Uttar Pradesh Police
The Uttar Pradesh Police (UP Police), (IAST: Uttara Pradeśa Pulisa), is the primary law enforcement agency within the Uttar Pradesh state of India. Established in 1863 as the Office of the Inspector General of Police, United Provinces under the Police Act, 1861.,[8] the U.P Police is one of the oldest police departments in the Republic of India, and is the largest police force in the world.[9] The UP Police headquarters is at Signature Building, Gomti Nagar, Ardonamau in Lucknow.[10]
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Common name | UP Police |
Motto | "सुरक्षा आपकी, संकल्प हमारा" (Hindi) "Your protection, our pledge" |
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Annual budget | ₹26,395 crore (US$3.7 billion) (2020-21 est.) [1] |
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Operations jurisdiction | Uttar Pradesh, IN |
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Size | 243,286 km2 (93,933.25 sq mi) |
Population | 199,812,341 (est. 2011) |
Governing body | Department of Home (Uttar Pradesh) |
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Headquarters | Signature Building, Gomti Nagar, Ardonamau, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh (226002)[2] |
Gazetted Officers | 1,368 (406 IPS officers and 963 PPS officers)[3][4] |
Non-Gazetted officers and Constables | 2,31,443[5] |
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Helicopters | 1[6] |
Dogs | 78[7] |
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The UP police employ around 1,368 gazetted officers, and 2,31,443 non gazetted uniformed officers. Uttar Pradesh police are governed by the Department of Home and Confidential of Uttar Pradesh.[8] The Uttar Pradesh Police is headed by the Director General of Police (DGP) for the state of Uttar Pradesh, who is the highest-ranking (DG) IPS officer of the state cadre. UP Police is the first Indian state police agency to have a highway patrol Unit, the UP Highway Police (UPHP).[11]

History
The present police system was created following the recommendation of the Police Commission headed by H.M. Court in 1860 and was enacted as Police Act of 1861.[12] H.M. Court became the first inspector general of police of the then North West Province and Avadh which comprised the territory of the present state of Uttar Pradesh. Since then many amendments in the Police Act of 1861 have happened which has shaped the current institution and structure of police in the state.[12] The first Inspector General of Uttar Pradesh was H.M. Court.[12]
Organization and structure
A Director General of Police (DGP) heads the state police. He is assisted by many police officers. State police headquarters is situated in Lucknow.
For the purpose of maintaining law and order in the state, the state of Uttar Pradesh is divided into 8 police zones. Each zone is headed by an officer of the rank of additional director general of police who is an officer of the Indian police Service. Each police zone is constituted by 2 to 3 police ranges. There are a total of 18 police ranges in the state of Uttar Pradesh. Each range is headed by an officer of the rank of either inspector general of police or deputy inspector general of police which corresponds with the administrative division. Each police range is constituted by around 2 to 4 districts.
There are a total of 75 police districts in the state. In each district (except Lucknow (city) and Gautambuddha Nagar), the head of the police is the SP or SSP. In the discharge of his duties he is assisted by Superintendent of Police (SP), Deputy Superintendent of Police (Deputy SP) or Assistant Superintendent of Police who may either be the officers of the Provincial Police Service or Indian Police Service. The number of SPs and Deputy SPs varies with the size, population, police work, or nature of police work in different districts. The number of SPs and Dy.SPs in districts like Lucknow, Kanpur Nagar, Agra, Gorakhpur, Varanasi, Meerut, Allahabad is considerably more than other districts. Whereas in smaller districts like Baghpat, Kannauj, Mahoba, Chandauli the number of the PPS officers is relatively lesser.
