India-China faceoff: 72,500 Sig assault rifles ordered for soldiers deployed at LAC in Ladakh
The Indian government has approved the acquisition of the second batch of around 72,500 Sig Sauer assault rifles for soldiers deployed in ladakh LAC.
India-China faceoff: 72,500 Sig assault rifles ordered for soldiers deployed at LAC in Ladakh
The Indian government has approved the acquisition of the second batch of around 72,500 Sig Sauer assault rifles for Indian soldiers deployed on the China front in Ladakh. A new batch of 72,500 Sig-16 assault rifles from the US will be given to the Indian Army soldiers deployed on the China front in eastern Ladakh. The Indian government has approved the acquisition of the second batch of around 72,500 Sig Sauer assault rifles from the US under fast-track procedures for the Army. “The first batch was provided to troops deployed in Jammu and Kashmir. A second lot of the Sig-16 assault rifles would be for the troops deployed on the China front in eastern Ladakh and other areas,” top government sources told Aajtak and India Today TV. The new rifles will replace the existing Indian Small Arms System (Insas) 5.56x45mm rifles used by the forces and manufactured locally by the Ordnance Factories Board. As per the plan, around 1.5 lakh imported rifles were to be used by the troops in counter-terro…
