Forget the article, look at the pic (odd ...."sling" accessory/attachment? (Indian FAL)

[LYCAN]

India Remains World’s Top Importer of Arms

The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute finds India remains the world’s largest importer of weapons.

www.breitbart.com

looks like Sling on the buttstock & a Chain wallet on the front?

some kind of lanyard?

 

[Tattered]

I'd love to get that furniture, but I think India has an order to destroy guns and parts when they're no longer in use / reserves.

 

[gunplumber]

Not a 1A1, looks like 1B1 INSAS

 

[Tattered]

Not a 1A1, looks like 1B1 INSAS

You're correct. I thought it was like the furniture in the pic below (which I still want to find), but yeah, those above are definitely not 1A1.

 

[LYCAN]

but whats up with the chain?

ie: makeshift, or issued?

The ergonomics make no sense.

 

[Tattered]

It's the hip new sling. I could see that being a style for the gangsters.

 

[LYCAN]

It's the hip new sling. I could see that being a style for the gangsters.

So its makeshift.

Was just curious.

 

[Tattered]

I have no idea if its makeshift. It's the first that I've seen. That being said, if you've seen Indian parts, they look pretty makeshift to begin with.

 

[NZ L1A1 Collector]

It will be the same purpose as the British in Northern Island. It will be to stop the rifle from being grabbed and taken by the locals. The British learned the hard way after loseing a number of rifles when in crowed situations. Their fix was to wrap the sling around the wrist like a bracelet and the other end to the sling swivel, that way if some grabed it they wouldn't get far with the rifle trying to also drag a squaddy along for the ride.

 

[L Haney]

It will be to stop the rifle from being grabbed and taken by the locals.

That was my initial take. Weapon retention.

 

[rajah]

We called them a dummy cord

 

[LYCAN]

That was my initial take. Weapon retention.

That's different then a lanyard... how?

 

[def90]

Yeah, you can see the actual sling running up behind the handguard. The chain is as noted above, a theft prevention device.

 

[treyak]

I witnessed French soldiers in the Paris metro doing the same thing with their FAMAS.

 

[Itchingforaninchpattern]

I witnessed French soldiers in the Paris metro doing the same thing with their FAMAS.

I think I remember Small Arms Review magazine had a brief mention of that, and the soldiers had the their rifles attached to their belts or web equipment. Too bad a photo of the setup wasn’t included in the piece.

 

[Bladewurk]

Marines in Somalia did the same “dummy cord” thing.

Hard to understand at first..being in a crowd of people not afraid to get shot and just trying to strip your body of valuables

 

[treyak]

Yeah, they had a dog chain connected from the rifle to their harness. They came through in numbers, so I did not think there was a worry, but I guess they had their reasons.