Does the military use AK 47s?

Does the military use AK 47s?

These days, the U.S. does not field AK-47s, but some members of its military are trained to use them. Special operations forces from all branches might have to pick up an enemy AK-47 at some point because of the nature of their work — sometimes help isn’t coming.

Does Indian army use AK 56?

The Type 56 which is a copy of the AK-47 and AKM manufactured by Norinco of the People’s Republic of China is one of the weapons used en masse by the Indian Army. The under-folding Type 56-1 variant is used by Army during COIN ops in Kashmir along with the AKM and AKMS from Russia and Poland, PM Md.

Which gun do Indian police use?

303 Lee Enfield SMLE and 12 Bore double barrel shotgun or single barrel shotgun while under special circumstance L1A1 Self-Loading Rifle are also issued.

Why does the Indian Army prefer the AK-47 over the INSAS?

The Indian Army prefers the AK-47 assault rifle (pictured) to the unreliable INSAS for its counter insurgency operations. In 2011, the Indian Army floated a tender for the supply of multi-caliber assault rifles to replace its existing INSAS, or Indian Small Arms System rifles, which were inducted around 1988, and are outdated.

What is the AK-47 rifle used by the Indian Police?

AK-47 is a Russian developed assault rifle which was used by India’s Force One (Mumbai Police) also for a while.

How deadly is the Russian AK-47?

This weapon is deadly but bulky, and was no match for the Russian AK-47, the preferred weapon of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, which targeted the Indian forces. The worst off were the para-commandos. This was a time when the three battalions of the Indian Army were still to be renamed the Special Forces.

Why can’t India provide its soldiers with modern weapons?

The inability of the Indian government to provide its soldiers with their most basic fighting weapons is a severe indictment of how broken the defence planning and procurement system is. India fought the short 1962 war with China using the vintage Enfield .303 bolt action rifles, which had a deadly effect, but were horribly outdated by that time.