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1.-Explosives, rockets and missile systems
2.-Utility and miscellaneous vehicles
3.-Engineering and support vehicles
4.-Mine protected and mine clearing vehicles
5.-Armoured fighting vehicles

Small Arms

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Name Type Caliber Origin Notes
Pistol AUTO 9 mm 1A Semi-automatic pistol 9mm Parabellum India Licensed Indian copy of the Canadian Inglis 9mm pistol by OFB
Glock 17 Semi-automatic pistol 9mm Parabellum Austria Standard issue Special forces pistol
SIG Sauer P226 Semi-automatic pistol 9mm Parabellum Germany Switzerland
SAF Carbine 1A Sub-machine gun 9mm Parabellum India Indian made Sterling L2A1 SMG. To be replaced by the MSMC.
SAF Carbine 2A1 Sub-machine gun 9mm Parabellum India Silenced Carbine. To be replaced by the MSMC.
Micro-Uzi Sub-machine gun 9mm Parabellum Israel For use by special forces.Micro-Uzi variant used.
Heckler & Koch MP5 Sub-machine gun 9mm Parabellum Germany MP5A3, A5, SD3 and SD6 models in service used by special forces
Heckler & Koch MP5K Sub-machine gun 9mm Parabellum Germany Shortened version of the MP5 used by special forces
1B1 INSAS Assault rifle 5.56mm NATO India Standard issue weapon of the Indian Army. Replaced the 1A SLR.Folding 1B2 and fixed butt 1B1 variants used.
1A SLR Battle rifle 7.62mm NATO India Was the standard issue rifle of the Indian army.Now being replaced by the INSAS. 1C full automatic variant used by mechanized infantry battalions as a firing port weapon on the BMP-2S Sarath Infantry fighting vehicle
AKM Assault rifle 7.62x39mm Soviet Union AKM fixed stock and AKMS under-folding stock variants used
A-7 Assault rifle 7.62x39mm India AK-47 clone
Arsenal Co. AR Assault rifle 7.62x39mm Bulgaria Bulgarian produced AK-47. Imported for police and paramilitary forces.AR fixed stock and AR-F under-folding stock variants used
MPi-KM Assault rifle 7.62x39mm East Germany East German produced AKM.MPi-KM-72 fixed stock and MPi-KMS-72 side-folding stock variants used.Both bakelite and wooden furniture variants used
AK-103 Assault rifle 7.62x39mm Russia
Vz. 58 Assault rifle 7.62x39mm Czechoslovakia Vz. 58 P fixed stock and Vz. 58 V side-folding stock variants used
IMI Tavor TAR-21 Assault rifle 5.56mm NATO Israel 3070 purchased for the special forces from Israel,
M16 rifle Assault rifle 5.56mm NATO United States Limited ammount
M4A1 Carbine Carbine 5.56mm NATO United States Bought under foreign military sales.For use by Indian Army special forces
Zittara Assault rifle 5.56mm NATO, 9mm Parabellum and 5.56x30mm India Indian locally produced version of the MTAR-21 Micro Tavor modified to use the local 5.56x30mm cartridge.
Dragunov SVD59 Sniper rifle 7.62x54mmR Soviet Union Standard sniper rifle
IMI Galil 7.62 Sniper Sniper Rifle 7.62mm NATO Israel
Heckler & Koch MSG-90 Sniper rifle 7.62mm NATO Germany Used by Indian Army special forces
Mauser SP66 Sniper rifle 7.62mm NATO Germany Standard bolt-action sniper rifle
Denel NTW-20 Anti-material rifle 20x82mm and 20x110mm Hispano-Suiza South Africa Bought in small numbers
Vidhwansak Anti-material rifle 12.7x108mm, 14.5x114mm and 20x82mm India Manufactured by OFB. In service with Border Security Force (BSF)
Gepard GM6 Lynx Anti-material rifle 12.7x108mm & 14.5x114mm Hungary For use by the Indian Army Special forces
MG 1B Light machine gun 7.62mm NATO India Indian made Bren. Currently being withdrawn from service.
INSAS LMG Light machine gun 5.56mm NATO India Light machine gun derivative of the INSAS assault rifle.Both fixed and folding butt variants used.
MG 2A1 General purpose machine gun 7.62mm NATO India Indian made MAG 58. Also in service as the MG 5A (Co-axial) and MG 6A (Commander's gun) with some armoured vehicles.
PKM General purpose machine gun 7.62x54mm Soviet Union PK machine guns used as co-axial weapons Russian produced T-90S and BMP-2S and used as general purpose machine gun.Also used by Special forces.
FN-Browning M1919 General purpose machine gun 7.62mm NATO Belgium In very limited quantities.
Browning M2 Heavy machine gun .50 BMG United States
NSV Heavy machine gun 12.7x108mm Soviet Union
KPV Heavy machine gun 14.5x114mm Soviet Union
Micro Tavor (Zittara)
INSAS rifle
AK-103

