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    New Assault Rifles for Indian Army

    1. In routine tenders, Repeat order is a certainty provided it performs well in the field. Usually, clauses are inserted to contain the price escalation in repeat orders ( quantities are usually restricted up to 40-50% of original PO) . For FTP, I believe same tradition will be followed. 2. Lets...
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    New Assault Rifles for Indian Army

    AK200 / 7.62 round for carbine role is too much. Prevailing trend is for 5.56x45 carbines; more punch and range than 9mm. I doubt whether AK 200 series offer anything in 5.56. Also, I think that carbines have higher rate of fire ( distinguished from MG in sense that it offers sustained rates of...
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    New Assault Rifles for Indian Army

    Even with import, they know how to make mess out of a decent product on offer i.e. AK 203. I feel this has potential of ruining 200 series brand image as most of the people will see it as the old AK 103 with different flash suppressor and rails. I believe that their apple cart got upset due to...
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    New Assault Rifles for Indian Army

    True indeed! What appears to be a innocuous deal for replacing standard issue INSAS/SLR of non-frontline troops is proving to be a major armament change at lowest level of IA. The way they are proposing absurd idea of replacing sterling with short barrel AK 203 is a solid proof that they are...
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    New Assault Rifles for Indian Army

    For Most of the Government/Civil e-Tenders, Yes !! The tender floating and awarding is multi-staged process: 1. RFI: for gathering information from multiple vendors to obtain quotations for budgetary and tech spec preparation. 2. RFP: Equivalent Publication of NIT with all the requirement and...
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    New Assault Rifles for Indian Army

    This is a new information for me. I was thinking that this OFB rifle will replace all the INSAS in the infantry units. MCIWS is far better in design (with its machined parts, pistol grip, & ambidextrous features) and in my opinion this platform can be further developed into DMR with longer...
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    New Assault Rifles for Indian Army

    Butt stock is similar as in Galil ACE and Flash suppressor is same as in INSAS 5.56. Overall, it looks quite a decent product given the OFB reputation in producing sub-standard stuffs. However, the magazine seems to be quite old school with AK/INSAS type mag release lever. Even the guy is the...
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