The INSAS 5.56mm Rifle - A close and careful look

[beckham]

could you also post picture of indian soldier with HELMAT MOUNTED DISPLAY (HMD) & video capture unit on his INSAS

 

[True_Pakistan_Zindabad]

cm-on sir when you people started going with WIKIPEDIA ,
i asked for photographic evidence here i can only see 9mm version


ISRAEL corner shot 5.56mm version
-link www.cornershot.com/?catid={AEB53B2B-DC7C-47E6-A1C6-650EEA50CD82}

We don't like fighting behind corners hiding behind children like the Israelis. It is a specialist piece of gear used for rare occasions, mostly pre-planned ops that require it for specific use. I have not seen any soldier attach a rifle to it out of sheer lack of need, not capability.

 

[!!craft!!]

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[mike05]

Surely thats not the end product? It seems a little unrefined for practical use?

 

[Jacobtheindoamerican]

Surely thats not the end product? It seems a little unrefined for practical use?

its a tech demonstrator..

 

[LEO99]

We don't like fighting behind corners hiding behind children like the Israelis. It is a specialist piece of gear used for rare occasions, mostly pre-planned ops that require it for specific use. I have not seen any soldier attach a rifle to it out of sheer lack of need, not capability.

stupid comment....


i asked for source & you come up with this

 

[!!craft!!]

stupid comment....


i asked for source & you come up with this

Hot damn!!!! this gun looks wicked man!!!

 

[flanker143]

We don't like fighting behind corners hiding behind children like the Israelis. It is a specialist piece of gear used for rare occasions, mostly pre-planned ops that require it for specific use. I have not seen any soldier attach a rifle to it out of sheer lack of need, not capability.

This shows how much do u care for your soldiers !! did u even care to think that how many lives will be saved by this techonology in the battle field !!

U r talking of useless courage!!
Ghar me aaraam se a/c mein baith bahaduri ki baatain karna bahut aasaan hai.. Jab khud sarhad par rifle le ke khade hoge tab puchoonga ki cornershot chahiye ki nai !! Jab apni jaan ki padti hai tabhi pata chalta hai ki kya chahiye aur kya nai !!

 

[LEO99]

YouTube - pakistan cornershot POF-EYE

YouTube - Demonstration of Pakistani POF-EYE weapon, at IDEF 2009

Hot damn!!!! this gun looks wicked man!!!

sir this is only a 9mm version
i simply asked to show SMG,5.56mm version of these systems as our pakistani friends claim to have such systems (though i highly doubt)

 

[DESERT FIGHTER]

rrifle go search the web we dont boast around all small things.

 

[LEO99]

rrifle go search the web we dont boast around all small things.

really? i highly doubt how may people agree with your comment .

chalo chodo bhi jan ,nahi hai to nahi hai. let be by gone .

 

[beckham]

rrifle go search the web we dont boast around all small things.

POF Eye is a nice effort. But it does looks kind of clumsy and bulkier than Israeli. It seems than it can only mount existing weapon system (9mm version ) onto the front.Even the pistol mounted one already looks like it has a length of a full sized rifle.Anything bigger could seriously interfere with it's mobility in buildings.

The Israeli CornerShot looks a bit more compact and ergonomic.The standard CornerShot mounts a normal semi-automatic pistol,

40 mm Grenade Launcher

A-Rifle mount

 

[LEO99]

on to the topic

can any intellectual friend could tell why INSAS LMG only have 30 round magzine & not any higher capacity i mean Ak47 magazine holds more bullet than INSAS even later is using 5.56MM round which is lighter.

how would you differentiate an INSAS LMG with INSAS rifle other than barrel weight,full auto ...

 

[mike05]

its a tech demonstrator..

I might have missed the point, so its a demonstration for the sake of it and the there is no actual HUD system in development for the army? Because the HUD & Rifle/camera system in the picture does not look purpose built but put together using off the shelf components.

 

[praveen007]

FINSAS is working b/w drdo & TATA

http://www.google.co.in/url?sa=t&so...sg=AFQjCNEcKF8Hcau8_2DwfxY6mLE30fJ2QA&cad=rja

bat in unconventional times™
Indian infantry and special forces get upgraded small arms

Basic infantry gear might not be as “sexy” or impressive as guided missiles, fighter jets, tanks, submarines and aircraft carriers – and its certainly not as expensive - but its just as (if not even more) important. So, amidst all the other improvements that India is making to its armed forces, the 1.13-million strong Army is also on course to receive 390,000 new carbines and assault rifles. Defence ministry sources say the aim is to bolster the combat potential of infantry soldiers and special forces ‘as soon as possible’.

Interestingly enough, the first phase of Army’s high-tech F-INSAS (Future Infantry Soldier As A System) project also focuses on enhancing the ‘lethality and survivability’ of foot-soldiers. F-INSAS, in fact, seeks to transform soldiers into self-contained, fully-networked, mobile fighting units, with a high degree of ‘situational awareness’ and the ability to operate in all terrain and all weathers. F-INSAS was initiated based on prevailing trends which indicate that ’infantry-centric’ warfare will predominate in the present – and even for the foreseeable future at all strategic, operational and tactical levels, according to the Director General Infantry Lt. Gen. K Nagaraj.

Within F-INSAS, infantry soldiers are to be progressively equipped with light-weight integrated ballistic helmets with a ’heads-up display’ and miniaturised communication systems; portable visual, chemical and biological sensors; hand-held computer displays, GPS and video links; and of course lethal firepower with laser-equipped modular weapon systems. The goal is to achieve this with a maximum total weight of 20 to 25 kg for the system.

450px-F-INSAS

On the small arms side of the project, the first part of the project is to buy 43,318 ‘close-quarter battle’ (CQB) carbines off-the-shelf from abroad. This will be followed by the indigenous manufacture of another 116,764 similar guns under a transfer-of-technology agreement.

Under the second part of the project, the Ordnance Factory Board is to manufacture 218,320 advanced carbines based on the new 5.56-mm model developed indigenously. Soldiers will find the compact and modular carbines, equipped with night-vision devices, laser designators and detachable under-barrel grenade launchers, much easier to operate than full-length rifles.

The third part of the project involves the procurement of 10,730 light-weight assault rifles.

Indian soldiers with Tavor

Co-incidentally, the 10 existing battalions of the Indian Parachute Regiment, each with around 850 soldiers, have now more or less been reorganised into seven special operations forces and three airborne battalions. The SOF units are tasked with conducting clandestine and ‘irregular’ warfare deep behind enemy lines, but equipping them with specialised equipment has not been well-coordinated or diligently executed so far.

The Indian Army, however, says the 40 specialised items earmarked for special ops forces are now being fast-tracked. These include weapons like the TAR-21 Tavor assault rifles and M4A1 carbines, all-terrain multi-utility vehicles, GPS navigation systems, modular target acquisition devices and laser range-finders, high-frequency communication sets and free-fall parachutes – among other things. This equipment is being purchased from countries like the US, Israel, France and Sweden.

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The Indian Army’s new Israeli-built TAR-21 “Tavor” rifles were recently battle-tested in operations against insurgents in Kashmir province