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Trajan 155mm 52 caliber towed gun artillery system
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The Trajan is a 155mm 52 caliber towed gun artillery system designed and manufactured by the French Company Nexter Systems. The Trajan TRAJAN® is an accurate and powerful 155mm caliber towed gun system able to support any mechanized and armored unit. The TRAJAN® system can be put into action in less than 1'30". The gun is served by a six-man crew and is very much facilitated by automation of operations for putting it into or taking it out of action, for aiming and by an automatic loading of shells. These elements also make operations more secure. To design its new Trajan towed gun, Nexter Systems relied heavily on the combat proven, truck-mounted Caesar, which is performing superbly in Afghanistan from the FOB held by the French army. In September 2011, Nexter Systems of France and Larsen & Toubro Limited (L&T) of India signed an Agreement announcing the formation of Nexter Systems led consortium for 155 mm Towed Gun Artillery program for the Indian Army. Under the proposal, Nexter will field TRAJAN®, 155 mm/52-calibre weapon system. TRAJAN® offers enhanced firepower through quicker response, longer range and improved accuracy. Larsen & Toubro, in association with Nexter Systems, will manufacture critical subsystems for TRAJAN® which will integrate and provide required support for the gun system to the Indian Army. Nexter and L&T are teaming for the Towed Gun System programme of the Indian ministry of defence, by proposing the TRAJAN® which has already been evaluated in India. The French Company Sagem is also a partner in the Trajan programme with its Sigma 30 Intertial Guidance System enables the gun a high degree of precision in autonomous firing. In February 2016, Nexter submitted its final bid in an Indian tender for a €1 billion ($1.1 billion) contract for 1,400 155mm towed cannons. Nexter has teamed with Indian partner Larsen & Toubro to pitch its Trajan 155mm/52 caliber gun against Elbit Systems, partnered with Bharat Forge. The Trajan has a total weight of 13,000 kg and can be easily transported by military transport aircraft as IL-76, C17 or A400M.
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