The barrel of the US-manufactured gun had exploded when it was firing Indian ammunition on September 2.The field trials of the 155 mm, 39-calibre guns manufactured by BAE systems were being carried out at Pokhran in Rajasthan with an aim to collate various critical data like trajectory, speed and frequency.India had received two M-777 ultra-light howitzers in May, each worth around Rs 35 crore, after a gap of 30 years since the Bofors scandal broke out, and the accident took place in one of them.The barrel of the US-manufactured gun had exploded when it was firing Indian ammunition on September 2.end-ofTags: howitzer m-777, explosion, m-777 ultra-light howitzers, bofors scandalLocation: India, Delhi, New Delhi.While 25 guns will come in a fly-away condition.

The rest will be assembled in India by the BAE Systems in partnership with Mahindra Defence.Army sources had said the barrel of the gun was damaged in pipe screw barrel Manufacturers the preliminary investigation has found that faulty ammunition was the reason behind the explosion on the Army39;s new long-range ultra-light (ULH) howitzer M-777 during a field trial in Pokhran earlier this month, official sources said."He said these kind of failures can have multiple causes and "the quality of the shell is not the only reason".India had received two M-777 ultra-light howitzers in May, each worth around Rs 35 crore, after a gap of 30 years since the Bofors scandal broke out, and the accident took place in one of them.The defence ministry had struck a government-to-government deal with the US last November for supply of the 145 howitzers at a cost of nearly Rs 5,000 crore. 

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