DRDO launches assault rifle 'Ugram' for Indian Army

DRDO launches assault rifle 'Ugram' for Indian Army

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Category : National Published on: January 11 2024

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  • The Armament Research and Development Establishment (ARDE) and a Hyderabad-based private firm launched an indigenous assault rifle named ‘ugram’ (ferocious) on 10 January 2024
  • This is the first time that the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) lab has collaborated with a private industry to manufacture a 7.62 x 51 mm calibre rifle.
  • The rifle, weighing less than four kg with a 500-meter firing range, was unveiled at the hands of Shailendra Gade, the director general of the Armament and Combat Engineering (ACE) system of the DRDO.
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