Central Reserve Police Force - Weapons

Weapons

CRPF uses basic Infantry weapons such as:

  1. FN 35 and Glock 17 9 mm pistols
  2. Heckler & Koch MP5 replacing the Carbine 1A 9 mm sub-machine guns
  3. INSAS 5.56 mm assault rifles
  4. INSAS 5.56 mm light machine guns replacing the Bren L4 machine guns
  5. AGS-30 Plamya 30 mm automatic grenade launcher
  6. AK 47 and AKM
  7. Tavor TAR-21
  8. X-95 5.56 MM Assault Rifle. Indian copy of the Tavor TAR-21 procured from Israel.

In addition to these, CRPF also uses land mine detectors.

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