INSAS

INSAS
Country of origin India Type Assault rifle In service 1997–present

INSAS is an abbreviation of Indian National Small Arms System. It is a family of firearms consisting of assault rifles, a light machine gun and a carbine, manufactured by the Indian Ordnance Factory Board. The Insas Assault Rifle is the standard infantry weapon of the Indian Armed Forces.

Specifications

INSAS rifle 5.56mm drill practice

• Type: Assault Rifle (INSAS), Carbine (Excalibur, KALANTAK, MINSAS), Machine Gun (INSAS LMG)
  

• Cartridge: 5.56x45mm NATO
  

• Action: Gas-operated, Rotating bolt
  

• Feed system: 20/30-round detachable box magazine
  

• Modes of Fire: Semi-auto/Full-auto (Excalibur), 3-round burst (INSAS, MINSAS, KALANTAK)
  

INSAS Assault Rifle

Side-folding carrying handle in the fixed butt version

Semi-translucent polymer magazine

Films

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Year
LOC Kargil	Abhishek Bachchan	Lt. Vikram Batra	None	2003
LOC Kargil	Saif Ali Khan	Capt. Anuj Nayyar	None	2003
LOC Kargil	Ajay Devgun	Lt. Manoj Kumar Pandey	None	2003
LOC Kargil	Akshaye Khanna	Lt. Balwan Singh	None	2003
Lakshya	Hrithik Roshan	Lt. Karan Shergill	None	2004
Lakshya	Sushant Singh	Capt. Jalal Akbar	None	2004
Kaminey	Deb Mukherjee	Mujeeb	None	2009

Excalibur

Excalibur, 5.56x45mm NATO

MINSAS

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MINSAS, 5.56x30mm

INSAS LMG

INSAS LMG 5.56 mm Fixed Butt variant

INSAS LMG 5.56 mm Foldable variant

Films

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Year
LOC Kargil	Abhishek Bachchan	Lt. Vikram Batra	None	2003

KALANTAK

KALANTAK 5.56 mm micro assault rifle

Modern Sub Machine Carbine

MSMC, 5.56x30mm

Highly modified PDW version of the INSAS.