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[21st Century Vampire]

Indian Army created and used its own assault rifles for more than 20 years and even fought the most treacherous battle of Kargil using its own INSAS rifles.


SEE these men carrying INSAS in Karil war 21 yrs back

SEE these men carrying INSAS in Karil war 21 yrs back

That's the worst example you could come up with, this rifle had many quandaries, jamming, spurting oil, gas issues, cracked magazines and overheating (recollect the 2005 incident) and afaik it was recently planned to be supplanted

We had developed awesome Insas rifles

That's why i think IQ tests should made compulsory during the verification stage

Edit*

Souls of those terrorists in kargil can tell how horrific death they faced when Indian homemade INSAS turned their bodies into fishing nets....

also big LOL

 

[HostileInsurgent]

Indian Army To Be Equipped With A Mix Of Russian AK-203s & American Sig Sauer Rifles


Amid the ongoing India-China border dispute along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the Galwan valley, the Indian Army will get 73,000 Sig Sauer 716 assault rifles from the US.

With no certainty of when the dispute will likely be resolved, a second order of the rifles has been placed over and above the 72,400 assault rifles already purchased from Sig Sauer.

“We are going to place an order for 72,000 more of these rifles under the financial powers granted to the armed forces,” Defence sources had earlier told ANI. “A contract is expected soon. The US firm will have to deliver the rifles within a year from the date of finalising the deal,” confirmed a defence official earlier.

The order was cleared today by the Defence Ministry’s Services Capital Acquisition Plan Categorisation Higher Committee (SCAPCHC) and is worth Rs 800 crore.

The Sig Sauer 716 assault rifles are meant to replace the indigenous Indian Small Arms System (INSAS) 5.56x45mm rifles used by the forces and manufactured locally by the Ordnance Factories Board, that came to the infantry about 20 years ago. Since this is a repeat order, there will be no need for trials and cost negotiation, which can often be a time-consuming process.

As per the plan, around 1.5 lakh imported rifles are to be used by the troops in the counter-terrorism operations and frontline duties on the Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir which are called Battle or Border Action Team (BAT) attacks. The remaining forces would be equipped with the AK-203 rifles, which are to be produced jointly by India and Russia at Amethi ordnance factory.

Even with the ongoing process of disengagement through military and diplomatic channels, it is still uncertain when the India-China dispute will get fully resolved. Such military order of rifles is likely to boost the capabilities of the Army’s infantry unit.


https://eurasiantimes.com/indian-ar...-of-russian-ak-203-american-sig-sauer-rifles/

Why can't a military superpower create their own assault rifles?

read this thread

https://defence.pk/pdf/threads/indias-indigenous-assault-rifles-and-small-arms.687613/

 

[TheSnakeEatingMarkhur]

awesome Insas rifles

Was based on AKM (60s tech) took india 13 years to develop but yeah awesome gun... but a whole generation behind the guns being used at that time...

Indian Army created and used its own assault rifles for more than 20 years and even fought the most treacherous battle of Kargil using its own INSAS rifles.


SEE these men carrying INSAS in Karil war 21 yrs back

SEE these men carrying INSAS in Karil war 21 yrs back

Took india 13 years to create a gun based in AKM (60s gun) and it was a generation behind the ARs at that time... and 13 years to develop and india used it only for 2 decades

And why don't you tell us what happened to MIR project?

Souls of those terrorists in kargil can tell how horrific death they faced when Indian homemade INSAS turned their bodies into fishing nets....

Yeah those who were there said k "hum tatti b bags me karte they qk Pakistan hamare sir pe bethe they"

Lolx aur aik Sher Khan tha jisne kaha tha k bete jao or naye le ao...

 

[TheSnakeEatingMarkhur]

Indian Army To Be Equipped With A Mix Of Russian AK-203s & American Sig Sauer Rifles


Amid the ongoing India-China border dispute along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the Galwan valley, the Indian Army will get 73,000 Sig Sauer 716 assault rifles from the US.

With no certainty of when the dispute will likely be resolved, a second order of the rifles has been placed over and above the 72,400 assault rifles already purchased from Sig Sauer.

