems (ATAGS), developed by DRDO with production partners Tata Advanced Systems and Bharat Forge, were completed at the Pokhran field firing ranges over the last week.

新德里：印度的新型大炮取得了进展。上周，DRDO（印度国防研究与发展组织）与生产伙伴塔塔先进系统公司和巴拉特锻造公司共同开发的先进牵引式火炮系统(ATAGS)的夏季射击试验在博克兰野战靶场圆满完成。

These latest set of user trials will eventually pave the way for the 155mm/52 caliber ATAGS, which is touted to be the best in its class with a maxmum strike range of 48-km, to be inducted into the Army, DRDO officials said on Monday.

DRDO官员周一表示，这些最新的用户试验最终将为155毫米/52口径ATAGS铺平道路，该火炮系统被誉为同级别中最好的，最大打击范围为48公里。

DRDO hopes to complete the “few remaining tests for non-firing parameters” of the ATAGS within a month or so, following which the RFP (request for proposal) or tender will be issued to TASL and Bharat Forge.

DRDO希望在一个月左右的时间内完成ATAGS“剩余的少量非发射参数测试”，之后将向TASL和巴拉特锻造公司发出建议书或投标书。

The initial order for 150 ATAGS at an estimated cost of Rs 3,365 crore will be split between Tata and Bharat Forge. With the defence ministry progressively banning foreign imports, orders for the ATAGS will go up because the Army has a long-term requirement for 1,580 such guns.

150套ATAGS的初始订单估计成本为336.5亿卢比，将由塔塔和巴拉特锻造公司分。随着国防部逐步禁止外国进口，ATAGS的订单将会增加，印度陆军长期需要1580门此类火炮。

Winter trials of the ATAGS were successfully completed at high-altitude areas in Sikkim in February 2021, but the Army said the towed guns had not met “certain parameters” during the last round of summer trials.

ATAGS的冬季试验于2021年2月在锡金的高海拔地区成功完成，但陆军表示，在最后一轮夏季试验中，牵引炮没有满足“特定参数”。

This time, the summer trials have been more successful. “Reliability of both the guns was proven by firing multiple rounds in various zones including burst, intense and sustained modes. High accuracy and consistency in range was established,” a DRDO official said.

这一次，夏季试验更加成功。“通过在不同区域(包括突发、密集和持续模式)发射多发炮弹验证了火炮的可靠性。在射程上建立了高精确度和一致性，”DRDO的一位官员说。

以下是印度时报读者的评论： 译者：Jessica.Wu

User NewBie

PM Modi has worse impact on INDIAs economy than the Russian war on Ukraine.

莫迪总理对印度经济的影响比俄乌战争的影响更严重。

Leon Fernandes

Congratulations to all those who have made it happen. India has got all the resources to make indigenous weapons. India is ready to make its mark in the world.

向所有参与者表示祝贺。印度掌握了制造本土武器的所有资源。印度已经准备好在世界上留下自己的印记。

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No point in wasting so much money in such big hardware for fire power. Now is the time to invest in mini drones technology with explosives attached to them so that they can travel with precision to 50 miles and blast enemy tanks and artillery‘s guns by crashing into them! Time for these big hardware is are long gone… Time is now to send 2000 mini drones to a location and destroy target with precision since each drone will have a camera attached to it and the operators can see clearly where to ta ...

没有必要在这种火力装备上浪费这么多钱。现在是时候投资微型无人机技术了，可以飞行50英里，炸掉敌人的坦克和大炮

现在是时候派2000架小型无人机到一个地点，精确摧毁目标，因为每架无人机都将安装摄像头，操作员可以清楚地看到目标。

Pradip Kumar Shome

It was wrong for the erstwhile govt. of India not to rely on the top industrial houses like Tata and L&T. Tatas as well as L&T had inhouse technology, set up, precision machining capacity as well as good steel foundries to cater to the need of defense. Now Govt. is initiating to call their expertise for defense products. Best of luck for Tata and Bharat Forge.

印度前任政府不依赖塔塔和L&T等顶级工业公司，这是错的。塔塔和L&T有内部技术，成套设备、精密加工能力以及很好的铸造厂，可以满足国防需要。现在政府开始要求他们利用专业技术生产国防产品。祝塔塔和巴拉特锻造公司好运。

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Actually this all has started long before incumbent government

其实这个项目早在现任的印度政府上台之前就开始了

Jagdish Madan

Congrats to all those who slogged to make this self propelled gun a reality and contribute richly to indigenous efforts at 'Atmanirbhar Bharath'.

向所有努力研制这种自行火炮实的人表示祝贺，他们为“自力更生”做出了巨大贡献。

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How is it the drdo is able to do things now , why inc used its brokers to inport weapons. Had we developed we would not have depended on russia today so much.

