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Article: Interest in special-warfare armaments on the rise.(2002 Eurosatory; France)(Brief Article)
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- National Defense
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- August 1, 2002
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A growing attraction to special-warfare, commando-style weaponry was evident at the 2002 Eurosatory arms exhibition in France. Russia and Israel, among the 39 countries represented at the show, displayed several technologies that are aimed for that market.
Noteworthy to small-arms experts at the show was a Russian 9 x 21 mm armor-piercing cartridge made with a steel core. Even though the cartridge is not new, it is now being sold as a weapon system" along with an automatic pistol and a compact submachine gun, both of which can fire the same cartridge. The cartridges and the guns have been sold separately for at least a decade, but now are marketed as a set.
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