*JABALPUR:* Indian Army gets a big firepower boost along Pakistani borderswith the induction of the Indigenously upgraded Sharang 155 mm gun system.

New gun system was successfully test-fired at the Long Proof Range (LPR) ofKhamaria in Jabalpur district of Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday.

The firepower of this high calibre gun, which is also the country’s largestindigenous gun, has been increased to 39 km, Zee news has reported.

This is the first time that the upgraded Sharang gun system was tested inJabalpur.

As part of the Narendra Modi government’s ‘Make in India’ initiative, theindigenously-designed towed 155 mm/45 calibre artillery gun Sharang willsoon be supplied to the Indian Army from Gun Carriage Factory and theOrdnance Factory, Kanpur.

The induction of Sharang will bolster the Army’s combat abilities along thelines of the ‘Soltam-155’ guns manufactured by Russia. The weapon has beenupgraded successfully from its previous specification of 130 mm to 155 mm.

Its commercial production is also likely to begin soon.