Colt 9mm SMG vs INSAS rifle: Specs Compared

Colt 9mm SMG — licensed reference photograph

ASmall arms

Colt 9mm SMG

Submachine gun

Credit

Evers · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

INSAS rifle — licensed reference photograph

BSmall arms

INSAS rifle

Assault rifle Light machine gun

Credit

en:User:Browngirl06 · Public domain · Resized · Public domain · Source ↗ · Modified

First system

Second system

Measured figures

Head to head

15 of 34 rows sourced on both sides

730mmstock extended

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Length

All recorded figures & sources

0.73 m

stock extended

Single source

0.65 m

stock retracted

Single source

730 mm (28.9 in ) ( stock extended) 650 mm (25.6 in) (stock retracted)^[source]

2.61kgw/o magazine

6.23kg

MassScopes differ

All recorded figures & sources

2.61 kg

w/o magazine

Single source

2.61 kg (5.75 lb) w/o magazine^[source]

6.23 kg

(LMG) 1,050 mm (41 in) (LMG) 535 mm (21.1 in) (LMG)

Single source

4.018 kg

without magazine

Single source

4.018 kg (8.86 lb) (without magazine) 6.23 kg (13.7 lb) (LMG) 1,050 mm (41 in) (LMG) 535 mm (21.1 in) (LMG)^[source]

0.1kmEffective; Effective firing range

0.7kmEffective; Area target (INSAS LMG)

RangeScopes differ

All recorded figures & sources

0.1 km

Effective; Effective firing range

Single source

100 m^[source]

0.7 km

Effective; Area target (INSAS LMG)

Single source

0.4 km

Effective; INSAS Rifle

Single source

0.6 km

Effective; Point targets (INSAS LMG)

Single source

400m (INSAS Rifle) 600 m: Point targets (INSAS LMG) 700 m: Area target (INSAS LMG)^[source]

267mm

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Barrel length

All recorded figures & sources

0.2667 m

Barrel length

Single source

10.5 in^[source]

700-1000 round/min

600–650rounds/minsingles, 3 round burst LMG

Rate of fire

All recorded figures & sources

700-1000 round/min^[source]

600–650 rounds/min

singles, 3 round burst LMG

Single source

singles, 3 round burst 600–650 rounds/min (LMG)^[source]

396m/s(1300) ft/s

915m/s

Muzzle velocity

All recorded figures & sources

396 m/s

(1300) ft/s

Single source

396 m/s (1300) ft/s )^[source]

915 m/s

Muzzle velocity

Single source

915 m/s (3,002 ft/s )^[source]

Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.

Configuration

Details

Colt 9mm SMG and INSAS rifle configuration
Specification	Colt 9mm SMG	INSAS rifle
Type	Submachine gun^[source]	Assault rifle Light machine gun^[source]
Place of origin	United States^[source]	India^[source]
In service	1982–present^[source]	1998–present^[source]
Used by	See Users^[source]	See Operators^[source]
Wars	Invasion of Panama Miami drug war^[source]	Kargil War Nepalese Civil War Naxalite–Maoist insurgency Insurgency in Northeast India Operation All Clear Myanmar Civil War Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir^[source]
Produced	1982–present^[source]	1994 –present^[source]
Cartridge	9×19mm Parabellum^[source]	5.56×45mm NATO^[source]
Action	blowback , closed bolt^[source]	Gas-operated , Rotating bolt^[source]
Feed system	20- and 32-round detachable box magazine 100-round Beta C-Mag^[source]	20- or 30-round detachable box magazine^[source]
Manufacturer	Colt's Manufacturing Company^[source]	Ordnance Factories Board Advanced Weapons and Equipment India Limited^[source]
Designer	—	Armament Research and Development Establishment^[source]
Designed	—	1980s–1997^[source]
No. built	—	100,000 (Assault Rifles) and 6,000 (LMG) (2012) 700,000–900,000 (2019)^[source]
Variants	—	See Variants^[source]
Sights	—	In-built iron sights , mount point for telescopic or night sight^[source]
Reported operators	Reported operator · Argentina Reported operator · Ecuador Reported operator · India Reported operator · Israel Reported operator · Malaysia Reported operator · Mexico Reported operator · Pakistan Reported operator · United States	Reported operator · India Reported operator · Bhutan Reported operator · Eswatini Reported operator · Kenya Reported operator · Nepal Reported operator · Oman

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Colt 9mm SMG

INSAS rifle

Type

Submachine gun^[source]

Assault rifle Light machine gun^[source]

Place of origin

United States^[source]

India^[source]

In service

1982–present^[source]

1998–present^[source]

Used by

See Users^[source]

See Operators^[source]

Wars

Invasion of Panama Miami drug war^[source]

Kargil War Nepalese Civil War Naxalite–Maoist insurgency Insurgency in Northeast India Operation All Clear Myanmar Civil War Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir^[source]

Produced

1982–present^[source]

1994 –present^[source]

Cartridge

9×19mm Parabellum^[source]

5.56×45mm NATO^[source]

Action

blowback , closed bolt^[source]

Gas-operated , Rotating bolt^[source]

Feed system

20- and 32-round detachable box magazine 100-round Beta C-Mag^[source]

20- or 30-round detachable box magazine^[source]

Manufacturer

Colt's Manufacturing Company^[source]

Ordnance Factories Board Advanced Weapons and Equipment India Limited^[source]

Designer

—

Armament Research and Development Establishment^[source]

Designed

—

1980s–1997^[source]

No. built

—

100,000 (Assault Rifles) and 6,000 (LMG) (2012) 700,000–900,000 (2019)^[source]

Variants

—

See Variants^[source]

Sights

—

In-built iron sights , mount point for telescopic or night sight^[source]

Reported operators

Reported operator · Argentina
Reported operator · Ecuador
Reported operator · India
Reported operator · Israel
Reported operator · Malaysia
Reported operator · Mexico
Reported operator · Pakistan
Reported operator · United States

Reported operator · India
Reported operator · Bhutan
Reported operator · Eswatini
Reported operator · Kenya
Reported operator · Nepal
Reported operator · Oman