Equipment of the Indian Army

Handguns

• FN Browning GP35 9mmx19 mm
• SAF (Small Arms Factory) Pistol 1A 9mmx19 mm, This is more or less a copy of the Canadian Inglis 9 mm
• Glock 17 9mmx19 mm, The Glock 19 along with the 17 is in use with the Special Protection Group (Prime Minister's Security)

Heckler & Koch MP5K

Micro Tavor (Zittara)

INSAS rifle.

AK-103 produced under license by Indian arms manufacturer.

M4 of the Indian Army.

Dragunov SVD59

IMI Negev

MG 2A1

Carl Gustav recoilless rifle

AGS-17 Plamya.

Milan-2T ATGM

Nag missile and the Nag missile carrier (NAMICA).

Sub-machine guns and carbines

 

• Heckler & Koch MP5A3 9x19 mm SMG
• Heckler & Koch MP5K 9x19 mm SMG
• SAF Carbine 1A 9x19 mm, Indian made Sterling L2A1 SMG
• SAF Carbine 2A1 9x19 mm, Silenced Carbine
• UZI 9x19 mm SMG
• INSAS MSMC (modern sub-machine carbine) 5.56×30 mm SMG
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Assault rifles

• AK-7, clone of the AK-47
• INSAS 5.56mmx45 mm Assault Rifle
• Zittara Indian version of the IMI Tavor TAR-21 Israeli Micro-Tavor
• TAVOR TAR-21 5.56mmx45 mm, 3070 have been purchased for the special forces from Israel ^[1]
• AK-101
• AK-103
• AK-47M1 7.62mmx39 mm, all black Bulgarian AK. Most of these have been imported for police and paramilitary forces
• East German MPi-KM MPi-KMS72 7.62mmx39 mm
• M4
• Czech Vz.58 and Vz.58P 7.62mmx39 mm

Grenades

• Multi Mode Grenade Shivalik

Sniper rifles

• Dragunov SVD59 7.62mmx54mmR Sniper Rifle
• Mauser SP66 7.62mmx51 mm Sniper Rifle
• Heckler & Koch MSG-90 7.62mmx51 mm Sniping Rifle. The H&K PSG-1 sniping rifle serves with the NSG anti-terrorist units while small numbers of the Steyr Mannlicher SSG69 serve with the para-military Border Security Force(BSF)
• Vidhwansak Manufactured by OFB INDIA.In service with Border Security Force(BSF)
• Gepard GM Lynx Indian special forces purchased anti material rifle from Hungary

Machine guns

• MG 1B 7.62mmx51 mm, Indian made Bren- This is currently being retired.
• MG 2A1 7.62mmx51 mm, Indian made MAG 58
• MG 5A 7.62mmx51 mm This is the Indian manufactured Co-axial MAG 58
• MG 6A 7.62mmx51 mm Another Indian version of the MAG58 specifically designed as a tank commanders gun.
• 5.56mm INSAS LMG
• FN-Browning M1919 .30Cal, in very limited quantities
• Browning M2 heavy machine gun .50cal, heavy machine gun
• 7.62mm M60 machine gun
• 5.56mm IMI Negev light machine gun
• 12.7mm NSV (machine gun)
• 14.5mm KPV heavy machine gun

Projectile launchers

• Milkor MGL Grenade Launcher
• AGS-17 Plamya 30 mm automatic grenade launcher
• RPG-7 40mm Rocket Launcher
• Shipon 82mm Rocket Launcher
• Carl Gustav 84 mm recoilless rifles
• NTW-20 20 mm Rifle
• Vidhwansak Anti-Material Rifle
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Anti-Tank Guided Missiles

• Nag- Third Generation fire and forget IIR Guided ATGM developed Indigenously. Its has been ordered by army. 443 missiles ordered.
• Milan 2- License Produced.
• 9M113 Konkurs (AT-5 Spandrel).
• 9M111 Fagot (AT-4 Spigot).
• 9M119 Svir (AT-11 Sniper)- for T-90S.
• 9M133 Kornet (AT-14 Spriggan).
• Lahat- fired from Arjun MBT 120mm Cannon.

Nag was cleared for production on 1st week of July 2009
A large order was recently placed for a shipment of FGM-148 Javelin Anti-Tank Guided Missiles as of September 2009.

Remotely Operated Vehicles

DRDO Daksh IED handling robot

Armoured vehicles

Arjun MBT.

A T-90 Bhishma tank on display.

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Main Battle Tanks

• Arjun MBT Mk1 - main battle tanks (45+). The Army has ordered production of this tank and the first batch of 53 of the ordered 124 tanks has already rolled out of the Avadi factory and are currently being put through trials to check the quality control of the production process. The remaining tanks will follow thereafter. Indian Army raised First Arjun Regiment. 79 more to join before December 2009. 12 pre-production and 12 of limited series production are already with Army.
• T-90S Bhishma - main battle tanks (667). Over 1000 (excluding 347 plus 310 Russian-made T-90) more T-90S will be manufactured in India by 2020. India signed a new contract for 347 additional T-90 tanks from Russia, total of 1657 within 2020.
• T-72 M1 (2485+)^[4] 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.
• T-55 (900): Some of the T-55 tanks will be attached to infantry brigades and battalions as Tarmour AFV's since despite their vintage, the 105 mm L7 gun has substantial firepower.[4]
• Vijayanta -(1800) Reserve--- 800 of these have been heavily upgraded. 100 converted to Catapult self propelled 130mm gun

