New Assault Rifles for Indian Army

[Apollyon]

Indian army to upgrade infantry weapons - UPI.com

To fill an initial order for 60,000 assault rifles, in the past two weeks the army has completed initial user trials of five guns contending for the contract, including U.S. firms Beretta and Colt, Israel's IWI, Switzerland's Sig-Sauer and Czech Republic's Ceska. Technical evaluations are to commence shortly, The Pioneer newspaper reported.

Article says 5 guns are under trail but only mention name of 4 companies, is 5th one Indian or am i missing something here ?
:hitwall:

 

[Kunal Biswas]

May be some Company offered two different type of Rifles, My guess is IWI with TAVOR as well as Galil..

 

[Kunal Biswas]

NEW DELHI, Nov. 19 (UPI) - The Indian army is implementing its Future Infantry Soldier Program 2020.
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A key component of the program is to upgrade Indian army infantry weapons. The upgraded weapons to be acquired include foreign-made assault rifles, carbines, light machine guns and sniper rifles over the next two years..

To fill an initial order for 60,000 assault rifles, in the past two weeks the army has completed initial user trials of five guns contending for the contract, including

1.Beretta
2.Colt,
3.Israel's IWI,
4.Switzerland's Sig-Sauer
5.Czech Republic's Ceska.

Technical evaluations are to commence shortly, The Pioneer newspaper reported.
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The winning assault rifle will come equipped with 5.56mm and 7.62mm (M43) caliber with interchangeable barrels conversion kits, with the 5.56mm option being used in a conventional war fighting role as the barrel will provide longer range, while 7.62mm configuration will be used in counter-terrorism and the counter-insurgency environment, as it will provide troops the capability to fire like AK-56 rifles.

Indian army to upgrade infantry weapons - UPI.com

 

[sayareakd]

some pls post the rifles pics from the companies. We should also see what are on offer.

 

[Kunal Biswas]

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From Beretta : Beretta ARX160

Fires 7.62X39mm AK rounds and accept AK magazines..

Fires 5.56x45mm NATO SS109 rounds same as INSAS fires..

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Colt MGI multi-caliber

Fires 7.62X39mm AK rounds and accept AK magazines..

Fires 5.56x45mm NATO SS109 rounds same as INSAS fires..

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IWI Galil ACE Series

Fires 7.62X39mm AK rounds and accept AK magazines..

Fires 5.56x45mm NATO SS109 rounds same as INSAS fires..

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Switzerland's Sig-Sauer

Fires 7.62X39mm AK rounds

Fires 5.56x45mm NATO SS109 rounds same as INSAS fires..

 

[sayareakd]

they should have said in GQSR bullpup conversion kit for rifle.

 

[commando elite]

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Good news sir. Which rifle according to you has more chances?

Arx has machine gun barell so no problem of overheating

 

[sayareakd]

they should have added in GSQR, for conversion kit for bullpup option. Or if it was bullpup rifle into regular rilfe coversion kit.

 

[shafiq alam]

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Kunal can you post som info and pics on rifles from the other companies?

 

[Apollyon]

May be some Company offered two different type of Rifles, My guess is IWI with TAVOR as well as Galil..

Got it btw, Colt and Beretta both mentioned in that article as US firms but Beretta is actually Italian. :banghead:

 

[Kunal Biswas]

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.Czech Republic's Ceska. : 805 BREN

There are no photos of 7.62x39mm version but it accept that too..

 

[sayareakd]

they should have added in GSQR, for conversion kit for bullpup option. Or if it was bullpup rifle into regular rilfe coversion kit.

 

[Kunal Biswas]

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Thread Re - opend

 

[Kunal Biswas]

I am closing this thread :

New thread is updated with new pictures etc, Continue discussion there.

http://defenceforumindia.com/forum/indian-army/44120-new-rifles-indian-army.html#post617456

 

[Kunal Biswas]

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It hard to compute but my bet on IWI..

Good news sir. Which rifle according to you has more chances?

 

[Kunal Biswas]

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Poll added..

 

[sayareakd]

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