Vehicle Factory Jabalpur
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Vehicle Factory Jabalpur (Hindi: वाहन निर्माणी जबलपुर), is a military motor vehicle factory, located in
History
The production of
Products
VFJ manufactures and assembles general staff vehicles, logistics vehicles, light armoured vehicles like bullet-proof vehicles, mine protected vehicles[9] and specialist role vehicles such as rocket launchers, self-propelled howitzers, water bowsers, fuel tankers, field ambulances, tippers, battery command posts, generator sets, light recovery vehicles, field artillery tractors, kitchen containers etc. It also has some variants for civilian applications.
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Gallery
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Matang Truck for the Indian Army
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Jonga mounted with 105 mm RCL guns which destroyed most of the tanks during the 1965 and 1971 Indo-Pakistani wars
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Jabalpur Vehicle Factory (VFJ )'s Tipper on Shaktiman; India's first 3-way tipper was built on the Shaktiman platform
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Stallion Mark I, now being replaced by Stallion Mark IV
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5000 Litres Water Bowser
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2000 Litres Water Bowser on LPTA
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LPTA 715
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4X4 Mine Protected Vehicle, also in 6X6 configuration, with RCWS, recce and recovery variants
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4X4 Bullet Proof Vehicle
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LPTA Armoured variant
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4X4 Riot Control Vehicle
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Integrated Communication Electronic Warfare System
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Nuclear Biological Chemical Water Purification System
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Mobile Base Transceiver Station
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LPTA Field Ambulance
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6X6 multi-barrel rocket launcher, soon to be produced
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VFJ-GCF 105 mm Truck-mounted Self-Propelled Gun System, in 6X6 and 4X4 configurations
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VFJ-GCF Sharang Towed Gun
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Flyer Internally-Transportable Vehicle (ITV), Light Strike Vehicle (LSV)
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6X6 Dhanush Field artillery tractor
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VFJ-GCF 8X8 155 mm Truck-mounted Self-Propelled Gun System
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High Mobility Vehicle Launching Platform for Smerch Rockets, the same used for Pinaka
Technology
VFJ has an R&D centre responsible for development of future vehicles and related technologies. It has tie-ups with
Customers
Since VFJ produces defence vehicles, its primary customers are the
References
- ^ "Indian Ordnance Factories: Our Factories". Ofb.gov.in. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
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- ^ "Indian Ordnance Factories: Vehicle Factory Jabalpur". Ofb.gov.in. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
- ^ "Shaktiman (4 x 4) 4,000 kg truck (India) - Jane's Military Vehicles and Logistics". Jane's Information Group. 19 March 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
- ^ "JONGA (4 x 4) 0.25 ton light vehicle (India), Light vehicles". Jane's Information Group. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
- ^ "MYJONGA.COM". Abhilash Nambiar. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
- ^ "Metro Plus Coimbatore / Wheels : Monster on the move". The Hindu. 22 May 2008. Archived from the original on 13 June 2009. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
- ^ Business Standard (26 September 2009). "Jabalpur auto parts makers facing tough times". Business-standard.com. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
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- ^ "Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D)". Bprd.nic.in. Retrieved 6 August 2012.