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Indian Army
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Defence Ministry
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IAF
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Acquisition Wing of the MoD on Thursday signed a contract with Economic Explosive Ltd - EEL is a subsidiary of Nagpur-headquartered Solar Group - for the supply of 10 lakh MMHG to the Indian Army at an approximate cost of Rs 409 crore.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Shivalik grenade is an indigenous grenade to India. It was developed by the Terminal Ballistic Research Laboratory, TBRL, a laboratory of the Defence Research and Development Organization, DRDO, which is located in the foothills of the Shivalik mountains near Chandigarh, and hence, derives its name from here.
Detailed explanation-3: -The body is generally made of a hard synthetic material or steel, which will provide some fragmentation as shards and splinters, though in modern grenades a pre-formed fragmentation matrix is often used. The pre-formed fragmentation may be spherical, cuboid, wire or notched wire.
Detailed explanation-4: -Features: Lighter in weight (500gm appx.)