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Pakistanis are also having hunt for assault rifle in replacement of G3...Most people are saying that FN-SCAR-H is most probably good and going to win tender...What do you say about it...Just curious to have your opinion.
My opinion of SCAR-H? I find it to be weird ergonomically. It feels like a brick.
They are very accurate, and reliable weapons, though the SCAR-L has had serious reliability issues such as cold weather locking up issues and cracking frames, and generally the SCAR series does what you want it to when you want it to.
They're damn expensive. Keep in mind that our HK417 cost us around 13,000 USD per unit where as the civilian MR762 runs for about 4500. Militarized rifles are very expensive and SCAR-H is not going to be an exception.
Is it a good choice? I like all the contenders in the tender and feel no selection would be a bad option for Pakistan, I just don't have a very high opinion of SCAR myself due to its issues during our trials.
I'm just messin with ya.
But to elaborate a bit more, DMRs are typically semi-auto
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NEW DELHI: India re-launched on Tuesday its global hunt for new-generation assault rifles after similar attempts over the last decade failed due to unrealistic technical requirements and whiff of corruption, interspersed by debates on whether the gun should "kill" or merely "wound" adversaries.
The project is going to be a mega one, with the Army looking to induct 65,000 rifles in the first go, with another 1,20,000 to be manufactured in India. This, of course, would be just the beginning for the 12-lakh strong Army, with the overall programme cost slated to ultimately cross the $1 billion-mark.
In the RFI (request for information) issued by the defence ministry on Tuesday, it was mentioned that the Army was seeking "a 7.62mm x 51mm assault rifle with lethality to achieve the objective of shoot-to-kill" to replace glitch-prone 5.56mm INSAS (Indian small arms system) rifle.
The broad parameters specify the light-weight rifles should have an effective range of 500-metre at the very minimum, with duly-optimised recoil to achieve "accuracy better than 3 minutes of angle up to a minimum range of 500-metre".
With multi-option telescopic sights, the rifles should also be capable of being fitted with the 40mm under-barrel grenade launchers manufactured by ordnance factory, Trichy. Compatible with visible laser-target pointers, holographic and other sights, the rifles should be "state-of-art" in terms of design, metallurgy and performance parameters to remain relevant for the next 25-30 years.
The RFI states the global tender or RFP (request for proposal) for the formal technocommercial bids will be floated in April 2017. It is bound to attract companies like Colt (US), Beretta (Italy), Sig Sauer (Europe), Ceska (Czech) and Israel Weapon Industries (IWI), which had also participated in the earlier tender.
As was first reported by TOI in May last year, the project was scrapped because of the Army's overambitious experiment to induct rifles with interchangeable barrels, with a 5.56x45mm primary barrel for conventional warfare and a 7.62x39mm secondary one for counter-terrorism.
Then, the Army commanders' conference last April had discussed whether the force required a 7.62mm rifle that "killed" or a 5.56mm rifle that "incapacitated" enemy soldiers. Subsequently, even as the Army rejected the 5.56x45mm Excalibur rifle offered by the DRDO-ordnance Factory Board combine, the decision was taken to go in for 7.62x51mm rifles with a higher kill probability.
Incidentally, other projects to get new close-quarter battle carbines, light machine guns, sniper rifles and the like for infantry battalions are also stuck in the long-winded procurement process.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...ration-assault-rifle/articleshow/54553688.cms
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Lakshmikumar said the Tonbo-UWS partnership will offer the same package deal to the Indian government.
The Ministry of Defence has launched a hunt for a new-generation assault rifle, as reported by ET on September 27, 2016. According to the RFI (Request for Information), the army is looking to procure 185,000 assault rifles with about 65,000 to be delivered over the next four to 28 months.
“This package is now being offered to the Indian army as a part of the Indian army RFI for assault weapons. We will be doing field trials with various army groups to demonstrate the capabilities of the weapon,” Lakshmikumar said.