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India signs contract with Sig Sauer for 72,400 rifles

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Kalyan Ray, DH News Service, New Delhi, Feb 12 2019

The Defence Ministry on Tuesday signed a Rs 647-crore deal to buy 72,400 assault rifles from US company Sig Sauer within a year.

These rifles will replace the indigenous (5.56 x 45 mm) INSAS rifles being used by the troops for years.

The fast track procurement case was approved by the Defence Acquisition Council on January 16, 2018. These rifles are only the first part of an elaborate plan to replace the small arms used by the three services with modern and more lethal weapons.

Out of the 72,400 assault rifles, Indian Army would receive 66,400, while Indian Air Force and Indian Navy would get 4,000 and 2,000 of these guns respectively.

The rifles would be manufactured at Sig Sauer's production unit at New Hampshire, a battleground state in the next US presidential election. The deal is expected to create jobs in the US state from where US President Donald Trump won his first primary in 2016.

More: https://www.deccanherald.com/national/india-signs-contract-sig-sauer-72400-assault-rifles-718070.html

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