While the statements of the Indian leadership on the adoption in the near future a new modern assault rifles are for the most part only shaking the air, the army and the intelligence agencies of India have announced the program last change modification of their existing armed with small arms of Soviet and Russian samples.
Soldiers of the Indian Special Forces on maneuvers
The official representative of the Indian army said, that "due to the continuous improvement of tactics, used by terrorists, there was a need for revision at our disposal an AK-47 Russian-made. There is an urgent need for the installation of these assault rifles night sight, lazernogo tseleukazatelya, collimator sight and tactical flashlight. All this will better carry out early detection of targets and enhance our strategic effectiveness ".
Despite, that much of the divisions of the Indian Army is equipped with an assault rifle INSAS («Indian National Small Arms System») own production, a lot of army units, as well as some of the special forces used Kalashnikovs.
Indians are rightly considered, INSAS that appeared likely to crash, and its design was not sufficiently robust, while high fire power and simplicity of the Russian (Soviet) the machine is ideal for the needs of the Indian units. Therefore, the purpose of the modification program is not constructive change at their disposal AK, and improve the ease of use, improved ergonomics, and also qualitative and quantitative improvements range sights.
Thresholds for example
The modification program announced, and other add-ons. In particular, It recommended to equip the AK rifle tactical lantern, more comfortable grip on the handguard, special pad on the butt, two additional rubberized hilt (what, in our opinion, clearly unnecessary), new butt of a special design with a special convenient naschochnikom, and Picatinny rail.
One of the options for modifying the handle program
In India, the count, that this program will be successfully put into practice, and Indian soldiers of the security forces will have more convenient weapon, the basis for which will remain AK.
