Heavy Alloy Penetrator Project
The Heavy Alloy Penetrator Project or HAPP is an Indian defence establishment operated by the Ordnance Factories Board. Headquartered at Kolkata, under the overall charge of Ministry of Defence, Government of India the factory is located about 25 kilometres from the main city of Tiruchirappalli.[1]
History
The factory was initially established in the late 1980s as a unit of Defence Research and Development Organisation in collaboration with other government defence agencies and some foreign partners. After full scale development of the product was completed, the factory was handed over to Ordnance Factories Board, to begin full-scale production. This is one of the forty one ordnance factories operated by OFB throughout India, and one of the two factories in Tiruchirappalli, the other being Ordnance Factory Tiruchirappalli (OFT).
Products
The factory produces 400 tonne per annum home-made tungsten based heavy alloy components through powder metallurgy processes[2] to manufacture FSAPDS (Fin Stabilized Armor Piercing Discarding Sabot), alternatively called the APFSDS, which is a high kinetic energy weapon used in tank and other armor-piercing ammunition, supplied to Indian Army.[3]
Geography
The project factory is set up separately from the township that houses the employees working in the project. The township is a part of the project and is adequately equipped for meeting the daily needs of its residents. There are government quarters for the employees, a small dispensary-cum-hospital, banks and post-office. There are two schools, one of them being a Kendriya Vidyalaya (Central School). There is a small market complex that houses a few shops selling groceries, stationery shops, PCO among others.
The place is surrounded by a few small villages and settlements. It is also connected by road to its sister factory OFT, which is a couple of kilometres away and BHEL (Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited) is located about 5 kilometres away. There are buses connecting the township to the main town and a few auto-rickshaws also ply between the places.
References
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| Administration |
- Armoured Vehicles Headquarters, Chennai (AVHQ)
- Ordnance Equipment Factories Headquarters, Kanpur (OEFHQ)
- Ordnance Factory Cell, New Delhi (OFBDEL)
- Ordnance Factory Board, Kolkata (OFBHQ)
- Ordnance Factory Cell, Mumbai (OFBMUM)
- Ordnance Factories Recruitment Board, Nagpur (OFRB)
- Indian Ordnance Factories Service (IOFS)
- Indian Ordnance Factories Health Service (IOFHS)
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| Ordnance Factories |
- Ammunition Factory Khadki, Pune (AFK)
- Cordite Factory Aruvankadu (CFA)
- Engine Factory Avadi, Chennai (EFA)
- Field Gun Factory, Kanpur (FGK)
- Gun Carriage Factory Jabalpur (GCF)
- Grey Iron Foundry, Jabalpur (GIF)
- Gun and Shell Factory, Kolkata (GSF)
- Heavy Alloy Penetrator Project Tiruchirappalli (HAPP)
- High Explosives Factory, Pune (HEF)
- Heavy Vehicles Factory, Chennai (HVF)
- Machine Tool Prototype Factory, Mumbai (MPF)
- Metal and Steel Factory, Kolkata (MSF)
- Ordnance Clothing Factory Avadi, Chennai (OCFAV)
- Ordnance Cable Factory Chandigarh
Ordnance Cable Factory Chandigarh (OCFC)
- Ordnance Clothing Factory Shahjahanpur (OCFS)
- Ordnance Equipment Factory Kanpur (OEFC)
- Ordnance Equipment Factory Hazratpur, Firozabad (OEFHZ)
- Ordnance Factory Ambernath, Mumbai (OFA)
- Ordnance Factory Ambajhari, Nagpur (OFAJ)
- Ordnance Factory Bhandara (OFBA)
- Ordnance Factory Bhusawal (OFBH)
- Ordnance Factory Bolangir (OFBOL)
- Ordnance Factory Kanpur (OFC)
- Ordnance Factory Chandrapur (OFCH)
- Ordnance Factory Dumdum, Kolkata (OFDC)
- Ordnance Factory Dehu Road, Pune (OFDR)
- Ordnance Factory Dehradun (OFDUN)
- Ordnance Factory Itarsi (OFI)
- Ordnance Factory Khamaria, Jabalpur (OFK)
- Ordnance Factory Katni (OFKAT)
- Ordnance Factory Muradnagar (OFM)
- Ordnance Factory Project Nalanda (OFN)
- Ordnance Factory Project Korwa (OFPKR)
- Ordnance Factory Project Medak (OFPM)
- Ordnance Factory Tiruchirappalli (OFT)
- Ordnance Factory Varangaon (OFV)
- Opto Electronics Factory, Dehradun (OLF)
- Ordnance Parachute Factory, Kanpur (OPF)
- Ishapore Rifle Factory, Kolkata (RFI)
- Small Arms Factory, Kanpur (SAF)
- Vehicle Factory Jabalpur (VFJ)
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| Training Institutes |
- National Academy of Defence Production, Nagpur
- Ordnance Factories Institute of Learning Ambajhari, Nagpur (OFILAJ)
- Ordnance Factories Institute of Learning Ambernath, Mumbai (OFILAM)
- Ordnance Factories Institute of Learning Avadi, Chennai (OFILAV)
- Ordnance Factories Institute of Learning Dehradun (OFILDD)
- Ordnance Factories Institute of Learning Ishapore, Kolkata (OFILIS)
- Ordnance Factories Institute of Learning Khamaria, Jabalpur (OFILKH)
- Ordnance Factories Institute of Learning, Kanpur (OFILKN)
- Ordnance Factories Institute of Learning, Medak (OFILMK)
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