ADEX 2017: S&T motivated to grow its small arms
S&T Motiv displayed several new small arms that it is currently developing – including a 5.56mm assault rifle, 7.62mm machine gun and 12.7mm anti-materiel rifle – at the Seoul ADEX 2017 exhibition from 17-22 October.
Shaun An, manager of public relations at S&T Motiv, said production of the K2C1 5.56mm assault rifle (pictured above) commenced last year for South Korea’s military. An evolution of the in-service K2C rifle, S&T Motiv will produce 60,000 of these 3.68kg rifles this year to fulfil a one-off order. A 3.3kg short-barrel version is also available.
Coming later on will be the K2C2 rifle, a
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