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India shortlists K9 SPH

12th October 2015 - 21:29 GMT | by Gordon Arthur in Hong Kong

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The artillery woes of the Indian Army seem set to be partially resolved after Delhi announced a self-propelled howitzer (SPH) from South Korea had successfully emerged as finalist to fulfil a long-standing requirement. 

If all the paperwork goes through unhindered, the Samsung Techwin K9 Thunder 155mm 52-calibre SPH will be locally assembled in Pune by Larsen & Toubro (L&T) under the ‘Make in India’ category of the Defence Procurement Procedure. 

India requires 100 tracked SPHs and it has allocated $800 million for the project. The weapon, which will be deployed in desert areas near the Pakistan border, has already been

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Gordon Arthur was the Asia Pacific editor for Shephard Media. Born in Scotland and educated …

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