Carbines and software-defined radios for Indian Army are approved
At one time, it looked like the Indian Army would induct CAR816 carbines from Caracal, but similar weapons will now be manufactured domestically. (Photo: Caracal)
Indigenous software-defined radios, although just approved for purchase by the Indian MoD, could still be years away.
On a path to self-sufficiency, India’s MoD approved procurement proposals worth $3.5 billion on 27 July.
The list included extended-range guided-rocket ammunition with a 75km range, area denial munitions, infantry combat vehicles, ballistic jackets, 5.56mm close-quarters carbines, surveillance and armed UAV swarms, 1,250kW warship gas turbine generators and 14 fast patrol vessels.
Around a quarter of this budget will be spent on carbines. Years ago, the army tried to fast-track a 93,895 CAR816 carbine order with Caracal.
Five years later, 420,000 close-quarter carbines will now be designed and made in India ‘to combat the current complex paradigm of conventional
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