Armoured fighting vehicles

Indian BMP-2 on maneuver

• BMP-1 (700) and BMP-2 (1500+)Sarath -(AFV) mechanised infantry combat vehicles relegated the OT-62/64 to mortar carriers. The BMP-2 are now 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.
• CMT Carrier Mortar Tracked 198 (~200) produced by CVRDE. NAMICA (13) started production. Both BMP-II based

Casspir Mine Resistant Armoured Vehicles

• Casspir Mine Resistant Armoured Vehicles from South Africa. 165 in number.
• Aditya Mine Resistant Armoured Vehicle from OFBIndia. 300+ in service (1400 to be produced. 20 getting manufactured each month at HVF, Medak)
• WZT-3 (352 so far) Armored Recovery Vehicles from Poland
• Kroton (80 in numbers) De-mining Vehicles from Poland
• Hydremma Mine clearing Vehicles MCV manufactured by OFB India
• BTR-60 BTR-60P *BTR-152 & BTR-50P APC 817 in numbers.
• OT-64 SKOT APC 157 in numbers
• BRDM-2 (255), Ferret (100) amphibious reconnaissance vehicles from CVRDE. Armed with anti-tank missiles.
• PRP-3 or BMP-M1975 SMALL FRED Battlefield Surveillance Radar based on BMP.
• FV432 APC from UK 80 in numbers

Mahindra AXE

• FV101 Scorpion & Vijayanta ARV [ 200 in numbers] in service
• Total APC (wheeled, Tracked) is around 4000 plus in service.
• Takshak (TATA truck based) APC, Rakshak-Windy-Striker-Bolero-Gypsy all jeep based APC armed with anti-tank missiles, 106 MM RCL Jeep Mounted armoured Personnel carrier in service.
• Swaraj Mazda armoured trucks
• AAD- Armoured Amphibious Dozer & AERV- Armoured Engineering Reccee Vehicle by OFB India started production.
• TGERV - Trishul Ground Electronics & Radar Vehicle by OFB India
• BMP II based Trishul SAM carrier to be manufactured
• BMP II based AKASH SAM carrier production started.
• BMP II based 105mm Light tank to be manufactured
• BMP II based NBC protected recon vehicle to be manufactured
• Unmannaed Ground Vehicle to be manufactured
• Mahindra Axe Light support vehicle to be purchased
• TATA Light Specilist Vehicle - LSV with LMG, MMG to be purchased
• Viper Fast movement vehicle disgned created by Sree Lakshmi ltd for the army and special forces -currently under trials
• windy fast attack vehicle in service from 2005.(more than 700 produced)

Artillery

An Indian Bofors 155 mm howitzer field gun being repositioned during the war.

• Under Field Artillery Rationalization Plan, Indian Army plans to procure 3000 to 4000 155 mm Towed, Wheeled and Tracked Artillery Systems.^[5][6]
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Towed artillery

• 155 mm Bofors Haubits FH77/A Out of 410, 100 are NOT in working state.
• 155mm Soltam M68
• M-46 130 mm field guns replacing the 105 mm IFG Mk1/2/3
• 122 mm D-30 towed howitzers (To be phased out)
• 105 mm Light Field Gun (To be phased out)
• 105 mm Indian Field Gun (To be phased out)
• Metamorphosis 155 mm GUN by upgrading present M46 130 mm with a maximum range of 39 k.m.180 has been already converted to 155 mm Guns
• 130 mm towed field gun M1954 (M-46)

Self propelled artillery

Self propelled artillery

• FV433 Abbot SPG 80 approx in number (105 mm) and M-46 Catapult 100 approx in number(130 mm)& 70 in reserve to be replaced by 3600 new 155 mm self-propelled howitzers by 2025. On the short list is the Denel LIW T6 turreted Arjun and the Celsius (Bofors) FH-77AD^[5][6] The Polish licensed version of the AS-90 self-propelled artillery is also considered [also called KRAB].
• Bhim-Initial reports that the Arjun hull might be used with a 155 mm self-propelled howitzer by fitting the South African T6 turret which has the G5 howitzer fitted, proved to be misfounded. The SPH would be integrated at Bharat Earth Movers Ltd, which would manufacture additional Arjun chassis & hulls for the purpose. At present, the Bhim SPH program is in limbo, since Denel has been temporarily blacklisted by the Indian Ministry of Defence, while corruption charges are being investigated. The HVF (OFB) has been ordered for serial production of 100 BHIM.

• 2S1 Gvozdika 122mm SPGH from Poland...... 110 getting supplied by Poland Bumar manufacturer
• KRAB 155mm SPGH from Poland

Multiple rocket launchers

9A52-2 "Smerch" launch vehicle

• Smerch 9K58 MBRL (38) - 300 mm multiple rocket launch system. Further order for 24 units will be completed by 2010.Total 3 regiments created ^[7]
• Pinaka MBRL (80)- 214 mm multiple rocket launch system replacing the 122 mm BM-21. 80 launchers to be inducted by 2009.Already 3 regiments inducted ^[8]
• BM-21 (150+) - Modernized rockets with range of 40 km was purchased from Russia. To be replaced by