India’s first gun for women, Nirbheek was
launched on 9 January 2014. It is a tribute
to the gang rape victim of December 2012, Nirbhaya.
Gun has been manufactured by the Indian Ordnance Factory, Kanpur.
It is a 0.32 bore light weight revolver which
has been developed to give more power to women to defend themselves. It only
weighs 500 grams and is made of titanium
alloy. Besides, being the lightest revolver, Nirbheek is also the smallest revolver made in India.
For it simple mechanism and light frame it
has been described by arms experts as an Indian hybrid of a Webley & Scott
and Smith & Wesson.