INFANTRY WEAPONS
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Pistols |
9mm FN35
9mm Glock 17 + others |
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Sub-Machine Guns |
9mm Carbine 1A
9mm H&K MP-5 + others |
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Machine Guns |
5.56mm INSAS Light Machine Gun,
7.62mm FN MAG
7.62mm Bren L4, 7.62mm IB, .50 Browning M2HB, 12.7mm NSV and 14.5mm KPV |
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Rifles |
5.56mm INSAS Assault Rifle,
7.62mm FN-FAL
7.62mm 1A1, 7.62mm 1C, 7.62mm AKM, 7.62mm V.58 7.62mm Dragunov, 7.62mm Mauser SP66, 7.62mm H&K MSG-90 |
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Combat Grenades |
30mm
AGS-17 Plamya AGL
36Mk.1 rifle grenade 36M hand grenade |
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Mortars & (Mortar Ammo) |
51mm E1 (51mm HE
Bomb)
81mm E1 (81mm HE Bomb, 81mm Smoke Bomb, 81mm Illuminated Mortar Bomb) 120mm E1 and 120mm AM-50 (120mm HE Bomb and 120mm Illuminated Mortar Bomb) |
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Anti-Tank Weapons |
Milan-II,
9K11 Malyutka
9K11 Fagot, 9K113 Konkurs |
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Recoilless Weapons |
106mm RCL M40
84mm Carl Gustav 30mm AGS-17 Plamya |
Comments: The 12.7mm NSV heavy machine gun is used on the T-72M1 and the 14.5mm KPV, also a heavy machine gun, is used on the OT-62/64. Around 200,000+ INSAS 5.56mm Assault Rifles have been issued. The 7.62mm FN-FAL rifles were bought from Belgium. Variants of the legendary AK-47 rifle are used by COIN (counter-insurgency) troops and also by Special Forces. The Army does not use the Russian 7.62mm AKM but rather models from Poland, Bulgaria, Romania and the former East Germany. Around 200,000 are in service. Also in service is the Czechoslovakian V.58 rifle, which resembles the 7.62mm AKM, but are not the same. Snipers use the 7.62mm Dragunov and the 7.62mm Mauser SP66 sniper rifles which have dedicated sniper scopes for day/night sniping.
It was reported in late 2002, that 200 interactive firearm-training simulators were ordered from Bharat Dynamics Ltd. (BDL), Hyderabad at a cost of $75,000 each. These state-of-the-art simulators will be utilized to train soldiers and paramilitary forces in using pistols, revolvers, assault rifles, machine guns and mortars. The system simulates scenarios of up to 32 guns firing, including realistic sound and moving target applications.