page_title: Border Security Force
section_title: Assault rifles
hierarchical_section_title: Border Security Force / Equipment / Assault rifles
caption_attribution_description: English: Israel Defense Forces Micro-Tavor X95 עברית: רובה מיקרו תבור X-95 עם כוונת מארס וידית הסתערות משולבת בדורגלים
context_page_description: The Border Security Force is India's Primary border guarding organisation on its border with Pakistan and Bangladesh. It is one of the three Border Guarding Forces OF India, and was raised in the wake of the 1965 War on 1 December 1965, "for ensuring the security of the borders of India and for matters connected there with".
  It is a paramilitary force charged with guarding India's land border with Pakistan and Bangladesh during peacetime and preventing transnational crime at the same, it has various active roles during an outbreak of war. It is comes under Ministry of Home Affairs. The BSF has its own cadre of officers but its head, designated as a Director-General, since its raising has been an officer from the Indian Police Service. The BSF has grown exponentially from a few battalions in 1965, to 186 battalions with a sanctioned strength of 257,363 personnel including an expanding air wing, marine wing, an artillery regiment, and commando units. It currently stands as the world's largest border guarding force. BSF has been termed as the First Line of Defence of Indian Territories.
context_section_description: AKM: 7.62x39mm assault rifle.
  INSAS: 5.56 mm × 45 mm Assault Rifle. Service rifle of the force.
  Tavor X95: version used as the standard issue carbine.
caption: Tavor X95
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