infantry weapons Small arms

Name	Type	Caliber	Origin	Notes
NATO Standard
Pistol Auto 9mm 1A	Semi-automatic pistol	9×19mm Parabellum	Canada  India	Standard issue side-arm of the Indian Army.
Glock 17	Semi-automatic pistol	9×19mm Parabellum	Austria	Standard issue Special Forces pistol.
SAF Carbine 1A	Sub-machine gun	9×19mm Parabellum	India  United Kingdom	Indian made and improved Sterling L2A3 SMG. To be replaced by theMSMC.
SAF Carbine 2A1	Sub-machine gun	9×19mm Parabellum	India  United Kingdom	Silenced version of SAF Carbine 1A. To be replaced by the MSMC.
Micro-Uzi	Sub-machine gun	9×19mm Parabellum	Israel	For use by Special Forces. Micro-Uzi variant used.[1]
M4A1 Carbine	Carbine	5.56mm NATO	United States	Bought under foreign military sales. For use by Indian Army Special Forces.
1B1 INSAS	Assault rifle	5.56mm NATO	India	Standard issue assault rifle of the Indian Army. Replaced the 1A SLR. Folding 1B2 and fixed butt 1B1 variants used. Insas Assault Rifle with full-auto selector lever along with the burst lever and black polymer furniture also procured. Manufactured at Ordnance Factory Tiruchirappalli.
IMI Tavor TAR-21	Assault rifle	5.56mm NATO	Israel	Standard issue Special Forces assault rifle.[2][3]
T91 assault rifle	Assault rifle	5.56mm NATO	ROC	[4]
OFB 1A1 Rifles OFB 1C Rifles	Battle rifle	7.62×51mm NATO	India  Belgium	Was the standard issue rifle of the Indian army and manufactured atOrdnance Factory Tiruchirappalli. Now completely replaced by the INSAS as a standard issue but continues to be used as a DMR. 1C full automatic variant used by mechanised infantry battalions as a firing port weapon on the BMP-2S Sarath Infantry fighting vehicle.
Ishapore 2A1 rifle	Bolt-action rifle	7.62mm NATO	India	Phased out from service. Some retained for ceremonial purposes.
IMI Galil 7.62 Sniper	Sniper Rifle	7.62mm NATO	Israel	For use by Indian Army Special Forces snipers.
Mauser SP66	Sniper rifle	7.62mm NATO	Germany	Standard issue bolt-action sniper rifle.
Denel NTW-20	Anti-material rifle	20x82mm and20x110mm Hispano-Suiza	South Africa	Bought in small numbers.
INSAS LMG	Light machine gun	5.56mm NATO	India	Standard issue Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) of the Indian Army. Light machine gun derivative of the INSAS assault rifle. Both fixed and folding butt variants used. Newer INSAS LMG with black polymer furniture procured. Manufactured at Ordnance Factory Tiruchirappalli.
MG 1B	Light machine gun	7.62mm NATO	India	Indian made, improved Bren 7.62 LMG. Currently being withdrawn from service.
MG 2A1 MG 5A MG 6A	General purpose machine gun	7.62mm NATO	Belgium  India	Indian made MAG 58. Also in service as the MG 5A (Co-axial) and MG 6A (Commander's gun) with some armoured vehicles.
M2 Browning	Heavy machine gun	.50 BMG	United States	M2HB variant in service.[5]
Soviet Standard
AKM[5]	Assault rifle	7.62x39mm	Soviet Union  Poland	AKM fixed stock and AKMS under-folding stock variants used. Mainly used in CT (Counter Terrorism) Ops.
Arsenal Co. AR	Assault rifle	7.62x39mm	Bulgaria	Bulgarian produced AKM. Imported for police and paramilitary forces, used in some quantities by Army as well. Distinguished from other AK type rifles by its black polymer furniture. AR fixed stock and AR-F under-folding stock variants used. Mainly used in CT Ops.
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 lower handguard variants used. Mainly used in CT Ops.
Pistol Mitralieră model 1990	Assault rifle	7.62x39mm	Romania	Romanian version of the AKM. Palmswell lower handguard versions in use. Mainly used in CT Ops.
AK-103[6]	Assault rifle	7.62x39mm	Russia	Mainly used in CT Ops.
Vz. 58	Assault rifle	7.62x39mm	Czechoslovakia	Vz. 58 P fixed stock and Vz. 58 V side-folding stock variants used. Mainly used in CT Ops.
Dragunov SVD59	Sniper rifle	7.62x54mmR	Soviet Union  India	Standard issue Designated Marksman rifle(DMR). To be replaced by a 7.62mm NATO DMR under the Army modernisation plan.[7]
PKM	General purpose machine gun	7.62x54mm	Soviet Union	PK machine guns used as co-axial weapons in Russian produced T-90S Bhishma, T-72M Ajeya and BMP-2S Sarath and used as general purpose machine gun. Also used by Special Forces as section LMG. Manufactured at Ordnance Factory Tiruchirappalli.
NSV	Heavy machine gun	12.7×108mm	Soviet Union
KPV	Heavy machine gun	14.5×114mm	Soviet Union
Indigenous Standard
Modern Sub Machine Carbine	Carbine	5.56×30mm MINSAS	India	Currently undergoing trials.
Multi Caliber Individual Weapon System	Assault Rifle	5.56×45mm NATO 7.62×39mm 6.8×43mm SPC	India	ARDE produced multicaliber rifle to replace all AK standard and Insas rifle from the general duty to become the next standard issue assault rifle of the Indian Army. Currently undergoing trials by the Army.
Pistol Auto 9mm 1A   AK-103   INSAS rifle   INSAS LMG   MG 1B   MG 2A1   PKM   M2 HMG   NSV   KPV