Fighting without equipment

June 14, 2015 12:38

In the last five years, the small arms profile of India's paramilitary forces has emerged as significantly superior to that of the army, which continues to struggle to acquire even basic weapons for its infantry units. Since 2010, the army has operated without a carbine, and has been battling seemingly intractable Ministry of Defence bureaucratic processes to procure one. It is also struggling with similar self-defeating and hidebound acquisition procedures to acquire an assault rifle. It is still years away from selecting one, let alone inducting it into service.

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