- It is an indigenously developed gun and upgraded version of the Swedish Bofors gun procured by India.
- It is a 155 mm ammunition system with a range of 36 km.
- It is compatible with all North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) 155mm ammunition systems.
- It is fitted with an inertial navigation system having GPS based gun recording, an automated gun sighting system equipped with camera, thermal imaging, and laser range finder.
- The Indian Army, will have the first regiment in place by March 2020 and will get all 114 guns by 2022.
- Last year, the Army inducted its first modern artillery guns system which include M-777 Ultra Light Howitzers (ULH) from the U.S. and K9 Vajra-T self-propelled artillery guns from South Korea.
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