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The company has set up an Armoured Systems Complex at its Hazira facility, around 30 km from Surat, to manufacture the guns. Of the 100 guns, the first ten would be made at L&T's plant in Talegaon near Pune, and the remaining 90 at the Hazira facility, said officials. Prime minister Narendra Modi will dedicate Larsen & Toubro's howitzer gun manufacturing unit at Hazira in Surat on Saturday before ending his Gujarat visit, officials said. L&T is supposed to complete delivery of the 100 guns within 42 months. L&T had won the Rs 4,500 crore contract to supply 100 units of K9 Vajra-T 155 mm / 52 calibre Tracked Self-Propelled gun systems to the Indian Army in 2017..