List of infantry equipment of the Indian Army

List of infantry equipment of the Indian Army

The below is a list of current infantry equipment of the Indian Army and its future equipment procurements.

Individual equipment

List of infantry equipment of the Indian Army

<table><thead><tr><th>Name</th><th>Image</th><th>Type</th><th>Quantity</th><th>Origin Country</th><th>Notes</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Uniforms and Gears</td></tr><tr><td>New Battle Dress Uniform (NBDU) (2022–present)</td><td></td><td>Military camouflage Combat uniform</td><td>N/A</td><td> India</td><td>Status: In service Designed by the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), consisting of a pixelated camouflage pattern, with improved ergonomics and greater operational efficiency. Was first revealed on Army Day 2022.</td></tr><tr><td>Indian Army Snow Camouflage</td><td></td><td>Military camouflage Combat uniform</td><td>N/A</td><td> India</td><td>Status: In service</td></tr><tr><td>New Coat Combat (Digital Print)</td><td></td><td>Military camouflage Combat uniform</td><td>N/A</td><td> India</td><td>Status: In service. Designed by NIFT.</td></tr><tr><td>PC-DPM (c.2006-2026)</td><td></td><td>Military camouflage Combat uniform</td><td>N/A</td><td>France</td><td>Status: In service/being phased out. Standard uniform since 2006 using French CCE pattern printed on BDU. Being replaced by new NIFT made uniform since 2022. The uniform will remain in service till June 2026.</td></tr><tr><td>High altitude combat uniform</td><td></td><td>Combat uniform</td><td>N/A</td><td> India</td><td>Status: In service/being phased out. to be replaced by New Indian Army Snow Camouflage. Used extensively on high altitudes such as Siachen Glacier</td></tr><tr><td>Boot Anti Mine Infantry (BAMI)</td><td></td><td>Combat boots</td><td>N/A</td><td>India</td><td>Status: In Service, used by forward troops Developed by DRDO</td></tr><tr><td>Ballistic Vest and Protective Gear</td></tr><tr><td>Bhabha Kavach</td><td></td><td>Ballistic vest</td><td><30,000</td><td> India</td><td>Status: In service, Unknown numbers in service. Named after Homi J. Bhabha</td></tr><tr><td>SMPP Vest</td><td></td><td>Ballistic Vest</td><td>1,86,138</td><td>India</td><td>Status: In service, Manufactured by SMPP Pvt. Ltd. Order for 1.86 lakh bulletproof vests worth ₹639 crore (equivalent to ₹855 crore or US$100 million in 2023) placed in April 2018, all of which were delivered by August 2024. An additional order for 27,700 units as part of a ₹300 crore (US$35 million) deal placed in July 2025. The vest features dynamic load distribution and quick release system.</td></tr><tr><td>Tata 360 Ballistic Vest</td><td></td><td>Ballistic vest</td><td>62,500</td><td>India</td><td>Status: In service, Ordered under emergency procurement</td></tr><tr><td>Advanced Ballistics for High Energy Defeat (ABHED)</td><td></td><td>Ballistic vest</td><td></td><td>India</td><td>Status: Developed; to be ordered. Developed by DRDO and IIT Delhi. Provides 360° protection weighing 8.2 kg to 9.5 kg.</td></tr><tr><td>CBRN Suit</td><td></td><td>Chemical, biological, nuclear radiation suit</td><td>N/A</td><td> India</td><td>Status: In Service, protects from chemical, biological, nuclear radiation.</td></tr><tr><td>Bomb Blast Protection Suit</td><td></td><td>Bomb suit</td><td>N/A</td><td> India</td><td>In Service, manufactured by DRDO</td></tr><tr><td>Head Protective Gear</td></tr><tr><td>Patka (Model- 1) (Model- 2) (Model- 3)</td><td></td><td>Combat helmet</td><td>N/A</td><td> India</td><td>Status: In service (to be phased out), used extensively for counterinsurgency by the Indian Army. Variants mentioned provide different areas of protection to the head and are composed of steel and kevlar. Wighs about 2.5 kg. Currently being replaced by MKU Advanced Combat Helmets and EXFIL High Cut Helmets.</td></tr><tr><td>MKU Mukut</td><td></td><td>Combat helmet</td><td>158,000</td><td> India</td><td>Status: In service. Ordered in 2017; to be delivered by 2020 at the cost of Rs 180 crore. Can withstand 9mm shot. Includes 50,000 with integrated communication.</td></tr><tr><td>Model 1974 Ballistic Helmet</td><td></td><td>Combat helmet</td><td>>1,000,000</td><td>India</td><td>Status: Standard issue helmet. Equipped with fibre-glass body and nylon suspender. Can withstand 9mm carbine shot.</td></tr><tr><td>TATA Advanced Combat Helmet</td><td></td><td>Combat helmet</td><td><60,000</td><td> India</td><td>Status: In service. 10,000 received, additional 50,000 ordered under emergency procurement in March 2016.</td></tr><tr><td>SMPP Ballistic Helmet</td><td></td><td>Combat helmet</td><td>N/A</td><td> India</td><td>Status: On order. 80,000 ordered by August 2024. An additional order for 11,700 units as part of a ₹300 crore (US$35 million) deal placed in July 2025.</td></tr><tr><td>OR-201</td><td></td><td>Combat helmet</td><td>N/A</td><td> Israel</td><td>Status: In service. Used by Para SF, Paratroopers since 2008.</td></tr><tr><td>Exfil High Cut Ballistic Helmet</td><td></td><td>Combat helmet</td><td>N/A</td><td> United States</td><td>Status: In service. used by Para SF</td></tr><tr><td>Galvion Viper P2</td><td></td><td>Combat helmet</td><td>N/A</td><td> United States</td><td>Status: In service.</td></tr></tbody></table>

