Armoured Vehicles Nigam

Armoured Vehicles Nigam Limited (AVANI) is an Indian state-owned defence company, headquartered in Avadi, Chennai, India established in 2021 as part of the restructuring and corporatisation of the Ordnance Factory Board into seven different Public Sector Undertakings. AVANI primarily manufactures Armoured fighting vehicles, Main battle tanks and their engines for the use of the Indian Armed Forces and foreign militaries.

Some notable products of AVANI include:

1. Arjun Main battle tank built by Heavy Vehicle Factory Avadi
2.T-90 built by Heavy Vehicle Factory Avadi
3. T-72 built by Heavy Vehicle Factory Avadi
4. BMP-2 Sarath (Chariot of Victory)– Indian license-produced variant of the BMP-2, built by Ordnance Factory Medak
5. Stallion truck platform for various military and logistics vehicles