According to leftist rag the wire... Indian army purchased approx 1152 units of Sako TRG 42 in 3 batches (32, 370 & 750)... & 8,45,000 rounds of 8.6mm lapua magnum ammunition
https://thewire.in/security/indian-army-sniper-rifles-search
Media/MoD made big chu**** out of us...
It was told that Sig 716 is only for Frontline troops
Today I saw 3 soldiers at guard duty outside cantonment area in my city carrying the same
Matlab out of 72000 ordered a sizeable portion is dedicated to guard duties.
This is scrap from my Childhood picture collection days(Dusted it out today after years... after seeing the news)
F-INSAS which has entered phase-1 implementation formally today was being discussed even before Kargil war started.
This is from India Today magazine 10th May, 1999