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The AK-203 is a Russian gas-operated assault rifle designed to chamber the 7.62×39mm cartridge. [2] It is one of the latest iterations of the AK series of assault rifles originally designed by Mikhail Kalashnikov. The AK-203 was developed in the 2010s by Kalashnikov Concern in Russia.
The AK-203 is reported as the newest version of the AK-47 assault rifle. [12] During the Defence Expo 2020 in Lucknow, Major General Sengar announced that the IRRPL facility in Amethi would produce 75,000 AK-203 annually for 10 years. [13] It was announced that 670,000 AK-203 rifles will be produced for the Indian military. [14]
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 200,000 rifle will be upgraded by Indian army. [39] AK-203: 7.62×39mm India Russia: Status: In service. First batch of 70,000 guns imported from Russia are ...
The below table gives a list of firearms that can fire the 7.62×39mm cartridge, first developed and used by the Soviet Union in the late 1940s. [1] The cartridge is widely used due to the worldwide proliferation of Russian SKS and AK-47 pattern rifles, as well as RPD and RPK light machine guns.
On 3 March 2019, Russia and India inaugurated Indo-Russia Rifles in Uttar Pradesh, India to produce AK-203 assault rifles. [16] [17] However, no contract had been signed then or rifles produced because of pricing disagreements. [18] [19] India signed a contract in August 2021 to directly import 70,000 AK-203 rifles from Russia.
Indian Armed Forces, to be replaced by 670,000 AK-203 rifles and 72,400 SIG-716i Patrol rifles as per the latest contract. [40] [41] INSAS LMGs using 5.56×45mm to be replaced by IWI Negev NG5, and the ones using 7.62×51mm will be replaced by the IWI Negev NG7 as per latest contract for 16,479 NG7s. [34] Border Security Force [42]
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'Kalashnikov's automatic [rifle]'; also known as the Kalashnikov or just AK), is an assault rifle that is chambered for the 7.62×39mm cartridge. Developed in the Soviet Union by Russian small-arms designer Mikhail Kalashnikov, it is the originating firearm of the Kalashnikov (or "AK") family of rifles. After more than seven decades since its ...