Poland and Australia ordered the Russian gun "Saiga-12"
Izhmash (Izhevsk Machine-Building Plant) received new contracts, including a contract for the Saiga-12 rifle, to which America had previously shown great interest. During the march of Nuremberg in March from 9 to 12 in the German Nuremberg weapons IWA & Outdoor Classics took an interest in the Saiga-12 gun for the law enforcement agencies of Australia and Poland, ordering some products in various designs for their own tests.
Thus, the Australian law enforcement forces chose to modify the Saiga-12 smooth-bore gun under the traumatic cartridge. Representatives of "Izhmash" also report that Central American countries, which previously ordered weapons through intermediaries in the United States of America, are also interested in Izhevsk weapons.
During the exhibition, Izhmash management meetings were held with partners from France, Switzerland, Great Britain, Greece, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Germany, Norway, as well as with representatives of the CIS countries, Canada, Pakistan, South Africa, and Malta. The press service of the company notes that many "formed" orders for the supply of smooth-bore and rifled guns.
In total, the exhibition, held in Germany, "Izhmash" presented 63 products, including 18 new types of small arms. According to the press service of the plant, smooth-bore rifles “Saiga-12” with a Lancaster drill, products designed for camouflage, a traumatic pistol made on the basis of the Vityaz submachine gun, small-caliber rifles for cartridge .22 LR.
Earlier there were reports that in January of this year, the Izhevsk Machine-Building Plant began to supply smooth-bore semi-automatic shotguns with the “Saiga-12” store supply to American police units. During the debriefing of the exhibition in Nuremberg, Germany, Maxim Kuziuk, the general director of Izhmash, announced that the company had increased the supply of semi-automatic Saiga rifles to America by 50%. According to Maxim Kuzyuk, Izhmash’s partners from America visited the plant’s booth and confirmed the huge demand for Saiga rifles and hunting carbines in the United States.
Carabiner "Saiga-12" is used during amateur and commercial hunting for poultry, small and medium animals in areas with different climates. It has a smooth barrel with a chamber, which makes it possible to use bullet and shotgun cartridges, including the “Magnum”.
Reliable work of automation, high precision manufacturing of the barrel, high accuracy of shooting for one hundred meters - these are the distinctive features of Saygi-12. In addition, the "Saiga-12" is the best weapon for the forces of law and order in the conditions of the city due to the rapid change of the store, the semi-automatic recharge mode, as well as the large capacity of the store.
OAO NPO Izhmash is engaged in the development and production of a wide range of civilian and special products, including Nikonov and Kalashnikov assault rifles, grenade launchers, sniper rifles, submachine guns, maintenance equipment and guided weapons repair, aviation weapons, complexes of guided artillery weapons, as well as special and serial machines and tools.
The company was founded in 1807 year.
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