Army officer develops first indigenous Machine Pistol
Nagpur-based Indian Army officer Lt Col Prasad Bansod has developed the country s first indigenous 9 mm Machine Pistol , an official said on Saturday
| 17 Jan 2021 2:31 AM GMT
Nagpur: Nagpur-based Indian Army officer Lt Col Prasad Bansod has developed the country s first indigenous 9 mm Machine Pistol , an official said here on Saturday.
Working with the Infantry School, Mhow (Madhya Pradesh), Bansod, 39, developed the pistol in a record four months with assistance from ARDE, Pune.
Named ASMI - symbolising pride and self-respect - the machine pistol s empty weight is less than 2 kgs and it costs less than Rs 50,000.
Army officer develops first indigenous 9 mm Machine Pistol
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Army officer develops first indigenous 9 mm Machine Pistol Image Source: IANS News
Nagpur, Jan 16 : Nagpur-based Indian Army officer Lt Col Prasad Bansod has developed the country s first indigenous 9 mm Machine Pistol , an official said here on Saturday.
Working with the Infantry School, Mhow (Madhya Pradesh), Bansod, 39, developed the pistol in a record four months with assistance from ARDE, Pune.
Named ASMI - symbolising pride and self-respect - the machine pistol s empty weight is less than 2 kgs and it costs less than Rs 50,000.
All about India s first indigenous 9 mm machine pistol jointly developed by DRDO, Army
Army s infantry school in Mhow and the DRDO s Armament Research and Development Establishment (ARDE) in Pune have designed and developed the weapon. Asmi 9mm pistol
Updated: Jan 15, 2021, 12:11 PM IST
In another boost to its defence capabilities, India has now developed its first-ever indigenously made 9mm machine pistol ASMI . As per the Ministry of Defence, the weapon has been jointly developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and the Indian Army.
It has been developed by a young officer from Infantry School Lt Col Prasad Bansod in a record time of four months. The weapon has the capability of firing the in-service 9 mm ammunition. The weapon has been named “Asmi” which means pride , Self-Respect and Hard Work .
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UPDATED: January 14, 2021 23:14 IST
Lt Col Prasad Bansod of the Indian Army s Infantry School, Mhow with a prototype of the Asmi sub-machine gun (Rajwant Rawat)
For decades, the Indian Army struggled to replace its vintage Sterling carbine, a weapon that entered service in the closing stages of World War 2. The weapon chambered to fire the 9x19 mm cartridge. Over the past 15 years, the has often resorted to piecemeal imports of alternatives like the German H&K MP5, MP9 and the Uzi.