Infantry weapons

Knives and bayonets

Name	Image	Type	Origin	Notes
M9 bayonet		Bayonet	United States	Status: In Service, being phased out. Standard issue combat knife and bayonet of the Indian Army.
Glock knife		Combat Knife	Austria	Status: In Service. Standard service issue knife of the special forces.
Naga Dao		Utility knife	India	Status: In service. Used by the Naga Regiment for various purposes
Khukri		Utility knife	Gorkha Kingdom	Status: In Service. Standard issue Utility knife of the Gorkha regiments. Khukri traditionally associated with Gurkha.
Kirpan		Dagger	India	Status: In Service. Carried by the Sikh Regiment and Sikh Light Infantry as per the Sikh religious commandments.

Small arms

<table><thead><tr><th>Name</th><th>Weapon</th><th>Type</th><th>Caliber</th><th>Origin</th><th>Notes</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Handguns</td></tr><tr><td>Pistol Auto 9mm 1A</td><td></td><td>Semi-automatic pistol</td><td>9×19mm</td><td> India  Canada</td><td>Status: In service. Standard side-arm of the Indian Army, manufactured under license from John Inglis and Company by Ordnance Factory Board, used by special forces in small numbers.</td></tr><tr><td>Glock</td><td></td><td> Austria</td><td>Status: In service. Standard special forces pistol.</td></tr><tr><td>Beretta Px4 Storm</td><td></td><td> Italy</td><td>Status: In service, with special forces.</td></tr><tr><td>Nonlinear line of sight weapons</td></tr><tr><td>ShootEdge</td><td></td><td>CornerShot</td><td>9×19mm</td><td> India</td><td>Status: In service, can use all pistols in service as main weapon. It is equivalent to Israel's Cornershot</td></tr><tr><td>DRDO CSWS (CornerShot Weapon System)</td><td></td><td>CornerShot</td><td>9×19mm</td><td> India</td><td>Status: In service Developed by DRDO in collaboration with Zen Technologies, can use all pistols in service as main weapon. It is equivalent to Israel's Cornershot</td></tr><tr><td>Shotguns</td></tr><tr><td>12 Bore PAG</td><td></td><td>Pump action Shotgun</td><td>12-gauge shotgun</td><td> India</td><td>Status: In service</td></tr><tr><td>Submachine guns</td></tr><tr><td>IWI Micro-Uzi "Tivra"</td><td></td><td>Machine pistol</td><td>9×19mm</td><td> India  Israel</td><td>Status: In service, Micro-Uzi variant is used by Special Forces.</td></tr><tr><td>Heckler & Koch MP5</td><td></td><td>Submachine gun</td><td> West Germany</td><td>Status: In service, used by Special Forces.</td></tr><tr><td>Brügger & Thomet MP9</td><td></td><td> Switzerland</td><td>Status: In Service. Small number of MP9s in service.</td></tr><tr><td>SAF Carbine 2A1</td><td></td><td> India  United Kingdom</td><td>Status: To be replaced, all the remaining SAF Carbine to be replaced by indigenously built close quarter MSMC</td></tr><tr><td>ASMI</td><td></td><td> India</td><td>Status: In Service. 550 inducted by Para (SF) of the Army.</td></tr><tr><td>Taurus T9</td><td></td><td> India  Brazil</td><td>Status: On order, 550 units ordered.</td></tr><tr><td>DRDO Close Quarter Battle carbine</td><td></td><td>Carbine</td><td>5.56×45mm NATO5.56×45mm INSAS</td><td> India</td><td>Status: On order. Kalyani Strategic Systems Limited (KSSL) has been selected as the L1 bidder for procurement project of over 4.25 lakh (425,000) carbines. KSSL is the production partner of the DRDO-developed CQB Carbine. A contract worth ₹1,700 crore (US$200 million) for 255,128 units was signed on 30 December 2025.