“We are going to place an order for 72,000 more of these rifles under the financial powers granted to the armed forces,” Defence sources had earlier told ANI. “A contract is expected soon. The US firm will have to deliver the rifles within a year from the date of finalising the deal,” confirmed a defence official earlier.

The order was cleared today by the Defence Ministry’s Services Capital Acquisition Plan Categorisation Higher Committee (SCAPCHC) and is worth Rs 800 crore.

The Sig Sauer 716 assault rifles are meant to replace the indigenous Indian Small Arms System (INSAS) 5.56x45mm rifles used by the forces and manufactured locally by the Ordnance Factories Board, that came to the infantry about 20 years ago. Since this is a repeat order, there will be no need for trials and cost negotiation, which can often be a time-consuming process.

As per the plan, around 1.5 lakh imported rifles are to be used by the troops in the counter-terrorism operations and frontline duties on the Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir which are called Battle or Border Action Team (BAT) attacks. The remaining forces would be equipped with the AK-203 rifles, which are to be produced jointly by India and Russia at Amethi ordnance factory.

Even with the ongoing process of disengagement through military and diplomatic channels, it is still uncertain when the India-China dispute will get fully resolved. Such military order of rifles is likely to boost the capabilities of the Army’s infantry unit.


https://eurasiantimes.com/indian-ar...-of-russian-ak-203-american-sig-sauer-rifles/

Why can't a military superpower create their own assault rifles?

Btw both AK203 and SIG Sauger can be cloned to the teeth by gun makes in Darra Adam Khel... I feel like Pakistan should invest a billion or 2 to make a huge gun making market around Darra and POF and then connect them with gun companies of Pakistan along with setting up a gun research and design institution... all 3 working together will not only earn huge sums of revenue but also provide latest guns to Pakistan Forces..

 

[Jugger]

Let me say it bluntly, not just the army but also IAF is going for a mix of Russian and American jets.
We might see the first American fighter jet in IAF in the next decade.

 

[Neurath]

Souls of those terrorists in kargil can tell how horrific death they faced when Indian homemade INSAS turned their bodies into fishing nets....

700 Pakistani Casualties and 1300 Indian Casualties. The Fishing nets were your goddamn soldiers.

 

[Indos]

Indonesian SS2 V5 lost the tender despite SS2 family is used by Indonesian Army to dominate AASAM military competition in Australia since 10 years ago until now where we compete with US/British armed forces.

 

[SSG_Commando]

Let me say it bluntly, not just the army but also IAF is going for a mix of Russian and American jets.
We might see the first American fighter jet in IAF in the next decade.

Wow! The VADIC army will go after all the goodies and then they will invade both Pakistan and China. With 5 Rafale at disposal, the planners in China and Pakistan are just perplexed as how to counter them. Think about them getting more. And then they have VADIC Brahmos, T-90, LCA etc. Time to run from PDF

Typical Desi type procurement from the great VADIC army. Like the one they did in MRCA deal and ultimately gone for 36 Rafale

 

[Raja Porus]

Indian Army To Be Equipped With A Mix Of Russian AK-203s & American Sig Sauer Rifles


Amid the ongoing India-China border dispute along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the Galwan valley, the Indian Army will get 73,000 Sig Sauer 716 assault rifles from the US.

With no certainty of when the dispute will likely be resolved, a second order of the rifles has been placed over and above the 72,400 assault rifles already purchased from Sig Sauer.

“We are going to place an order for 72,000 more of these rifles under the financial powers granted to the armed forces,” Defence sources had earlier told ANI. “A contract is expected soon. The US firm will have to deliver the rifles within a year from the date of finalising the deal,” confirmed a defence official earlier.

The order was cleared today by the Defence Ministry’s Services Capital Acquisition Plan Categorisation Higher Committee (SCAPCHC) and is worth Rs 800 crore.

The Sig Sauer 716 assault rifles are meant to replace the indigenous Indian Small Arms System (INSAS) 5.56x45mm rifles used by the forces and manufactured locally by the Ordnance Factories Board, that came to the infantry about 20 years ago. Since this is a repeat order, there will be no need for trials and cost negotiation, which can often be a time-consuming process.

