New battle rifle for Indian Army (Sig 716)

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New battle rifle for Indian Army (Sig 716)

Post by thesinfulsaint » Thu Dec 12, 2019 8:05 am

Not sure how true this is but back in Feb it was declared army has plans to acquire 70,000+ rifles:



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Indian Army gets new American assault rifles in Kashmir Valley against terrorists, Pakistan Army on LoC
The first lot of 10,000 SiG 716 assault rifles has arrived in India on Wednesday. Another batch of 10,000 rifles will arrive soon.

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Re: New battle rifle for Indian Army (Sig 716)

Post by mundaire » Thu Dec 12, 2019 11:07 am

Yep, they have started arriving in India for use by front-line infantry units.

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Re: New battle rifle for Indian Army (Sig 716)

Post by russianshooter3 » Sat Dec 14, 2019 1:57 am

I shooting from this rifle in semi-auto variant
real cool stuff

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Re: New battle rifle for Indian Army (Sig 716)

Post by eljefe » Sun Apr 26, 2020 2:17 am

Pity - a folding stock, pic rail and ventilated handguard with better electronic sights for the SLR were beyond the collective efforts of the bed pan mechanics at IOFB
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