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  1. abingdonboy

    Small arms of India

    The butt of it from the magazine well back looks of a poor quality and poor but the rest of it looks promising enough. What I am particularly happy to see is they are finally getting to grips with and focusing on the little details- iron sights, quality P-rails, quality hand guard and a...
  2. abingdonboy

    Small arms of India

    Yeah no. The deal is dead, another one lost to anonymous complaints and babudom.
  3. abingdonboy

    Small arms of India

    This isn’t how it works anymore. People still saying stupid things like “new rifles go To army then army gives their old rifles to CAPFs etc” No. It doesn’t happen now, all units have their own procurement systems and clearly CAPFs have a more efficient one considering they have FAR more...
  4. abingdonboy

    Small arms of India

    What I don’t understand is why RR and AR aren’t getting 7.62*51 rifles but the same rifles as non-combatant arms (AK-103). The 7.62*51 makes the most sense for units like RR and AR. Plus it’s utterly disgraceful that the IA hasn’t gone for an IWI product. IWI took the initiative to invest in...
  5. abingdonboy

    Small arms of India

    Nice. That original pistol grip is a shame though. Does this company buy AKs directly or do they get a contract, have the agency deliver the AKs then retrofit AKs for the user?
  6. abingdonboy

    Small arms of India

    Issue I see with the Tavor is the ejection port, takes about 30 seconds to convert ejection port and charging handle from one side to the other but anyone that has seen the IA's CT training will notice that they train to switch between left and right handed shooting instantly, this wouldn't be...
  7. abingdonboy

    Small arms of India

    Above the two routes that are being pursured are 7.62*51 GLOBAL rifle and the INSAS MK.1C/Ghatak. Where is there room for the OFB 7.62*51?
  8. abingdonboy

    Small arms of India

    Leaving this thread, pretty sad to see how many are trying to defend mediocrity and issuing sub-par equipment to their protectors. The very fact that one has to bring the Pak army into the picture says it all, India should not be comparing itself with these terrorists from a begger nation in any...
  9. abingdonboy

    Small arms of India

    No but you see, the IA is used to wood so this MUST be the ONLY way. Let them continue using wood for the next centuary, they surely know what they are doing. :doh::doh::doh:
  10. abingdonboy

    Small arms of India

    Spot on, too many are quick to justify the "chalta hai" mentality of the IA in particular and go to all sorts of extremes to try and explain why the IA continues with a whole host of backwards practices and uses such outdated tech/tactics when the easiest solution really is that they are...
  11. abingdonboy

    Small arms of India

    Are you telling me that this is such a neccesity that the IA's rifle can never feature such innovative buttstocks that would be more useful 99% of the time? Are you telling me all of those top tier SFs around the world that use rifles with such fibre butt stocks don't know better than the IA...
  12. abingdonboy

    Small arms of India

    Bro stop making excuses for the backwards mentality in place within the IA. The rest of the world is moving ahead and embracing change and they are clinging on to 1800s era beleifs? Polymors are just as rugged today as any wooden furniture and do not come with the same weight penalty. When...
  13. abingdonboy

    Small arms of India

    A Mp-9 from some Ghatak platoon: @Kunal Biswas sir please post where appropriate
  14. abingdonboy

    Small arms of India

    That's what I said. The guys on the left are NOT Garuds but IAF police, the other pic us quite dated. Since the Garuds adopted the Tavor, they haven't been seen with the INSAS since.
  15. abingdonboy

    Small arms of India

    None of the SFs in India use the INSAS anymore but that makes sense, the INSAS was meant to be a standard issue rifle for the entire military, not a specialist rifle for Spec Ops. Even US SFs don'tuse American weapons.
  16. abingdonboy

    Small arms of India

    -INSAS was never meant for COIN duties because of its calibre so very few vetrans would complain about that aspect. It's like the BS article from "war is boring" saying "India's soldiers hate their counter insurgency rifle" or something in relation to the INSAS -Forgeting the INSAS as a "bad...
  17. abingdonboy

    Small arms of India

    I posted the last one for that table- look at the Models- MP5K orders= 1036 units.
  18. abingdonboy

    Small arms of India

    Force One of Maharastra Police: NSG: The SPG may or may not still use it as they've now got the P-90 and FN-2000. There's bound to be an untold number of Special state/local/central police units around India using it. Over a thousand of them were bought for CAPFs in 2011/12 alone:
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