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  1. The Shrike

    Small arms and Light Weapons

    Typical social media Indian defence exfart behaviour. > Be me. > Post "Having dinner at Dorsia with my beautiful wife" with with this photo on Instagram. > Add "*Representative photo" in the comments. > Actual photo of my wife.
  2. The Shrike

    Small arms and Light Weapons

    Another contender for intermediate caliber weapon. https://soldiersystems.net/2023/01/16/the-fn-america-fna-previews-the-lightweight-intermediate-caliber-cartridge-licc-individual-weapon-system-iws-developed-for-the-irregular-warfare-technology-support-directorate-iwtsd/
  3. The Shrike

    Small arms and Light Weapons

    Yup this is the one, looks like they deleted the original tweet.
  4. The Shrike

    Small arms and Light Weapons

    This is the interesting part: "The FN Victory sight attached to it prevents firing at the face."
  5. The Shrike

    Small arms and Light Weapons

    BTW noob question - is there any disadvantage in using long strock operating mechanism is a 7.62x51 battle rifle, especially w.r.t recoil and accuracy? TIA.
  6. The Shrike

    Small arms and Light Weapons

    I wonder what lessons our gernols are taking from the current Ukrainian conflict. Although both sides are wearing body armour (of various qualities), haven't seen too many battle rifles (except DMR roles) in action. Ak-74 and derivatives seem to dominate on both sides with M-4 and other 5.56...
  7. The Shrike

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    Is that a real gun or will the Army upload them selves to the metaverse for trials of a CGI gun? :hmm:
  8. The Shrike

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    Modi government going full speed on Atmanirbhar .
  9. The Shrike

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    NGSW winner announced.
  10. The Shrike

    Small arms and Light Weapons

    I'm sure a lot of this would have been displayed to the public in Def Expo 2022, but the c*****as cancelled it.
  11. The Shrike

    Small arms and Light Weapons

    Not firearms but infantry related question - what is this cushion type thing that a lot of Ukrainian/russian? troops appear to wearing on their behind, what is the purpose?
  12. The Shrike

    Small arms and Light Weapons

    What exactly is the use of of a twin barrel rifle? Also have these guys manufactured even one firearm till date, they have a fancy catelogue but all of them end with this type of disclaimer.
  13. The Shrike

    Small arms and Light Weapons

    He even had to photoshop that AK-203 (?) with sights for the thumbnail image. 😆
  14. The Shrike

    Small arms and Light Weapons

    BTW in the recent chinese galwan propaganda video - some of the PLA soldiers appear to be carrying AKs (or is that actually their new service rifle not AK) instead of the regular QBZ, is that normal or a recent change?
  15. The Shrike

    Small arms and Light Weapons

    Don't worry mate, when we reach 10 trillion USD economy...
  16. The Shrike

    Small arms and Light Weapons

    https://breakingdefense.com/2022/01/army-awards-2-7b-fire-control-systems-contract-for-its-next-generation-squad-weapons/ Upto $2.7B for 250k optics i.e. each optic/FCS is ~$10k 😧.
  17. The Shrike

    Small arms and Light Weapons

    👌Tigger discipline bro, ain't going to Baldwin someone anytime soon.
  18. The Shrike

    Small arms and Light Weapons

    ^^^ What's with the black (paint?).
  19. The Shrike

    Small arms and Light Weapons

    BTW does the PLA use MMGs? After having watched all quite a few videos I don't remember seeing any (they always show either the rifle or their .50 cal HMG, or their grenade launcher).
  20. The Shrike

    Small arms and Light Weapons

    What's the logic in allowing .45 and keeping the rest in PB?
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