OFBL was set up in the State of Orissa with state-of-the-art technology from M/s Day and Zimermann, USA, M/s Josef Meissner, Germany, M/s HAKO, Switzerland and M/s KINTEX, Bulgaria. Late Prime Minister Smt. Indira Gandhi laid the foundation stone of this Factory on October 29th 1984. The vision of setting up a huge ammunition factory dedicated to manufacture of medium and heavy calibre ammunition has brought this backward region of KBK belt of Orissa to lime light. The project sanction came in 1989. The Factory is situated in the Bolangir district of Orissa with a spread of 12,200 acres encompassing hills & hillocks of historical Gandhamardan Range and flanked by two tributary rivers, the LANTH and the TEL, of the Mahanadi River System.
SHELL 155mm HE M1A4 ERFB (BT)
Weapon : BOFORS FH77 B HOWITZER Gun End Use : Surface to Surface Anti-Personal Ammunition used for rapid & accurate firing at long ranges to attack the Ground Targets. Shells can be used together with PD or proximity Fuzes.The shells are filled with TNT Special Grade (Set point 80.60 C) in semi-automatic plant by pour filling method.