Munitions India

Munitions India Limited (MIL) is an Indian state-owned defence company, headquartered in Pune, India, established in 2021 as part of the restructuring and corporatisation of the Ordnance Factory Board into seven different Public Sector Undertakings. Munitions India primarily manufactures ammunition, explosives, rockets and bombs for the use of the Indian Armed Forces, foreign militaries and domestic civilian use.

Products
Some notable products of Munitions India include:


 * Pinaka Multi Barrel Rocket Launcher
 * Hand Grenade
 * High Speed Low Drag Bomb
 * FSAPDS
 * Shivalik Multi Mode Hand Grenade (MMHG)
 * 155 mm High Explosive Extended Range Full Bore (Boat Tail) shell
 * Maindeka Naval Mine
 * Air to Ground 1000 lb bombs (High Explosive, Thermobaric )
 * 68 mm Air to Ground Rockets (HE, HC and Training rounds)
 * Mortar Bombs (81 mm, 51 mm)
 * Large Caliber Ammunition
 * 155 mm (HE M-107, Illuminating rounds, HE ERFB, Screening Smoke rounds)
 * 130 mm (HE rounds)
 * 125 mm (HE, HEAT rounds)
 * 105 mm (IFG HE, IFG Illuminating, Screening Smoke rounds)
 * Medium Caliber Ammunition
 * 84 mm (HE, Smoke, Illuminating (ILLG) rounds)
 * 30 mm (HE/I, AP/T, HE/T rounds for BMP-II)
 * Small Caliber Ammunition (20 mm rounds for anti-materiel rifle, 14.5×114mm, 7.62 x 51 mm, 7.62 x 54 mmR, 5.56 x 45 mm, 9×19 mm)

Ramjet Propelled Artillery Shell
IIT Madras along with IIT Kanpur, Armament Research and Development Establishment (ARDE) and Research Centre Imarat (RCI) are working on redesigning an existing 155 mm shell using ramjet propulsion that can cover 60 km+ range. It will be made compatible with Haubits FH77, Dhanush, K9 Thunder and DRDO Advanced Towed Artillery Gun System. The shell will use precision guidance kit for trajectory correction. IIT Madras will ensure that Munitions India can manufacture the shells.

155 mm Smart Artillery Shell
Together with Munitions India Limited, IIT Madras is developing the first 155 mm Smart Ammunition in India. The goal of this partnership is to improve artillery shell accuracy and lethality at the time of terminal impact. The munitions can be launched from 39- and 45-calibre 155 mm guns. Achieving a Circular Error Probability (CEP) of 10 meters is the ultimate objective, against 500 meters CEP achieved by conventional ammunitions. This entails housing cutting-edge technologies such as miniature electronics and sensors with guidance, navigation, and control systems. The 155 mm Smart Ammunition shells will also utilize NavIC satellite guidance to increase accuracy. In order to meet different tactical needs, the 155 mm Smart Ammunition is made to work with current artillery guns and has sophisticated characteristics including fin stabilization, canard control, and a three-mode fuse operation. A minimum range of 8 km and a maximum range of 38 km are anticipated. In addition, this Smart shell has three different explosion modes: delayed, height of burst, and point detonation.

Exports
The UAE purchased 40,000 and 50,000 155 mm artillery ammunition in 2017 and 2019, respectively. In 2017 and 2019, the order was valued at approximately $40 million and $46 million, respectively. The known buyers of 155 mm shells have been the United Arab Emirates and Armenia. Unidentified European nation—likely Poland or Slovenia—just bought the artillery munitions, as per reports in February 2024.

Videos from Ukraine have recently surfaced, showing the artillery ammunition manufactured in India being used by Ukrainian forces in Russo-Ukrainian War. Social media posts in both Russian and Ukrainian languages reported what seemed to be Indian 155mm artillery shells likely falling into Ukraine. It was rumored that the weaponry consisted of MIL-produced HE ERFB BT shells.

MIL and its partner, Nadrah Company, inked a $225 million deal at World Defense Show 2024 to provide artillery ammunition to Saudi Arabia.

As of March 2024, Munitions India has export orders worth ₹6,000 crore, to be supplied till 2026-27. The leading customers are UAE, Vietnam and one undisclosed country from Europe.