LOK SABHA
105 mm Indian Field
Gun High Explosive Squash Head Shells, worth Rs. 6.06 crore, manufactured
at the Ordnance Factory, Chanda were found unserviceable during
plate proof. The composite task force, consisting of representatives
from Defence Research and Development Organisation, Directorate
General Quality Assurance and Ordnance Factory Board, constituted
to investigate the reasons for failure recommended that the target
plate be fixed on a frame which should grouted to the ground,
to ensure that the target plate does not move due to impact of
the shell. Subsequent plate proof of the rejected ammunition with
fixed target plate gave satisfactory results.
As the targets fixed
by the Army were fully met and no defects were found in the shells
supplied to the Army, there was no danger posed to the national
security.
This information
was given by the Defence Minister Shri George Fernandes in a written
reply to Shri Chandra Vijay Singh in Lok Sabha today.
