Mahindra opens special military vehicles plant

Mahindra Defence Systems, a division of the Mahindra Group, has inaugurated the Mahindra Special Military Vehicles (MSMV) facility in Faridabad near New Delhi today. Spread across six acres, the new plant has facilities for specific military manufacturing applications.

"The defence space is going at an exponential rate, creating opportunities for manufacture of world class products. With this technologically advanced manufacturing capability, MSMV will help Mahindra Defence Systems harness the potential in this space," said Anand Mahindra, vice chairman and managing director, Mahindra Group.

The MSMV will manufacture specialised vehiciles for the armed forces, paramilitary forces and police and is also designed to undertake vehicle development, armouring and conversions.

 

The plant will have a capacity of 500 uparmoured vehicles per year and will roll out uparmoured vehicles such as bulletproof Scorpios, Boleros, Rakshak, bulletproof tourister bus, riot intervention vehicles and the Marksman light armoured vehicle.

The plant also has an advanced facility for R& D, product development, design and prototyping of special vehicles to meet specific customer requirements.