brooo....
leave muh trichy and jvpc aside, perhaps you aren't aware of what hidden gem this picture contains...asli durlabh heeraa toh dono ke beech me hai
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just observe this kalashnikov carefully
> riveted construction of receiver, even usual bolt carrier rails are affixed by rivets, unlike most AKMs where they are spot welded
> that curved extension of receiver at trigger side, most standard AKMs don't have this much extension there
= overall it's INSAS pattern receiver and not exactly AKM pattern one
> THAT DISTINCT SLOTTED HEAD BOLT SHAPED BUTTON AT REAR IRON SIGHT MOUNT, MEANT FOR MANUAL BOLT HOLD OPEN LIKE ONE'S THERE ON RIGHT SIDE OF INSAS
No doubt, this rifle here is
MRF-91 made by various OFBs back in late 90s-early 2000s, and i've only seen it appearing three times across vast amount of gun pics and vids i've seen so far,
-first two times, in sandeep unnithan's videos on visits to various OFB's rifle rooms
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8m1ZVwBVkQ&t=158
^at 2:38
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phQqAcUGUx0&t=78
-and third time, some J&K side pic where a personnel was carrying a butt-less version of it, i made an extensive post on it at good ol' D F I explaining how MRF-91 is predecessor of current Ghaatak assault rifle
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most likely, this is same AK copy that made Mikhail Kalashnikov himself seethe a lot when he came here to visit some exhibition and all, and it's definitely just INSAS fork in kalashnikov shape
with this pic, it's my fourth time seeing this rare bird, and it seems it indeed is in some limited service across various CAPFs if not the Army itself hhmm
oh and of course, in old era OFB website it was probably listed as "Rifle, 7.62mm, Assault" with a matchbox sized pic lol