41 Ordnance Factories were set up in the country prior to 2014 to manufacture Arms, Ammunitions, Artillery Guns, Tanks, Combat Vehicles, Troop Comfort items, Bi-Modular Charge System (BMCS), Small Arms and other equipment required by the Armed Forces, Central Para Military Forces, State Police Organisations and Civil Indenters. The factory-wise details are given below.
| Sl. No. | States/UTs | Ordnance Factory.
UNIT |
Year of Establishment | Product Profile |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 1. | Maharashtra | Ammunition Factory Kirkee (AFK) | 1869 | 5.56 mm Ammunition, Bombs, Grenades, Cartridges for others Small Arms, Medium Caliber Ammunition |
| 2. | Maharashtra | High Explosive Factory (HEF) | 1940 | TNT, HNS, Tetryl (CE), IPN, RFNA, ‘G’ Fuel, ‘O’ Fuel, Initiatory Explosives, Acids and Chemicals etc. |
| 3. | Maharashtra | Ordnance Factory Bhandara (OFBa) | 1964 | Various types of Propellants and Explosives |
| 4. | Maharashtra | Machine Tool Prototype Factory (MTPF) | 1953 | Design, Developments and Manufacture of special purpose machine tools and equipment, components and sub-assemblies for Armoured and Transport vehicle and weapons spares, Electronic Fuze, Kavach Chaff Launcher for Navy |
| 5. | Maharashtra | Ordnance Factory Ambarnath (OFA) | 1944 | Cartridge Case, Brass Cup of various sizes, Brass coils, Low and High Tensile Al. Alloy, Extruded sections |
| 6. | Maharashtra | Ordnance Factory Ambajhari (OFAJ) | 1966 | Ammunition Hardware (Shells, Fuzes and Cartg. Cases) Light Metal Floating Bridge, Extruded Al. Rods / Sections, Pressure and Die-Cast Components, Pinaka Rocket etc. |
| 7. | Maharashtra | Ordnance Factory Bhusawal (OFBh) | 1949 | Drums, Barrels, Ammunition Boxes, Cylinders & Tin Containers, Fuel tanks |
| 8. | Maharashtra | Ordnance Factory Chandrapur (OFCH) | 1970 | Tank Gun Ammunition, Mortar Ammunition, Anti-Tank and Anti-Personnel Mines, Rockets, Missiles War-Heads etc. |
| 9. | Maharashtra | Ordnance Factory Dehu Road (OFDR) | 1984 | Various Pyrotechnic Compositions & Ammunition. |
| 10. | Maharashtra | Ordnance Factory Varangaon (OFV) | 1964 | Cartridges, viz, 7.62 mm Nato Ball M-80 Tracer M-62, 5.56 mm Ammunition |
| 11. | Madhya Pradesh | Ordnance Factory Itarsi (OFI) | 1979 | Various types of Propellants and Chemicals |
| 12. | Madhya Pradesh | Ordnance Factory Katni (OFKAT) | 1942 | Non-Ferrous Rolled & Extruded Sections, Cups for Small Arms Ammunitions, Diecast components, Heavy CaliberCartg. Cases |
| 13. | Madhya Pradesh | Gun Carriage Factory (GCF) | 1904 | Light Field Gun, T-72 Tank Gun Recoil System, Carriages for Artillery Guns, Anti-Aircraft Gun, Various Types of Mortars, 12 Bore Pump Action Gun & various Ammunition Packages |
| 14. | Madhya Pradesh | Ordnance Factory Khamaria (OFK) | 1943 | Small Arms Ammunition, Anti-Aircraft Ammunition, Anti-Tank Ammunition, Ammunition. For Air Force and Navy |
| 15. | Madhya Pradesh | Vehicle Factory Jabalpur (VFJ) | 1969 | Army Transport & Logistic Vehicles and Variants, Mine Protected Vehicles |
| 16. | Madhya Pradesh | Grey Iron Foundry (GIF) | 1972 | Automobile Casting of Grey & Malleable Iron for Vehicles & other applications |
| 17. | Tamil Nadu | Cordite Factory Aruvankadu (CFA) | 1903 | Various types of Propellants and Chemicals |
| 18. | Tamil Nadu | Heavy Alloy Penetrator Proj. (HAPP) | 1980 | Empty Shots for Kinetic Energy Ammunition of various calibers (120mm, 125mm), Anti-Submarine Rocket hardware, Tungsten Spheres for Pinaka Rocket |
| 19. | Tamil Nadu | Ordnance Factory Trichy (OFT) | 1967 | 7.62mm Rifle, 12.7 Air Defence Gun & Spares, 30mm Cannon for BMP II, 14.5 mm Sub-Calibre Device for T-72 Tank, 23 mm Ghasha Twin Barrel Gun for MIG |
| 20. | Tamil Nadu | Heavy Vehicle Factory (HVF) | 1966 | Battle Tanks viz. T-90 and Main Battle Tank Arjun, Combat ImprovedAjeya Variants, Tank Spares & Overhaul of T-72 |
