Why the Tavor was choosen? - One cannot answer that query. But you are quoting absurd costs per rifle. Most assaut rifles cost between INR 5000 to INR 15,000. Where did you get the figures of 2 lacs and 1 lac?Why there is an obsession with army to quip its forces with tar21 which costs approx 2 lakh rupees where as we could get any nice weapon at a value less than 1 lakh and with the rest of the money we could buy better body,aromur,commn systems ,thermal imagers,navigation system etc.
The ideal system is the Aug Styr - one weapon can be switched from rifle to carbine to sniper to LMG. All one has to do is change the barrel.
http://world.guns.ru/assault/at/steyr-aug-e.html
No one knows their weapon better that the user. BTW the first 400 TAR-21 that were delivered to the SFF in 2005 for testing were rejected as "operationally unsuitable". The required changes were made and the current systems are being inducted.As far i know sig552,ak103,hk416 all are best suited for commandos, plus most of the specops raids are cqb and ct like ones so why a 5.56 rifle in place of a 7.62mm rifle
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