印度领导集团很重视加强武装力晕和提高其战斗力。八十年代中期特别制定了「军队——2000」计划,要在2000年之前实现武器和技术装备的自给。目前,印度主要依靠本国企业制造和向国外采购的途径来满足部队对武器装备的需求。就步兵分队装备的轻武器而言,可以说是引进和自制相结合,老式武器和新型武器相结合,目前还是前者多,后者少,总的水平不算很高。据现有资 The Indian leadership attaches great importance to the strengthening of its armed forces and its combat effectiveness. In the mid-eighties, the “Army-2000” plan was specially formulated to provide self-sufficiency in weapons and technology and equipment by the year 2000. At present, India relies mainly on the means by which its own enterprises manufacture and sourcing from abroad to meet the military’s demand for weapons and equipment. As far as the light weapons equipped by the infantry units can be said to be a combination of introduction and self-control, the combination of old-style weapons and new weapons is still the former one with the latter being less and the overall level not too high. According to the available resources