Indian Small Arms and Weapons

[vampyrbladez]

SLR variants in service with CAPF and rear echelon Army units

SLR L1A1, 1C

 

[AbRaj]

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[Alby]

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Bro i meant any pic other than this one.I had seen this one already

 

[VictorDelta4]

Bro i too read from newspaper only. These ones will be to replace SLRs or 1960s AKMs.Commandos prefer older Akms over Ghatak or Tar .
Don’t know why it costs that much for buying Ak203 as we are buying from a govt firm. Yesterday i was trying to figure out how IPS officers is going to make money out of this procurement

Yeah someone's definitely buying a new villa somewhere in the serene backwaters of kerala

 

[Alby]

Thats called a functional gucci gun

 

[VictorDelta4]

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Thats called a functional gucci gun

Someone get SSS to paint their guns in FDE as well!

 

[vampyrbladez]

I think full auto 7.62x51 mm fire was considered wasteful and inaccurate by the Indian Army which thought that a semi auto SLR would only be fired prone or with cover at an enemy from distance.

The BREN 1B was deemed to be sufficient for a SAW/LMG role and an SLR 1C full auto was considered redundant unless for LRP/Ghatak units (in frame).

The design was adopted sparingly to possibly provide a solution for mechanized units to fire from BMP firing ports while maneuvering since a BREN may have been too bulky and cumbersome in a constrained space.

For any close quarters combat, the 9x19mm 1A1 Carbine was deemed sufficient until the Indian Army came face to face with 7.62x39 mm AKs during IPKF (Sri Lanka) and Kashmir Insurgency at which point they became fixated upon the AK and finally in 2019 decided that the AK 203 would be the standard rifle.

I found this interesting picture of the SLR 1C (auto) in use with Mechanized Infantry during IPKF from BMP-1s.

 

[spadex]

My meme sucks i know, you can abuse me here



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[spadex]

Well


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[spadex]

Are we that down bad that we are using Chinese ak copies for sf units?

As far as clones goes... Chinese ak 56 is superior than romanian pm md 90 amd 63s we generally used. That being said ak 103 modified (or 203 whatever you want to call it) is better than both of them

 

[Zoid Raptor]

i heard each bullet costs 56 rupees , that way too much ig. that's why we rarely use live ammos in training.

Is this price for FMJ or hollow point?
Here in the US, you can get 9mm FMJ rounds for ~$0.20 each, a bit lower at gun shows where they usually offer deals when bought in bulk while 5.56 FMJ is usually ~$0.40 ea...hollow point is a bit more expensive but I don't see any reason why one would need hollow point for training.



In this site, you can find 9mm for <10¢ and 5.56mm for <30¢ a round
https://ammoseek.com/ammo/9mm-luger


Given the demand for ammo in Indian military units, police and CAPFs both for training and live ops...they should be able to make it at a relatively lower cost given our artillery projectiles cost 1/10th the price of their western counterparts

 

[Alby]

As far as clones goes... Chinese ak 56 is superior than romanian pm md 90 amd 63s we generally used. That being said ak 103 modified (or 203 whatever you want to call it) is better than both of them

Disagree with your statement.Even the early pattern Chinese Aks are nowhere near Romanian Pm90s.