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Under this, the army was given six guns for practice use so that the user gets well-versed with the weapon after extensive firing. When the plan was envisaged, the original requirement was projected at 414 guns. So far 81% of indigenization has been achieved which is projected to be taken to 91% by end of 2019. This has not happened for other systems including foreign acquisitions.The GCF plans to send the first six guns by end of the current financial year. Nagpur: Eight years after the project began, the defence ministry has finally given the Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) the go-ahead to make 114 Dhanush — the indigenous howitzers designed on the lines of Swedish Bofors ..