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The INSAS, [11] or Indian Small Arms System, [12] is a family of infantry arms consisting of an assault rifle and a light machine gun (LMG). These weapons were developed in India by the Armament Research and Development Establishment and manufactured by the Ordnance Factories Board at its various factories. [ 13 ]
Assault rifles 1B1 INSAS: Assault rifle: 5.56×45mm India: Status: In service (To be replaced), Standard assault rifle of the Indian Army. To be replaced by AK-203 and SIG 716i [38] About 2 lakh rifle will be upgraded by Indian army. [39] AK-203: 7.62×39mm India: Status: In service. First batch of 70,000 guns imported from Russia are in service.
Several rifles are currently undergoing small arms trials with three prototype rifles made for testing as a future replacement to the INSAS rifle. [4] [5] [6] The MCIWS has also found interest with the Indian paramilitary forces including the Border Security Force, Central Reserve Police Force, Indo-Tibetan Border Police and the Sashastra Seema ...
INSAS rifle - The INSAS (Indian Small Arms System) 5.56 mm assault rifle is the standard-issue rifle of the Indian Army. At least 300,000 of these weapons have been sold to the Indian Army. [7] 7.62 mm 1A1 rifle - License produced variant of the British L1A1 self-loading rifle. It was the standard-issue rifle of the Indian Army and has been ...
INSAS rifle; M. Multi Caliber Individual Weapon System This page was last edited on 7 January 2024, at 03:44 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
Light machine gun Bangladesh China: LMG variant of BD-08 assault rifle. [13] [14] RPD: 7.62×39mm: Light machine gun Soviet Union [8] Arsenal MG-1MS 7.62×54mm: General-purpose machine gun Bulgaria: Bulgarian modernised version of the PKM machine gun. Type 80: 7.62×54mm: General-purpose machine gun China: Chinese modernised version of the PKM ...
The upgraded assault rifle prototype was initially designated as AK-300 and then as AK-100M and finally in 2019 as AK-203. [1] On March 3, 2019, Russia and India inaugurated Indo-Russia Rifles in Uttar Pradesh. [4] [5] However, pricing disagreements, [6] [7] and international sanctions on Russia have caused delays in delivery and production. [8]
An INSAS based carbine said to have been developed in early 2000s, but was rejected. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] The INSAS based carbine was designed to chamber the same 5.56×45mm NATO cartridge used in the INSAS assault rifle and the LMG, hence it had a higher recoil than a carbine of its size should normally have. [ 11 ]