Update on weapons mods used by CT/CI personnel.
During the Pulwama encounter recently,the Rashtriya Rifles soldiers were seen carrying ak with some interesting mods. One of the soldier was seen carrying an ak with one side of the magazine cover taken off.
This was done to add some transparency to an otherwise opaque magazine made up of metal .Through this ,the whole internal mechanism of the magazine and the number of rounds in it, are visible from outside.This was deliberately done to have an idea of the number of rounds left in the magazine of the rifle.However, this does not seem to have been done by the Rashtriya Rifles, as only one soldier was seen with it,further army would have never allowed such type of mod.As, it is an easy way to get all the debris and dust in the rifle magazine ,making it vulnerable to jam and malfunctioning.To be honest, more than a useful mod ,it is a foolish destruction of a magazine.Such type of mod on an ak magazine have been observed among the Kashmiri terrorists.This particular rifle magazine most probably belonged to a dead terrorist ,which had been confiscated by the Army and now you see the magazine being used here by this particular soldier.However ,it is not a good idea to carry such mod on your ak magazine for combat.
