{"id":77053,"date":"2021-01-16T13:40:04","date_gmt":"2021-01-16T08:10:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=77053"},"modified":"2021-01-16T19:48:59","modified_gmt":"2021-01-16T14:18:59","slug":"indias-first-indigenously-developed-9mm-machine-pistol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/indias-first-indigenously-developed-9mm-machine-pistol\/","title":{"rendered":"India\u2019s first Indigenously Developed 9mm Machine Pistol"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News:\u00a0<\/strong>Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has developed the country\u2019s first indigenous machine pistol ASMI.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>ASMI:\u00a0<\/strong>It is a 9mm Machine Pistol jointly developed by DRDO and the Indian Army. The weapon is aptly named \u201cAsmi\u201d meaning Pride, Self-Respect and Hard Work.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Range:\u00a0<\/strong>The machine pistol can fire at a range of 100 metres and is in the class of the Uzi series guns of Israel.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Design:\u00a0<\/strong>The machine sports an upper receiver made from aircraft-grade Aluminum and lower receiver from carbon fiber. The 3D Printing process has been used in designing and prototyping various parts including trigger components made by metal 3D printing.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Applications:\u00a0<\/strong>The weapon has huge potential in the Armed forces as a personal weapon for heavy weapon detachments, commanders, tank and aircraft crews, drivers\/dispatch riders, radio\/radar operators, counter insurgency and counter-terrorism operations among others.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Significance:\u00a0<\/strong>The pistol will pave way for self-reliance and it is expected to be inducted by the Services and Paramilitary Forces (PMFs).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pib.gov.in\/PressReleseDetailm.aspx?PRID=1688547\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Article Source<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News:\u00a0Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has developed the country\u2019s first indigenous machine pistol ASMI. Facts: ASMI:\u00a0It is a 9mm Machine Pistol jointly developed by DRDO and the Indian Army. The weapon is aptly named \u201cAsmi\u201d meaning Pride, Self-Respect and Hard Work. Range:\u00a0The machine pistol can fire at a range of 100 metres and is&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/indias-first-indigenously-developed-9mm-machine-pistol\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">India\u2019s first Indigenously Developed 9mm Machine Pistol<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":77069,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1434],"class_list":["post-77053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-public","tag-st_0","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Indias-first-Indigenously-Developed-9mm-Machine-Pistol.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":1700797460,"cached_date":1703597304},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77053"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77053\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}