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Indian Army weapons

Indian Army weapons:

Small arms:
Pistols:
9mm auto pistol - manufactured by ordinance factory India (MoD)
Glock 17 - Austria
Machine guns:
SAF Carbines
Micro uzi - israel
Rifiles:
 AK 47 - soviet made
AK 103 - soviet made
INSAS - Indian origin (Indian small arms systems)
Bull pup rifiles - france origin
T91 - PRC
Snipers:
1M1 galil
Mauser
Ati material rifile:
Denel NTW-20 - caliber of this rifle can be changed without disassembling the gun.
Range: 1500m- 2300 m
Now the above rifile is replaced by vidhwanshak 

MCIWS:
Multi caliber individual weapon system
currently undergoing trials

Ballistic and cruise missiles:

Ballistic missile:
Ballistic missile trajectory consists of three parts:
1. Powered flight portion
2. Free flight
3. Re- entry phase

These may contain multiple rocket stages, and also contain decoys to avoid detonation by enemy missiles (counter missiles).

Cruise missiles:
cruise missile is a guided missile, these are basically supersonic missiles.
general design includes- guidance system, payload, aircraft propulsion housed in an airframe with small wings and empennage for flight control.

Ballistic and cruise[edit]

Name Type Quantity Origin Range
Brahmos Stealth Cruise missile  India
 Russia		 300 km range.
Nirbhay Cruise missile  India 1,000 –1500 km range.
Prahaar Tactical ballistic missile  India 150 km range.
Dhanush Short-range ballistic missile  India 350 km range.
Sagarika Short-range ballistic missile  India 700 km range.
Prithvi-I Short-range ballistic missile  India 150 km range. (Being Phased Out)
Prithvi-II Short-range ballistic missile  India 250 – 350 km range.
Prithvi-III Short-range ballistic missile  India 350 – 600 km range.
Shaurya Medium-range ballistic missile  India 700–1900 km range.
Agni-I Medium-range ballistic missile  India 700 – 1250 km range.
Agni-II Intermediate-range ballistic missile  India 2000 – 3500 km range.
Agni-III Intermediate-range ballistic missile  India 3500 – 5000 km range.
Agni-IV Intermediate-range ballistic missile  India 4000 – 6000 km range.
Agni-V Intercontinental ballistic missile  India 5000 – 8000 km range.(Tested in April 2012, September 2013 and January 2015. All successful launches [55] )

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