Indian Army deploys US-, Italy-trained snipers with deadly new rifles along LoC

[Zarvan]

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New Delhi: Elite units of the Indian Army, equipped with deadly new sniper rifles, have been deployed along the Line of Control with Pakistan after special training from American and Italian experts.

Sources in the Army told ThePrint that units carrying the Beretta .338 Lapua Magnum Scorpio TGT and the Barrett .50 calibre M95 have been deployed at the LoC ahead of the infiltration season, which is expected to start soon.

Specials units, along with some regular soldiers from the LoC battalions, have been trained by experts from abroad on the use of these weapons and the different kinds of ammunition to be used based on operational requirements.


Sources said since these rifles have a much longer range and power than the ageing Russian Dragunov that the soldiers were using until now, specialised training had to be given so that targets could be taken out at over 1,000 metres with precision.

Also read: Indian Army to get ‘Made in India’ artillery boost with 3 indigenous guns

What’s special about the new rifles
The US-made Barrett M95 is an anti-material rifle which has a range of 1,800 metres. An anti-material rifle means the bullet can actually pierce through metal.

The gun, which is in use with many special forces around the world, is a bolt-action sniper rifle chambered in a .50 Browing Machine Gun cartridge (12.7×99mm).

With an unloaded gun weighing about 10 kg, the M95 first came out in 1995, and is part of the Barrett M82 family, the first notable American made .50 calibre anti-material rifles introduced in 1982.


The rifle feeds from a five-round detachable box magazine, and is lighter and more compact than earlier products.

The other rifle handed to troops along the LoC is the Victrix Armaments .338 Lapua Magnum Scorpio TGT, owned by Italian firm Beretta.

The Scorpio TGT uses the .338 Lapua Magnum (8.6×70mm or 8.58×70mm), a rimless, bottle-necked, centre-fire rifle cartridge.

It was developed in the 1980s as a high-powered, long-range cartridge for military snipers. It was used in the Afghanistan war and the Iraq war.

Although the .338 Lapua Magnum was initially developed to penetrate body armour at 1,000 metres, it has been used effectively to 1,500 metres and beyond, and holds the distinction of being part of some of the record-breaking sniper shots in war.

At least 30 countries use the .338 Lapua Magnum sniper rifles, and over a dozen manufacturers produce guns, in multiple configurations, in this calibre.


Also read: With Dhanush howitzer, Artillery Corps lends a major combat arm to Indian Army at LoC

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[Imran Khan]

ohh really 73 yeaars noow

 

[GumNaam]

bay yar indians thump their 56 cm chests over deadly this and deadly that...deadly su30s, deadly isreali missiles, deadly snipers, deadly rafales, deadly tie fighters, deadly who knows what the hell else....OH END RESULT WILL ONLY AND ONLY BE THIS AND NOTHING ELSE!!!

 

[Areesh]

bay yar indians thump their 56 cm chests over deadly this and deadly that...deadly su30s, deadly isreali missiles, deadly snipers, deadly rafales, deadly tie fighters, deadly who knows what the hell else....OH END RESULT WILL ONLY AND ONLY BE THIS AND NOTHING ELSE!!!

This GIF is love

 

[Chanakyaa]

This GIF is love

bay yar indians thump their 56 cm chests over deadly this and deadly that...deadly su30s, deadly isreali missiles, deadly snipers, deadly rafales, deadly tie fighters, deadly who knows what the hell else....OH END RESULT WILL ONLY AND ONLY BE THIS AND NOTHING ELSE!!!

Well, It shows what Culture , Pakistan has. For instance this ia Pic from India ( attached )

250 "Ghar me Ghusne" walo ko mara bhi Gaya... Dafnaya Bhi gaya.

Pehle to 26 ko PAF soti rahi.... NOT one Pilot Dared to respond like Abhinandan.

And now they show a bravado, for hitting a Pilot who "did not fire" at these people who later slapped him.

wow.

