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Name the Howitzers guns inducted into Indian Army recently.

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Dhanush is often called the ‘Desi Bofors’ and marks a major step in India’s defence indigenization.
Updated On: Jul 15, 2026
  • Dhanush
  • Panter
  • M102 howitzer
  • BL 9.2-inch howitzer
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Dhanush is the gun the Indian Army recently inducted. It is an indigenous 155mm towed howitzer built by upgrading the barrel, range and targeting systems of the older Bofors gun, and it entered service after the Ordnance Factory Board completed years of user trials.

  1. Dhanush: Matches the description exactly, an indigenously upgraded Bofors variant taken into service recently.
  2. Panter: Not a recognised artillery system fielded by the Indian Army, so it can be ruled out.
  3. M102 howitzer: A much older American light howitzer used by India in the past, not a recent addition.
  4. BL 9.2-inch howitzer: A World War I period heavy gun with no link to present day Indian Army inductions.

Dhanush is the only option that names a gun actually taken into Indian Army service in recent years.

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To answer this, focus on two markers the question gives: the gun must be a real system, and its induction must be recent. Checking each option against these two markers settles it.

  1. Dhanush: Development began by upgrading the Bofors FH-77 design, and after trials spanning several years, the gun was formally handed over to the Indian Army in 2019, satisfying both the real-system and recent markers.
  2. Panter: This name does not track to any artillery system fielded by India or listed among modern howitzers, so it cannot satisfy even the first marker of being a genuine system.
  3. M102 howitzer: This is a genuine gun, an American-designed 105mm piece, but its use by India goes back decades, so it fails the recent marker even though it passes the real-system one.
  4. BL 9.2-inch howitzer: Also a genuine historical weapon, but one associated with early twentieth century warfare, putting it even further from meeting the recent requirement.

Only Dhanush clears both markers at once, being both a real, currently used system and one inducted recently.

So the correct answer is Dhanush.

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