Leonardo launches new turrets for land and naval platforms
At SeaFuture 2023 in La Spezia, Italy, Leonardo launched two new turrets for land and naval applications.
Denmark selects new LMG
The Danish Army has selected the US Ordnance M60E6 to meet its requirement for a new 7.62mm light machine gun (LMG), it has emerged.
The Danish Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organization (DALO) plans to order approximately 700 weapons for delivery by late 2014. A spokesperson from US Ordnance told Shephard that the contract was valued between 75-100 million Danish Kroner ($14-18.5 million).
The new weapon will replace the M/62, the Danish designation for the German 7.62mm G3 geneal purpose machine gun, which has the been standard machine gun employed within Danish infantry sections since 1962.
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