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See also: List of active Indian military aircraft § Army Aviation Corps

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

Individual equipment

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Name Image Type Quantity Origin Country Notes
Uniforms and Gears
New Battle Dress Uniform (NBDU)

(2022–present)

Military camouflage
Combat uniform 		N/A  India 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.[1] Was first revealed on Army Day 2022.[2]
Indian Army Snow Camouflage Military camouflage
Combat uniform 		N/A  India Status: In service[3]
PC-DPM

(c.2006-2026)

Military camouflage
Combat uniform 		N/A  France 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.[4] The uniform will remain in service till June 2026.[5]

High altitude combat uniform Combat uniform N/A  India Status: In service/being phased out.

to be replaced by New Indian Army Snow Camouflage. Used extensively on high altitudes such as Siachen Glacier

Boot Anti Mine Infantry (BAMI) Combat boots N/A  India Status: In Service, used by forward troops

Developed by DRDO[6]

Ballistic Vest and Protective Gear
Bhabha Kavach Ballistic vest <30,000  India Status: In service, Unknown numbers in service. Named after Homi J. Bhabha
SMPP Vest Ballistic Vest 186,000[7]  India Status: Ordered, Manufactured by SMPP Pvt.Ltd[8]
Tata 360 Ballistic Vest Tata Vest Ballistic vest 62,500[9]  India Status: In service, Ordered under emergency procurement[10]
Advanced Ballistics for High Energy Defeat (ABHED)
Ballistic vest  India Status: Developed; to be ordered. Developed by DRDO and IIT Delhi. Provides 360° protection weighing 8.2 kg to 9.5 kg.[11]
CBRN Suit Chemical, biological, nuclear radiation suit N/A  India Status: In Service, protects from chemical, biological, nuclear radiation.
Bomb Blast Protection Suit Bomb suit N/A  India In Service, manufactured by DRDO
Head Protective Gear
Patka
(Model- 1)
(Model- 2)
(Model- 3) 		Patka Helmet of the Indian army Combat helmet N/A  India 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.[12] Currently being replaced by MKU Advanced Combat Helmets and EXFIL High Cut Helmets.[13]
MKU Mukut Combat helmet 158,000[14]  India Status: In service.[15] Ordered in 2017; to be delivered by 2020 at the cost of Rs 180 crore. Can withstand 9mm shot.[16][13][17]

Includes 50,000 with integrated communication.[18]

Model 1974 Ballistic Helmet Model 1974 ballistic helmet Combat helmet >1,000,000  India Status: Standard issue helmet.[19] Equipped with fibre-glass body and nylon suspender. Can withstand 9mm carbine shot.[13]
TATA Advanced Combat Helmet Tata Ballistic helmet Combat helmet <60,000[20]  India Status: In service. 10,000 received, additional 50,000 ordered under emergency procurement in March 2016.[21][16]
OR-201 OR 201 Bulletproof Helmet Combat helmet N/A  Israel Status: In service. Used by Para SF, Paratroopers since 2008.[17]
Exfil High Cut Ballistic Helmet Combat helmet N/A  United States Status: In service. used by Para SF[22]
Galvion Viper P2 Combat helmet N/A  United States Status: In service.[21]

Infantry weapons

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See also: List of Indian Infantry regiments

Knives and bayonets

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Name Image Type Origin Notes
M9 bayonet Bayonet  United States Status: In Service.[23] Standard issue combat knife and bayonet of the Indian Army.
Glock knife Combat Knife  Austria Status: In Service.[23] 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.[24]
Kirpan Dagger Khalsa Status: In Service. Carried by the Sikh Regiment and Sikh Light Infantry as per the Sikh religious commandments.[25]

Small arms

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Name Weapon Type Caliber Origin Notes
Handguns
Pistol Auto 9mm 1A Semi-automatic pistol 9×19mm  India
 Canada 		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.[26]
Glock  Austria Status: In service. Standard special forces pistol.[26]
Beretta Px4 Storm  Italy Status: In service, with special forces.[27]
Nonlinear line of sight weapons
ShootEdge CornerShot 9×19mm  India Status: In service, can use all pistols in service as main weapon. It is equivalent to Israel's Cornershot[28][29]
DRDO CSWS (CornerShot Weapon System) CornerShot 9×19mm  India 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[30][31]
Shotguns
12 Bore PAG Pump action Shotgun 12-gauge shotgun  India Status: In service[32]
Submachine guns
Micro-Uzi Micro-Uzi Machine pistol 9×19mm  India
 Israel 		Status: In service, Micro-Uzi variant is used by Special Forces.[26]
Heckler & Koch MP5 MP5 Submachine Gun Submachine gun  West Germany Status: In service, used by Special Forces.[26]
Brügger & Thomet MP9   Switzerland Status: In Service. Small number of MP9s in service.[33]
SAF Carbine 2A1 SAF Carbine 2A1  India
 United Kingdom 		Status: To be replaced, all the remaining SAF Carbine to be replaced by indigenously built close quarter MSMC[34]
ASMI
 India Status: In Service. 550 inducted by Para (SF) of the Army.[35][36]
Taurus T9  India
 Brazil 		Status: On order, 550 units ordered.[37]
Assault rifles
1B1 INSAS Assault rifle 5.56×45mm  India Status: In service (To be replaced), Standard assault rifle of the Indian Army. To be replaced by AK-203 and SIG 716i[38]