Typically, a police district in the state corresponds with the administrative district. Though, the head of the police force in the district is the senior superintendent of police (SSP)/superintendent of police (SP), who is always an officer of the Indian Police Service, the ultimate/final responsibility with regard to the maintenance of the law and order in the district lies with the district magistrate who is an officer of the Indian Administrative Service. The police district is further subdivided into police sub-divisions or police circles. A police circle is usually headed by an officer of the rank of Deputy Superintendent of Police or Assistant Superintendent of Police. The officer heading the police circle/sub-division is designated as the Circle Officer (C.O.) in the state of Uttar Pradesh. A police circle is usually constituted by 2 to 4 police stations. Each police station is headed by a police inspector. Throughout the state of Uttar Pradesh and other states, especially in North India, there is the main police station in the older/ main part of the city known as the Kotwali. The Kotwali covers the main or usually the older part of the town/city under its jurisdiction. Earlier, when the cities and towns were smaller and had a lesser population than at present and they hadn't grown in size so much, Kotwali covered the main town area of the cities or the districts. A police station is also called as a thana in the local language. The officer in charge of a police station is designated as or called as the station officer (S.O.) or station house officer (S.H.O). He is assisted by various sub-inspectors, head-constables, constables. There are also a number of police chowkis that come under the police station. A police chowki is under the charge of a sub-inspector of police. The regular constabulary carries the bulk of normal beat policing and patrolling.
The police commissioner system has been implemented in the cities of Lucknow City and Gautam Buddh Nagar. In the commissionerate system, the Commissioner of Police (CP) in the rank of Additional Director General of Police (ADG) heads the district. In Lucknow, the CP is assisted by 2 Joint Commissioners of Police (JCPs) in the rank of IG, and in Gautam Buddh Nagar, the commissioner is assisted by 2 Additional Commissioners (Addl. CPs) in the rank of DIG who look after Law and order while other looks into Crime & Headquarters. Under them, there is a team of IPS & PPS officers who are posted as DCPs and ACPs. Three DCPs are posted in a zone. One DCP's insignia is the state emblem above one star, who is senior to the other two DCPs, whose insignia is one state emblem only. Under the DCPs work ACPs, who are the chiefs of various circles. They are vested with the powers of the executive magistrate for criminal cases. Police Commissionerates are independent of zonal & range police chiefs supervision. They are also vested with powers of an executive magistrate under various acts.
Units / wings
The various units/wings of the UP police are:
- Training Directorate
- Criminal Investigation Department (CID)
- Special Enquiry Cell
- Anti Corruption Organization (ACO)
- Human Rights Cell (HRC)
- Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS)
- Intelligence Department (ID)
- Economic Offences Wing (EOW)
- Crime Cell
- Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT)
- Technical Services
- Government Railway Police (GRP)
- Dial 112 Service
- Special Task Force (STF)
- Uttar Pradesh Fire Service
- Traffic Directorate
- Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) (State paramilitary force)
- Special investigation team (SIT)
- Radio Headquarter of police
- Law and Order Cell
- Control Room (Works under the L&O cell, however, the officers in the L&O cell and control room are different till SP rank)
- Uttar Pradesh Homeguard
- State Disaster Response Force (SDRF)
List of Uttar Pradesh Police Chiefs
No. | Name | From | To |
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Directors General of Police (DGP)[19][14][15][16] | |||
48 | Hitesh Chandra Awasthy | 01 Feb 2020 | Incumbent |
47 | Om Prakash Singh | 1 Jan 2018 | 31 Jan 2020 |
46 | Sulkhan Singh | 22 Apr 2017 | 31 Dec 2017 |
45 | S. Javeed Ahmad | 1 Jan 2016 | 22 Apr 2017 |
44 | Jagmohan Yadav | 1 Jul 2015 | 31 Dec 2015 |
43 | Arvind Kumar Jain | 31 Jan 2015 | 30 Jun 2015 |
42 | Arun Kumar Gupta | 1 Jan 2015 | 31 Jan 2015 |
41 | Anand Kumar Banerjee | 28 Feb 2014 | 31 Dec 2014 |
40 | Rizwan Ahmed | 1 Jan 2014 | 28 Feb 2014 |
39 | Deo Raj Nagar | 12 Apr 2013 | 31 Dec 2013 |
38 | A. C. Sharma | 19 Mar 2012 | 12 Apr 2013 |
37 | Atul | 8 Jan 2012 | 19 Mar 2012 |
36 | Brij Lal | 30 Sep 2011 | 8 Jan 2012 |
35 | R. K. Tiwari | 31 Aug 2011 | 30 Sep 2011 |
34 | Karamvir Singh | 23 Sep 2009 | 31 Aug 2011 |
33 | Vikram Singh | 23 Jun 2007 | 23 Sep 2009 |
32 | G. L. Sharma | 15 Mar 2007 | 23 Jun 2007 |
31 | Bua Singh | 3 Apr 2006 | 14 Mar 2007 |
30 | Yashpal Singh | 11 Jan 2005 | 03 Apr 2006 |
29 | V. K. B. Nair | 28 Jun 2003 | 11 Jan 2005 |
28 | Hakam Singh | 20 Mar 2003 | 28 Jun 2003 |
27 | R. M. Shukla | 20 Jul 2002 | 20 Mar 2003 |
26 | R. K. Pandit | 31 Jul 2001 | 20 Jul 2002 |
25 | M. C. Dwivedi | 31 Jul 2000 | 31 Jul 2001 |
24 | Shri Ram Arun | 23 Dec 1999 | 31 Jul 2000 |
23 | K. L. Gupta | 2 Apr 1998 | 23 Dec 1999 |
22 | Shri Ram Arun | 3 May 1997 | 2 Apr 1998 |
21 | Haridas | 24 Nov 1996 | 3 May 1997 |
20 | S. N. P. Sinha | 4 Jul 1996 | 24 Nov 1996 |
19 | V. S. Mathur | 31 Mar 1996 | 4 Jul 1996 |
18 | Girish Bihari | 12 Aug 1995 | 31 Mar 1996 |
17 | V. S. Mathur | 30 Sep 1994 | 12 Aug 1995 |
16 | V.P. Kapoor | 8 Jun 1993 | 30 Sep 1994 |
15 | Prakash Singh | 23 Dec 1992 | 8 Jun 1993 |
14 | S.V.M. Tripathi | 30 Sep 1992 | 23 Dec 1992 |
13 | Prakash Singh | 22 Jul 1991 | 30 Sep 1992 |
12 | V. K. Jain | 31 Dec 1990 | 22 Jul 1991 |
11 | R. P. Mathur | 30 Dec 1989 | 31 Dec 1990 |
10 | R. P. Joshi | 31 Jul 1989 | 30 Dec 1989 |
9 | Harimohan | 31 Dec 1988 | 31 Jul 1989 |
8 | R. N. Gupta | 8 Jun 1987 | 31 Dec 1988 |
7 | D. S. Bhatnagar | 31 Mar 1987 | 8 Jun 1987 |
6 | P. C. Kakkar | 1 Jan 1987 | 31 Mar 1987 |
5 | D. K. Agarwal | 17 Sep 1985 | 31 Dec 1986 |
4 | J. N. Chaturvedi | 1 Apr 1984 | 17 Sep 1985 |
3 | S. C. Dixit | 25 Jul 1982 | 31 Mar 1984 |
2 | Naresh Kumar | 5 Mar 1982 | 24 Jul 1982 |
1 | Mahendra Singh | 24 Feb 1981 | 4 March 1982 |
Inspector Generals of Police[16][17][18] | |||
14 | Naresh Kumar | 24 Feb 1981 | 4 Mar 1982 |
13 | Mahendra Singh | 12 Mar 1980 | 23 Feb 1981 |
12 | Lal Singh Verma | 5 Jul 1977 | 11 Mar 1980 |
11 | Sarvan Tandon | 27 Mar 1976 | 4 Jul 1977 |
10 | Govind Chandra | 16 May 1975 | 26 Mar 1976 |
09 | H. K. Kherr | 1 Dec 1973 | 15 May 1975 |
08 | A. K. Dass | 5 Nov 1971 | 30 Nov 1973 |
07 | Islam Ahmad | 18 May 1971 | 4 Nov 1971 |
06 | N. S. Saxena | 20 Feb 1970 | 17 May 1971 |
05 | Jiyaram | 10 Apr 1967 | 19 Feb 1970 |
04 | Shanti Prasad | 17 Feb 1961 | 9 Apr 1967 |
03 | M. S. Mathur | 1 Apr 1954 | 16 Feb 1961 |
02 | T. P. Bhalla | 13 Jan 1953 | 31 Mar 1954 |
01 | B. N. Lahari | 27 Oct 1947 | 12 Jan 1953 |
