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Army

Saab To Supply USSOCOM With More Carl-Gustaf Systems

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, June 19th, 2012

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Sweden's Saab yesterday said it signed an approximately $25.8 million contract with U.S. Special Operations Command to supply additional Carl-Gustaf man-portable weapon systems and ammunition. Delivery will take place in July 2013. “Having this system in service and combat proven with U.S. Special Operations Forces is yet another stamp of approval and proof of the continued confidence that the U.S. Special Operations Command customer has in our company and our products”, Saab North America President Dan-Åke Enstedt said in a…

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