The Defence Research and Development
Organisation recently launched an indigenous
assault rifle named ‘Ugram’.
‘Ugram’ is a state-of-the-art indigenous
assault rifle developed in less than 100 days.
It has been developed by the Armament
Research and Development Establishment
(ARDE), a unit of DRDO, in collaboration with
a private industry partner.
It has an effective range of 500 metres and
weighs less than four kilograms.
It will deploy rounds of 7.62 mm calibre,
making it more ferocious than rifles that
use 5.62 mm calibre rounds, like the INSAS
rifle, which is popularly used by the armed
forces in India.