No. | Name | From | To |
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11 | SG Pearce | 1 December 1946 | 26 October 1947 |
10 | P Meabsure | 28 June 1945 | 30 November 1946 |
10 | MA Inglis | 6 July 1940 | 26 June 1945 |
9 | RA Horton | 7 November 1937 | 5 July 1940 |
8 | AH Phillips | 15 March 1937 | 6 November 1937 |
7 | RA Horton | 16 June 1935 | 18 February 1937 |
5 | ST Holling | 7 April 1934 | 15 June 1935 |
6 | HR Roe | 5 November 1933 | 6 April 1934 |
5 | ST Holling | 27 April 1931 | 4 November 1933 |
RJS Dodd | 5 November 1928 | 25 March 1931 | |
4 | AH Williamson | 3 May 1928 | 4 November 1928 |
3 | RJS Dodd | 7 November 1925 | 2 May 1928 |
2 | AD Ashdown | 1 October 1923 | 6 November 1925 |
1 | LM Kaye | 23 February 1919 | 30 September 1923 |
Zones, ranges and districts
# | Zone | Headed by | # | Ranges | Headed by | # | Districts | Headed by |
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1 | Lucknow zone | ADGP Zone | 1 | Lucknow | IG Range | 1 | Lucknow Rural | SP |
2 | Unnao | SP | ||||||
3 | Sitapur | SP | ||||||
4 | Hardoi | SP | ||||||
5 | Rae Bareli | SP | ||||||
6 | Kheri | SP | ||||||
2 | Faizabad(officially Ayodhya) | DIG Range | 1 | Faizabad | SSP | |||
2 | Barabanki | SP | ||||||
3 | Sultanpur | SP | ||||||
4 | Ambedkar Nagar | SP | ||||||
5 | Amethi | SP | ||||||
2 | Bareilly zone | ADGP zone | 1 | Bareilly | IG Range | 1 | Bareilly | SSP |
2 | Shahjahanpur | SP | ||||||
3 | Pilibhit | SP | ||||||
4 | Badayun | SSP | ||||||
2 | Moradabad | DIG Range | 1 | Moradabad | SSP | |||
2 | Jyotiba Phule Nagar | SP | ||||||
3 | Rampur | SP | ||||||
4 | Bijnor | SP | ||||||
5 | Sambhal | SP | ||||||
3 | Meerut zone | ADGP zone | 1 | Meerut | IG Range | 1 | Meerut | SSP |
2 | Baghpat | SP | ||||||
3 | Ghaziabad | SSP | ||||||
4 | Bulandshahr | SSP | ||||||
5 | Hapur | SP | ||||||
2 | Saharanpur | DIG Range | 1 | Saharanpur | SSP | |||
2 | Muzaffarnagar | SSP | ||||||
3 | Shamli | SP | ||||||
4 | Agra zone | ADGP zone | 1 | Agra | IG Range | 1 | Agra | SSP |
2 | Mathura | SSP | ||||||
3 | Firozabad | SP | ||||||
4 | Mainpuri | SP | ||||||
2 | Aligarh | DIG Range | 1 | Aligarh | SSP | |||
2 | Hathras | SP | ||||||
3 | Etah | SSP | ||||||
4 | Kanshi Ram Nagar (Kasganj) | SP | ||||||
5 | Kanpur zone | ADGP zone | 1 | Kanpur | IG Range | 1 | Kanpur Nagar | SSP |
2 | Kanpur Dehat | SP | ||||||
3 | Auraiya | SP | ||||||
4 | Kannauj | SP | ||||||
5 | Farrukhabad | SP | ||||||
6 | Etawah | SSP | ||||||
2 | Jhansi | IG Range | 1 | Jhansi | SSP | |||
2 | Jalaun (Orai) | SP | ||||||
3 | Lalitpur | SP | ||||||
6 | Prayagraj zone | ADGP zone | 1 | Prayagraj | IG Range | 1 | Prayagraj | SSP |
2 | Kaushambi | SP | ||||||
3 | Pratapgarh | SP | ||||||
4 | Fatehpur | SP | ||||||
2 | Chitrakoot (Banda) | DIG Range | 1 | Chitrakoot | SP | |||
2 | Hamirpur | SP | ||||||
3 | Banda | SP | ||||||
4 | Mahoba | SP | ||||||
7 | Varanasi zone | ADGP zone | 1 | Varanasi | IG Range | 1 | Varanasi | SSP |
2 | Chandauli | SP | ||||||
3 | Jaunpur | SP | ||||||
4 | Ghazipur | SP | ||||||
2 | Mirzapur | DIG Range | 1 | Mirzapur | SP | |||
2 | Bhadohi | SP | ||||||
3 | Sonbhadra | SP | ||||||
3 | Azamgarh | DIG Range | 1 | Azamgarh | SP | |||
2 | Mau | SP | ||||||
3 | Ballia | SP | ||||||
8 | Gorakhpur zone | ADGP zone | 1 | Gorakhpur | IG Range | 1 | Gorakhpur | SSP |
2 | Maharajganj | SP | ||||||
3 | Kushinagar | SP | ||||||
4 | Deoria | SP | ||||||
2 | DIG Range | 1 | Basti | SP | ||||
2 | Sant Kabir Nagar | SP | ||||||
3 | Siddharth Nagar | SP | ||||||
3 | Devipatan (Gonda) | DIG Range | 1 | Gonda | SP | |||
