<span style="color: #222222;">Defence Minister Rajnath Singh today dedicated to the nation the 51st K9 Vajra self-propelled Howitzer gun made by L&T at Hazira in Gujarat. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The gun weighs 50 tonnes and can fire 47-kilogram bombs at targets up to a distance of 43 kilometres. It can also turn around at zero radius. </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' Speaking on this occasion at Hazira in Surat, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has said that K9 Vajra-T guns dedicated to the nation today are indeed future-ready combat vehicles. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">He said that L&T's Armoured Systems Complex (ASC) has a state of art complex to manufacture and integrate advanced armoured platforms. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">He said, these future-ready combat vehicles meet the requirement of 21st-century warfare including deep fire support to the longer firing range. He said that under the Make in India programme, India will be not only a manufacturing hub, but also a net defence exporter.  </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">AIR correspondent reports that K9 Vajra-T gun dedicated today has been delivered ahead of the schedule. L&T's Armoured System Complex at Hazira in Surat had been dedicated to the nation by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in January Last year.</span><br />''