Indian Army equipped with Sig Sauer 716 AR & Swiss MP-9 pistol  | Sig Sauer 716 vs QBZ-95 AR?
Channel: Indian Defense Analysis
Date: 2021-08-08

As per the latest report Indian Army has equipped its frontline soldiers deployed at LAC with Sig Sauer 716 assault rifles & Swiss MP-9 pistol guns. Both these weapons are battle proven and descent firearms in their categories.

Talking about Sig Sauer 716, India has procured close to 1.5 Lakhs of these assault rifle from US as the deals and negotiations related to AK 203 is still stuck and has not been progressing. At the same time the threat level at Indian borders has increased with Chinese aggression. Therefore India has to procure the Sig 716 in interim to better equip its armed forces as compared to its adversaries.

At LAC, there is highly unlikely situation of close combat. Both the sides will maintain good buffer from LAC to deescalate the situation. This is where Sig 716 will prove very lethal as it has an effective range of 600m. The rifle uses more lethal bullet 7.62× 51mm which is much powerful than bullets used in AK 203. This round has been designed for “SHOOT TO KILL PURPOSE “.

Sig 716 is a gas operated rotating bolt rifles which can fire 650 rounds per minute.

At the same time the Chinese troops are mainly using Type 95 Automatic Rifle or QBZ-95 which follows an unorthodox bullpup design which is not favoured by most of the soldiers especially those who are not used to it. In bullpup design the action and magazine are all located behind the trigger group. Though this design has some of its own advantages such as more compact and manoeuvrable but soldiers need to get used to its grip & changing of the mags. This is the reason why the PLA army is now moving away from bullpup design to a more “traditional” layout — including a magazine forward of the pistol grip with its new assault rifle QBZ-191.

In today’s video we will keep our discussion to QBZ-95 as its the official rifle of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and its various sub-branches, including the People’s Liberation Army Navy Marine Corps. The QBZ-95-1 assault rifle fires 5.8×42mm calibre cartridges. The calibre and lethality of this cartridge is definitely less than the Sig 716 cartridge of 7.62× 51mm calibre.

The QBZ-95 has a barrel length of 463 mm (18.2 in) which is more than the Sig 716 having the barrel length of 16 in. The Chinese assault rifle has a range of 400m and the Sig 716 has a range of 600m. Even though the Chinese barrels are longer than Sig 716, still it has lesser range compared to the later. Both the rifles have similar rate of fire of 650 rounds per minute.

With better range, high calibre bullets, the Sig 716 is definitely far more lethal than Chinese QBZ-95 which will give Indian army edge in the border region of LAC as they will have capability to bring down the Chinese soldiers at a much greater distance.
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