2 | Balrampur | SP | ||||||
3 | Shravasti | SP | ||||||
4 | Bahraich | SP | ||||||
Total zones 8 | Total ranges 18 | Total districts 74 | ||||||
Technology
Facial recognition system
UP police uses a database of 500,000+ criminals with facial recognition technology in its "Trinetra" face identification system.[20][21]
Social media research center
A social media command and research center has been established in Meerut. The center monitors trends in social media that can have an impact on law & order situation and advise concerned district and range police chiefs.[22]
Corruption and misconduct
The Uttar Pradesh Police has an extensive history of police brutality,[23][24] misconduct, and corruption,[25] as well as discrimination on the basis of caste[26] and religion.[27][24][28]
In 2011, senior UP police officer who exposed corruption was termed “mentally ill” and forcibly taken to a hospital by the UP police.[29][30]
In 2017, eight donkeys were detained for 4 days for eating expensive($1,000) plants.[31]
In 2017, a UP policeman was caught destroying Indian railways property in a bid to stop a moving train to catch a fleeing prisoner.[32] After the Cop jumped off the moving train, he was thrashed by Railway police for jumping off a moving train and vandalism of Indian railway property and the prisoner escaped.[33]
In 2020, an officer who highlighted corruption in the police department was probed for ‘leaking secret documents’ to the media.[34]
In 2020, SHO Mani Shankar Tewari of Kheron police station in Raebareli district was caught giving lessons in corruption to his subordinates. Tewari was heard saying "You can commit crimes...I will manage as long as I am here" and "We can get Rs.10-15 thousand if we catch those involved in illegal mining....but if you apprehend a woman involved in selling illicit liquor we will get only Rs. one or two thousand so why take so much trouble".[35]
In 2020, Uttar Pradesh government started an operation to screen corrupt police officials who will be forced to take retirement.[36]
In the 2020 Hathras gang rape and murder UP Police forcibly cremated the body of the victim girl without the consent of her family.[37] Chandpa SHO DK Verma was transferred for his "failure to promptly act" in the case.[38]
Corruption in hiring
In 2007, 18,000 police officers were fired as they were hired despite being unqualified for the job.[39] These new recruits were illiterates who bribed between ₹100,000 and ₹500,000 to cheat in the UP police entrance tests.[39]
Rapes and crime against women
- In 2008, a UP police officer was arrested for raping the wife of his subordinate officer.[40]
- In 2011, UP police constable Ateeq Ahmed[41] was sentenced to life imprisonment after he raped and killed a 14-year-old child.[42]
- On 16 August 2020, UP Police officers asked an underage girl to dance before filing an FIR.[43]
- On 21 August 2019, UP police officers allegedly gang-raped a 21-year-old woman in Bareilly district of Uttar Pradesh.[44]
- In 2020, a male police officer was caught masturbating in front of a woman complainant inside a police station.[45]
- In January 2021, a female constable was allegedly raped by her colleague male policeman in Gonda district.[46][47]
Police brutality
- In April 2018, the father of the minor girl from Unnao in Uttar Pradesh who was raped by a BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar, was killed by the police in judicial custody.[48][49]
