ATAGS Howitzer Best in world, No Need to import Artillery Guns: DRDO
ATAGS (dvanced Towed Artillery Gun System) howitzer is the best gun in the world with the capability to strike targets at the longest range of 48 kilo
Balasore: Maintaining that the ATAGS (dvanced Towed Artillery Gun System) howitzer is the best gun in the world with the capability to strike targets at the longest range of 48 kilometres, a top DRDO scientist said, the indigenous gun can meet Indian Army’s full requirement of 1800 artillery guns systems and there was no need for imports in this field. Interacting with ANI during the field trials of the ATAGS which has already fired over 2,000 rounds in places like Sikkim near the China border and Pokharan near the Pakistan border, ATAGS project director and senior Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) scientist Shailendra V Gade said the gun system is far better than the legendary Bofors in the Indian Army along with any other artillery gun in the world including the ATHOS gun offered by Israel. The Advanced Towed Artillery Gun System (ATAGS) has been developed by the DRDO and produced by two firms Bharat Forge and Tata Advanced Systems Limited. "The Indian Army'…