It was designed to meet the Indian Army's requirements for self-propelled artillery units.

[2] The howitzer is named after Bhima, one of the main protagonists and brother to Arjun of the Indian epic "Mahabharata".

Trials of the Bhim artillery system were successfully conducted in 1998 and 1999, but its development remained on pause for over ten years, as Denel was blacklisted by the Indian government.

It was developed and tested successfully and was cleared for production but was put on hold after Denel was banned from working on the project.

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