</td></tr><tr><td>IWI Galil ACE "Adani Jeet"</td><td></td><td>5.56×45mm NATO</td><td> Israel  India</td><td>Status: On order. Adani PLR Systems has been selected as the L2 bidder for procurement project of over 4.25 lakh carbines. Jeet is a derivative of IWI Galil ACE design. A contract worth ₹1,100 crore (US$130 million) for 170,085 units was signed on 30 December 2025.</td></tr><tr><td>Assault rifles</td></tr><tr><td>1B1 INSAS</td><td></td><td>Assault rifle</td><td>5.56×45mm</td><td> India</td><td>Status: In service (Being phased out), Standard assault rifle of the Indian Army. To be replaced by AK-203 and SIG 716i About 200,000 rifle will be upgraded by Indian army.</td></tr><tr><td>AK-203</td><td></td><td>Assault Rifle</td><td>7.62×39mm</td><td> India  Russia</td><td>Status: In service. In total, 53,000 guns delivered by Indo-Russia Rifles and are reported to be in service. 601,427 rifles have been ordered. This will be the standard service rifle of Indian Army, replacing INSAS</td></tr><tr><td>SIG 716i</td><td></td><td>Battle rifle</td><td>7.62×51mm</td><td> United States</td><td>Status: In service. 66,400 units of SIG 716i in service. Additional 73,000 on order.</td></tr><tr><td>IMI/IWI Tavor TAR X95 "Zittara" "Abhay"</td><td></td><td>Bullpup assault rifle</td><td>5.56×45mm</td><td> India  Israel</td><td>Status: In Service, manufactured locally by PLR systems.</td></tr><tr><td>IMI/IWI Tavor TAR-21 "Arka"</td><td></td><td>5.56×45mm</td><td> India  Israel</td><td>Status: In service, Standard Special Forces assault rifle like Para SF, Garud and MARCOS.</td></tr><tr><td>M4 carbine</td><td></td><td>Assault carbine</td><td>5.56×45mm</td><td> United States</td><td>Status: In service, used by special forces.</td></tr><tr><td>AR-M1</td><td></td><td>Assault rifle</td><td>7.62×39mm</td><td> Bulgaria</td><td>Status: Being Phased Out, used by the Army, to be replaced by AK-203. Some are modified locally by Israel's FAB Defense.</td></tr><tr><td>AKM</td><td></td><td>7.62×39mm</td><td> Soviet Union</td><td>Status: Being Phased Out, used by the Army, to be replaced by AK203. Includes variants modified locally by SSS Defence India and Israel's FAB Defense.</td></tr><tr><td>MPi-KMS-72</td><td></td><td>7.62×39mm</td><td>East Germany</td><td>Status: Being Phased Out, to be replaced by AK203.</td></tr><tr><td>Pistol Mitralieră model 1963/1965</td><td></td><td>7.62×39mm</td><td>Romania</td><td>Status: To be replaced by AK203.</td></tr><tr><td>AK-63</td><td></td><td>7.62×39mm</td><td>Hungary</td><td>Status: To be replaced by AK203. In service folding stock variant is used.</td></tr><tr><td>Type 56 assault rifle</td><td></td><td>7.62×39mm</td><td>China</td><td>Status: Thousands of captured Type 56s by Indian police/military/paramilitary forces. Some were used by indian army as a stopgap measure.</td></tr><tr><td>Vz. 58</td><td></td><td>7.62×39mm</td><td>Czechoslovakia</td><td>Status: Being phased out, both standard and folding stock variants in use.</td></tr><tr><td>T91 assault rifle</td><td></td><td>Assault Rifle</td><td>5.56×45mm</td><td> Taiwan</td><td>Status: In service, 400 units were bought.</td></tr><tr><td>Sniper rifles</td></tr><tr><td>Dragunov SVD</td><td></td><td>Designated marksman rifle, Sniper rifle</td><td>7.62×54mmR</td><td> Soviet Union</td><td>Status: In service, Standard designated marksman rifle. Modified locally by Israel's FAB Defense. Around 6,000 units active.</td></tr><tr><td>IMI Galil 7.62 Sniper "Archook"</td><td></td><td>7.62×51mm</td><td> India  Israel</td><td>Status: In service used by Para SF snipers. 200 in service.</td></tr><tr><td>Heckler & Koch PSG1</td><td></td><td>Sniper rifle</td><td>7.62×51mm</td><td> Germany</td><td>Status: In service, Standard semi-automatic sniper rifle.