Indian Army will get US-made Sig Sauer rifles by year-end, says General Bipin Rawat; postal stamp on 'Siachen Warriors' released
FirstpostThe Indian Army is working to empower its infantry forces, and one of the world’s best rifles, manufactured by firearm major Sig Sauer, will be made available to them by the end of this year, Army Chief General Bipin Rawat said on Friday New Delhi: The Indian Army is working to empower its infantry forces, and one of the world’s best rifles, manufactured by firearm major Sig Sauer, will be made available to them by the end of this year, Army Chief General Bipin Rawat said on Friday. In his closing remarks at the Field Marshal KM Cariappa memorial lecture in New Delhi, General Rawat said a manufacturing unit for AK-203 rifles, an India-Russia joint venture, will start production and first set of rifles are expected to be available by the end of this year. We are confident the first set of rifles coming in a dismantled state and assembled here will be available by the end of the year,” General Rawat said. General Rawat said, as part of a new initiative, information regarding India’s borders and boundaries with neighbouring countries would “soon be put in the public domain”.
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