Defence Land Systems India Limited

{{short description|Indian company making military vehicles}}

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{{Use Indian English|date=November 2017}}

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|foundation = 2010

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|dissolved = 2013

|location = New Delhi, India

|area_served = India

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|industry = Defense

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|parent = Mahindra & Mahindra
BAE Systems

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Defence Land Systems India Limited (DLSI) was a joint venture between Mahindra & Mahindra Limited and BAE Systems. It designs and produces light armoured vehicles, specialist military vehicles, mine protected vehicles, artillery systems and other land weapons systems and vehicles. The company has production facilities in Prithla, Haryana.{{cite web |url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=96166192 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121010073501/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=96166192 |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 October 2012 |title=Defense Land Systems India Ltd |work=Bloomberg Businessweek |accessdate=25 November 2011}}

The partnership ended in 2013.{{cite web |url=http://www.mahindra.com/news-room/press-release/1360559579 |title=Statement on Mahindra and Mahindra and BAE Systems Joint Venture |author= |date=13 August 2017 |website=Mahindra.com |work= |publisher= |access-date=4 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170813185621/http://www.mahindra.com/news-room/press-release/1360559579 |archive-date=13 August 2017 |url-status=dead}}

Products and services

In 2010, DLSI launched the Mine Protected Vehicle India, an armored vehicle especially designed for anti-terrorism and anti-Naxal operations.{{Citation needed|date=November 2019}} It offers ballistic and land mine protection to troops and paramilitary forces in rugged terrain. With capacity to carry 18 troops with full gear, the vehicle can withstand blasts of up to 21 kg equivalent of TNT under any wheel and 14 kg equivalent of TNT directly underneath the crew compartment. It features a V-shaped, steel monocoque hull which directs the force of the blast away from the occupants.{{cite web |url=http://www.mahindra.com/mahindra/industry.page?cname=what-we-do&dname=Defense&scat=Products&indid=Mine-Protected-Vehicle |title=Mine Protected Vehicle India |work=Mahindra.com |publisher=Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. |accessdate=25 November 2011}}

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