PLA Small arms

wtlh

wtlh

Junior Member
TerraN_EmpirE said:
no its the blank firing attachment. Blanks cant cycle a automatic or semiautomatic weapon designed for use of conventional bullets they need a modified barrel with a smaller diameter to produce the proper gas pressure. They get that in movies by replacing the barrel. In real life military service well using laser combat simulation gear they use a BFA.
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So, as no lasers could be seen attached, these guys are not really in a shooting practice or competition then? Probably just posing for photos? They are staying far too close for it to be a picture during a real exercise session, one grenade could have taken out all of them.

I remember a few other pictures where brass catchers were used in simulation. Given the dry grass it might be there in a attempt to prevent a hot spent case from igniting the dry grass and starting a brush fire. Or it might be so that they can recycle the brass or so they don't have to send someone out to collect it later.
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India uses NATO 5.56 mm. It is possible that these bullets they use brass casings too, just like the standard NATO ones. Brass is more expensive than steel (the material of 5.58 casings). That may be the reason they want to catch and recycle their casings.
 
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by78

by78

General
aksha said:
i hope this is relevant,picture from
4th Indo-Sino Joint Training Exercise concludes at Aundh Military Camp in Pune Pix: MoD
you get a good view of the rifles

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Briefly off-topic, but I can't help it. Would you just look at the build quality of the INSAS! My goodness, do they not have any stamping machines?

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TerraN_EmpirE

TerraN_EmpirE

Tyrant King
INSAS is widely considered among the worst of the AK. and In fact India has been looking at potential replacement from both home and Abroad. at last check they had three options the indinginous Multi Caliber Individual Weapon System, Israeli Galil ACE and italian ARX-160. There SF troops are known to use the IWI Tavor.
 
plawolf

plawolf

Lieutenant General
Facepalm.

The Indians somehow managed to take the no nonsense AK and loose its one defining and redeeming feature - its reliability.

I was wondering how their troops managed to loose a major firefight against Maosit rebels a few years back, taking heavy casaulties in the process, because of jamming guns. I always thought that was just an excuse to cover for other deficiencies, since the INSAS is an AK derivative. But looking at the build quality and condition of those guns, it makes a lot more sense now.
 
by78

by78

General
TerraN_EmpirE said:
magazine cracks, shoots Oil into the Shooters eyes, fire selector jumped to full auto when in burst, it jams.
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Yeesh... not a pretty read. I love this part:

"I found out that they wanted to have white paint filled lettering, but the crude scratching that passed off as lettering was too shallow and the lazy buggers at the factory simply squished some white enamel over the general areas and didn’t even bother to wipe off the excess!!"
 
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aksha

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TerraN_EmpirE said:
INSAS is widely considered among the worst of the AK. and In fact India has been looking at potential replacement from both home and Abroad. at last check they had three options the indinginous Multi Caliber Individual Weapon System, Israeli Galil ACE and italian ARX-160. There SF troops are known to use the IWI Tavor.
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posted reply in indian military news
 
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no_name

Colonel
plawolf said:
Facepalm.

The Indians somehow managed to take the no nonsense AK and loose its one defining and redeeming feature - its reliability.

I was wondering how their troops managed to loose a major firefight against Maosit rebels a few years back, taking heavy casaulties in the process, because of jamming guns. I always thought that was just an excuse to cover for other deficiencies, since the INSAS is an AK derivative. But looking at the build quality and condition of those guns, it makes a lot more sense now.
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I wonder what weapons the Maoists use, and whether they'll just pass on an INSAS rifle when they came across one.
 
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