maintenance of bofors guns

Thursday, July 28, 2005

Lok Sabha

Necessary steps have been taken by the concerned authorities to ensure maintenance of Bofors guns. These steps include strip inspection at the periodicity of 6 years and decision to overhaul guns after 18 years. Pilot Overhaul of 10 Guns has been completed during 2004-05. It is intended to complete overhaul of all Bofors guns within next ten years.

This information was given by the Defence Minister Shri Pranab Mukherjee in a written reply to Shri Avinash Rai Khanna in Lok Sabha today.