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INSAS rifle

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INSAS, short for Indian Small Arms System, is a family of infantry weapons comprising an assault rifle and a light machine gun, developed by the Armament Research and Development Establishment of India and manufactured by the Ordnance Factories Board from 1994. It entered service in 1998 and became the standard infantry weapon of the Indian Armed Forces for nearly three decades, with an estimated 700,000 to 900,000 units built by 2019; it first saw combat in the 1999 Kargil War. India has since been phasing INSAS out in favor of the AK-203 assault rifle and the SIG 716i battle rifle, though it remains in use with police and paramilitary forces. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
Caliber
5.56x45mm NATO 1
Caliber
5.56×30mm MINSAS 2
Service Status
In Service 1
Weapon Class
Assault rifle 1
Introduced Year
1998 2
Weapon Class
Weapon Class (category)
Rifle 1
Connections

Operated By

Indian Army, Armed Forces and Units
Source Wikipedia: INSAS rifle

Used In

Kargil War, Wars
Source Wikipedia: INSAS rifle
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Manufactured By

Ordnance Factory Board (OFB)

Also in Business Atlas: the manufacturer of this subject.

Source Wikidata: INSAS rifle
Sources
1. Wikipedia: INSAS rifle
  • Infobox, Type
    Assault rifle
  • Infobox, In service
    1998-present
  • Article text
    The INSAS series rifles are the third generation of standard-issue rifle of the infantry of the Indian Army, following the Lee-Enfield bolt action rifles (in service 1947-mid-1960s) and L1A1 Self-Loading Rifles (in service 1961-1998).
  • Lead section
    The new assault rifle was to chamber it in 5.56×45mm NATO, unlike the L1A1 SLR rifle which is chambered in 7.62×51mm NATO.
  • Infobox: cartridge
    5.56×45mm NATO
  • Infobox: service
    1998-present
  • Used In: Kargil War, infobox wars field: 'Kargil War'
  • Operated By: Indian Army, Wikipedia article text
    The INSAS rifle saw limited use in the Indian Army's counter-insurgency operations in Jammu and Kashmir, but was extensively used by Central Armed Police Forces in combating Maoist insurgency.
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2. Wikidata: INSAS rifle
Wikidata Q1356080, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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