News Excerpt:
Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO) has unveiled an indigenously developed rifle named ‘Ugram’ in less than 100 days.
About the Rifle:
- The rifle will be able to deploy rounds of 7.62 mm calibre, which will make it more ferocious compared to rifles that use 5.62 mm calibre rounds.
- The rifle weighs 4 kg and will have an effective range of 500 metres, which is nearly five football fields.
- The rifle has 20 rounds and fires both single and automatic modes.
- The rifle has been developed in accordance with the General Staff Qualitative Requirements (GSQR) of the army.
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Development of the Rifle:
- The 'Ugram' rifle has been developed by the Armament Research and Development Establishment (ARDE), a unit of the private firm Dvipa Armour India Private Limited based in Hyderabad, in collaboration with the DRDO.
- The process of design and design-related analysis started two years ago, and the development in collaboration with the private vendor was completed in 100 days.
- The concept of Development cum Production Partner (DcPP) was adopted for the speedy progress of the project.