As per the plan, around 1.5 lakh imported rifles are to be used by the troops in the counter-terrorism operations and frontline duties on the Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir which are called Battle or Border Action Team (BAT) attacks. The remaining forces would be equipped with the AK-203 rifles, which are to be produced jointly by India and Russia at Amethi ordnance factory.

Even with the ongoing process of disengagement through military and diplomatic channels, it is still uncertain when the India-China dispute will get fully resolved. Such military order of rifles is likely to boost the capabilities of the Army’s infantry unit.


https://eurasiantimes.com/indian-ar...-of-russian-ak-203-american-sig-sauer-rifles/

Why can't a military superpower create their own assault rifles?

Is the whole indian army to be equipped by these or only those on border with china and northern Pakistan

Indian Army To Be Equipped With A Mix Of Russian AK-203s & American Sig Sauer Rifles


Amid the ongoing India-China border dispute along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the Galwan valley, the Indian Army will get 73,000 Sig Sauer 716 assault rifles from the US.

With no certainty of when the dispute will likely be resolved, a second order of the rifles has been placed over and above the 72,400 assault rifles already purchased from Sig Sauer.

“We are going to place an order for 72,000 more of these rifles under the financial powers granted to the armed forces,” Defence sources had earlier told ANI. “A contract is expected soon. The US firm will have to deliver the rifles within a year from the date of finalising the deal,” confirmed a defence official earlier.

The order was cleared today by the Defence Ministry’s Services Capital Acquisition Plan Categorisation Higher Committee (SCAPCHC) and is worth Rs 800 crore.

The Sig Sauer 716 assault rifles are meant to replace the indigenous Indian Small Arms System (INSAS) 5.56x45mm rifles used by the forces and manufactured locally by the Ordnance Factories Board, that came to the infantry about 20 years ago. Since this is a repeat order, there will be no need for trials and cost negotiation, which can often be a time-consuming process.

As per the plan, around 1.5 lakh imported rifles are to be used by the troops in the counter-terrorism operations and frontline duties on the Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir which are called Battle or Border Action Team (BAT) attacks. The remaining forces would be equipped with the AK-203 rifles, which are to be produced jointly by India and Russia at Amethi ordnance factory.

Even with the ongoing process of disengagement through military and diplomatic channels, it is still uncertain when the India-China dispute will get fully resolved. Such military order of rifles is likely to boost the capabilities of the Army’s infantry unit.


https://eurasiantimes.com/indian-ar...-of-russian-ak-203-american-sig-sauer-rifles/

Why can't a military superpower create their own assault rifles?

Is the whole indian army to be equipped by these or only those on border with china and northern Pakistani

 

[Yasser76]

Indian Army created and used its own assault rifles for more than 20 years and even fought the most treacherous battle of Kargil using its own INSAS rifles.


SEE these men carrying INSAS in Karil war 21 yrs back

SEE these men carrying INSAS in Karil war 21 yrs back

You decided to replace them shortly after induction with army citing several defects, but yes, lets file this as another Indian failure listed as a victory with all the other files such as

"Balakot missiles left small holes in roof so that is my proof, Pakistan repaired the building overnight"
"Guy who got shot down managed to shoot down F-16 beforehand but we dont have proof"
"We lost 20 men to Chinese but we killed 60 of theirs that they managed to hide"
"We found the Yeti"

Jokers....

 

[SrNair]

Indian Army To Be Equipped With A Mix Of Russian AK-203s & American Sig Sauer Rifles


Amid the ongoing India-China border dispute along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the Galwan valley, the Indian Army will get 73,000 Sig Sauer 716 assault rifles from the US.

With no certainty of when the dispute will likely be resolved, a second order of the rifles has been placed over and above the 72,400 assault rifles already purchased from Sig Sauer.

“We are going to place an order for 72,000 more of these rifles under the financial powers granted to the armed forces,” Defence sources had earlier told ANI. “A contract is expected soon. The US firm will have to deliver the rifles within a year from the date of finalising the deal,” confirmed a defence official earlier.

The order was cleared today by the Defence Ministry’s Services Capital Acquisition Plan Categorisation Higher Committee (SCAPCHC) and is worth Rs 800 crore.