Explosives, rockets and missile systems

Grenade 36mm
Name Type Caliber Origin Notes
Hand Grenade India Fragmentation grenade which can be hand thrown or rifle launched from 1A SLR.
Multi Mode Grenade Shivalik Hand grenade One million ordered India This modular grenade is available in Hand mode offensive, hand mode defensive and rifle mode. Types can be interchanged by changing outer sleeve.
Multi Grenade Launcher 40mm Grenade launcher (40mm) India Semiautomatic six shot 40mm x 46mm low velocity grenade launcher
AGS-17 Plamya Automatic grenade launcher (30mm) Soviet Union
RPG-7 Rocket propelled grenade (40mm) Soviet Union
Shipon Rocket launcher (82mm) Israel
RCL Mk II Recoilless rifle (84mm) India Carl Gustav Recoilless Rifle produced by OFB
RCL Mk III Recoilless rifle (84mm) India Lighter, updated version of the RCL Mk II
SA-16 Gimlet Man-portable air-defense system Soviet Union
SA-7 Grail Man-portable air-defense system Soviet Union To be phased out.
AGS-17 Plamya
Carl Gustav
SA-16 Gimlet

Vehicles

Utility and miscellaneous vehicles

Name Type Caliber Origin Notes
Jonga Light Utility Vehicle India Being phased out
Maruti Gypsy Light Utility Vehicle India
Mahindra 550 xdb Light Utility Vehicle India
Windy Fast attack vehicle 700 India In service from 2005.
Tata 407 Light 4x4 truck India 1 Ton truck
Tata LPTA 713 TC Medium 4X4 truck India 2.5 Ton truck
Super Azad Medium 4x4 truck India 3 Ton truck
Ashok Leyland Topchi Medium 4x4 truck India 3 Ton truck
Shaktiman Medium 4x4 truck India 3 Ton truck
Rampar Medium Amphibious truck India Amphibious conversion of the Shaktiman truck
Tata Model 1210SD Medium truck India 4 Ton truck.
Stallion Mk.III Medium 4x4 truck India 5 Ton truck. fire truck, and water bowser vehicles are also based on the Stallion chassis.
Tata LPTA 1621 Medium 4x4 truck India 5 Ton truck
BEML Tatra Heavy truck India License produced Tatra heavy truck. Various models. Used for carrying sensitive equipment like Radars as well as vehicle for Pinaka and Smerch MBRL systems.
Maruti Gypsy
BEML Tatra

Engineering and support vehicles

Name Type Caliber Origin Notes
Kartik ABL Armoured vehicle-launched bridge India Based on a Vijayanta chassis
T-72 ABL Armoured vehicle-launched bridge India T-72 based Multi-Hop or Extended Span Assault bridge
Sarvatra Vehicle launched bridge India 8x8 truck-mounted bridging system
BMP-2 AERV Amphibious Engineer Reconnaissance Vehicle India BMP-2 based engineering and reconnaissance vehicle
BMP-2 AAD Amphibious Armoured Bulldozer India BMP-2 with turret removed and bulldozer blade and other engineering equipment added.
Vijayanta ARV Armoured recovery vehicle 200 India Being replaced by VT-72B.
WZT-3 Armoured recovery vehicle 352 Poland
VT-72B ARV Armoured recovery vehicle 200+ Slovenia/India Armoured recovery vehicle replacing the Vijayanta ARV
WZT-3
Armoured recovery vehicles based on T-72-chassis.

