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Hand grenade: N/A India: Status: In service. MoD signed a ₹ 409 crore (equivalent to ₹ 481 crore or US$56 million in 2023) deal with Solar Group, Nagpur to buy 1 million grenades. [79] [80] Shivalik grenade is used in hand mode offensive and hand mode defensive. Can be used in rifle mode.
The ATGMs will be procured under the Buy (Indian-IDDM) category, and must be indigenously designed, developed and manufactured with over 60% indigenous content. It should have all-weather and all-terrain firing capability (plains, deserts, high-altitude up to 5,500 m (18,000 ft), coastal as well as island areas).
The 40 mm Under Barrel Grenade Launcher, [a] is a single shot grenade launcher developed by ARDE and Ordnance Factory Tiruchirappalli [1] for use with the INSAS and AK-47 rifles used by the Indian Army. Standalone versions of the grenade launcher exist. [3] As of September 2019, around 10,000 UBGLs were manufactured. [2]
A chili grenade is a type of non-lethal weapon developed by Indian military scientists at the Defence Research and Development Organisation for use by the Indian Armed Forces. [1] [2] The weapon is similar to tear gas. [3] In 2016, civilian variants were being used for crowd control in Jammu and Kashmir. [4]
As with similar weapons, the grenade protrudes from the launch tubes. It is 40–105 mm (1.6–4.1 in) in diameter and weighs between 2 kg (4.4 lb) [ 7 ] and 4.5 kg (9.9 lb). It is launched by a gunpowder booster charge, giving it an initial speed of 115 m/s (380 ft/s), and creating a cloud of light grey-blue smoke that can give away the ...
The GM-94 is a 43 mm (1.7 in) pump-action grenade launcher designed mainly to fire thermobaric grenades for close combat. The grenade weighed 250 g (8.8 oz) and contained 160 g (5.6 oz) of explosive, its lethality radius is 3 m (9.8 ft), but due to the deliberate "fragmentation-free" design of the grenade, a distance of 4 m (13 ft) is ...
The British were aware of the part metal-working had played in supporting indigenous powers in the past through the production of arms and ammunition, and, just as they introduced an Arms Act in 1878 to restrict Indian access to firearms, so they sought to limit India's ability to mine and work metals that might sustain it in future wars and ...
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