Indian Army Plans to Upgrade INSAS Rifle. Part 3 – The Future

By Vladimir Onokoy

In Part 1 of this article, I talked about the history of the INSAS platform, Part 2 was dedicated to my personal experiences with these rifles as well as the opinions of soldiers I collected over the years. In the final article of the series, I will talk about upgrades of INSAS and the possible future of this weapon platform.Over the years there were several projects meant to improve INSAS. One project that deserves an honorable mention is the little-known bullpup INSAS rifle. It is a single prototype designed by Indian army Colonel Prasad Bansod, who later designed the ASMI submachinegun.Sandeep Unnithan, the famous journalist, and, in my opinion, the most professional defense writer in India, made a video about this unique prototype. This rifle remained a prototype and was not adopted.

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Other attempts to improve INSAS were made by big state-owned companies. For example,

Source: The Firearm Blog