Talk:INSAS 5.56 mm

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ñIt seems like as previously suspected the India goverment tried to produce a modern assualt rifle locally and have failed misearbly at it. No wonder they "dumped" the rifles with 70% discount in the poor neighbouring country of Nepal, terming the sell as "military assistance".

- India should adopt the AK-101 ;) --Skyler Streng 19:02, 28 November 2005 (UTC)

I dont think so if the Indian Govt. would have failed they wouldnt have used it themselves the army would have protested after all who wants to go to a 21st century war with a " miserably failed rifle" Wrick ( India )

I dont think this is a page for speculating whether a nation failed at producing a rifle. This is an encyclopedia, please treat it like one. --User:Yajkr

Indian Army used the INSAS rifles in the 1999 Kargil conflict with Pakistan and emerged victorious. It is the main rifle of the Indian Army today. So it's successful. -- 220.224.42.216 00:50, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

Well Practically its not too bad not too good also. I personally checked this rifle at RFI. There are major areas for improvement like magazine housing, stock, butt, seafty lever etc though balance of rifle is extreamly good. I think it is better than 7.62 as 5.56 is much effective and deadly in CQB and they managed to minimize the recoil energy also but still needs lots of improvement before they can actually called it primary weapon for Indian Army. Its true that we won war against pakistan in kargil but that involves outstanding performance of our boys and not of INSAS. - Saptarshi Datta

[edit] Variants

• Could someone add a few photos of the insas (the new photos with the FNC type foregrip, as opposed to the old photos with a 'normal' grip). Secondly, the variants link in the specifications table at the right leads to the IMI Galil variants page, instead of the INSAS variants page, which i dont think exists. prasad88 01:44, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

• My thoughts exactly. will delete the link and create a new subtopic Kaushal mehta 13:59, 11 December 2006 (UTC)