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With the recent crisis on the India-Pakistan border setting off fears of a looming conflict, the Indian Ministry of Defence has decided to expedite buying new rifles <\/a>for its snipers — especially those who\u2019ll be setting up at observation posts and hides along the border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These new rifles are just the latest in a massive re-armament program that will see the Indian military consolidating their extraordinarily diverse small arms arsenals into a select number of common weapons that will be standard issue throughout conventional infantry units.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First on the order list is the bolt-action Model 95<\/a> chambered for the .50 BMG round, designed and manufactured by Barrett. Unlike the company\u2019s M82\/M107 currently used by the US military, the M95 is a bullpup design, fed by a magazine behind the trigger of the weapon. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This allows the rifle to use a longer barrel (read: better effective range and accuracy) packed into the frame without extending the overall length of the weapon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In comparison to the M107, for example, the M95 fields a 29 inch barrel with an overall length of 45 inches, whereas the M107 uses a 20 inch barrel with an overall length of 48 inches. M95s, which weigh a whopping 23 pounds, have a factory range of over 1800 meters (1.1 miles).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Victrix Minerva Scorpio TGT in .338LM (Photo Victrix Armaments)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The second rifle on order comes from Italy\u2019s Victrix Armaments. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Taken over by Beretta in 2017, Victrix produces quality bolt action long guns, especially for sport shooters and hunters with sizable wallets. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Indian Army will get its hands on the company\u2019s Scorpio TGT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Build and marketed as part of Victrix\u2019s Minerva line<\/a>, oriented towards military and law enforcement customers, the Scorpio TGT is a futuristic precision gun chambered for the .338 Lapua Magnum round, favored by military sharpshooters worldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Scorpio uses a skeleton-style frame the company refers to the Fully Modular Rifle Chassis, as well as an adjustable multi-position stock with a built-in cheek rest. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Victrix offers a threaded 26-inch barrel as the standard for the Scorpio, along with a factory three-chamber muzzle brake which can be swapped out for a suppressor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Victrix spec sheets indicate that the Scorpio is fed from AICS-pattern magazines, and weighs just around 14 pounds empty. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The action rail on the Scorpio boasts a 20 Minute of Angle, and the gun features plenty of Picatinny rail space for optics, as well as M-LOK space for electronics. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

An underbarrel rail allows the end user to mount an option collapsible bipod.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reports earlier stated that India\u2019s Northern Army Command<\/a> would be the intended recipient for the emergency order, but it\u2019s unclear just who within that command will be fielding the new guns. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Indian Army plans to buy a combined total of 5719 M95s and Scorpio TGTs for its 382 infantry battalions over the next few years, likely phasing out older Soviet-era rifles procured during the Cold War years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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