</td></tr><tr><td>Mauser SP66</td><td></td><td>7.62×51mm</td><td> Germany</td><td>Status: In service, Standard bolt-action sniper rifle.</td></tr><tr><td>SIG Sauer SSG 3000</td><td></td><td>7.62×51mm</td><td> Germany</td><td>Status: In service, Standard bolt-action sniper rifle.</td></tr><tr><td>Sako TRG 42</td><td></td><td>.338 Lapua Magnum</td><td> Finland</td><td>Status: In service, used by special forces and soldiers deployed along the Line of Control (LoC). 1,152 units with 8,45,000 rounds bought in three tranches.</td></tr><tr><td>Beretta Scorpio TGT</td><td></td><td>.338 Lapua Magnum</td><td> Italy</td><td>Status: In service, used in small numbers.</td></tr><tr><td>Anti-material rifles</td></tr><tr><td>Barrett M82</td><td></td><td>Anti-material rifle</td><td>12.7×99mm .416 Barrett</td><td> United States</td><td>Status: In service, used by special forces</td></tr><tr><td>Barrett M95</td><td></td><td>12.7×99mm</td><td> United States</td><td>Status: In service, used in small numbers for anti-sniping role in Northern Command.</td></tr><tr><td>OSV-96</td><td></td><td>12.7×108mm</td><td> Russia</td><td>Status: In service</td></tr><tr><td>Denel NTW-20</td><td></td><td>14.5×114mm 20x82mm</td><td> South Africa</td><td>Status: In service (400 units)</td></tr><tr><td>Vidhwansak</td><td></td><td>12.7×108mm 14.5×114mm 20x82mm</td><td> India</td><td>Status: In service</td></tr><tr><td>Machine guns</td></tr><tr><td>FN Minimi</td><td></td><td>Light machine gun</td><td>5.56×45mm</td><td> Belgium</td><td>Status: In service, used by special forces.</td></tr><tr><td>INSAS LMG</td><td></td><td>5.56×45mm</td><td> India</td><td>Status: In service, to be phased out in favour of Negev NG7.</td></tr><tr><td>IMI Negev NG5 "Arun"</td><td></td><td>5.56×45mm</td><td> India  Israel</td><td>Status: In service, Standard Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) of special forces.</td></tr><tr><td>IWI Negev NG7 "Prahar"</td><td></td><td>7.62×51mm</td><td>Status: In Service, 18,479 in service. 38,000 more on order.</td></tr><tr><td>MG 2A1MG 5AMG 6A</td><td></td><td>Medium machine gun</td><td>7.62×51mm</td><td> India  Belgium</td><td>Status: In service. Domestically license produced by Ordnance Factory Board. Standard medium machine gun for infantry battalions as MG 2A1. Also in service as the MG 5A (Co-axial) and MG 6A (Commander's gun) with some armoured vehicles.</td></tr><tr><td>Mk 48 machine gun</td><td></td><td>7.62×51mm</td><td> United States  Belgium</td><td>Status: In service, with special forces.</td></tr><tr><td>PK machine gun</td><td></td><td>7.62×54mmR</td><td> India  Soviet Union</td><td>Status: In Service, Used by Front line troops as well as Co-axial weapon on Tanks and APC. Locally manufactured at OFB Tiruchirapalli.</td></tr><tr><td>Type 80 machine gun</td><td></td><td>7.62×54mmR</td><td> China</td><td>Status: In Service, Captured from various insurgents in the Kashmir valley and used by Indian troops.</td></tr><tr><td>NSV machine gun</td><td></td><td>Heavy machine gun</td><td>12.7×108mm</td><td> India  Soviet Union</td><td>Status: In Service, Used by Front line troops. Manufactured locally in Ordnance factory Tiruchirapalli</td></tr><tr><td>M2 Browning</td><td></td><td>12.7×99mm</td><td> India  United States</td><td>Status: In service, M2HB variant in service.</td></tr><tr><td>Possible future procurements or currently under trials</td></tr><tr><td>Joint Venture Protective Carbine</td><td></td><td>Carbine</td><td>5.56×30mm MINSAS</td><td> India</td><td>Status: Trials completed. Ready for induction.</td></tr></tbody></table>

