Small arms and Light Weapons

When picking a gun, what would your primary consideration be?


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ALBY

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We could have easily made PKs in India for infantry right from 60s but we opted Bren LMgs and Mag-58s which needed two assembly lines and 30 rounders were outdated by ww-2 itself still we clinged to it until now.
 

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We could have easily made PKs in India for infantry right from 60s but we opted Bren LMgs and Mag-58s which needed two assembly lines and 30 rounders were outdated by ww-2 itself still we clinged to it until now.
Something like a modernized PKP in 7.62x51 would be the ideal GPMG. Shorter barrel and chambered in 5.56 for SAW role.
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Something like a modernized PKP in 7.62x51 would be the ideal GPMG. Shorter barrel and chambered in 5.56 for SAW role.
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Pks in 7.62x51 (with disentegrating belts) don’t have that much reputation as it has in 7.62x54.May be @Johny_Baba will explain.Atleast thats what i had understood from various videos.
 

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What is the feed back from soldiers about Sig 716? Asking coz someone in insta asked me😛.I know earlier batches had recoil issues thanks to ammo we uses
 

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As they should this is such a moronic decision to buy a damn battle rifle with no sights and foregrips and when you buy a few you get holos for a damn battle rifle.
the Holos are bought by the CO's independent funds for each unit.

And since the same fund is also tapped for plate carriers, UAVs etc etc, it is severely limited
 

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the Holos are bought by the CO's independent funds for each unit.

And since the same fund is also tapped for plate carriers, UAVs etc etc, it is severely limited
That's even more shameful the brass need a wake up call or boot from mod to get there shit together how incompetent are you to have this situation where co has to spend there funds for basic necessities like holos on rifle.
 

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Defence ministry clears Army's case for 73,000 more assault rifles from US

NEW DELHI: The defence ministry has now finally cleared the Army’s proposal for the import of another 73,000 SiG Sauer assault rifles from the US, which will add to the 72,400 such guns bought earlier for frontline troops, amid the continuing delay in the manufacture of Russian AK-203 Kalashnikov rifles in India.

The approval for the additional 73,000 SiG-716 `Patrol’ rifles, at a cost of around Rs 840 crore, was granted by the Rajnath Singh-led Defence Acquisitions Council recently, sources told TOI on Tuesday.

The move comes at a time when the military confrontation with China in eastern Ladakh has entered the fourth successive winter now, and the much-awaited deliveries of the over six lakh AK-203 Kalashnikov rifles from the Korwa ordnance factory in Amethi district of UP are yet to begin.

The AK-203 project, through a joint venture called Indo-Russia Rifles Private Limited, was first announced in 2018 but was hit by huge delays due to costing, royalty, technology transfer, indigenisation level and other issues, as was reported by TOI earlier.

The delay in the project had led to the import the first lot of 72,400 SiG-716 assault rifles(66,400 for the Army, 4,000 IAF and 2,000 Navy) under a Rs 647 crore contract inked with US firm SiG Sauer under the fast-track procurement route in February 2019.

Dismissing reports of glitches in the US-origin guns, the Army contends the SiG-716 rifles, which are 7.62x51 mm calibre guns with an effective “kill” range of 500-metre, have “longer effective range, more lethality and higher recoil” as compared to the indigenous INSAS (5.56x51 mm) or AK-47 (7.62x39mm) rifles.

“The Army has been using ammunition manufactured by Indian ordnance factories for the SiG-716 rifles. No deviations in the performance of the weapon have been found,” an officer said.

“The rifles are also fitted with Picatinny rails to facilitate mounting of various equipment and accessories, such as optical sights, UBGL (under-barrel grenade launchers), forehand grips, bipods and laser pointers, without any modifications,” he added.

While the SiG-716 rifles will meet the immediate operational requirements of frontline troops, the AK-203 guns – with an effective range of 300-metre -- will cater to the overall needs of the 12-lakh strong Army, as also the IAF and the Navy.

The Ak-203 rifles are also part of the Army’s long-delayed `future infantry soldier as a system’ (F-INSAS), which is aimed at equipping soldiers with three primary subsystems.

The first is the AK-203 assault rifles, with day and night holographic and reflex sights mounted on the weapons as well as helmets to enable a 360-degree visibility and accuracy in operational conditions.

The second subsystem is protection through a specially-designed helmet and bullet-proof jacket, while the third consists of a communication and surveillance system. “F-INSAS is capable of being upgraded further by incorporating real-time data connectivity,” an officer said.
 

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