Kalashnikov automatic rifles to be produced in India

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Apols for the Russian English!


October 18, 2004 Posted: 09:02 Moscow time (05:02 GMT)

MOSCOW - The Izhmash concern has agreed with India to start licensed production of Kalashnikov automatic rifles, the press department of the Russian Federal Agency for Industry reported citing director of the foreign economic activity department of the company Alexander Zavarzin.

According to Zavarzin, the bilateral project will start in 2005 and stipulates annual production of 100,000 Kalashnikov automatic rifles in India.

Russia is to supply the necessary equipment to India and some elements for the assembly of rifles.

India is to develop its facilities and boost the share of rifle elements produced in it.

The rifles are supposed to be use by the Indian Army and law enforcement authorities.

India is not entitled to exports the rifles to their countries.



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[tatra]

Yes, and ... ?
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What type(s) of Kalashnikov?

 

[gf0012-aust]

Yes, and ... ?
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What type(s) of Kalashnikov?

mate, I knew you'd be responding eventually to this.. : Unfortunately thats all I have at this stage. The accompanying photo in the original article provided had the usual mug shot of AK-74's and AKM's. Not necessarily representative of the article though as I suspect that they were media stock shots.

 

[Pathfinder-X]

A chinese defence magazine I read a few months ago said that the 5.45mm AK rounds' perfomance isn't as good as the 5.56mm NATO. I doubt that India will produce obsolete AK series when they have Insas in their inventroy.

 

[gf0012-aust]

A chinese defence magazine I read a few months ago said that the 5.45mm AK rounds' perfomance isn't as good as the 5.56mm NATO. I doubt that India will produce obsolete AK series when they have Insas in their inventroy.

The Indian company involved copped a very strong serve at the last military exhibition. It was a govt to govt exchange. Kalshnikov himself weighed in with some choice words in various gun magazine articles.

Prob is I never kept the article records as it wasn't that interesting (personally) for me.

I suspect that this is a symbolic initiator to add some legitimacy to what has taken place.

 

[armage]

What kind of machine guns does India use (right now)?

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