sidewinder01
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What rifle were the Indian army and police using in the pictures?? What is the most widely used rifle in the Indian Army???
India Hit by Terrorist Attacks
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Pointblank
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FL FAL's for the police, and INSAS rifle for the Army. I also see Mauser SP66 sniper rifle's, MP-5's, Glock 17's and Browing HP's.
The INSAS is the standard issue rifle for the Indian Army. It is a derivative of the AK-47 action, chambered in the NATO standard 5.56mm round.
The INSAS is similar to the Galil and some other assault rifles, (the Finnish Army I believe). I think that its an excellent concept for a rifle, taking the toughness and proven ability of the AK-47 design and then adding on some of the more modern features that it lacks.
I would not get to hung up ont he notion of mother ships if I were you. Moving a large number of heavily armed men throught he traffic of Mumbai is almost certiably going to be noticed long before you reach the Commerical Center of the City.
By taking to the water, you can skirt around the city and head straight for the end of the Peninsular where all the targets are.
For what it is worth, I beleive that the terrorists are Indian Nationals and that Domestic Indian Politics is as much a motivation as any other external factor. Those of us in another place have been predicting this kind of event/unrest, as a consequence of India's uneven development and stratified society, for some time now.
By taking to the water, you can skirt around the city and head straight for the end of the Peninsular where all the targets are.
For what it is worth, I beleive that the terrorists are Indian Nationals and that Domestic Indian Politics is as much a motivation as any other external factor. Those of us in another place have been predicting this kind of event/unrest, as a consequence of India's uneven development and stratified society, for some time now.
I personally do not think any ordinary police force in big nation like India or China should be equipped with the most up to dated modern rifle, it would be very costly to produce and maintain them since Nations like China or India has a very large police force.
Many Chinese police or even armed police units still uses type-56 which is like an ak-47. And we all know how old the old and reliable Aks are
Every country's police culture is different, and this is reflective in their weapons. In India the police use the lathi (long-stick), revolvers, Bren SMG, and bolt-action rifles. In the US, the cops use side-handle baton (night stick) or expandable baton, pepper spray, semi-auto pistol, and 12-gauge shotgun. In the Philippines, even the security guard at McDonald's & Starbucks carry shotguns. In East Asia (China, Japan, Taiwan), most cops don't carry guns.
Here's a picture of Bombay City Police in a by-gone era, being inspected by Sir Frederick Sykes, Governor of Bombay. You can sense some of the traditions being continued today with a very similar bolt-action rifle:
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Agreed..Check out the gear the police in St Paul MN, Minneapolis MN & Colorado USA use;
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