Frag Out! Magazine
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Notably, a historic milestone was achieved in November 2023. 100,000 MSBS Grot rifles have been manufactured at the FB Łucznik-Radom factory - the 100,000th example was received by the Polish Armed Forces. This flagship product has been a part of the Polish Armed Forces' inventory since 2017 and it is gradually becoming the primary weapon used by the military. Currently, solely the A2 variant is being delivered. The A0 is no longer used in the Polish Armed Forc- es, while the A1 is replaced, or modernized to match the high- er standard. Notably, we are just speaking of 100,000 Grot rifles operated by the Polish Armed Forces. The total number of manufactured rifles is much higher. A high number of Grot rifles was sent to Ukraine, and one customer in Africa (a bit smaller quantity, with some including underslung grenade launchers). During the "Grotowisko" conference last year, the A3 variant was preliminarily presented, developed at Fabryka Broni, and with modifications tailoring the rifle to the user requirements, heightened levels of functionality, and responding to the troops' feedback, regarding the previous variant. Border Guard has also become a customer at FB Radom. During the second edition of the POLSECURE fair, on April 25th, 2023, the management at Fabryka Broni, and the Polish Border Guard signed an agreement on delivery of 240 5.56x45 mm MSBS GROT C16 FB-A2 rifles. On May 19th, 2023 the Company signed another agreement with the Armament Agency, worth more than PLN 160 million, on de- livery of 28 thousand VIS 100 pistols for the Polish Armed Forces. On the very same day, an agreement was signed on the delivery of 200 MSBS Grot ceremonial rifles, with a value of PLN 2.6 million. ANALYSIS