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Army in the market for new assault rifles

The army wanted to replace the heavier 7.62MM SLR, its main assault weapon and Germany's Heckler & Koch's G 41 and Austria's Steyr AUG were short-listed with both vendors offering free transfer of technology in the $ 4.5 million contract. Thereafter, the army's requirements doubled and the...

India goes shopping for a new assault rifle India goes shopping for a new assault rifle November 30, 2011 Rahul Bedi reports on the defence ministry's decision to seek a long-pending replacement for the INSAS assault rifle for its troops The Ministry of Defence has issued a tender for the...