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India’s state-owned Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO), has recently revealed that it has developed an indigenous advanced sub machine gun (SMG) whose ammunition can pierce bullet-proof jackets. The SMG is the third element of the 5.56 mm INSAS (Indian Small Arms System) family that DRDO has developed.
During the recently concluded Def Expo 2010 in New Delhi, DRDO officials said that the SMG is envisaged for anti-terror combats. The SMG can be used against militants. The SMG incorporates a laser sight and has an effective range of 200 metres. The SMG can be used as a single and multiple shot weapon firing 700 rounds per minute in rapid
fire mode.DRDO claims that the SMG field trials are currently underway and should be completed latest by mid 2010.
The SMG is the third in the INSAS family which the DRDO has created with the other two being an assault rifle and a carbine variant. DRDO came up with a 5.56 mm calibre Modern Sub-Machine Carbine (MSMC) in October last year developed by DRDO’s Pune-based Armaments Research and Development Establishment (ARDE). MSMC is a lightweight compact semi-automatic gun with a small barrel and fires rapidly and is suitable for close quarter combats.
The MSMC is best suited for the Special Forces and quick-reaction teams operating against terrorists in urban and semi -urban backdrop. The MSMC has ambidextrous features and soldiers would be able to fire it with one hand also. MSMC is a part of INSAS programme by DRDO which was an attempt to produce small arms indigenously. Prior to developing the MSMC, DRDO was working on an INSAS Carbine but the programme was shelved after the Indian Army issued new requirements for the gun.
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