More new rifles for Polish army
The Łucznik arms producer in Radom, south of Warsaw, will supply the Polish army with 70,000 more latest-generation rifles under a deal signed by Defence Minister Mariusz Błaszczak on Monday, according to officials.
Poland’s Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Mariusz Błaszczak approves a deal to buy more latest-generation rifles for the Polish army from a domestic producer on Monday, Jan. 2, 2023.Photo: PAP/Rafał Guz
The Grot rifles will be delivered in stages until 2026, the Polish defence ministry announced.
Błaszczak told reporters that the Grot rifle was „very popular with Polish Army soldiers” and that talks were under way to order more such weapons in the near future.
He mentioned a target of at least 300,000 rifles, state news agency PAP reported.
„This „We are consistently strengthening and modernizing the Polish armed forces,” he added. has also passed the test of combat in Ukraine,” Błaszczak said.
Łucznik has so far supplied the Polish army with around 17,000 Grot rifles, public broadcaster Polish Radio’s IAR news agency reported.
Błaszczak told reporters in 2020 that the Grot rifles were “among the best weapons in the world.”
Poland’s government has named defence as a priority and has embarked on a military modernisation drive amid Russia’s war in neighbouring Ukraine.
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Source: IAR, PAP
