Defensphere plans tests for Vegvisir prototype
Startup company aims to demonstrate Vegvisir situational awareness system for armoured vehicles at Eurosatory in June.
Lithuania acquires additional batch of H&K G36 assault rifles
The G36 assault rifle is the main small arm used by the Lithuanian Armed Forces (Photo: Lithuanian MoD)
Lithuania's Defence Materiel Agency signed a €19 million contract with Heckler & Koch. Deliveries will take place from 2022 to 2023.
The Lithuanian MoD is progressing in its effort to update the armed forces’ inventory and has acquired a new batch of G36 assault rifles. The Defence Materiel Agency of the MoD signed a €19 million ($22 million) contract with Heckler & Koch on 30 September.
The new rifles will maintain the existing capabilities of the Lithuanian forces and replace obsolete and no longer used rifles, according to a press release from the MoD.
Although the MoD did not disclose details about the number of rifles purchased, it confirmed that deliveries will start in 2022, with the last guns being handed over in 2023.
The G36 assault rifle is the main small arm used by Lithuania. The press release noted it meets the service's requirements in terms of reliability under different tactical conditions on national and international operations.
Shephard Defence Insight notes that, in October 2018, the Lithuanian Army purchased G36 KA4M1 rifles under a contract worth US$12.6 million.
The G36 is a modular weapon made almost entirely of carbon-reinforced polymer which uses a self-regulating operating rod gas system.
It was developed in the 1990s to meet a German Armed Forces requirement for a 5.56mm assault rifle and entered service in 1997.
More from Land Warfare
-
![Defensphere plans tests for Vegvisir prototype]()
-
![Communications kits to help improve cyber on CV90]()
Communications kits to help improve cyber on CV90
MilDef is providing communications equipment for the CV90 IFV.
-
![South Korea introduces new weapons and trials UGVs]()
South Korea introduces new weapons and trials UGVs
New machine guns, NBC detection vehicles and RWS are entering service in South Korea, and UGVs could eventually follow.
-
Bundeswehr contracts Rheinmetall for mortar modernisation
The German Bundeswehr has selected Rheinmetall for ammunition delivery and modernisation programme.
-
![Canadian team researches add-on armour]()
Canadian team researches add-on armour
Canadian research programme will introduce new modelling and simulation technologies for the development of vehicle armour.
-
![Czechs suffer lingering IFV headache]()
Czechs suffer lingering IFV headache
In a step forward, the recently appointed Czech Minister of Defence defined the BVP replacement as a priority for the country — but in a potential step backwards, Jana Černochová decided that the MoD will reassess the acquisition of 210 new IFVs.
