Military Might: Sub - Machine Guns of Indian Army

Military Might: Sub - Machine Guns of Indian Army: A Sub – Machine Gun (SMG) is a magazine-fed, automatic carbine designed to fire pistol cartridges.  As adefence aspirant, it is important to have knowledge about the small arms used by our armed forces. Sub – Machine Guns used by the Indian Armed Forces are given below:

SAF Carbine 2A1

• Manufacturer: Sterling Armaments Company
• Origin: United Kingdom
• Cartridge: 9mm
• Type: Sub – Machine Gun
• Used by: Standard Sub – Machine Gun of the Indian Armed Forces
• Effective firing range: 200 m

Micro Uzi

• Manufacturer: Israeli Weapon Industries
• Origin: Israel
• Cartridge: 9mm
• Type: Sub – Machine Gun
• Used by: Special Forces
• Effective firing range: 200 m

Heckler & Koch MP5

• Manufacturer: Heckler & Koch
• Origin: West Germany
• Cartridge: 9mm
• Type: Sub – Machine Gun
• Used by: Standard Sub – Machine Gun of the Special Forces
• Effective firing range: 200 m

Brügger & Thomet MP9 

• Manufacturer: Brügger & Thomet
• Origin: Switzerland
• Cartridge: 9mm
• Type: Sub – Machine Gun / Machine Pistol
• Used by: Ghatak Commandos
• Effective firing range: 100 m

FN P90

• Manufacturer: FN Herstal
• Origin: Belgium
• Cartridge: 5.7mm
• Type: Sub – Machine Gun / PDW (Personal Defence Weapon)
• Used by: SPG
• Effective firing range: 200 m

Steyr AUG 

• Manufacturer: Steyr Mannlicher
• Origin: Austria
• Cartridge: 5.56mm
• Type: Sub – Machine Gun / PDW (Personal Defence Weapon)
• Used by: Special Forces in small numbers
• Effective firing range: 300 m