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The Rifle 7.62mm 2A/2A1 [3] (also known as the Ishapore 2A/2A1 [3]) is a 7.62×51mm NATO calibre bolt-action rifle adopted as a reserve arm by the Indian Armed Forces in 1963. . The rifle is a variant of the Lee–Enfield rif
The .303 British calibre Short Magazine Lee–Enfield Mk III, the 7.62×51mm NATO calibre Ishapore 2A1 rifle and the 7.62mm NATO L1A1 Self-Loading Rifle were manufactured at RFI. It now manufactures the 5.56mm INSAS rifle assault rifle , Kalantak rifle , Ghatak rifle (7.62×39mm AKM -style assault rifle), [ 3 ] [ 4 ] 7.62 Sniper Rifles and ...
The Lee–Enfield family of rifles is the second oldest bolt-action rifle design still in official service, after the Mosin–Nagant. [13] Lee–Enfield rifles are used by reserve forces and police forces in many Commonwealth countries, including Malawi. In Canada the .303 and .22 models were being phased out between 2016 and 2019.
Rifle Factory Ishapore of India manufactures a hunting and sporting rifle chambered in .315 which also employs the Lee Enfield action. [12] Lee–Enfield (all marks and models) Ishapore 2A1; Various hunting/sporting rifles manufactured by BSA, LSA, SAF Lithgow, and Parker Hale; Australian International Arms M10 and No 4 Mk IV hunting/sporting ...
The Rifle No. 5 Mk I, commonly referred to as the "jungle carbine" for its use in jungle warfare throughout Asia, was a bolt action carbine derivative of the British Lee–Enfield No. 4 Mk I. [5] It was developed per jungle fighting experiences in the Pacific War that led the British to decide "a rifle shorter and lighter" than the regular Lee ...
Ishapore 2A1 rifle: Ordnance Factories Board: 7.62×51mm NATO ... Lee–Enfield: James Paris Lee Royal Small Arms Factory.303 British
One of the earlier ARDE developments was the 7.62 mm 1A1 self-loading rifle (SLR) and its ammunition which replaced the Ishapore 2A1 bolt-action rifles (based on the 0.303 Lee–Enfield rifle) in the Indian Army service then. Over a million rifles have been produced by the Rifle Factory Ishapore, and were used in the 1965 and 1971 Indo-Pakistan ...
The second paragraph in Charlton Automatic Rifle, the first and second in Conversion to 7.62x51mm NATO, the first in Ishapore 2A/2A1, the second and sixth in Production and Manufactures, the second in The Lee-Enfield in military/police use today, the second infobox, I've added fact tags to stuff I'd still like to see cites for.