Indian Army Takes Delivery Of 27,000 Locally-Made AK-203 Assault Rifles from IRRPL.

Defence

The Indo-Russian Rifles Private Limited (IRRPL) has delivered close to 27,000 AK-203 assault rifles to the Indian Army. Furthermore, an additional 8,000 rifles will be delivered to the army in the next two weeks. IRRPL is a joint venture between Advanced Weapons and Equipment India Limited (AWEIL) [erstwhile Ordnance Factory Board (OFB)] and Russian defence major, Kalashnikov Concern, the manufacturer of the famed AK-47 rifles.


      India signed a deal with Russia in 2020 to buy more than 770,000 AK-203 rifles in July 2021 worth Rs 5,000 crore, under which more than 100,000 rifles will be directly imported from Russia, while the remaining 670,000 will be manufactured in India at the factory in Korwa.

      This delivery comes six months after India started testing the first batch of locally-made AK-203 rifles in IRRPL's manufacturing facility in Korwa, Amethi.

     

 

     


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