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Detailed explanation-1: -3, 000 crore ($660 million) deal to buy 145 M777 ultra light howitzers from the US defence manufacturer, BAE Systems.
Detailed explanation-2: -The M777 began in 1987 as the Ultralight Field Howitzer (UFH), developed by Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering’s (VSEL) Armaments Division in Barrow-in-Furness, UK.
Detailed explanation-3: -India has contracted 145 M777 guns from the BAE Systems (British Aerospace) and over half of them have been inducted.
Detailed explanation-4: -In 1526, the First Battle of Panipat saw the introduction of massed artillery tactics to Indian warfare. Under the guidance of Ottoman gun master Ustad Ali Quli, Babur deployed cannons behind a screening row of carts.
Detailed explanation-5: -Ending a three-decade-old howitzer drought, India today signed a contract with the US for buying 145 M777 ultralight howitzers for $737 million (Rs 5000 crore). A senior MoD official today formally signed the Letter of Offer and Acceptance (LOA) with the US government for the seven regiments of howitzers.