Poonch ambush: did terrorists use US-made M4 carbine-rifle?

People's Anti-Fascist Front, the terror group that claimed responsibility for the ambush in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch, has released pictures from the attack site on social media.

India Today reported that one of the picture shows them carrying a sophisticated US-made M4 carbine assault rifle.

The United States developed the M4 carbine in 1980s. It is a lightweight, gas-operated, magazine-fed carbine.

The India Today reported that it is the primary infantry weapon of the US Army and has also been adopted by over 80 other countries. The M4 is said to be designed for close combat. It is reported to be accurate and reliable.

The report added that in 2016 security forces recovered four M4 rifles with steel bullets from terrorists.

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