 

[GumNaam]

Well, It shows what Culture , Pakistan has. For instance this ia Pic from India ( attached )

250 "Ghar me Ghusne" walo ko mara bhi Gaya... Dafnaya Bhi gaya.

Pehle to 26 ko PAF soti rahi.... NOT one Pilot Dared to respond like Abhinandan.

And now they show a bravado, for hitting a Pilot who "did not fire" at these people who later slapped him.

wow.

oh bbbbbbhoy he's up to this old bollywood gimmickeries again!

and fyi, abhi the none done didn't fire because the villagers had bigger guns and many of them compared to his little pee shootin' pistol. Don't forget, weapons are legal and common in Pakistan.

 

[Destrius]

bay yar indians thump their 56 cm chests over deadly this and deadly that...deadly su30s, deadly isreali missiles, deadly snipers, deadly rafales, deadly tie fighters, deadly who knows what the hell else....OH END RESULT WILL ONLY AND ONLY BE THIS AND NOTHING ELSE!!!

[emoji38]

It's nice you can find humor in your disgrace. Abhinandan was a hero who shot down your F-16.

 

[GumNaam]

It's nice you can find humor in your disgrace. Abhinandan was a hero who shot down your F-16.

which F16 and more importantly, how??? We have the wreckage of all his unfired missiles and its already been confirmed that no F16s were lost. So your idea of OUR disgrace and your "victory" is botched night air raid that killed 3 trees and a crow resulting in us retaliating in broad daylight, bombing 6 of your military bases, shooting down 2 of your aircrafts, causing panic in your ranks causing you to shoot down your own chopper ( ), getting your top of the line scorpene submarine to get caught and losing dozens of indian soldiers in Pak Army's artillery bombardment. lay off that bottle of cow urine buddy, it's starting to permanently cause nerve damage in you veggie mind that was never able to take much stress to begin with...

 

[Destrius]

which F16 and more importantly, how??? We have the wreckage of all his unfired missiles and its already been confirmed that no F16s were lost. So your idea of OUR disgrace and your "victory" is botched night air raid that killed 3 trees and a crow resulting in us retaliating in broad daylight, bombing 6 of your military bases, shooting down 2 of your aircrafts, causing panic in your ranks causing you to shoot down your own chopper ( ), getting your top of the line scorpene submarine to get caught and losing dozens of indian soldiers in Pak Army's artillery bombardment. lay off that bottle of cow urine buddy, it's starting to permanently cause nerve damage in you veggie mind that was never able to take much stress to begin with...

India has radar proof of the f16 being shot. Your own ispr initially said they captured 2 pilots, then 1. Obviously they confused their own f16 pilots for Indians.

 

[AfrazulMandal]

A .338 Lapua in use | Photo: Tactical-life.com
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New Delhi: Elite units of the Indian Army, equipped with deadly new sniper rifles, have been deployed along the Line of Control with Pakistan after special training from American and Italian experts.

Sources in the Army told ThePrint that units carrying the Beretta .338 Lapua Magnum Scorpio TGT and the Barrett .50 calibre M95 have been deployed at the LoC ahead of the infiltration season, which is expected to start soon.

Specials units, along with some regular soldiers from the LoC battalions, have been trained by experts from abroad on the use of these weapons and the different kinds of ammunition to be used based on operational requirements.


Sources said since these rifles have a much longer range and power than the ageing Russian Dragunov that the soldiers were using until now, specialised training had to be given so that targets could be taken out at over 1,000 metres with precision.

Also read: Indian Army to get ‘Made in India’ artillery boost with 3 indigenous guns

What’s special about the new rifles
The US-made Barrett M95 is an anti-material rifle which has a range of 1,800 metres. An anti-material rifle means the bullet can actually pierce through metal.

The gun, which is in use with many special forces around the world, is a bolt-action sniper rifle chambered in a .50 Browing Machine Gun cartridge (12.7×99mm).

