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Saab, Raytheon Team To Improve Army Shoulder-Fired Weapons

Monday, November 13th, 2017

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Saab, Raytheon Team To Improve Army Shoulder-Fired Weapons

Saab M4 Carl Gustav recoilless rifle.

In addition to an urgent-need procurement of more than 1,000 recoilless rifles, the Army has tasked industry with developing new ammunition for the weapons.The Army’s project manager for crew served weapons is overseeing the purchase of 1,111 M3E1 Carl Gustaf recoilless rifles made by Swedish firm Saab. The $40 million procurement is being made under an urgent material release so the weapons can be fielded immediately. Saab is supplying the weapons after the Army underwent a foreign comparative testing (FCT)…

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