Baby TAR: India’s smallest assault rifle
Baby TAR: India’s smallest assault rifle | India Today Insight
Bulk orders for Indian-made AK-47s have stabilised the Atmanirbhar design plan, helping the Ordnance Factory Board innovate and create a compact version of the assault rifle
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It’s laptop-sized, can be carried inside a coat and can spit AK-47 bullets out at the rate of roughly 700 rounds per minute. Meet the ‘Baby TAR’, India’s smallest assault rifle. Developed by the Indian Ordnance Factory Tiruchirappali, the weapon is a compact version of the legendary AK-47, which the factory has been mass-producing since 2017. This in-house OFB innovation comes soon after the Indian Army unveiled a 9x19mm carbine developed in-house.
Training of Indian military specialists for S-400 air defence systems to begin in Russia
Both India and Russia are jointly working on number of projects on production of military equipment, components and spare parts. Indian military specialists with Russian envoy in Delhi. (Image: Russian embassy)
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Updated: Jan 20, 2021, 12:04 AM IST
Russia will soon begin the training of Indian military specialists for the S-400 air defence systems. The first batch of the air defence system will reach India by end of 2021.
Ahead of the departure, Russian envoy to India Nikolay Kudahsev hosted the Indian group and termed the agreement on S-400 supplies as one of the flagship initiatives of bilateral and military technical cooperation.