The Steyr AUG is a selective-fire, bullpup assault rifle with a conventional gas-piston-operated action that fires from a closed bolt. It is designed as a modular weapon system that could be quickly configured as an assault rifle, a carbine, a submachine gun and even an open-bolt light machine gun.Militants have already been using the US-made M-4 carbine rifles. Several of these were recovered by security forces from militants killed both in Jammu region as well as Kashmir. “The M-4s are mostly used by top commanders and Pakistan militants operating in J&K,” a security officer said, who explained that these rifles are sophisticated and have night vision devices. “Pakistan’s ISI has got a lot of money via narco trade. They are using it to buy weapons to use in J&K,” former J&K police chief SP Vaid said.AdvancedThe Steyr AUG is designed as a modular weapon system that could be quickly configured as an assault rifle, a carbine, a submachine gun and an open-bolt light machine gun.
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