After the Fidbeck of the Armed Forces: the Polish army purchases 70 thousand Grot C16 rifles

The machine is completely Polish. The military has been operated since 2017, and after the war in Ukraine in Ukraine, it was decided to make Grot C16 with major small arms in the army. The National Defense Ministry and the weapons agency have signed a contract of order almost 70,000 Grot C16 FB-A2 carbines. About it reports the Polish portal Defense 24. Grot C16 is the first Polish carbine to choose the main one in the Polish army. The first party supply contract was signed in July 2020.

He was later expanded. The army received about 28 thousand carbines, some of them were sent to Ukraine after the start of a full -scale war. They have also been bought for Poland's terrobourons since 2017. The new contract involves the purchase of another 70,000 Grot carbines. Together with the new supply, the number of Polish machines in the army will reach 150 thousand. The cost of one carbine is about $ 2,700 per unit.

This is higher than the German Hecklker & Koch HK-416, but the Polish army will become independent of foreign supplies. "Msbs Grot receives very good user feedback. Polish soldiers, both professional and territorial defense, value them primarily for ergonomics and practical solutions. We also receive positive feedback from Ukrainian soldiers where weapons are used in war.

Seeing the potential for further development of carbines , we have taken further steps to make them as much as possible in the hands of Polish soldiers, ”said the head of the weapons agency Brigade General Arthur Kuptel. It is worth noting that Polish development is not based on the American assault rifle AR-15 and is a completely new development. On December 30, the media wrote that the US Army would start a machine gun and a new caliber of 6. 8x51, which has increased deadly.