Indian Ordnance Factories: List of all 41 Indian Ordnance Factories

Indian Ordnance Factories: The Indian Armed Forces play a vital role in safeguarding our borders, as everyone is aware. However, keep in mind that institutions like the Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) are just as significant. The Indian Ordnance Factories under OFB are responsible for producing arms and ammunition for the Indian Armed Forces. The second-biggest producer of defense hardware in Asia is the Ordnance Factory Board of India.

There are 41 ammunition factories in India, spread over 7 Defence Public Sector Undertakings (DPSUs) in different locations. We’ll provide you a list of all 41 ordnance factories in India in 2024 in this article.

Information about the Indian Ordnance Factory Board

Let’s look at some key information about the Ordnance Factory Board of India before looking at the list of all ordnance factories in the country.

• The Dutch Ostend Company founded a Gun Powder industry in Ichhapur in 1712, marking the establishment of India’s first ordnance industry.
• The Ordnance Factory Board was founded on April 2, 1979.
• In 1935, the Indian Ordnance Service was set up to oversee the country’s defense industry.
• The Indian government dissolved the Ordnance Factory Board on October 1, 2021.

The following seven recently established PSUs for defense now have all of its employees, management, and control.

• Advanced Weapons and Equipment India Limited (AWE)
• Troop Comforts Limited (TCL)
• Yantra India Limited (YIL)
• Armoured Vehicles Nigam Limited (AVANI)
• Gliders India Limited (GIL)
• Munitions India Limited (MIL)
• India Optel Limited (IOL)

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List of all Indian Ordnance Factories

Name of the Factory and Corresponding PSU	Location	State
Ammunition Factory Khadki (AFK) – Munitions India Limited	Pune	Maharashtra
Engine Factory Avadi (EFA) – Armoured Vehicles Nigam Limited	Chennai	Tamil Nadu
Cordite Factory Aruvankadu (CFA) – Munitions India Limited	Aruvankadu	Tamil Nadu
Field Gun Factory, Kanpur (FGK) – Advanced Weapons and Equipment India Limited	Kanpur	Uttar Pradesh
Gun Carriage Factory Jabalpur (GCF) – Advanced Weapons and Equipment India Limited	Jabalpur	Madhya Pradesh
Grey Iron Foundry (GIF) – Yantra India Limited	Jabalpur	Madhya Pradesh
Gun and Shell Factory (GSF) – Advanced Weapons and Equipment India Limited	Kolkata	West Bengal
Heavy Alloy Penetrator Project (HAPP) – Munitions India Limited	Tiruchirappalli	Tamil Nadu
High Explosives Factory (HEF) – Munitions India Limited	Pune	Maharashtra
Heavy Vehicles Factory, Chennai (HVF) – Armoured Vehicles Nigam Limited	Chennai	Tamil Nadu
Machine Tool Prototype Factory Ambernath (MPF) – Armoured Vehicles Nigam Limited	Mumbai	Maharashtra
Metal and Steel Factory (MSF) – Yantra India Limited	Kolkata	West Bengal
Ordnance Clothing Factory Avadi (OCFAV) – Troop Comforts Limited	Chennai	Tamil Nadu
Ordnance Factory Chandigarh (OCFC) – India Optel Limited	Chandigarh	Chandigarh
Ordnance Clothing Factory (OCFS) – Troop Comforts Limited	Shahjahanpur	Uttar Pradesh
Ordnance Equipment Factory Kanpur (OEFC) – Troop Comforts Limited	Kanpur	Uttar Pradesh
Ordnance Equipment Factory Hazratpur (OEFHZ) – Troop Comforts Limited	Hazratpur	Uttar Pradesh
Ordnance Factory Ambernath (OFA) – Yantra India Limited	Mumbai	Maharashtra
Ordnance Factory Ambajhari (OFAJ) – Yantra India Limited	Nagpur	Maharashtra
Ordnance Factory Bhandara (OFBA) – Munitions India Limited	Bhandara	Maharashtra
Ordnance Factory Bhusawal (OFBH) – Yantra India Limited	Bhusawal	Maharashtra
Ordnance Factory Bolangir (OFBOL) – Munitions India Limited	Bolangir	Odisha
Ordnance Factory Kanpur (OFC) – Advanced Weapons and Equipment India Limited	Kanpur	Uttar Pradesh
Ordnance Factory Chandrapur (OFCH) – Munitions India Limited	Chandrapur	Maharashtra
Ordnance Factory Dumdum (OFDC) – Yantra India Limited	Kolkata	West Bengal
Ordnance Factory Dehu Road (OFDR) – Munitions India Limited	Pune	Maharashtra
Ordnance Factory Dehradun (OFDUN) – India Optel Limited	Dehradun	Uttarakhand
Ordnance Factory Itarsi (OFI) – Munitions India Limited	Itarsi	Madhya Pradesh
Ordnance Factory Khamaria (OFK) – Munitions India Limited	Jabalpur	Madhya Pradesh
Ordnance Factory Katni (OFKAT) – Yantra India Limited	Katni	Madhya Pradesh
Ordnance Factory Muradnagar (OFM) – Yantra India Limited	Muradnagar	Uttar Pradesh
Ordnance Factory Project (OFN) – Munitions India Limited	Nalanda	Bihar
Ordnance Factory Project Korwa (OFPKR) – Advanced Weapons and Equipment India Limited	Korwa	Uttar Pradesh
Ordnance Factory Project Medak (OFPM) – Armoured Vehicles Nigam Limited	Hyderabad	Telangana
Ordnance Factory Tiruchirappalli (OFT) – Advanced Weapons and Equipment India Limited	Tiruchirappalli	Tamil Nadu
Ordnance Factory Varangaon (OFV) – Munitions India Limited	Varangaon	Maharashtra
Opto Electronics Factory (OLF) – India Optel Limited	Dehradun	Uttarakhand
Ordnance Parachute Factory (OPF) – Gliders India Limited	Kanpur	Uttar Pradesh
Rifle Factory Ishapore (RFI) – Advanced Weapons and Equipment India Limited	Kolkata	West Bengal
Small Arms Factory (SAF) – Advanced Weapons and Equipment India Limited	Kanpur	Uttar Pradesh
Vehicle Factory Jabalpur (VFJ) – Armoured Vehicles Nigam Limited	Jabalpur	Madhya Pradesh

Consumers of Ordnance Factories in India

• The Indian Army: The nation’s armed forces are the Navy, Air Force, Central Armed Police Forces, State Armed Police Forces, Paramilitary Forces, and Special Forces.
• Civil department: It include the Indian Railways, the Department of Atomic Energy, the Department of Telecommunications, the Liquid Propulsion Systems Center, the Nuclear Fuel Complex, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), the Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO), the Aeronautical Development Agency, and the State Electricity Boards.
• Export: More than 30 nations in North and South America, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa are exporters.