Explosives

Name	Image	Type	Quantity	Origin	Notes
Rifle Grenade		Rifle grenade	N/A	India	Status: In service. Used both with 7.62 mm SLR and 5.56 mm INSAS.
Shivalik		Hand grenade	N/A	India	Status: In service. MoD signed a ₹409 crore (equivalent to ₹481 crore or US$57 million in 2023) deal with Solar Group, Nagpur to buy 1 million grenades. Shivalik grenade is used in hand mode offensive and hand mode defensive. Can be used in rifle mode. Types can be interchanged by changing the outer sleeve of the grenade.
ARDE 40MM UBGL		Grenade launcher (40mm)	N/A	India	Status: In service. Standard under-barrel grenade launcher for INSAS and AK-family rifles in the Indian Army. Manufactured by Ordnance Factory Tiruchirappalli.
Multi grenade launcher 40 mm		Multi grenade launcher (40mm)	N/A	India  South Africa	Status: In service. Semi automatic six shot 40mm × 46mm low velocity grenade launcher. Manufactured at Ordnance Factory Tiruchirappalli.
AGS-30		Automatic grenade launcher	N/A	India  Russia	Status: In service..
AT4CS AST		Recoilless gun (84mm)	N/A	Sweden	Status: In service. Order placed in January 2022. Deliveries completed by February 2025.
Carl Gustav RCL M2/M3/M4		Recoilless rifle (84mm)	N/A	India Sweden	Status: In service. Carl Gustav Recoilless Rifle produced by OFB. M4 variant used by special forces.
B-300 Shipon		Anti-tank rocket (82mm)	N/A	Israel	Status: In service. Used by special forces.
RPO-A Shmel		Thermobaric rocket launcher (93mm)	N/A	Russia	Status: In service.
C90-CR-RB(M3)		Anti-tank rocket (90mm)	N/A	Spain	Status: In service. Used by special forces.
51 mm E1 mortar		Mortar	N/A	India	Status: In service.
L16 81mm mortar		Mortar	N/A	India	Status: In service.
Mines
NMM-14		Anti-personnel mine		United States	Status: In limited service. Being replaced by Nipun mine.
Nipun		Anti-personnel mine	20 lots	India	Status: In service. Operated by Corps of Engineers with 700,000 on order. The mine is designated as Soft Target Munition and includes a mix of RDX. It was developed by ARDE and HEMRL and is manufactured by private sector companies Economic Explosives Ltd, Nagpur and Premier Explosives Ltd, Secunderabad.
Ulka		Anti-personnel mine	100,000	India	Status: Under development. Designated as Jumping Fragmentation Munition.
Parth		Anti-personnel mine	100,000	India	Status: Under development. Designated as Directional Fragmentation Munition.
Prachand		Anti-tank mine	100,000	India	Status: Under development. Designated as Anti-Tank Munition.
Vibhav		Anti-tank mine	600	India	Status: In service. Designed and developed as Anti-Tank Point Attack Munition by DRDO. In trials with engineer corps in 2021. In production by Kalyani Strategic Systems Ltd. Uses an electronic anti-handling and anti-lift device (EAHALD) and remains active for 120 days after manual or mechanical deployment. Induction continues as of 2026.
Vishal		Anti-tank mine		India	Status: Under development. Designated as Anti-Tank Bar Munition.

