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Uttar Pradesh Police to stop use of point-303 bore rifles from today. The point-303 bore rifles have been replaced by INSAS and SLR rifles.

OFT get orders for rifles Trichy: The Ordnance Factory of Tiruchirapalli (OFT) has received significant orders for producing its trademark product, Trichy Assault Rifle (TAR), from the paramilitary forces. But, the defence production organisation said that the local MSMEs are still hesitant to...

Army set to fast-track light machine gun buy After ordering 72,400 assault rifles from the US under the fast track procedure (FTP), the army is now looking to take the same route to equip its soldiers with 16,000 new light machine guns (LMGs), two officials familiar with the matter said on the...

Tiruchi Assault Rifle for Border Security Force The Tiruchi Assault Rifle (TAR), developed indigenously by the Ordnance Factory, Tiruchi, has been delivered to the Border Security Force for the first time. Director General of Ordnance Factory Board Saurabh Kumar handed over a rifle to the...

Kanpur: Cannon 'Sharang', Belt Fed Light Machine Gun and Joint Venture Protective Carbine (pictures in order) prepared in Kanpur under 'Make In India' movement, now inducted into Indian Army

Congratulations to Team SAF for successful devlopment of Carbine JVPC, First Consignment was Handed over to Chhattisgarh Police

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The Latest version of the 7.62X51mm Assault Rifle being developed by OFB Rifle Factory Ishapore for the Indian Army.

OFB looks at replacing ageing INSAS rifles; to get 1.86 lakh 7.62-mm automatic rifles The Ordnance Factories Board (ODB) today said it was set to receive orders for around 1.86 lakh of its newly developed 7.62-mm automatic rifles from the Army to replace the ageing INSAS rifles. The Army has...

CRPF to conduct trials of "Made in India" rifles Soon after procuring 7000 Bulgaria-made AK 47 rifles, the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has tested the advanced version of made in India 'Ghatak' guns recently in field trial in Kashmir Valley. However, in a major boost to the "Made in...

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Sitharaman's daily meetings with service chiefs give momentum to stalled defence projects Defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman's strategy of meeting the three service chiefs every day has helped her ministry and the armed forces to take decisions to push stalled projects and proposals. Defence...

Assault Rifles Rifle Factory Ishapore (RFI) successfully developed Rifle 5.56 x 45mm Excalibur in association with Army. The Gun has been tried by the Indian Army and Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). RFI has already supplied around 20000 Nos. Excalibur Rifles to various Police Forces. The...

Excessive recoil in the rifle is one of the critical gaps listed by the Army The review of a 'desi' or indigenously-designed assault rifle done by the Army has found the weapon "unsatisfactory" and "unreliable", denting the 'Make in India' mantra for enhancing India's military firepower. "The...

Army lists improvements needed before Mhow test BENGALURU: The Indian Army on Wednesday has said that the indigenously developed 7.62mm X 51mm assault rifle developed by the Rifle Factory Ishapore (RFI) still requires comprehensive design analysis before being considered for the trials at...

Desi shoot-to-kill rifle meets 99.9% requirements 1st trial. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/877025247366533120

Trial of indigenous assault rifle to begin from June 12 BENGALURU: The Army is set to begin on June 12 the first round of user trials of the indigenously developed 'shoot-to-kill' assault rifles, developed to replace the ageing and glitch-prone INSAS, even as it is on the lookout for other...

New rifle ready, but Army holds fire The Ordnance Factory Board has developed a new 7.62-mm assault rifle for the Army, which will begin trials of the weapon in June. But the Army remains unenthused about the gun and is going ahead with a global tender for procuring new rifles. “The trials...

MCIWS Update: The Advanced Assault Rifle (AAR) , previously known as MCIWS, is going to be inducted into Indian Armed Forces within just 6-10 months if any further problem doesn't arise. All modifications, suggested and demanded by army, have been done. All trials have been conducted...

DAC meeting for #MakeinIndia 4 DRDO JVP carbine.