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Looks like another big contract for Gaston and crew:
"It is finally official. The French Ministry of Armed Forces have ordered 74,596 Glock pistols in a contract worth over 44 Million Euros (about $49 Million USD).
The first Glock 17s have already been delivered and deliveries will continue until 2022. The new Glocks will replace the current Mac 50 and Pamas G1 (Beretta 92) pistols."
https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/...ks-17-pistols/
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That is $589.84 Euro's per pistol (656.87 U.S. dollars). I sure hope that comes with something other then the night sights and 3 mags per pistol.
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I mean....why not go Glock?
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Big day for the French, as they annouced they'll be buying SCARs as well.
http://soldiersystems.net/2020/01/07...-fn-scar-h-pr/
Good on them. Between these and the HK416 selection a few years back, it seems like they're overhauling their small arms arsenal.
--British veteran of the Ukraine War, discussing the FN SCAR H.It's f*****g great, putting holes in people, all the time, and it just puts 'em down mate, they drop like sacks of s**t when they go down with this.
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Good for them. Go Glock!!!
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I wonder why 74,596. Why not 75,000 even? Or 74,600?
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It likely includes parts, training, and other ancillary equipment (like holsters, magazine pouches, armorer's tools).Originally Posted by robbins290
Bureaucracy works in mysterious ways.
74,596 is probably what they could justify on paper without an accountant jumping down their throats about waste. And they already have some in the system.
I would guess that the number includes cutaways for armorer's training, blue-framed T guns, plus examples for French arms museums and government-operated military small arms reference collections.
Last edited by MountainRaven; 01-07-20 at 11:21.
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It's a sound choice. Good for France!
Let those who are fond of blaming and finding fault, while they sit safely at home, ask, ‘Why did you not do thus and so?’I wish they were on this voyage; I well believe that another voyage of a different kind awaits them.”
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QUICK- somebody tell Fly the G17's are STILL relevant!!
The obedient always think of themselves as virtuous rather than the cowards they really are.
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I thought the French were going with HK 416 also?
French Army seems to be armed with Teutonic weapons.
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