| 21. | Tamil Nadu | Ordnance Clothing Factory Avadi (OCFAV) | 1961 | All Combat Clothing & Parade Garments, Parachutes, Tents, DLD Covers, Vest etc. |
| 22. | Tamil Nadu | Engine Factory Avadi (EFA) | 1987 | Engines for Battle Tanks and Infantry Combat Vehicle (ICV), Overhaul of Engines |
| 23. | Andhra Pradesh | Ordnance Factory Medak (OFMK) | 1984 | Infantry Combat Vehicle (ICV) Sarath, Variants, Bullet Proofing of Cars & Spares for ICV |
| 24. | Odisha | Ordnance Factory Badmal (OFBL) | 1989 | Tank and Artillery Ammunition, 30mm Ammunition |
| 25. | West Bengal | Gun & Shell Factory (GSF) | 1801 | Medium Calibre Guns, Ammunition Hardware, .32″ Pistol, 84mm Rocket Launcher |
| 26. | West Bengal | Metal & Steel Factory (MSF) | 1872 | Various Ferrous and Non ferrous castings & extrusion, component & other stores including Cartg. Cases and shell forgings, Light / Medium / Heavy Steel Forgings including Gun Barrel Forgings |
| 27. | West Bengal | Rifle Factory Ishapore (RFI) | 1901 | 5.56 mm INSAS Rifle, Pistol 9 mm Auto, .315′ Sporting Rifle, .22″ Sporting Rifle |
| 28. | West Bengal | Ordnance Factory Dum Dum (OFDC) | 1846 | Ammunition Hardware / Components |
| 29. | Bihar | Ordnance Factory Nalanda (OFN) | 2001 | Bi-modular Charge System (Planned) |
| 30. | Uttar Pradesh | Ordnance Factory Muradnagar (OFM) | 1943 | Plain carbon and alloy steel castings for Tanks, Empty Bodies of various ammunition Hot Die Tool, Steel forgings. Track Link for Tanks |
| 31. | Uttar Pradesh | Ordnance Clothing Factory Shajahanpur (OCFS) | 1879 | All Combat Clothing, Mountaineering Extreme Cold Clothing, Textile &Tentage Items |
| 32. | Uttar Pradesh | Ordnance Equipment Factory Kanpur (OEFC) | 1859 | Leather Items, Textile Items, Engineering Equipment including Mountaineering Items |
| 33. | Uttar Pradesh | Ordnance Factory Kanpur (OFC) | 1942 | Medium & High Calibre Guns, Mortars Bomb Bodies, Ammunition Hardware |
| 34. | Uttar Pradesh | Small Arms Factory (SAF) | 1942 | 5.56 mm Light Machine Gun (LMG), LMG 7.62 mm, MAG 7.62 mm, .50″ Rifle Sporting, .32″ Revolver, 9mm Carbine |
| 35. | Uttar Pradesh | Field Gun Factory (FGK) | 1965 | High Calibre Ordnance & Spare Barrels, .32″ Revolver |
| 36. | Uttar Pradesh | Ordnance Factory Project Korwa (OFPKR) | 2007 | Carbine |
| 37. | Uttar Pradesh | Ordnance Parachute Factory (OPF) | 1941 | All types of Parachutes viz. Brake Parachute, Supply Dropping & Man Dropping Parachutes, Tent, Clothing & Rubberised Items like Floats for Bridges & Inflatable Boats |
| 38. | Uttar Pradesh | Ordnance Equipment Factory Hazratpur (OEFHz) | 1983 | Tents, Mosquito Nets & other Clothing Items |
| 39. | Uttarakhand | Ordnance Factory Dehradun (OFDUN) | 1943 | Sighting & Fire Control Instruments for Tanks, Fire Control Instruments for Guns & Mortars, Range Finder, Binoculars, .Compasses, Air Field Lighting Equipment, Night Vision Instruments |
| 40. | Uttarakhand | Opto Electronics Factory (OLF) | 1988 | Precision Opto Mechanical/Electronic Instruments for Sighting and Fire Control of T-72 & Infantry Combat Vehicles, Laser Range Finder |
| 41. | Chandigarh | Ordnance Cable Factory Chandigarh (OCFC) | 1963 | Field Telephone Cable, Carrier Quad Cable, 20 Conductor Cable, 3KV Air Field Lighting Cable, Beta Light Devices, Optoelectronic Sight |
No new Ordnance Factory has been set up after the year 2014.
In addition to existing items, following new weapon platforms are slated to be manufactured by 2025 for which indent/order has been given to OFB:
- 155mm x 45 cal Artillery Gun System Dhanush
- Upgunning of 130mm Gun to 155mm calibre
This information was given by Raksha Rajya Mantri Shri Shripad Naika written reply to Ms. Saroj Pandeyin Rajya Sabha today.
