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Why the successful trials of a desi carbine is such a big deal
Why the successful trials of a desi carbine is such a big deal | India Today Insight
The first indigenously designed and produced carbine to pass trials will reduce India’s humiliating dependence on imported small arms
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UPDATED: December 30, 2020 19:44 IST
The Joint Venture Protective Carbine (JVPC) was cleared for induction into the Indian armed forces after successful user trials
In mid-June this year, a Belgian arms manufacturer walked out of a contract to supply small arms to India’s covert paramilitary, the Special Frontier Force (SFF). FN Herstal had signed a contract worth around Rs 70 crore to supply its P90 personal defence weapons and two variants of its SCAR assault rifles to the SFF, a unit made up of ethnic Tibetans. The exact reasons for FN’s refusal to supply the arms are unclear, but sources say it had to do with the firm’s concerns that their products would be used in