Pakistan Army Small Arms

[AZ_HighCountry]

It is being out sourced, private companies are front of the new competition.

Also our problem is mainly handing POF a task it was incapable doing, the only thing POF knows how to make is G3s, when you tell them to design a new rifle they will make it as much of a G3 as possible.

Well, look at the US. Big Army is determined to adopt a rifle as close in caliber as possible to .30 caliber along with the weight of the M-1 Garand or more.

Even the M-4A1 carbine unloaded weighs more than the M-16A1. Then, after adding all of the damn attachments, the grunt is right back to what the M-1 weighed perhaps more.

Enter into a license agreement with KAC and start manufacturing the SR-25 in 6.5C and call it a day. The 6.5 will give the PAK infantryman the range and punch necessary to address most problems without the weight and recoil of the G3.

 

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Well, look at the US. Big Army is determined to adopt a rifle as close in caliber as possible to .30 caliber along with the weight of the M-1 Garand or more.

Even the M-4A1 carbine unloaded weighs more than the M-16A1. Then, after adding all of the damn attachments, the grunt is right back to what the M-1 weighed perhaps more.

Enter into a license agreement with KAC and start manufacturing the SR-25 in 6.5C and call it a day. The 6.5 will give the PAK infantryman the range and punch necessary to address most problems without the weight and recoil of the G3.

Cost is the major issue here, PA really wanted the CZ Bren for example it out performed every other rifle in trials but it was deemed too expensive, mind you it would have likely cost 1300usd per rifle, something like the SR 25 costs 3x that, there's zero chance it gets fielded in any role besides as a DMR for Special forces

Army will probably go for some local copy of the Sig 716 as a standard issue rifle that it can buy for under a $1000 + also as a section marksman rifle.

 

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Cost is the major issue here, PA really wanted the CZ Bren for example it out performed every other rifle in trials but it was deemed too expensive, mind you it would have likely cost 1300usd per rifle, something like the SR 25 costs 3x that, there's zero chance it gets fielded in any role besides as a DMR for Special forces

Army will probably go for some local copy of the Sig 716 as a standard issue rifle that it can buy for under a $1000 + also as a section marksman rifle.

As long as they are getting the Chinese Type 52 SMG for under $200, everything else will be moot. The entire exercise of tri-services trials of foreign made rifles was a complete waste of time and money especially for the international vendors who provided around 30 units each under no-cost, no-obligation basis for a good 3 years.

 

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As long as they are getting the Chinese Type 52 SMG for under $200, everything else will be moot. The entire exercise of tri-services trials of foreign made rifles was a complete waste of time and money especially for the international vendors who provided around 30 units each under no-cost, no-obligation basis for a good 3 years.

You mean type 56

This might makes sense for CT operations in the West but against India they are eventually going to have to bite the bullet and get a new rifle.

Indian procurement is very incompetent but their infantry will have modern rifles with scopes.

For example a infantry man with a 4-6x sight can comfortably hit a man sized target at 600meters or more.

A infantry man with Iron sights can only effectively see a target at 200-250 meters.

It means that a Indian infantry section will be able to engage a Pakistani section at more double the range.