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Complete List of Indian Army Weapons in 2022
| Name | Weapon | Type | Caliber | Origin Country | Notes |
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Indian Army Weapons: HANDGUNS |
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| Pistol Auto 9mm 1A |  |
Semi-automatic pistol | 9×19mm Parabellum | India | Status: In service, as standard side-arm of the Indian Army, manufactured under license by OFB, used by special forces in small numbers. |
| Glock |  |
Semi-automatic pistol | 9×19mm Parabellum | Austria | Status: In service, as Standard Special Forces pistol. |
Indian Army Weapons: SHOTGUNS |
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| 12 Bore PAG |  |
Pump action | 12-gauge shotgun | India | Status: In service |
| SMGs | |||||
| Heckler & Koch MP5 |  |
Submachine gun | 9×19mm Parabellum | Germany | Status: In service, used by Special Forces. |
| Micro-Uzi |  |
Machine pistol | 9×19mm Parabellum | Israel | Status: In service, used by Special Forces. Micro-Uzi variant in used |
| SAF Carbine 2A1 |  |
Submachine gun | 9×19mm Parabellum | India United Kingdom |
Status: To be replaced, all the remaining SAF Carbine to be replaced by indigenously built close quarter MSMC |
Indian Army Weapons: ASSAULT RIFLES |
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| 1B1 INSAS |  |
Assault rifle | 5.56×45mm NATO | India | Status: In service (To be replaced), Standard assault rifle of the Indian Army. To be replaced by AK-203 and SIG-716 i |
| SIG-716 i |  |
Battle rifle | 7.62×51mm NATO | United States | Status: In service, 72,400 units of SIG716 i model in service. A second batch for 72,000 units are on order. |
| AK-203 |  |
Assault rifle | 7.62×39mm | Russia India |
Status: On Order. 70,000 on order. 600,000 rifles to be manufactured locally by OFB in India. Will be the standard service rifle of Indian Army replacing old INSAS |
| IMI Tavor TAR-21 |  |
Assault rifle | 5.56×45mm NATO | Israel | Status: In service, Standard Special Forces assault rifle |
| M4A1 Carbine |  |
Assault rifle | 5.56×45mm NATO | United States | Status: In service, used by special forces, including PARA SF and Ghatak SF and MARCOS. |
| T91 assault rifle |  |
Assault rifle | 5.56×45mm NATO | Taiwan | Status: In service, 1000+ unit of this rifle were bought. |
| FN SCAR L FN SCAR H |
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Assault rifle Battle rifle |
5.56×45mm NATO and 7.62x51mm NATO | Belgium | Status: In service, used by special forces including NSG, AFSOD and SFF |
| AKM |  |
Assault rifle | 7.62×39mm | Soviet Union | Status: In service, used by the Army |
Indian Army Weapons: SNIPER RIFLES |
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| Dragunov SVD |  |
Designated marksman rifle Sniper rifle |
7.62×54mmR | Soviet Union India |
Status: In service, Standard Designated Marksman rifle (DMR). To be replaced by a 7.62mm NATO DMR under the Army modernisation plan |
| Steyr SSG 69 |  |
Sniper rifle | 7.62×51mm NATO | Austria | Status: In service, Standard bolt-action sniper rifle. |
| IMI Galil 7.62 Sniper |  |
Sniper rifle | 7.62×51mm NATO | Israel | Status: In service used by Indian Army Special Forces snipers. |
| Heckler & Koch PSG1 |  |
Sniper rifle | 7.62×51mm NATO | Germany | Status: In service, Standard semi-automatic sniper rifle used by Indian Army, NSG, MARCOS. |
| Sako TRG |  |
Sniper rifle | .338 Lapua Magnum | Finland | Status: In service, 40-50 units ordered, used by Para SF |
| Mauser SP66 |  |
Sniper rifle | 7.62×51mm NATO | Germany | Status: In service, Standard bolt-action sniper rifle. |
| Tikka T3 |  |
Sniper rifle | 7.62×51mm | Finland | Status: In service, used by army in small numbers. |
| Beretta Scorpio TGT | Sniper rifle | .338 Lapua Magnum | Italy | Status: In service | |
| SIG Sauer SSG 3000 |  |
Sniper rifle | 7.62×51mm NATO | Germany | Status: In service, Standard bolt-action sniper rifle. |
| Barrett M95 |  |
Anti-material rifle | .50 BMG | United States | Status: In service, Small numbers used in anti-sniping role |
| Vidhwansak |  |
Anti-materiel rifle | 12.7×108mm, 20x82mm | India | Status: In service |
| OSV-96 |  |
Anti-material rifle | 12.7×108mm | Soviet Union | Status: In service |
| Barrett M82 |  |
Anti-material rifle | .50 BMG .416 Barrett | United States | Status: In service,used by special forces |
Indian Army Weapons: MACHINE GUNS |
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| INSAS LMG |  |
Light machine gun | 5.56×45mm NATO | India | Status: In service (To be phased out), Standard Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) of the Indian Army, Light machine gun derivative of the INSAS assault rifle. Contract signed in 2020 to replace INSAS LMG by IWI Negev Ng7 |
| IMI Negev NG7 |  |
Medium machine gun | 7.62×51mm NATO | Israel | Status: In Service, All 16,479 are scheduled delivered in june-2021. Ng7 will replace all the Gun Machine 7.62MM IA still left and all the INSAS LMG. |
| Mk 48 machine gun |  |
General-purpose machine gun | 7.62×51mm NATO | Belgium United States |
Status: In service, 715 in service with Para (SF) |
| FN Minimi |  |
Light machine gun | 5.56x45mm NATO | Belgium | Status: In service, used mainly by the NSG |
| IMI Negev NG5 |  |
Light machine gun | 5.56×45mm NATO | Israel | Status: In service, Standard Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) of special forces, especially Para (SF) |
| MG 2A1 MG 5A MG 6A |
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General-purpose machine gun | 7.62×51mm NATO | Belgium India |
Status: In service, Standard section-Medium Machine Gun for infantry battalions, Indian-made MAG 58 version. Also in service as the MG 5A (Co-axial) and MG 6A (Commander’s gun) with some armoured vehicles |
| M2 Browning |  |
Heavy machine gun | .50 BMG | United States | Status: In service, M2HB variant in service, used in small numbers |