Defence Minister Rajnath Singh spoke at the handing over ceremony of multi-mode hand grenades to the Indian Army in Nagpur on August 24. Singh said he hopes India will emerge as the defence manufacturing hub for the world. He appreciated the Defence Production and Export Promotion Policy 2020 and hailed the Public-Private sector Partnership in defence. The grenades were manufactured at the company Economic Explosives Limited (EEL).


8月24日，在那格浦尔举办的向印度陆军移交多模式手雷的仪式上，印度国防部长拉杰纳特·辛格发表了讲话。辛格表示，他希望印度能成为世界国防制造业中心。他对《2020年国防生产和出口促进政策》表示赞赏，并赞扬了国防领域的公私部门伙伴关系。这些手雷是由经济炸药有限公司(EEL)制造的。


Bring prices of grenades at par with private Nagpur corporations: Government to OFB


印度政府要求兵工厂委员会将其手雷的价格与那格浦尔的私营企业的产品保持持平。


NAGPUR: In what may be one of the first steps towards conversion into a public corporation, the Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) has been asked by the government to bring prices of its hand grenades at par with that offered by Nagpur’s Solar Group. Once a corporation, the ordnance factories will have to compete with private sector in supplying armament to defence forces.


那格浦尔：印度政府要求，军工厂委员会要将其生产的手雷的价格，保持与那格浦尔太阳能集团的产品相当的水平，这可能是令其向公营公司转型的第一步。一旦成为公司，军工厂委员会在为国防部队供应武器方面，将不得不与私营企业展开竞争。


The ordnance factories unxs have called for an indefinite strike against corporatization. Solar Group is the first-ever private company to have bagged an order to make this product. Economic Explosives Limited (EEL), the 100% subsidiary of the group, has got an order to make 10 lakh multimodal hand grenades for the Army. The first batch is expected to be despatched soon.


军工厂工会已经发出号召，要求进行一次反对公司化的无限期罢工。太阳能集团是第一家获得这种产品订单的私营公司。该集团的全资子公司经济炸药有限公司(EEL)已获得一份为陆军生产100万枚多模式手雷的订单。第一批产品预计很快就会发货。


The multimodal grenades will be replacing the World War II M36 hand grenades. Grenades are among the last resorts of defence for soldiers during combat. The new grenades, which have better accuracy and lethality, can be used for both offensive and defensive purposes.


这种多模式手雷将取代二战时期的M36手雷。手雷是士兵在战斗中最后的防御手段之一。这种新型手雷具有更好的准确性和杀伤力，可用于进攻和防御目的。


The grenades were developed by ordnance factory at Khamaria at Jabalpur and EEL, based on DRDO technology. Even as EEL got the order, passing Army’s clearance process was took time for OFB.


这些手雷是由位于贾巴尔普尔和EEL的Khamaria兵工厂基于DRDO技术开发的。即使在EEL拿到订单的时刻，OFB也需要一段时间才能通过陆军的审批程序。
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After technical aspects were cleared, the OFB was lately asked to match the price with Solar Group, which the former has agreed to and responded accordingly. This will bring down the price offered by OFB by Rs1,500-odd. Each grenade has been priced in the range of Rs3,500 to Rs4,000, said sources.


在技术细节得到批准后，OFB最近得到要求，要求其产品的价格与太阳能集团产品的价格相匹配，前者已同意并作出相应回应。这将使OFB的报价降低超过1500卢比。消息人士称，每枚手榴弹的价格在3500卢比到4000卢比之间。


With OFB also agreeing to bring down the rates, a bulk order from the Army is finally expected soon, said a source.


消息人士称，随着OFB也同意降低价格，陆军的批量订单有望很快达成。


Earlier, the OFB was also asked to first prove shelf life of the grenade which is supposed to be at least 15 years. It had responded that under the intensive shelf life assessment (ISA) method as recommended by Army’s directorate general of quality assurance (DGQA), it would take around two years for the process. Till then the order would have to be held up.


早些时候，OFB还被要求首先证明这种手雷的保质期至少为15年。而它回应称，根据陆军质量保证总局(DGQA)推荐的密集保质期评估(ISA)方法，整个评估过程大约需要两年时间。在那之前，该订单必须暂停。


On the other hand, Solar Group has gone with the faster Isothermal Micro Calometry method, which was used the first time in the country. However, it is used by NATO countries and takes four months to give results.


相比之下，太阳能集团采用了速度更快的等温微量检测法，这是这种办法首次在国内应用。这种方法用于北约国家，4个月就能得出结果。


Now, the OFB’s stance has been accepted and shelf life testing will begin as soon as the first batch is delivered. With this, bulk production and shelf life testing will go on simultaneously. OFB has insisted that ISA is the only method in its protocol as it has to go by DGQA’s norms.


现在，OFB的立场已经被接受，将在第一批产品交付后立即开始保质期测试。这样，批量生产和保质期测试将同时进行。OFB坚持ISA是其规程中的唯一方法，因为它必须遵循DGQA的规范。


It has taken a decade for the project in which EEL had emerged as the sole qualifying company for taking part in bids. In August 2019, the request for proposal (RFP) document was amended easing the norms for timings to generate an explosion. The relaxation applied for 10% of the batch.


这个项目花了十年时间，EEL成为该项目唯一有资格参与投标的公司。2019年8月，已经对提案请求(RFP)文件进行了修订，放宽了手雷引爆的时间标准。这一放宽适用于该批次10%的产品。


Both EEL and OFB had denied of having needed any relaxation saying that their grenades had met full accuracy.


EEL和OFB都否认需要任何放宽，称他们的手雷达到了完全准确的水平。
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