MANPADS

List of infantry equipment of the Indian Army

Name	Image	Type	Quantity	Origin	Notes
Man-portable air defence systems
FIM-92 Stinger		Man-portable air defense system	245	United States	Status: In service. 245 Stinger Air-to-Air Variant missiles for AH-64E helicopters inducted.
9K38 Igla9K338 Igla-S		250048 launchers 316 missiles	Russia	Status: In service. Igla-S deployed along LAC. Additional 96 launchers, 300 missiles of Igla-S on order.
Starstreak			United Kingdom  India	Status: On order. Starstreak is a Laser Beam Riding MANPAD (LBRM) Very Short Range Air Defence (VSHORAD) Missile. To be delivered by Thales–Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) from 2025 onwards with up to 60% indigenous content.
Martlet		Laser-guided battlefield missile (ASM, AAM, SAM and SSM)		United Kingdom	Status: On order. $468 million deal signed on 9 October 2025. To be manufactured in Belfast.

Anti-tank missiles

List of infantry equipment of the Indian Army

<table><thead><tr><th>Name</th><th>Image</th><th>Type</th><th>Quantity</th><th>Origin</th><th>Notes</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Man-portable anti-tank systems</td></tr><tr><td>9M113 Konkurs-M</td><td></td><td>Vehicle-mounted and man-portable anti-tank guided missile</td><td>25,000+</td><td> India  Russia</td><td>Status: In service. For BMP-2 (IFV), manufactured locally in India by Bharat Dynamics Limited. The systems were upgraded with Tonbo Imaging's cooled, longwave Infrared (LWIR) thermal imagers known as Sarisa.</td></tr><tr><td>MPATGM</td><td></td><td>Man-portable Anti-tank guided missile</td><td></td><td>India</td><td>Status: Final trial completed and ready for induction. Will replace MILAN-2T and Konkurs with the infantry, parachute, and special forces units.</td></tr><tr><td>MILAN-2T</td><td></td><td>34,000</td><td> India  France  West Germany</td><td>Status: In service. Purchased from MBDA and domestically license produced by India's Bharat Dynamics Limited.</td></tr><tr><td>9M133 Kornet</td><td></td><td>3,000</td><td> India  Russia</td><td>Status: In service. Man portable and purchased with 250 launchers.</td></tr><tr><td>SpikeSpike LR-II</td><td></td><td>400+</td><td>Israel</td><td>Status: In service. Army operates more than 400 Spike MR and Spike LR-II missiles while Indian Air Force procured Spike-NLOS for Mi-17 helicopters.</td></tr><tr><td>Possible future procurements or currently under trials</td></tr><tr><td>Amogha missile</td><td></td><td>Anti-tank guided missile</td><td>—</td><td>India</td><td>The Amogha will be configured to be used on HAL Rudra and HAL Prachand. Variants will include a land version, an air-launched version and a man-portable version.</td></tr><tr><td>FGM-148 Javelin</td><td></td><td>Anti-tank guided missile</td><td>25 launchers & 100 missiles</td><td>United States</td><td>Possible procurement through fast track route. Contract approved by US DSCA.</td></tr></tbody></table>

