[Candor7]

Reminds me of the old "Mountain Guns" used in WW II, produced by Germany and used by the Japanese. They were dismantled and carried by teams of soldiers. Heavy suckers too!

Vickers-Maxim QF 2.95 inch mountain gun,British made, used by the USA in WWI.

I don't believe the USA uses them anymore, preferring mortars, hand held rockets, and recoiless rifles. The traditional mountain guns limit team mobility, which apparently does not concern the Army of India in this application. The implication is that the Indian Army wants to fortify its high mountainous borders in Kashmir with stationary artillery sites. If the Tibetans had done that, the Chicoms would have never gotten into Tibet en masse. It takes little to seal off mountain passes, and I guess these guns may be for that purpose.

[Yo-Yo]

These days,the "Mountain Guns" are delivered by helicopter, not dragged up the hill.

What India wants is something like the US M777 that is light enough to be slung under a helicopter, or V-22 Osprey.

[sukhoi-30mki]

India has a requirement for heavy self propelled howitzers as well as light weight ones.The heavy ones can be deployed in semi-mountainous & desert regions while the lighter ones could be taken to more demanding territory.