Private company

Heavy Vehicles Factory

Logo: Heavy Vehicles Factory, GODL-India, via Wikimedia Commons³

Armoured vehicle and battle tank manufacturing factory

Heavy Vehicles Factory (HVF) is an armoured vehicle and battle tank manufacturing factory located at Avadi in Chennai in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is managed by Armoured Vehicles Nigam Limited (AVANI) of the Ministry of Defence, Government of India.² Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Industryweapons industry¹
HeadquartersChennai¹
Websiteofb.gov.in

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The story

Heavy Vehicles Factory (HVF) was established in 1961 by the Ordnance Factory Board to manufacture heavy battlefield equipment. The design of the factory was undertaken by the Army Corps of Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (EME), and construction of the factory was organized by the Indian Army Corps of Engineers. HVF was later made part of AVANI during the re-organisation in 2021.

The HVF delivered the 1000th Bhishma tank on 22 May 2026.

From Wikipedia’s article on Heavy Vehicles Factory, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.⁴

Products and brands

Arjun

Listed on Wikidata.¹

Plant

The factory is powered by a 16 MW solar power plant, spread over 80 acres (32 ha), commissioned in 2018 and installed by Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) at a cost of ₹1,050 million (US$11 million). The plant helps reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions to the extent of 26,000 tonnes per annum, saving ₹45 million (US$470,000) each year.

Products

The HCF has produced several main battle tanks including the, Vijayanta, T-72 Ajeya, Arjun MBT and T-90 Bhishma as well as their combat support variants like Kartik BLT and M-46 Catapult.