Re: New Assault Rifles for Indian Army
You dont coz you dont use, Simple as that..
I am not very much into outdated stories & theories coz there are too many repetition of same crap people come with...
When people talk about this that 5.56mm is not for kill, they dont know much about 5.56mm, There are many kind of 5.56mm and the one India use is more lethal than NATO, When introduce it used SS109 Nato rounds which were lighter and not capable of killing, Now INSAS use OFB 64gr 5.56mm ammo from its 18.3inch barrel and kills..
I bet 3o3 is cheaper than INSAS 1B1..
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Gen VK Singh Sir, praised INSAS design, And only said it was not develop further which is mainly cosmetic upgrades as today`s modern Rifle does, There is absolutely no Major change in these Rifles..
This competition is just another scam underway, a pimp up Insas with New Generation ammo will do the job just fine..
INSAS is as good as any other 5.56 mm Rifle, especially the newer batches, in terms of accuracy and reliability. Nearly all the faults have been removed, and yes, so has the irritating orange furniture. The only problems, the soldiers point out is the fustration with the semi-transparent magazines, which btw have been fixed in newer ones but they are entering the logistics supply stock, and are not with the forces.
There is also the lack of new gen sights that troops would love to have. (Its not Insas's fault but the GOI not buying enough sights)
But, just to add to your points, its not only the bullet that makes all the difference between a kill and a wound.
The barrel of the gun is just as important, and maybe even more so. The twist ratio is a very important parameter in determining the accuracy and damage of the bullet, as well as the stability of the bullet.
As for the bullet itself, what people don't know about the 5.56 is this....
-in 1962 another 1,000 AR-15s were sent to South Vietnam.[30]Special Operations-units and advisers working with the South Vietnamese troops filed battlefield reports lavishly praising the AR-15 and the stopping effectiveness of the 5.56-mm cartridge, and pressed for its adoption.
However, what no one knew, except the men directly using the AR-15s in Vietnam, were the devastating kills made by the new rifle, photographs of which, showing enemy casualties made by the .223 (5.56-mm) bullet remained classified into the 1980s.
]Of the cartridges tendered, the 5.56×45mm NATO was successful, but not the 55-gr M193 round used by the U.S. at that time. The wounds produced by the M193 round were so devastating that many-consider it to be inhumane.
Instead, the Belgian 62-gr SS109 round was chosen for standardization. The SS109 used a heavier bullet with a steel core and had a lower muzzle velocity for better long-range performance, specifically to meet a requirement that the bullet be able to penetrate through one side of a steel helmet at 600 meters. This requirement made the SS109 (M855) round less capable of fragmentation than the M193 and was considered more humane.
If the army wants devastating damage to the opponent, they can switch to the 55gr or even the 77gr.
