New Delhi: The Indian Army is set to procure high firing multi barrel air defence guns to protect civilians living in border areas and religious places near the Pakistan border. The system will form one of the key components of the Sudarshan Chakra shield currently under development and will be integrated into the Army’s overall air defence architecture. The new gun systems will have a range of up to 4 km and a cyclic rate of fire of around 3,000 rounds per minute. “Indian Army Air Defence has floated an RFP for the procurement of six AK-630 Air Defence Gun Systems with Advanced Weapon and Equipment India Ltd (AWEIL). The system sought is a 30 mm multi-barrel mobile air defence gun with a high rate of fire,” said defence officials.