completed by 2021. The JVPC was subjected to accuracy and reliability test at extreme temperature conditions of India. The final user trials were conducted at the sub-zero cold desert of Ladakh. The JVPC was earlier cleared user trials by CAPF. In 2017, the then Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh ceremonially accepted a JVPC from the then Minister of Defence Nirmala Sitharaman, marking its service induction into the CAPF, Paramilitary forces and Police forces under the Ministry of Home affairs. The JVPC is currently being procured for the CAPF. Design The MSMC or JVPC is a highly compact weapon that is less than 22 inches long with the stock collapsed, making it ideal for personal defence, close quarter battle and counter insurgency/counter terrorism operations. Like machine pistols such as the Uzi, the JVPC has a pistol grip with a magazine well. A 30-round MSMC magazine is inserted through this pistol grip. The JVPC's ergonomic pistol grip design, low recoil and compact size allows the user to fire it like a pistol. It has a retractable stock and ambidextrous fire selector located above the trigger. The upper receiver of the prototypes were made of stamped metal sheet, while production models are manufactured using metal injection molding technique. It has multiple MIL-STD-1913 picatinny rail system – one on the upper receiver for mounting modern optics and sights and one on the lower for mounting forward hand grip. The lower receiver is mostly made of polymer. The JVPC has an overall length of 745 mm when stock is extended and 552 mm when stock is collapsed, making it a highly compact weapon. It has a barrel length of 300 mm and an effective range of 200 to 300 metre. JVPC has provision to equip barrel attachments such as suppressor and bayonet. The JVPC is designed to fire 5.56×30mm MINSAS round and have a muzzle velocity of 650 meters per second. The 5.56×30mm ammunition used in JVPC is said to be superior to both FN 5.7×28mm and HK 4.6×30mm cartridges. The JVPC has gas operated rotating bolt mechanism and features two modes of fire – single and full auto, which fires at a rate of 800–900 round/min. Operators Central Industrial Security Force Central Reserve Police Force Chhattisgarh Police Jammu and Kashmir Police Special Protection Group - In 2019 December 2 issue of the Mail Today, journalist Sandeep Unnithan reported that JVPC has cleared user trials