With an unloaded gun weighing about 10 kg, the M95 first came out in 1995, and is part of the Barrett M82 family, the first notable American made .50 calibre anti-material rifles introduced in 1982.


The rifle feeds from a five-round detachable box magazine, and is lighter and more compact than earlier products.

The other rifle handed to troops along the LoC is the Victrix Armaments .338 Lapua Magnum Scorpio TGT, owned by Italian firm Beretta.

The Scorpio TGT uses the .338 Lapua Magnum (8.6×70mm or 8.58×70mm), a rimless, bottle-necked, centre-fire rifle cartridge.

It was developed in the 1980s as a high-powered, long-range cartridge for military snipers. It was used in the Afghanistan war and the Iraq war.

Although the .338 Lapua Magnum was initially developed to penetrate body armour at 1,000 metres, it has been used effectively to 1,500 metres and beyond, and holds the distinction of being part of some of the record-breaking sniper shots in war.

At least 30 countries use the .338 Lapua Magnum sniper rifles, and over a dozen manufacturers produce guns, in multiple configurations, in this calibre.


Also read: With Dhanush howitzer, Artillery Corps lends a major combat arm to Indian Army at LoC

Separate fact from fiction, the real from the fake going viral on social media, on HoaXposed

https://theprint.in/defence/indian-...pers-with-deadly-new-rifles-along-loc/241829/

Italy?

Will the guns surrender?

 

[GumNaam]

India has radar proof of the f16 being shot. Your own ispr initially said they captured 3 pilots, then 2, then 1. Obviously they confused their own f16 pilots for Indians.

He clarified soon after his initial press conference. And where is the radar proof? your calling those piss poor ms paint job screen shots proof??? your code monkeys sitting in the iaf couldn't even cook up a half decent radar video using Adobe flash and had to settle for a windows 98 level crude quality screen shots slapped together on ms paint??? oh misery, thy name is indian!

Italy?

Will the guns surrender?

Oh yar I could just picture russia, amreeka, italy, france, isreal finally just refusing to sell anything to india cuz they are just gonna bring it a bad name!

 

[Destrius]

He clarified soon after his initial press conference. And where is the radar proof? your calling those piss poor ms paint job screen shots proof??? your code monkeys sitting in the iaf couldn't even cook up a half decent radar video using Adobe flash and had to settle for a windows 98 level crude quality screen shots slapped together on ms paint??? oh misery, thy name is indian!

The radar is irrefutable proof. The Pakistani military always takes a while to admit its losses. Too prideful. It'll probably take 10 years to admit, just like Kargil.

 

[GumNaam]

The radar is irrefutable proof. The Pakistani military always takes a while to admit its losses. Too prideful. It'll probably take 10 years to admit, just like Kargil.

provided it was from a radar, not a windows 98 ms paint screenshot! indian nonexistent outside has a way of never admitting that india got ars-raped. it was the media that exposed the highest peak in kargil still in our control and the indian government was caught off guard and had to admit india's humiliating defeat with a red face!

 

[Aryan0395]

We have the wreckage of all his unfired missiles

This is the funniest excuse of Pak army. 2 of those missiles are intact while the mid part of other 2 is missing and the booster of one is completely burnt out, which shows it was fired, the seeker is also damaged with a different signature from other.
They say they were burnt in wreckage, and other 2 are in good condition because they were on the other side of the aircraft and the other 2 were in direct contact with fire.
Yeah right it was such a searing inferno and it completely melted the metal and no trace of it was found.
Okay, keep living in ur world.

 

[Pakhtoon yum]

provided it was from a radar, not a windows 98 ms paint screenshot! indian nonexistent outside has a way of never admitting that india got ars-raped. it was the media that exposed the highest peak in kargil still in our control and the indian government was caught off guard and had to admit india's humiliating defeat with a red face!

Dont fuel their mad obsession. They like it when Pakistanis give them attention