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15/08/22 09:00 AM IST

Made in India F-INSAS, Nipun, LCA handed over to Indian Army

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  • Defence minister Rajnath Singh handed over the much-awaited indigenously manufactured Future Infantry Soldier as a System (F-INSAS) to the Indian Army.
F-INSAS
  • F-INSAS is “Future-Infantry Soldier as A System” weapon.
  • This system has been developed indigenously to modernise the Indian Army units.
  • This system aims to improve operational capabilities of infantry units of the Army.
  • Under the F-INSAS project, the soldiers will get modern fighting equipment that are cost-effective, lightweight, needs low maintenance cost and suitable for all weather and terrain conditions.
  • This system includes firepower in the form of AK-203 Assault Rifle, which is a magazine-fed, gas-operated, select-fire assault rifle of Russian origin.
  • Apart from assault rifle, F-INSAS system also include ballistic helmet, goggles and bulletproof jackets.
  • F-INSAS system was created in year 2005, under Infantry Vision 2020.
  • The F-INSAS system includes an AK-203 assault rifle – a Russian-origin gas-operated, magazine-fed, select fire assault rifle with a range of 300 metre – as well as a ballistic helmet, ballistic goggles, a bulletproof jacket, elbow-pads, and knee pads.
NIPUN Mines 
  • Nipun Anti-Personnel Mines act as first line of defence to counter infiltrators and advancing enemy infantry.
  • These mines have been developed by collaboration of Armament Research and Development Establishment. Indian Army will induct around 7 lakh Nipun anti-personnel mines into service.

Source- The Hindu 

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