Insas Rifle

[Jade]

the INSAS rifles cost about $450 a piece before the subsidy, its foreign prototypes range from $1,000 to $4,500.

Insas rifles are licensed copies of the famous Belgian FN FAL rifle

In 2001, when the Kenyan government was looking to outsource firearms, it conducted a survey of the assault rifles available in the market, which put the INSAS on a par with international makes.

Are they really copies of the Belgian rifles ?

[regstrup]

Yes and no !

The INSAS rifle is broadly based on the AK-47, but with many modifications from among the FN FAL and the HK G3.

HERE (http://world.guns.ru/assault/as67-e.htm) is a great site, where you can read more about the INSAS and many other firearms.

[Jade]

Yes and no !

The INSAS rifle is broadly based on the AK-47, but with many modifications from among the FN FAL and the HK G3.

HERE (http://world.guns.ru/assault/as67-e.htm) is a great site, where you can read more about the INSAS and many other firearms.

Thnx.

How would you rate the Insas ?

[regstrup]

How would you rate the Insas ?
I have only shot with Dimaeco C7, HK G3 and the swedish AK5, so I have no idea of, how to rate the Insas.

The little I know about the Insas, I have from the website, that I linked to ;)

[Jade]

I have only shot with Dimaeco C7, HK G3 and the swedish AK5, so I have no idea of, how to rate the Insas.

The little I know about the Insas, I have from the website, that I linked to ;)

Nice link, thnx.

Sounds like an OK rifle from the write up there.

But, I heard it gives problems in hot weather conditions !!!!

[kizilsungur]

INSAS rifles are cheap and simply rifles like Kalaşnikof???

in+sas = non-sas????

[Jade]

INSAS rifles are cheap and simply rifles like Kalaşnikof???

in+sas = non-sas????

I wonder which rifle an experienced army man would use in which situations, does any army man want to answer?

I doubt if there is a rifle that is best in all situatioins - but then I am just a civvy, and notan army man .

[aaaditya]

I wonder which rifle an experienced army man would use in which situations, does any army man want to answer?

I doubt if there is a rifle that is best in all situatioins - but then I am just a civvy, and notan army man .

well the indian army prefers the insas rifle ,currently 600000 are in service,a more advanced version of this gun is currrently under development ,this gun is known as the insas excalibur,these will replace the insas currently in service, royal nepal army is the other customer to use the insas.

india and israel are also developing the zittara assault rifle based on the israeli tavor assault rifle (tar-21),however this is still in the developmental stage.

[kams]

well the indian army prefers the insas rifle ,currently 600000 are in service,a more advanced version of this gun is currrently under development ,this gun is known as the insas excalibur,these will replace the insas currently in service, royal nepal army is the other customer to use the insas.

india and israel are also developing the zittara assault rifle based on the israeli tavor assault rifle (tar-21),however this is still in the developmental stage.

Ztara is not an assult rifle, AFAIK it's a carbine, 9 mm version.

[Jade]

I wonder which rifle an experienced army man would use in which situations, does any army man want to answer?

I doubt if there is a rifle that is best in all situatioins - but then I am just a civvy, and notan army man .

May I repeat this Q?

Any army man in the Forum ?

I think a guerilla would choose the Ak47 as it very reliable, cheap, and easy to use.

Is the Insas as reliable as the AK47 ?

The Germans and the Europeans may be right for using their weapons bec they are well trained personnel !!

What do u think ?

But, even they have a variety of weapons for different situations, right ?

[powerslavenegi]

Is the Insas as reliable as the AK47 ?
INSAS uses the same gas-operated action with long stroke gas piston and a rotating bolt as the AK so no issues in that area.

[aaaditya]

May I repeat this Q?

Any army man in the Forum ?

I think a guerilla would choose the Ak47 as it very reliable, cheap, and easy to use.

Is the Insas as reliable as the AK47 ?

The Germans and the Europeans may be right for using their weapons bec they are well trained personnel !!

What do u think ?

But, even they have a variety of weapons for different situations, right ?

it is replacing the ak-47's as the standard weapon of the counter insurgency forces in jammu and kashmir,the insas was also sucessfully ciombat tested during the kargil war.

[aaaditya]

Ztara is not an assult rifle, AFAIK it's a carbine, 9 mm version.

thanks for the correction buddy,i forgot,by the way can you explain the difference between the carbine and the assault rifle,also would you you be having any information on the mcem submachine gun being jointly developed by india and israel or on the 20mm bunker buster anti material sniper rifle the vidhwanshak?

[aaaditya]

hey guys,india will soon be deploying hand held non lethal portable lasers which can also be used as an attachment to the existing small arms.

here check out this link and article:

http://www.idrw.org/2007/08/17/indian_army_to_induct_portable_laser_weapons.html

Soldiers engaged in counter-insurgency operations in Jammu and Kashmir and the northeast will soon have a new weapon to help them take on militants -- portable non-lethal laser dazzlers that can stun and blind their opponents.

"Two versions of the portable non-lethal dazzlers (PNLD), including a hand-held laser dazzler, are set to be inducted into the Indian armed forces for use in counter-insurgency operations. This will make the 21st century soldier a technology-driven jawan," a top defence source told a news agency.

The laser dazzlers, which can be mounted on existing weapons used by the soldiers, were tested in Kashmir in October last year and will be inducted into the army possibly by next year, sources said. They could be used against militants operating in the hinterland of Kashmir and against those infiltrating into the state across the Line of Control (LoC).

The Defence Research and Development Organisation's Laser Science and Technology Centre (LASTEC) in Delhi has developed two variants of the PNLD suitable for counter-insurgency operations. The hand-held and weapon-mounted versions of the PNLD have a maximum range of 50 meters and 500 meters respectively, the sources said.

Both variants are completely non-lethal directed-energy weapons employing intense visible light and produce randomly a flickering green laser output that is sufficient to cause temporary blindness or disorientation. The dazzlers also have an in-built safety interlock to prevent misuse and the weapons do not cause permanent blindness, the sources said