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Rajasthan
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Kerala
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Detailed explanation-1: -New Delhi: Two of the Army’s longest serving artillery systems - the 130mm self-propelled M-46 Catapult guns and the 160mm Tampella mortars - were decommissioned Tuesday at the Mahajan Field Firing Ranges in the deserts of Jaisalmer.
Detailed explanation-2: -These include the Dhanush, Sharang, M777 Ultra Light Howitzer (ULH), additional K9-Vajra howitzers and the Advanced Towed Artillery Gun System (ATAGS).
Detailed explanation-3: -The ATAGS is an indigenous 155 mm x 52 calibre howitzer gun developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) with its Pune-based facility Armament Research and Development Establishment (ARDE) being the nodal agency. Howitzers is an umbrella term for a category of long-range artillery guns.