Ravinder Singh
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I think that INSAS 1B is the rifle that is used by the IMA cadets....
INSAS looks mean, all the guys doing room clearance have the foldable stock and reflex red dots. Some clever mods to the rifle.
Look at some of the INSASs here. They have an old fashion fold-able stock.
does rest of the insas rifles in frontline service have any modifications ? anyone ?
The magazine is actually 25 round, not 22. But to enhance the spring life the magazine is loaded till 22 rounds only. Its a very common practice, even the 30 round magazines hold 27-28 rounds only.@Kunal Biswas, please clear your inbox, I need to send you a message.
Dont you think INSAS's magazine is a bit small and so is it's bullet holding capability? I mean why Army uses 22 round magazines? Why not 30 round bigger magazines? :why:
Army says using light bullets will enable you to carry more bullets thus making you able to stay in combat for longer time, so INSAS uses 5.56 mm if so then why Army uses 22 round small magazines?
It seems here Army does not follow their own logic?
some thing i've observed is that,if the 30 round mags of insas lmg is used for regular insas,the mag will hit the ground when the soldier lie down.@Kunal Biswas, please clear your inbox, I need to send you a message.
Dont you think INSAS's magazine is a bit small and so is it's bullet holding capability? I mean why Army uses 22 round magazines? Why not 30 round bigger magazines? :why:
Army says using light bullets will enable you to carry more bullets thus making you able to stay in combat for longer time, so INSAS uses 5.56 mm if so then why Army uses 22 round small magazines?
It seems here Army does not follow their own logic?
Army has this rule for its soldiers for enemy@Kunal Biswas, please clear your inbox, I need to send you a message.
Dont you think INSAS's magazine is a bit small and so is it's bullet holding capability? I mean why Army uses 22 round magazines? Why not 30 round bigger magazines? :why:
Army says using light bullets will enable you to carry more bullets thus making you able to stay in combat for longer time, so INSAS uses 5.56 mm if so then why Army uses 22 round small magazines?
It seems here Army does not follow their own logic?
If its the army's theory then its a dumb theory.Actually 5.56 ammo was inducted so that men could carry mooree ammo even though it llacks the sheer power possessed by both 7.62 russian and NATO rounds.No other nation except one or two are issuing 20 round mags for 5.56 chambered weapons.In the case of SLR 20 round mags was justifiable but incase of INSAS 22 round mags are bit short.Plus the 3 round burst means the soolddierr could fire only 7 shots from a single mag.If it was 30 mag then the same one could fire 10 complete 3 round shots.Army has this rule for its soldiers for enemy
in emergency they can use 3 bust mode so that if not three at least one or two will hit the enemy.
Now if you tend to give higher number of bullet per soldier
then when comes under fire, which is stressful situation for any one, soldier will tend to use more bullets per target then what one goli one enemy rule. Therefore they are trained on this rule.
So if you use lets say 5-6 bullets per enemy then you tend to run out of ammo fast. Then you will first need faster replenishment and more bullets, that will only going to increase the logistics and backend problem of army. You have to concentrate more on replenishment then on actual war fighting.
Therefore each soldier is issued 100 rounds and 5 magazines.
Real reason for 5.56 ammo is to wound the enemy rather them to kill. That is why 7.62 is discontinued.If its the army's theory then its a dumb theory.Actually 5.56 ammo was inducted so that men could carry mooree ammo even though it llacks the sheer power possessed by both 7.62 russian and NATO rounds.
I think that INSAS 1B is the rifle that is used by the IMA cadets....
@Kunal Biswas, please clear your inbox, I need to send you a message.
Dont you think INSAS's magazine is a bit small and so is it's bullet holding capability? I mean why Army uses 22 round magazines? Why not 30 round bigger magazines? :why:
Army says using light bullets will enable you to carry more bullets thus making you able to stay in combat for longer time, so INSAS uses 5.56 mm if so then why Army uses 22 round small magazines?
It seems here Army does not follow their own logic?
The magazine is actually 25 round, not 22. But to enhance the spring life the magazine is loaded till 22 rounds only. Its a very common practice, even the 30 round magazines hold 27-28 rounds only.
I cant tell you the philosophy behind the 25 round box v/s the 30 round box, but The French FAMAS too is usually used with a 25 round magazine. So there must be some reason for this rather odd choice.
If its the army's theory then its a dumb theory.Actually 5.56 ammo was inducted so that men could carry mooree ammo even though it llacks the sheer power possessed by both 7.62 russian and NATO rounds.No other nation except one or two are issuing 20 round mags for 5.56 chambered weapons.In the case of SLR 20 round mags was justifiable but incase of INSAS 22 round mags are bit short.Plus the 3 round burst means the soolddierr could fire only 7 shots from a single mag.If it was 30 mag then the same one could fire 10 complete 3 round shots.
In an ambush by outnumbered enemies the number of rounds really matters.The MOD is shelling out crores of money for unwanted products and they couldn't afford too provide some extra ammo for the common infantry man.What an irony>phew
Real reason for 5.56 ammo is to wound the enemy rather them to kill. That is why 7.62 is discontinued.
Great Pic!!Coolest INSAS pic
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