The Sig Sauer 716 assault rifles are meant to replace the indigenous Indian Small Arms System (INSAS) 5.56x45mm rifles used by the forces and manufactured locally by the Ordnance Factories Board, that came to the infantry about 20 years ago. Since this is a repeat order, there will be no need for trials and cost negotiation, which can often be a time-consuming process.

As per the plan, around 1.5 lakh imported rifles are to be used by the troops in the counter-terrorism operations and frontline duties on the Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir which are called Battle or Border Action Team (BAT) attacks. The remaining forces would be equipped with the AK-203 rifles, which are to be produced jointly by India and Russia at Amethi ordnance factory.

Even with the ongoing process of disengagement through military and diplomatic channels, it is still uncertain when the India-China dispute will get fully resolved. Such military order of rifles is likely to boost the capabilities of the Army’s infantry unit.


https://eurasiantimes.com/indian-ar...-of-russian-ak-203-american-sig-sauer-rifles/

Why can't a military superpower create their own assault rifles?

Did you actually think the support from international community is for free?
Everything have a price.
We can develop if we want but it is not a critical one .
All other critical systems we have our own.

 

[Khan vilatey]

Indian Army To Be Equipped With A Mix Of Russian AK-203s & American Sig Sauer Rifles


Amid the ongoing India-China border dispute along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the Galwan valley, the Indian Army will get 73,000 Sig Sauer 716 assault rifles from the US.

With no certainty of when the dispute will likely be resolved, a second order of the rifles has been placed over and above the 72,400 assault rifles already purchased from Sig Sauer.

“We are going to place an order for 72,000 more of these rifles under the financial powers granted to the armed forces,” Defence sources had earlier told ANI. “A contract is expected soon. The US firm will have to deliver the rifles within a year from the date of finalising the deal,” confirmed a defence official earlier.

The order was cleared today by the Defence Ministry’s Services Capital Acquisition Plan Categorisation Higher Committee (SCAPCHC) and is worth Rs 800 crore.

The Sig Sauer 716 assault rifles are meant to replace the indigenous Indian Small Arms System (INSAS) 5.56x45mm rifles used by the forces and manufactured locally by the Ordnance Factories Board, that came to the infantry about 20 years ago. Since this is a repeat order, there will be no need for trials and cost negotiation, which can often be a time-consuming process.

As per the plan, around 1.5 lakh imported rifles are to be used by the troops in the counter-terrorism operations and frontline duties on the Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir which are called Battle or Border Action Team (BAT) attacks. The remaining forces would be equipped with the AK-203 rifles, which are to be produced jointly by India and Russia at Amethi ordnance factory.

Even with the ongoing process of disengagement through military and diplomatic channels, it is still uncertain when the India-China dispute will get fully resolved. Such military order of rifles is likely to boost the capabilities of the Army’s infantry unit.


https://eurasiantimes.com/indian-ar...-of-russian-ak-203-american-sig-sauer-rifles/

Why can't a military superpower create their own assault rifles?

So the Indian army will have US guns, Russian guns and malfunctioning inas riffles. The ammunition and spares for all of these will be carried by army supply!

With addition training for the rifle they will induct this in 2-5 years. Not to mention the supply nightmare.
K

 

[Jugger]

Wow! The VADIC army will go after all the goodies and then they will invade both Pakistan and China. With 5 Rafale at disposal, the planners in China and Pakistan are just perplexed as how to counter them. Think about them getting more. And then they have VADIC Brahmos, T-90, LCA etc. Time to run from PDF

Typical Desi type procurement from the great VADIC army. Like the one they did in MRCA deal and ultimately gone for 36 Rafale

What is this nonsense... if you can’t post intelligently then kindly don’t bother to quote me next time.

 

[I S I]

What is this nonsense... if you can’t post intelligently then kindly don’t bother to quote me next time.

says a self proclaimed Einstein.

 

[HaMoTZeMaS]

Great addition to Indian army..... I'm more excited about sig sauer as it will be very useful against Chinese troops in ladakh region to target Chinese soldiers with pin point accuracy.....

How?
Are these coming with Chinese DNA coded bullets?