FNSS advances Indonesian Kaplan APC programme as local production expands
FNSS and PT Pindad are progressing the Indonesian tracked armoured personnel carrier programme as local production gets under way.
Milipol Paris 2017: Montenegro’s TARA Group unveils new weapons
TARA Perfection, a division of the TARA Group, unveiled its new TM-10 7.62x51mm assault rifle and TM-9 SMG 9x19mm sub machine gun (SMG), at Milipol in Paris.
The company also revealed a new variant of its TM-M4A1 chamber for .300 Blackout (BLK) round and the TM-9C, a compact version of its TM-9 9x19 mm pistol.
The TM-10 is a derivative of Tara’s TM-M4A1. The new rifle was developed in answer to existing customer requirements for a weapon chambered in the 7.62 NATO caliber, Boris Kljajevic, commercial director at TARA Aerospace and Defence Products, detailed to Shephard.
Development work began
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