DRDO现在怎么有能力了，为什么之前要进口武器。如果自己研发，我们今天就不会如此依赖俄罗斯了。

Antz Geo

DRDO previously relied on PSUs for manufacturing. There was no urgency or accountability. Now, with entry of private companies like Tata, Bharat Forge, L&T, etc., it is making a difference, because these companies compete for contracts and chance of failed design is less.

DRDO以前依赖于国企进行生产，没有紧迫感，也没有责任。现在，随着塔塔、巴拉特锻造、L&T等私营公司的进入，情况有所不同，因为这些公司竞争合同，设计失败的情况更少了。

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Modi Govt insured that Indian product are considered over foreign maal... Chandigarh lobby tried their best to de-sell these guns..which are apparently far more superior than others so called Iserali and US guns...only problem was no commission/ under the table this time..

莫迪政府保证印度本土产品比外国产品更受重视…昌迪加尔的游说团体尽其所能让这些火炮卖不出去，这些火炮显然比以色列和美国火炮好得多。唯一的问题是没有回扣。

Nemam Natarajan Pasupathy

Considering the past DRDO time frame for development of prototypes and the present times when the private sector is involved in the development, it is very clear that in future DRDO should develop system with active participation of reputed private sector. Compare the development cycleof 120 mm IFG all by DRDO in the past and this 155mm towed gun, one can appreciate the reasoning.

对比过去DRDO开发原型的时间和现在私营部门参与研发所用对的时间，很明显，后者短得多，未来DRDO应该在知名私营部门的积极参与下开发系统。对比DRDO过去的120mm IFG炮和155mm牵引炮的研发周期，你就能理解其中的原因了。

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Build build build

建造，建造，建造

Priya Saxena

Way to go India !! Kudos to DRDO, Tata, Indian millitary. And salute to Modi !!

印度加油，向DRDO、塔塔和印度军方致敬。向莫迪致敬

SANJEEV SHARMA

great achievement for the country.Atamnirbhar bharat is our vision and goal..Long live India.Jai ho

印度的伟大成就。印度自力更生是我们的愿景和目标，印度万岁，印度必胜！

Ashish Jain

Modi Government needs to move towards India having atleast 40 submarines at all times. For the size India is we need 40 submarines with atleast 10 nuclear powered submarines. This puts tremendous pressure on China and Pakistan. India also needs to start building the third Aircraft Carrier so that we can manage our affairs better and secure our seas.

莫迪政府需要让印度军队装备至少40艘潜艇。就印度国土面积而言，我们需要40艘潜艇和至少10艘核动力潜艇。

这将给中国和巴基斯坦带来巨大的压力。印度也应该开始建造第三艘航母，这样我们才能更好地确保我们的海洋安全。

Bala Srinivasan

INDIA's need for this gun is enormous&then export value adds on.

印度对这种火炮的需求是巨大的，之后出口价值会增加。

Ashish Jain

India can also develop ground based GPS navigation system where these are located on the ground and are in the view of satellites while sending out messages for other vehicles or weapons that are not in the sight of the satellites. These towers can be located in a safe region and can easily cover 100s of miles. This will be very handy in war as these towers can be mobile so that as they move they settle down in a region where there is good gps and then give good location accuracy information to ...

印度还可以开发基于地面的GPS导航系统，这些系统位于地面上，在卫星的视野中，同时向卫星看不到的其他车辆或武器发送信息。信号塔可以位于一个安全的区域，随便都能覆盖100英里。这在战争中非常方便，因为这些塔可以移动，提供精确的定位信息。

Ashish Jain

Indian guns need to have more automated and computerized, GPS/indian navigation system based features with more accuracy. Also India needs to have jammer proof Indian GPS equivalent with authentication feature. Without authentication India satellite navigation system can be easily confused by enemy's false signaling.

印度火炮需要更加自动化和计算机化，GPS/印度导航系统需要更加精确。此外，印度还需要有具有认证功能的防干扰印度版GPS。没有认证，印度的卫星导航系统很容易被敌人的虚假信号所迷惑。

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What does Pappu has to say on this .. oh oh he is watching Pogo …

拉胡尔对此有什么要说的？

User

He is on his holiday mode after working hard for UP elections.

为北方邦选举忙过一阵，现在他正在度假。

Human

Make in India and no more Bofors scandals. With countries at war & inflation skyrocketing across the world, making in India is the best choice to reduce defense dependencies in the need of the hour.

印度制造，不再有“博福斯”丑闻。随着世界各国陷入战争和通货膨胀，“印度制造”是减少国防对外国依赖的最佳选择。