Heavy Vehicles Factory
Armoured vehicle and battle tank manufacturing factory
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History
Heavy Vehicles Factory (HVF) was established in 1961 by the Ordnance Factory Board to manufacture heavy battlefield equipment and was later made part of AVANI during the re-organisation in 2021.
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Plant
The factory is powered by a 16 MW solar power plant, spread over 80 acres (32 ha), commissioned in 2018 and installed by Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) at a cost of ₹1,050 million (US$13 million). The plant helps reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions to the extent of 26,000 tonnes per annum, saving ₹45 million (US$540,000) each year.
Products
Products of HVF include Vijayanta, Kartik BLT, M-46 Catapult and T-72 Ajeya, Arjun MBT and T-90 Bhishma tanks.

