Bhim self-propelled howitzer

The Bhim self-propelled Howitzer is a private venture of South African company Denel under the supervision of Indian Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). It was designed to meet the requirement of self-propelled artillery of the Indian Army. The Bangroom artillery system started development by Defence Research and Development Organisation in the 1990s. Trials of the Bhim artillery system were successfully conducted in 1998 and 1999, but it remained on pause for over 10 years as Denel was blacklisted by the Indian government. The Bhim artillery system has a fully automatic ammunition loading system, as well as a turret-mounted auxiliary power unit, which powers all systems. It consists of a Denel T6 turret mounted on an Arjun MBT chassis. The Bhim's secondary armament consists of a single 7.62-mm machine gun.