300 rare weapons on display at BSF’s Arms Museum in Indore

Indore, Have you seen a gun that looks like a stick from the outside but is capable of killing someone when its trigger is pulled and the bullet hits the target? HT Image At least three such “stick guns” are on display at the Arms Museum of the Central School of Armament and Warfare Skills of the Border Security Force in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore. Unlock exclusive access to the latest news on India’s general elections, only on the HT App. Download Now! Download Now! Set up in 1967 based on the vision of BSF Director General K F Rustomjee, the museum is home to 300 rare weapons, officials said on Friday on the eve of International Museum Day, observed on May 18. The museum’s collection, sourced from different places, includes big weapons such as rocket launchers and machine guns of various sizes to mini pols that can fit into one’s palm, they said. Talking to PTI, CSWT Inspector General BS Rawat said the museum displays weapons from the 14th century to the later periods. “The museum gives you a glimpse of weapons used man since the beginning and how they gradually evolved the first and second World Wars,” he said. Rawat said the facility had also housed the pol that freedom fighter Bhagat Singh used to kill British officer JP Saunders on December 17, 1928, in Lahore. The semi-automatic pol, developed US-based weapons manufacturer Colts, was sent to Punjab in 2017 following the directions of the Union Home Minry and is currently on display at a museum at Hussainiwala in Ferozepur drict. A portrait of this pol is at the arms museum in honour of the martyred freedom fighter, he said. The senior officer further said personnel who train at CSWT are introduced to these weapons to learn the shortcomings of the indigenous and foreign weapons of various periods. This article was generated from an automated news agency feed without modifications to text. News / Cities / Indore / 300 rare weapons on display at BSF’s Arms Museum in Indore