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  1. Aniruddha Mulay

    Indian Army SIG Sauer 716 assault rifle.

    Literally Armed Forces of every other country on this god-damn planet support building up of the local MIC through continuous iterative development and hand-holding. Only in India is this BS of everything being cutting-edge/state-of-the-art from the 1st iteration and PSQR/GSQR straight out of...
  2. Aniruddha Mulay

    Indian Army SIG Sauer 716 assault rifle.

    The main problem over here is why the heck were these issues not highlighted during trials itself? Or were the trials carried out using ammo imported from the US. Or was it the case that since its an import that it will rushed through trials and "jo hoga baad mei dekha jayega" mentality took over.
  3. Aniruddha Mulay

    Indian Army SIG Sauer 716 assault rifle.

    Yup, the Russkies are asking a royalty fee of $200 per rifle. I don't know whether the asking price of $1100 per rifle includes this royalty fee or excludes it. The viable option would to just scrap this deal and go for local production of Arsenal AR-M5TB or AR-M5F41 with Kalyani group as your...
  4. Aniruddha Mulay

    Indian Army SIG Sauer 716 assault rifle.

    The first 10,000 Sig 716 rifles were delivered to the Northern Command back in Dec 2019, that's a relief. Hopefully they have gotten their sights by now.
  5. Aniruddha Mulay

    Indian Army SIG Sauer 716 assault rifle.

    Are optics going to be procured for the Sig 716?
  6. Aniruddha Mulay

    Indian Army SIG Sauer 716 assault rifle.

    Optics can be sourced from Tonbo at cheaper prices compared to imported ones.
  7. Aniruddha Mulay

    Indian Army SIG Sauer 716 assault rifle.

    Sig 716 with the Army serve as a DMR. Without optics, that rifle is practically useless.
  8. Aniruddha Mulay

    Indian Army SIG Sauer 716 assault rifle.

    Ha Have optics also been ordered with this rifle or are we going with indigenous solutions. Without good optics, taking out targets 800m away would be next to impossible.
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