Modernisation of Indian Army Infantry

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Mods are just stopgaps
I'm gonna be optimistic here and say IA gonna replace those wholesale
There are about 6000 in service.
The problem is dragunovs were used in dual role both as dmr and dedicated sniper till now.
Now with the arrival of scorpio tgt(.338 cal) and barrett(.50 caliber), the sniper role is somewhat met. Now, four scenarios arises :

1. Order more such dedicated snipers to allow a 1:1 replacement of dragunovs.
2. Order a separate dedicated dmr like scar 20s or hk g28 as a one to one replacement of dragunovs.
3. Forego the requirement of dmr altogether, make use of sign 716 and retire dragunovs altogether.
4. Upgrade existing dragunovs as dmr while inducting additional small number of dedicated snipers.

Among the scenarios army is most likely going for option 4, as evidenced from its RFIs issued.
 

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Ya'll Nibbiqrs dekh lo but I don't like this.
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Ya'll Nibbiars this is also not good.
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Well technically our camo is a copy of French Camo
And the pic shows a French Airborne operative
So technically you're not wrong Haldi
Ya'll Nibbiars but there cameo is still better than the pre 2012 cameo changes when we added more brown to our cameo. The older light grey and green was a bad cameo.
 

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