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Afghanistan Requests $60 Million In Individual And Crew Served Weapons

Thursday, August 18th, 2016

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Seal of DSCA. (Image: U.S. Department of Defense)

The State Department approved a possible $60 million Foreign Military Sales (FMS) request to Afghanistan for individual and crew served weapons, equipment, training, and support.The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified Congress of the potential sale on August 17.The major defense equipment (MDE) portion of the sale would include 4,891 M16A4 5.56mm Rifles, 485 M240B 7.62mm Machine Guns, and 800 M2 .50 caliber Machine Guns.Non MDE in the FMS includes M249 Light Automatic Machine Guns; M110 7.62mm Sniper Rifles; MK-19…

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