Some of the world’s best small arms have been designed by military personnel. The legendary AK-47 was designed by a tank commander, General Mikhail Kalashnikov, during World War 2. Israel’s iconic Uzi submachine gun was designed by Major Uziel Gal in the late 1940s. In the lines of the same, an Indian Lieutenant Col Prasad Bansod developed a prototype of 9 by 19 mm submachine gun. Lieutenant Colonel first caught the attention of army top brass in 2019 when he reverse-engineered an INSAS rifle to produce a ‘bull-pup’ carbine variant, with a shorter barrel. This simple solution seemed to have eluded the original INSAS designers.
The Indian Army currently operates a wide variety of Sub Machine guns. Typical for a submachine gun, its main application is for close-quarters combat, where it can be used by heavy weapon detachments, tank and aircraft crews, drivers, and radio or radar operators. The Modern Sub Machine Carbine is often considered as a secondary arm. If you look at the arsenal of the Indian army today they operate five different types of sub-machine guns firing the same caliber which are SAF Carbine 2A1 (Sterling), HK MP5, Micro Uzi and B&T MP9. Majority of these weapons are World War 2 era submachine guns and are costly as well to import.
The ASMI is an Indian prototype 9 by 19 mm submachine gun designed and developed in 2020 by Armament Research and Development Establishment (ARDE) and Lt Col Prasad Bansod. The Prototype could replace World War 2 era submachine guns and could find country-wide use. The gun is capable of firing 9 by 19 mm Parabellum, a cartridge already in use in the Indian Army, giving it a major logistical advantage.
Similar to the Uzi, the Asmi is a straight blowback submachine gun with a side-folding stock, a relatively low rate of fire, and its magazine is loaded inside of the pistol grip. The Asmi has an 8-inch (200 mm) barrel, and a weight of around 2 kilograms when unloaded, and 3 kilograms loaded. A smaller, sub-compact version of the weapon weighing less than 1.5 kilograms is in development. For your reference, An empty AK-47 type rifle weighs around 3.4 kilograms .
The upper receiver is made from aluminum, and the lower receiver is made from carbon fiber. The upper receiver has a full length Picatinny rail, and there are M-LOK slots on the left and right side of the weapon.
The prototype weapon was produced in just four months, in collaboration with the DRDO’s Pune-based Armament Research and Development Establishment (ARDE). This itself is a big achievement. The weapon was tested by firing over 300 rounds each.
ARDE is looking for Private Partners to manufacture a limited number of guns so that they can be used in testing. The current order will be of 25 guns and these guns will be sent for “User Trials”, where they will be tested extensively before the weapon enters mass production..
The Asmi will not replace primary assault rifles like the AK-47 and the INSAS which are in frontline service and fire high-velocity ammunition. It is designed for use as a second-line personal weapon for tank and aircraft crews and in close combat situations like counter-terrorist operations and room interventions, in confined spaces like warships and merchant vessels and by VIP protection forces.
Because it fires a subsonic 9x19 mm round, it could potentially find a huge market with the Central Police Organisations, state police forces as well as exports. With a likely production cost of between Rs 40,000 and 50,000 a weapon it is just one-third the cost of imported sub-machine guns like the MP5.
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