About 200,000 rifle will be upgraded by Indian army.[39]

AK-203 7.62×39mm  India
 Russia 		Status: In service. First batch of 70,000 guns imported from Russia are in service.[40][41] Second batch of 35,000 rifles delivered by Indo-Russia Rifles in 2024.[42][43] 601,427 rifles to be manufactured in India. Total plan is of 670,000+ rifles. Will be the standard service rifle of Indian Army replacing INSAS[44]
SIG 716i Battle rifle 7.62×51mm  United States Status: In service. 66,400 units of SIG 716i in service. Additional 73,000 on order.[45][46][47]
IWI Tavor X95 Bullpup assault rifle 5.56×45mm  India Status: In Service, manufactured locally by PLR systems.[48]
IMI Tavor TAR-21 IMI Tavor 5.56×45mm  India
 Israel 		Status: In service, Standard Special Forces assault rifle[49][50] like Para SF, Garud and MARCOS.
M4 carbine M4A1 Assault Rifle Assault carbine 5.56×45mm  United States Status: In service, used by special forces.[51]
AR-M1 Assault rifle  Bulgaria 7.62×39mm Status: In service, used by the Army. Modified locally by Israel's FAB Defense.[52]
AKM 7.62×39mm  Soviet Union Status: In service, used by the Army. Includes variants modified locally by SSS Defence India and Israel's FAB Defense.[38][53]
MPi-KMS-72 7.62×39mm East Germany East Germany Status: In service.[54]
Vz. 58 7.62×39mm Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia Status: In Service.[54]
T91 assault rifle 5.56×45mm  Taiwan Status: In service, 400 units were bought.[38][55]
Sniper rifles
Dragunov SVD Designated marksman rifle,
Sniper rifle		 7.62×54mmR  Soviet Union Status: In service, Standard designated marksman rifle. Modified locally by Israel's FAB Defense.[56] Around 6,000 units active.[57]
IMI Galil 7.62 Sniper Galil Sniper 7.62×51mm  India
 Israel		 Status: In service used by Para SF snipers. 200 in service.[58]
Heckler & Koch PSG1 Sniper rifle 7.62×51mm  Germany Status: In service, Standard semi-automatic sniper rifle.[59]
Mauser SP66 7.62×51mm  Germany Status: In service, Standard bolt-action sniper rifle.[60][61]
SIG Sauer SSG 3000 Sniper Rifle 7.62×51mm  Germany Status: In service, Standard bolt-action sniper rifle.[62]
Sako TRG 42 .338 Lapua Magnum  Finland 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.[57][63][64]
Beretta Scorpio TGT .338 Lapua Magnum  Italy Status: In service, used in small numbers.[58]
Anti-material rifles
Barrett M82 Anti-material rifle 12.7×99mm
.416 Barrett 		 United States Status: In service, used by special forces[65]
Barrett M95 12.7×99mm  United States Status: In service, used in small numbers for anti-sniping role in Northern Command.[58]
OSV-96 12.7×108mm  Russia Status: In service[66][67]
Denel NTW-20
14.5×114mm
20x82mm 		 South Africa Status: In service (400 units)[68][69]
Vidhwansak 12.7×108mm
14.5×114mm
20x82mm		  India Status: In service[70]
Machine guns
FN Minimi Light machine gun 5.56×45mm  Belgium Status: In service, used by special forces.[71]
INSAS LMG 5.56×45mm  India Status: In service, to be phased out in favour of Negev NG7.[72]
IMI Negev NG5 5.56×45mm  India
 Israel		 Status: In service, Standard Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) of special forces.[71]
IMI Negev NG7 7.62×51mm  India
 Israel 		Status: In Service, 16,479 were bought to replace all MG 21A in service.[73]
MG 2A1
MG 5A
MG 6A 		Medium machine gun 7.62×51mm  India
 Belgium 		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.[71]
Mk 48 machine gun 7.62×51mm  United States
 Belgium 		Status: In service, with special forces.[74][65]
PK machine gun 7.62×54mmR  India
 Soviet Union 		Status: In Service, Used by Front line troops as well as Co-axial weapon on Tanks and APC. Locally manufactured at OFB Tiruchirapalli.[75]
NSV machine gun Heavy machine gun 12.7×108mm  India
 Soviet Union 		Status: In Service, Used by Front line troops.[76]
M2 Browning 12.7×99mm  India
 United States		 Status: In service, M2HB variant in service.[77]
Possible future procurements or currently under trials
Joint Venture Protective Carbine Carbine 5.56×30mm MINSAS  India Status: Trials completed. Ready for induction.[78]

