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Home >> Indian Army
Indian Army : Weapons

Light Weapons

  • FN 35 and Glock 17 9 mm pistols
  • Heckler & Koch MP5 replacing the Carbine 1A 9 mm sub-machine guns
  • INSAS 5.56 mm assault rifles replacing the FN FAL, 1A1, 1C, AKM and V.58 7.62 mm assault rifles
  • INSAS 5.56 mm light machine guns replacing the 7.62 mm FN MAG, Bren L4 and the .50 cal Browning M2HB machine guns
  • Dragunov, Mauser SP66 and Heckler & Koch MSG-90 7.62 mm sniper rifles
  • AGS-17 Plamya 30 mm automatic grenade launcher
  • M40 RCL 106 mm and Carl Gustav 84 mm recoiless rifles
  • Igla-19K310 / SA-16 Gimlet replacing the Strela-2M /SA-7b Grail - portable SAM

Combat vehicles

  • T-90S Bhishma - main battle tanks (310+) over 1000 T-90S to be manufactured in India
  • Arjun Mk1 - main battle tanks (125) - the Arjun might be converted into a 155 mm self-propelled howitzer by fitting the South African T6 turret which has the G5 howitzer fitted.
  • Upgraded T-72M1 Ajeya - main battle tanks (1,900+)
  • Vijayanta (1,200) and T-55 (700) main battle tanks being phased out
  • PT-76 (amphibious) and AMX-13 light tanks
  • Ferret armoured cars
  • BRDM-2 amphibious reconnaissance vehicles
  • BMP-1 (700) and BMP-2 (900+)Sarath - mechanised infantry combat vehicles relegated the OT-62/64 to mortar carriers.

Artillery

  • Agni medium-range ballistic missiles that can attack China and Pakistan and beyond.
  • SS-150/Prithvi-1 and SS-250/Prithvi-III - short-range ballistic missiles
  • Smerch 9K58 - 300 mm multiple rocket launch system
  • Pinaka - 214 mm multiple rocket launch system replacing the 122 mm BM-21
  • Abbot (105 mm) and M-46 Catapult (130 mm) to be replaced by 4000 new 155 mm self-propelled howitzers. On the short list is the Denel LIW T6 turreted Arjun and the Celsius (Bofors) FH-77AD
  • Bofors FH-77B, upgraded Soltam M-46 155 mm towed howitzers
  • Soltam M-46 130 mm field guns replacing the 105 mm IFG Mk1/2/3
  • D-30 122 mm towed howitzers
  • Tunguska M1 - low level air defense system
  • Upgraded ZSU-23-4M Shilka self-propelled air defence guns (48)
  • Upgraded Bofors L40/70 40 mm AA guns replacing the L40/60
  • ZSU-23-2 twin 23 mm AA guns
  • Due to delays in the Akash missile program the ZRK-SD Kvadrat / SA-6a Gainful air defence systems is being upgraded (100)
  • Due to delays in the Trshul missile program the OSA-AKM / SA-8b Gecko air defence systems is being upgraded (50)
  • S-300V / SA-10 Grumble
  • Strela-10M3 / SA-13 Gopher - short-range, low altitude SAM

Non-combat vehicles

  • Bridge Layer Tank using a T-72 chassis and Kartik Armoured Bridgelayer on a Vijayanta chassis - armoured vehicle-launched bridges
  • Multi-Hop and Extended Span Assault Bridges on T-72 chassis
  • Sarvatra - 8x8 truck-mounted briging system
  • VT-72B ARV (200+) and WZT-3 ARV (124, 228 to be delivered by 2007) - armoured recovery vehicle replacing the Vijayanta ARV
  • BMP-2 Armoured Amphibious Dozer and Engineer Reconnaissance Vehicle (ERV)
  • Casspir - mine protected vehicles (165)
  • Tata LPTA 1621 TC - 6x6 truck
  • Mahindra - light multi-role 4x4
  • Rampar - amphibious 4x4

Aircraft

Dornier Do 228-101 - light transport aircraft
HAL Dhruv multi-role helicopter replacing the HAL Chetak / Allouette II, Cheetah / SA 315B Lama and Lancer

Missiles

Agni 1, 2 and 3 — intermediate ballistic missile
BrahMos — supersonic cruise missile
Prithvi 1 and 3 (Prithvi 2 with the IAF) — short-range ballistic missile
Aakash — surface to air missile
Astra — air to air missile

 
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