Mine protected and mine clearing vehicles

Name Type Caliber Origin Notes
Casspir Armoured personnel carrier >200 South Africa
Hydremma Mine clearing vehicle India Manufactured by OFB India
Aditya Mine protected Vehicle 300+ India OFB India. 1400 to be produced. 20/month manufactured at HVF, Medak
DRDO Daksh Bomb disposal robot 2 India The Army has placed orders for 20 Dakshs.
Casspir
DRDO Daksh

Armoured fighting vehicles

Name Type Caliber Origin Notes
Arjun MBT Mk1 Main battle tank 124 India With a total of 248 to be built.This to be followed by the Arjun MK-II and the FMBT.
T-90S "Bhishma"/T-90M Main battle tank 620 Russia/India Initially contract for 310 "T-90S" signed in 2001.A contract, worth $800 million, was signed on October26, 2006, for another 330 T-90M MBTs that were to be built with locally-sourced raw materials.A third contract, worth $1.23 billion, was signed in December 2007 for 347 upgraded T-90Ms, the bulk of which will be licence-assembled by HVF.The Indian Army would begin receiving its first T-90M main battle tank (MBT) in completely knocked-down condition from Russia’s Nizhny Tagil-based Uralvagonzavod JSC by the end of 2009. In all, India plans to have 310 T-90S and 1,330 T-90M tanks in service by 2020(totally 1657 tanks by 2020).
T-72M1 "Ajeya" Main battle tank 2000 Soviet Union/India 968 T72M1 have been upgraded by the Heavy vehicles factory (HVF), While requests for proposal for upgrading approximately 1000 other T-72's have been sent to various firms in Israel, Russia, Poland and France.[citation needed]
T-55 Main battle tank 550 Soviet Union Up to 200 additional T-55s are kept in storage. T-55s were to be phased out in favour of T-90. Some T-55s may be converted into Tarmour AFV's
BMP-2 "Sarath" Infantry fighting vehicle 1000+ Soviet Union/India Additional Being modernized with TISAS (thermal imaging stand alone sights), better fire control, and more modern ATGM armament (Konkurs M). BMP-1 has been phased out and the upgraded BMP-2 is BMP-2 M with two thermobaric missiles and two tandem warhead Konkurs missiles. Its also has an integrated TI sight, an LRF, and has an AGL mounted on the turret which is also stabilised in the horizontal plane. 100 gets added each year. To enhance the rate to 125 a year Currently more than 900 are in active service
BMP-1 Infantry fighting vehicle 700 Soviet Union 700 are in active service
NAMICA Tank destroyer 43 India BMP-2 based Nag missile carrier.
CMT Mortar Carrier 198 India BMP-2 based mortar carrier. Produced by CVRDE.
FV432[citation needed] Armoured personnel carrier 80 United Kingdom Purchased from British Army surplus
OT-64 SKOT Armoured Personnel Carrier 157 Czechoslovakia/Poland
BRDM-2 Reconnaissance vehicle 255 Soviet Union
Ferret Reconnaissance vehicle 100 United Kingdom Relegated to internal security roles.
FV433 Abbot SPG Self-propelled artillery ~80 United Kingdom 105 mm howitzer. To be replaced following selection of new system.
M-46 Catapult Self-propelled artillery ~20 India 130 mm howitzer mounted on a Vijayanta hull. ~80 in storage. To be replaced following selection of new system.
Tunguska M1 Self-propelled anti-aircraft weapon 108 Soviet Union
ZSU-23-4M 'Shilka' Self-propelled anti-aircraft gun 100[citation needed] Soviet Union To be upgraded.
PRP-3 Battlefield surveillance system Soviet Union 1RL126 "Small Fred" Battlefield Surveillance Radar based on BMP. NATO designation was BMP M1975
Arjun
T-90 Bhishma
T-72 Ajeya
BMP-2 Sarath
9K22 Tunguska
OT-64 SKOT