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17,000 faulty Italian Guns supplied to BSF Jawans : Gujarat border
The ministry of home affairs (MHA) has directed the Border
Security Force (BSF) to submit a report following a Headlines Today
expose on the paramilitary forces being supplied dud guns by
Italian company Beretta.
The Headlines Today report had showed how BSF has been supplied
substandard submachine guns by the Italian company, which has
already agreed to replace the defective guns. As per the HT report
Italian arms major Beretta has agreed to replace faulty weapons
supplied by them after they failed at a BSF test fire facility in
Gujarat.
The BSF top brass had held talks with the company officials after
the issue came to light. The BSF officials clarified that defective
weapons were found only with personnel deployed in Gujarat sector
of the border with Pakistan.
Last year, the BSF had awarded Beretta a contract of more than
30,000 sub-machine guns at an approximate cost of Rs. 200 crore.
The first consignment of 17,000 guns was received last September
and distributed among BSF personnel on the border to replace INSAS
and other rifles. However the high- tech MX4 9mm Storm assault
rifle failed the test, and when the sample weapon was test fired,
it bulged.
The test fire report suggests that the gun would not only be
ineffective in neutralizing the enemy, but there are also chances
of the barrel of the weapon exploding and causing serious injuries.
The document also noted other defects in the sample weapon.
Moreover corrosion was found on 113 guns. 164 guns had tool marks
and nine guns had machining rings.
Source: deshgujarat.com
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