OFK unveils world-class indigenous ammunition
   Date :21-Aug-2019

 
By Ashish Rajput ;
 
 
The indigenously developed ammunition will replace Russian 125 mm FSAPDS anti-tank ammunition with better piercing competence for T-90 tanks.
 
Ordnance Factory Khamaria (OFK) proved its mettle by developing world-class state-of-the-art ammunition in Jabalpur. The indigenously developed ammunition will replace Russian 125 mm FSAPDS anti-tank ammunition with better piercing competence for T-90 tanks. Cost of indigenous ammunition will not be more than half of the imported ammunition.
 
Production of indigenously developed anti-tank ammunition will not only strengthen the armed forces, but also contribute to saving foreign exchange of the country. The ammunition may be test fired in coming days on 8-tons steel plate of 1.5x1.5 diameter on 60-degree angle. OFK’s state-of-the-art ammunition is efficient to penetrate 560 MM shield against the Russian ammunition, which has the capacity of penetrating 460 MM surface. Ordnance Factory Board, Member and former Senior GM, Ordnance Factory Khamaria, Arvind Kumar Agarwal, while talking to ‘The Hitavada’, informed that, they have developed state-of-the-art 125 MM FSAPDS anti-tank ammunition with in-house research and development. The ammunition will be soon fielded for final test fire at Balasore firing range.
 
Once the trials take place, OFK will kick-start production of anti-tank ammunition and India will become the only country, which will have world’s strongest piercing ammunition. OFB Member, A K Agarwal informed that, OFK is scaling new heights in advancement of ammunition production to provide traceability and quality of ammunition to its users. Advanced mechanism will be used for production of new ammunition to give a tough contest to private firms and foreign companies as well.
 
The ammunition has been successfully developed by a dedicated team for research and development work at OFK. Officers having expertise in explosives are working only for research and development. It may be noted that OFK already produced 12,000 numbers of 125 FSAPDS ammunition through SKD in technical collaboration with Russia. Besides this, preparations are underway to start production of ammunition through CKD.