Equipment of the Indian Army’s Infantry soldier

New Delhi. October . It is a known fact that the rifle is the first and last friend of a soldier. Weapons are not only crucial but also need to be modern and state-of-he-art. Another requirement for the infantry soldier of today in the changed warfare techniques is of remotely operated ones. Powerful weapons add more muscles to a soldier. Indian Infantry is using many weapons, from big and long range to small and short range for a face to face fight. And the wishlist is still long. Lets take a look at the weapons the infantry soldier .

Name	Type	Caliber	Origin	Notes
Pistol Auto 9mm 1A	Semi-automatic pistol	9mm Parabellum	Canada  India	Standard issue side-arm of the Indian Army. Licensed copy of the Canadian Inglis 9mm pistol.
Glock 17	Semi-automatic pistol	9×19mm Parabellum	Austria	Standard issue Special Forces pistol.
SAF Carbine 1A	Sub-machine gun	9mm Parabellum	India  United Kingdom	Indian made Sterling L2A1 SMG. To be replaced by the MSMC.
SAF Carbine 2A1	Sub-machine gun	9mm Parabellum	India  United Kingdom	Silenced Carbine. To be replaced by the MSMC.
Micro-Uzi	Sub-machine gun	9mm Parabellum	Israel	For use by Special Forces. Micro-Uzi variant used.[1]
1B1 INSAS	Assault rifle	5.56mm NATO	India	Standard issue weapon of the Indian Army. Replaced the 1A SLR. Folding 1B2 and fixed butt 1B1 variants used. Insas AR with full-auto selector lever along with the burst lever and black polymer furniture also being procured. Manufactured at Ordnance Factory Tiruchirappalli.
OFB 1A1 RiflesOFB 1C Rifles	Battle rifle	7.62×51mm NATO	India  Belgium	Was the standard issue rifle of the Indian army and manufactured at Ordnance Factory Tiruchirappalli. Now being replaced by the INSAS. 1C full automatic variant used by mechanised infantry battalions as a firing port weapon on the BMP-2S Sarath Infantry fighting vehicle.
Ishapore 2A1 rifle	Reserve Weapon	7.62mm NATO	India	Most were phased out from service. Some retained for ceremonial purposes.
AKM[2]	Assault rifle	7.62x39mm	Soviet Union  Poland	AKM fixed stock and AKMS under-folding stock variants used.
Arsenal Co. AR	Assault rifle	7.62x39mm	Bulgaria	Bulgarian produced AK-47. Imported for police and paramilitary forces, used in some quantities by Army as well. AR fixed stock and AR-F under-folding stock variants used.
MPi-KM	Assault rifle	7.62x39mm	East Germany	East German produced AKM.MPi-KM-72 fixed stock and MPi-KMS-72 side-folding stock variants used.Both bakelite and wooden lower handguard variants used.
Pistol Mitralieră model 1990	Assault rifle	7.62x39mm	Romania	Romanian version of the AKM. Palmswell lower handguard versions in use.
AK-103[3]	Assault rifle	7.62x39mm	Russia
Vz. 58	Assault rifle	7.62x39mm	Czechoslovakia	Vz. 58 P fixed stock and Vz. 58 V side-folding stock variants used.
IMI Tavor TAR-21	Assault rifle	5.56mm NATO	Israel	3070 purchased for the Special Forces from Israel[4][5]
M4A1 Carbine	Carbine	5.56mm NATO	United States	Bought under foreign military sales. For use by Indian Army Special Forces.
Dragunov SVD59	Sniper rifle	7.62x54mmR	Soviet Union  India	Standard sniper rifle.
IMI Galil 7.62 Sniper	Sniper Rifle	7.62mm NATO	Israel	For use by Indian Army Special Forces.
Mauser SP66	Sniper rifle	7.62mm NATO	Germany	Standard bolt-action sniper rifle.
Denel NTW-20	Anti-material rifle	20x82mm and 20x110mm Hispano-Suiza	South Africa	Bought in small numbers.
INSAS LMG	Light machine gun	5.56mm NATO	India	Light machine gun derivative of the INSAS assault rifle. Both fixed and folding butt variants used. Newer INSAS LMG with black polymer furniture being procured. Manufactured at Ordnance Factory Tiruchirappalli.
MG 1B	Light machine gun	7.62mm NATO	India	Indian made Bren.Currently being withdrawn from service.
MG 2A1MG 5AMG 6A	General purpose machine gun	7.62mm NATO	Belgium  India	Indian made MAG 58. Also in service as the MG 5A (Co-axial) and MG 6A (Commander’s gun) with some armoured vehicles.
PKM	General purpose machine gun	7.62x54mm	Soviet Union	PK machine guns used as co-axial weapons in Russian produced T-90S Bhishma, T-72M Ajeya and BMP-2S Sarath and used as general purpose machine gun. Also used by Special Forces as section LMG. Manufactured at Ordnance Factory Tiruchirappalli.
M2 Browning	Heavy machine gun	.50 BMG	United States
NSV	Heavy machine gun	12.7×108mm	Soviet Union
KPV	Heavy machine gun	14.5×114mm	Soviet Union

Name	Type	Quantity	Origin	Notes
Grenade 36mm	Hand Grenade		India	Fragmentation grenade which can be hand thrown or rifle launched from 1A SLR.
Multi Mode Grenade Shivalik	Hand grenade	1.8 million ordered[6]	India	This modular grenade is available in Hand mode offensive, hand mode defensive and rifle mode. Types can be interchanged by changing outer sleeve. *[1] *[2]
GP-25	Grenade launcher (40mm)		Soviet Union
Multi Grenade Launcher 40mm	Grenade launcher (40mm)		India	Semiautomatic six shot 40mm x 46mm low velocity grenade launcher. Manufactured at Ordnance Factory Tiruchirappalli. *[3]
AGS-17 Plamya	Automatic grenade launcher (30mm)		Soviet Union
30 mm Auto Grenade Launcher	Automatic grenade launcher (30mm)		India	Replacing the AGS-17 and being manufactured at Ordnance Factory Tiruchirappalli.
RCL Mk II	Recoilless rifle (84mm)		India  Sweden	Carl Gustav Recoilless Rifle produced by OFB.
RCL Mk III	Recoilless rifle (84mm)		India  Sweden	Lighter, updated version of the RCL Mk II.
106mm M-40A1	Recoilless rifle	3000+	United States
RPO-A Shmel	Rocket Launcher		Russia
OFB E1 51mm	Mortar		India
OFB E1 81mmL16 81mm mortar	Mortar	5000+	India United Kingdom  Canada
OFB E1 81mm	HE Bomb Smoke Bomb		India
OFB E1 120mm	Mortar HE Bomb		India
120mm AM-50	Mortar HE Bomb	1500+	France
160mm Tampella	Mortar	200+	Finland