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{{short description|Indian company making military vehicles}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2017}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2017}}
{{Infobox company
|name = Defense Land Systems India
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|type = [[Private company|Private]]
|foundation = 2010
|founder =
|dissolved = 2013
|location = [[New Delhi]], [[India]]
|area_served = [[India]]
|key_people =
|industry = [[Defense contractor|Defense]]
|revenue =
|operating_income =
|net_income =
|assets =
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|parent = [[Mahindra & Mahindra]] <br/> [[BAE Systems]]
|homepage =
}}

'''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]].<ref name=bw>{{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}}</ref>

The partnership ended in 2013.<ref name="PressRelease">{{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}}</ref>

==Products and services==
In 2010, DLSI launched the [[Mahindra Mine Protected Vehicle|Mine Protected Vehicle India]], an armored vehicle especially designed for [[anti-terrorism]] and anti-[[Naxalite|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 [[TNT equivalent|equivalent of TNT]] under any wheel and 14 kg equivalent of TNT directly underneath the crew compartment. It features a [[v-hull|V-shaped]], steel [[monocoque]] hull which directs the force of the blast away from the occupants.<ref name="mm-mpvi">{{cite web |title=Mine Protected Vehicle India |url=http://www.mahindra.com/mahindra/industry.page?cname=what-we-do&dname=Defense&scat=Products&indid=Mine-Protected-Vehicle |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722075808/http://www.mahindra.com/mahindra/industry.page?cname=what-we-do&dname=Defense&scat=Products&indid=Mine-Protected-Vehicle |archive-date=2011-07-22 |accessdate=25 November 2011 |work=Mahindra.com |publisher=Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.}}</ref>

==References==

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[[Category:Military vehicle manufacturers]]
[[Category:Manufacturing companies based in Delhi]]
[[Category:Companies based in New Delhi]]
[[Category:Indian companies established in 2010]]
[[Category:Manufacturing companies established in 2010]]
[[Category:BAE Systems joint ventures]]
[[Category:Mahindra Group]]
[[Category:2010 establishments in Delhi]]
[[Category:Indian companies disestablished in 2013]]
[[Category:Manufacturing companies disestablished in 2013]]

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