Is AK- 203 Rifle The Right Choice For Indian Army ?
AK - 203 Rifle In January 2023, the joint venture between India and Russia , Indo- Russian Rifles private limited started the production of AK- 203 Kalashnikov Assault Rifles at Korwa in UP. Indian Army has been on a long wait for such assault rifles and was trying to find an alternative to the native INSAS Rifles. It has various problems like jamming, automatic burst to three round mode, and oil-falling. Also INSAS was too old to use, until 1999 when INSAS played an important role in Kargil war. AK - 203 ASSAULT RIFLE Indian military's Special Forces namely GARUDS, MARCOS, and PARA SF have been using different types of weapons like MP5, AK47, Tavor Tar 21, IMI Galil Sniper Rifle and many other. In the advancing world of tech , terrorists and militants have started using AK-47 as their primary weapon for insurgency and INSAS stands nowhere to compete with it. AK-47 uses 7.62 x 39mm cartridge whereas INSAS uses 5.56 x 39mm cartridge which is less lethal than AK-47 used...