Bharat mein defence manufacturing ke liye ek utsaahjanak vikas mein, ek Made-in-India sniper rifle ne haal hi mein sampann All India Police Commando Competition mein USA aur anya deshon se aayatit rifles ko hara diya. National Security Guard (NSG) ne rajyon aur kendriya sashastra police balon ke commando wings ko pachaad diya aur Bengaluru sithit company SSS Defence dwara nirmat .338 Saber sniper rifle ka upayog karke sniper shreni pratispardha jeet li. Report ke anusaar, .338 Saber ne na keval trutirahit satikta ke sath lakshya ko mara balki sniping pratispardha mein anya sabhi maanak ko bhi paar kar liya, jismein duniya bhar ki sarvashreshth sniper rifles shaamil hain jo desh ki Commando balon mein seva karti hain. Duniya mein sabse achhi maani jane waali shaktishaali American sniper rifle Barrett 50 Cal ka upayog karte hue, jo Line of Control (LoC) par kshamata ka samarthan karne ke liye kam sankhya mein tainaat thi, Maharashtra Police ka Force One doosre sthan par raha. Pichle saal, Force One vijeta ke roop mein ubhri.

Sabre .338 sabse prasiddh sniper calibre - .338 Lapua Magnum mein desh mein banayi aur utpaadit ekmatra sniper rifle hai. 1 Minute of Angle (MoA) se kam ki satikta (100 meters par 3 cm x 3 cm ka group size) ke sath, iski prabhavit range lagbhag 1,500 meters hai. Rifle mein Bharatiya nirmat 27-inch match barrel, ek monolithic chassis ke sath ek two-stage trigger aur ek Bharatiya nirmat suppressor hai. Halanki NSG ke paas ek Barrett MRAD sniper bhi hai, ve SSS Defence model ka upayog karna pasand karte hain.

Dhyan dene yogya baat yeh hai ki ek videshi raashtra ne pehle hi SSS Defence se snipers kharide hain aur ek follow-on purchase rakhi hai. Bharat pehli baar kisi videshi raashtra ko sniper files ka niryaat kar raha hai. Poori sniper rifle, jismein barrel bhi shaamil hai, Bharat mein hi design aur nirmat ki gayi hai. Vishesh roop se, sniper rifles ke atirikt, niji company ne lagbhag 50 million USD ke ammunition ki supply ke liye kai maitri raashtron se contracts haasil kiye hain. Bharat ab artillery guns se missile systems aur chhote hathiyaaron tak badi sankhya mein upkaran ka nirman aur niryaat kar raha hai. Bharat abhi bhi in systems ka aayatak tha, lekin ab humne unhein niryaat karna shuru kar diya hai. Report mein pichle saal ek source ke hawale se kaha gaya tha.

15th All India Police Commando Competition 8 se 22 February tak Gurugram mein CRPF centre par aayojit ki ja rahi hai. 21 teams jo vibhin rajya police commando units aur NSG, ITBP, BSF ityadi jaise rashtriya units ko pratinidhitva kar rahi hain, is event mein bhaag le rahi hain. Competition ka uddeshya commando ko kai aayaamon mein operational readiness ke liye kathorta se aakna hai.