- In 2018, SHO Sunil Verma killed 48-year-old man Ramji Mishra at Gopiganj Police Station.[50][51] Verma allegedly used third degree torture on Ramji.[52]
- In 2019, a journalist was illegally locked-up, stripped and forced to drink urine by the UP police in Shamli.[53]
- In October 2019, UP cops were accused of torturing a 35-year-old man to death in front of his 11-year-old son while in custody.[54][55] 3 cops, including the SHO of Pilkhuwa town were suspended for allegedly torturing the man.[56] The son told a newspaper, “My father kept begging them not to beat him and asked them what he had done wrong but they kept hitting him,” “They were drunk. He fell at their feet and asked them to leave him but they tortured him so much that he defecated and urinated. Even when he was taken to the local hospital, he was not given any treatment. He was just locked in a room”.[56]
- On 3 May 2020, UP police forced a man to dance after he was allegedly caught violating the lock-down guidelines during the Covid-19 pandemic.[57]
- On 29 July 2020, a UP police station house officer brutally kicked an innocent man into a river.[58]
- In August 2020, UP cops assaulted a lawyer for questioning detention of minor boy.[59]
- In August 2020, UP cops were video-taped brutally beating Samajwadi Party worker students demanding postponement of NEET, JEE exams during the covid-19 pandemic.[60][61]
Fake encounters
- India Today exposed that UP police frame innocent people and kill them in staged encounters for money and promotions.[62] A sub-inspector of the offered to gun down an innocent civilian for around Rs 8 lakh.[63]
- Between 2015-2018, 211 complaints of fake encounters were filed in India out of which 39 were on UP police.[64]
- In 2012, 17 UP police personnel were given life term for killing an incontinent 24-year-old man in a 1992 fake encounter and later they branded the victim as a terrorist.[65]
- On July 10, 2020, UP police killed gangster-turned-politician Vikas Dubey.[66][67] UP police denies that the incident was a fake encounter.[68][69]
Drunk on duty
In 2017, 3 cops caught were caught drinking beer on duty in Etawah.[70]
Firearms
Most of the weapons in service with the Uttar Pradesh Police are locally produced by the Indian ordnance factories controlled by the Ordnance Factories Board, the police also induct various weapons imported by the Ministry of Home Affairs as part of modernization plans.


As per the 2017 audit by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India, Uttar Pradesh Police has a shortage of 45,047 handguns and an excess of 56,298 rifles.[71][72][73]
48%, 58,853, of the 1.22 lakh (122,000) rifles available to the state police are of point-303 bore category, which was rendered obsolete by the Ministry of Home Affairs in 1995.[71][72][73]


Weapons of the UP Police also include:
- Baton Wooden standard issue weapons
- IOF.32 Service revolver currently being phased out as standard issue sidearm
- Pistol Auto 9mm 1A 9×19mm Parabellum Standard Issue sidearm as service weapons to inspectors and higher ranks as well as to selected constables
- Glock 17 9×19mm Parabellum
- Sten Submachine gun 9×19mm Parabellum mostly replaced by 9mm SAF Carbine 1A1
- SAF Carbine 1A1 9×19mm Parabellum
- Heckler & Koch MP5 9×19mm Parabellum
- Short Magazine Lee–Enfield Mk III rifle .303 British
- Ishapore 2A1 Rifle 7.62×51mm NATO
- 1A Self Loading Rifle 7.62×51mm NATO
- AK 47 7.62×39mm M43
- INSAS Rifle 5.56×45mm NATO
- OFB LMG 7.62×51mm NATO L4A1 variant
- Amogh carbine 5.56×30mm MINSAS
See also
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