Explosives

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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$56 million in 2023) deal with Solar Group, Nagpur to buy 1 million grenades.[79][80] 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.[81]
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.[82]
AGS-30 Automatic grenade launcher N/A  India
 Russia
 Status: In service..[83]
AT4CS AST Recoilless gun (84mm) N/A  Sweden Status: On Order[84]
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.[85][86]
B-300 Shipon Anti-tank rocket (82mm) N/A  Israel Status: In service. Used by special forces.[87]
RPO-A Shmel Thermobaric rocket launcher (93mm) N/A  Russia Status: In service.[88][89]
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.[90]
L16 81mm mortar Mortar N/A  India Status: In service.[91]
Mines
NMM-14 Anti-personnel mine  United States Status: In limited service. Being replaced by Nipun mine.[92]
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[93] 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.[94][92][95]
Ulka Anti-personnel mine 100,000[citation needed]  India Status: Under development.[96] Designated as Jumping Fragmentation Munition.[93]
Parth Anti-personnel mine 100,000[citation needed]  India Status: Under development.[96] Designated as Directional Fragmentation Munition.[93]
Prachand Anti-tank mine 100,000[citation needed]  India Status: Under development.[96] Designated as Anti-Tank Munition.[93]
Vibhav Anti-tank mine 600  India Status: In service.[96] Designated as Anti-Tank Point Attack Munition.[93] Designed and developed indigenously by DRDO. In production by Kalyani Strategic Systems Ltd. Employs a mechanism called "electronic anti-handling and anti-lift device" (EAHALD) and stays active for 120 days once deployed mechanically/manually.[97][98]
Vishal Anti-tank mine  India Status: Under development.[96] Designated as Anti-Tank Bar Munition.[93]

MANPADS

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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.[99]
9K38 Igla
9K338 Igla-S 		2500[100]: 87 
48 launchers

316 missiles[101][102]

 Russia Status: In service. Igla-S deployed along LAC. Additional 96 launchers, 300 missiles of Igla-S on order.[102]

Anti-tank missiles

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Name Image Type Quantity Origin Notes
Man-portable anti-tank systems
9M113 Konkurs-M Vehicle-mounted and man-portable anti-tank guided missile 25,000+  India
 Russia		 Status: In service. For BMP-2 (IFV), manufactured locally in India by Bharat Dynamics Limited.[103]
MPATGM Man-portable Anti-tank guided missile  India Status: Final trial completed and ready for induction.[104] Will replace MILAN-2T and Konkurs with the infantry, parachute, and special forces.
MILAN-2T 34,000  India
 France
 West Germany		 Status: In service. Man portable. Purchased from MBDA and domestically license produced by India's Bharat Dynamics Limited.[105]
9M133 Kornet 3000  India
 Russia		 Status: In service. Man portable and purchased with 250 launchers.[106]
Spike
Spike LR-II[107] 		400+  Israel 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.[108][109]
Possible future procurements or currently under trials
Amogha missile Anti-tank guided missile —  India 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.[110][111]

Future procurement and projects

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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.[112]
  • 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.[113]
Infantry weapons
  • Carbine - On 23 September 2022, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) issued the Request for Information (RFI) for the procuring 5.56×45mm NATO Close Quarter Battle (CQB) Carbines for the Indian Army and the Indian Navy. On 29 November 2022, the MoD released Request for Proposal for 425,213 units of carbine (418,455 for the Army and 6,758 for the Navy). The order will be split between the lowest bidders, L1 (255,128 units) and L2 (170,085 units). The carbine mass must be within the range of 3-3.5  kg and must have a range of more than 200 m and a cyclic rate of firing 600 rounds/min. The procurement is under Buy 'Indian' category, that is the guns must have more than 60% indigenous content.[114][115][116] As of June 2024, 15 vendors are competing for the contract and summer trials of the products are underway while winter trials will be conducted later this year.[117]
  • Light machine gun - On 25 August 2023, the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) approved the Acceptance of Necessity (AoN) for the induction of new 7.62×51mm LMGs for the Indian Army.[118]
  • 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.[57]
  • Anti-materiel rifles - 1000 new anti-material rifles are to be acquired for which the MoD has issued global RFIs.
Anti-tank guided missiles
  • Nag Anti-tank guided missile - Ground and air launched variants. On 10 October 2024, the Indian Army released an 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.[119][120]

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