mikhail
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Re: AR-M1, Arsenal made assault rifle used by the Indian Forces
Mate the AR M-1 is an improved version of the AKM series of assault rifles and it was not copied illegally by the Bulgarians.Bulgaria got the license to produce the AKM from the erstwhile U.S.S.R. as it was a part of the Warsaw Pact.Arsenal & Co. was the armament factory established in 1878 and it's previous name was United Industrial Plant "Friedrich Engels" until 1989 when it changed ti's name and became a limited company.It manufactured AKM since the late 1960s.The current AR M-1 is an improved version of AKM with serious improvement in accuracy and recoil has been reduced to a significant level.Plus the use of black plastic polymer has helped to reduce the weight of the rifle and improving its ergonomics.This is the Bulgarian cheap copy of the real rifle.
Indian army had refused this copy, hence BSF and others fighting insurgency etc. do use it.
It is not made in India in large numbers. Just sufficient copies have been procured for paramilitary forces.
Indian Army's standard issue today is INSAS, before that FAL and before that Leenfield.
The Bulgarian copy is not extensively sold although it is at third the price of the real mccoy.
All the above performance data is a suspect as the manufacturer usually gloat over his product. If it is as good as it says then it will not bselling so cheap.