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Heavy Vehicles Factory (HVF)
Industry Defence
Founded 1965
Headquarters
Avadi, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Area served
 Defence
Products Arjun MBT, T-90, T-72, Vijayanta tanks
Parent Armoured Vehicles Nigam Limited (current)
Ordnance Factories Board (former)

Heavy Vehicles Factory (HVF) is an armoured vehicle and battle tank manufacturing factory located at Avadi in Chennai in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is managed by Armoured Vehicles Nigam Limited (AVANI) of the Ministry of Defence, Government of India.

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.

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$18 million). The plant helps reduce carbon dioxide (CO
2) emissions to the extent of 26,000 tonnes per annum, saving ₹45 million (US$770,000) each year.

Products

Products of HVF include Vijayanta, Kartik BLT, M-46 Catapult and T-72 Ajeya, Arjun MBT and T-90 Bhishma tanks.

Gallery

Products
  • T-72 Ajeya1

    Ajeya

  • Indian Army T-90

    Bhishma

  • Vijayanta main battle tank-2-marina park-andaman-India

    Vijayanta

  • Bridge Layer Tank on Ajeya manufactured by Heavy Vehicles Factory (HVF) of Ordnance Factory Board

    Bridge Layer Tank on Ajeya

  • T-72 FWMP

    Full-width Mine Plough on Ajeya

  • Arjun Mk 1

    Arjun

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