According to information published on the “Defence Decode” Twitter account on November 10, 2022, the Indian company Bharat Forge has received a US$ 155million order to export its new 155mm wheeled artillery gun systems to Armenia over the next three years.
The Indian company Bharat Forge had not disclosed the final customer, but an Indian newspaper has published that according to a source from the Indian Ministry of Defense, a contract was signed with Armenia.
Bharat Forge Limited is an Indian multinational company involved in forging, automotive, energy, construction and mining, railways, marine, aerospace, and defense industries. The company was founded by Nilkanthrao A. Kalyani on 19 June 1961. For several years, Bharat Forge became a renowned producer of artillery systems.
The Indian-made 155-BR is based on a high mobility light truck chassis with a 155mm 39 caliber gun system mounted at the rear of the truck. The new mobile artillery truck system has been designed to operate across rugged mountainous terrain.