Future procurement and projects

List of infantry equipment of the Indian Army

The major ongoing weapons programmes of the Indian Army are as follows:

Individual equipment

• Ballistic helmet - The MoD in 2019 has approved procurement of 1,70,000 ballistic helmets. • Bullet-resistant vest - The MoD in 2018 ordered approximately 186,138 bulletproof vests on 9 April 2018. These will be manufactured in India by SMPP Pvt Ltd. This is in addition to the 50,000 vests ordered in 2016 under emergency procurement.

Infantry weapons

• Sniper Rifles - The MoD released the Request for Proposal in October 2022 to 30 vendors for 4,849 (including 4,549 for the Army, 212 for the Air Force and 88 for the Navy) new sniper rifles in the .338 Lapua Magnum rifle cartridge and for 7,841,575 rounds. These rifles will replace the older Dragunov SVD. • Anti-materiel rifles - 1000 new anti-material rifles are to be acquired for which the MoD has issued global RFIs.

Anti-tank weapons

• MPATGM - Ground and air launched variants. On 10 October 2024, the Indian Army released an Request for Information (RFI) for the acquisition of 20,000 ATGM missiles along with 1,500 next generation ATGM launchers from Indian firms. The information received will be utilised to formulate Army's General Service Quality Requirements (GSQRs) for the ATGM procurement programme. The ATGMs will be procured under the Buy (Indian-IDDM) category, and must be indigenously designed, developed and manufactured with over 60% indigenous content. It should have all-weather and all-terrain firing capability (plains, deserts, high-altitude up to 5,500 m (18,000 ft), coastal as well as island areas). The ATGM probable should be able to destroy enemy tanks, armoured personnel carriers, combat vehicles, low-flying helicopters, concrete structures and other vehicle-based weapon platforms. • Top-attack anti-tank mine — A Request for Information (RFI) for 4,000 such mines were released on 5 June 2025. Top-attack mines are designed to engage armoured vehicles from above, where protection is typically weaker. They employ a combination of seismic, acoustic, and infrared sensors to detect and classify targets. Upon detection, the mine launches a submunition—such as an explosively formed penetrator (EFP) or shaped charge—in a near-vertical trajectory to penetrate the vehicle’s top armour. Some variants use explosively generated shock waves to achieve a similar effect. These mines are effective against heavily armoured platforms that are resistant to conventional underbelly mines and can be deployed in various terrains, including urban environments. The mine should also feature remote activation, deactivation, or self-destruction capabilities to reduce the risk of civilian casualties.

Man-portable air defence missiles (MANPADs)

• DRDO VSHORADS — The Ministry of Defence released a Request for Proposal (RfP) for the procurement of 48 launchers, 48 night vision sights, 85 missiles, and one missile test station of the infrared (IR) homing-based VSHORADS, designated VSHORADS (New Generation) or VSHORAD (NG). The missile should have flexible deployment including "Manportable configuration or Para dropped operations method, on land and ship based platforms". The system could be used by all three services for day-night terminal and point air defence. • Laser beam riding VSHORAD — DRDO VSHORAD is being built concurrently with another Indian VSHORAD project as a joint venture between a public sector entity based in Hyderabad (possibly Bharat Dynamics Limited) and a private sector entity based in Pune. To counter drones, helicopters, and fighter jets flying at low altitude, the latter missile will be laser beam riding VSHORAD system. An order of 200 launchers and 1200 missiles is expected for this project, which is valued at ₹4,800 crore (US$570 million). While Indian Army will procure 700 missiles, the Indian Air Force will procure the rest of it.