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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]
40 mm grenade: Switzerland 2006 GL1 grenade launcher: FN Herstal: 40 mm grenade: Belgium 2001 Designed for use with the FN F2000 rifle GL 40: Steyr Arms: 40 mm grenade: Austria 2009 [1] SL40 variant adopted by the Australian Defence Force: GLX 160: Beretta S.p.A. 40 mm grenade: Italy 2008 GM-94: KBP Instrument Design Bureau: 43 mm grenade ...
A "grenade launcher" or "grenade launcher mount" is usually included in the list of features defining an "assault weapon", though this is a legal definition which primarily affects firearms with flash hiders compatible with rifle grenades, [32] [33] since firearms that are designed specifically for launching explosive grenade rounds and their ...
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 ...
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]
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 ...