Army should be looking for a NEW Sub Machine Gun (SMG)

[S.U.R.B.]

There was news back in 2009 about such a weapon,that was cloned and then named as Pk-10.

A blast from the past:

HONG KONG, China — At a press conference held during an international exhibition of defense equipment in Turkey last summer, a Russian military delegation harshly criticized the Pakistan Ordnance Factories Company for copying Russian weapons systems.

The Russians claimed that the POF’s RPG-7P anti-tank rockets, 122-mm D-30 howitzer ammunition and PK-10 assault guns were 100-percent imitations of Russian systems. The PK-10 assault gun is a Pakistani version of the Russian Kalashnikov, or AK-47, the Russians pointed out. As for the other two weapons, even the names remain the same.

This seemed odd, as Pakistan has no history or culture of imitating foreign weapons. Following this press conference however, a visit to the Pakistan exhibit revealed that the PK-10 assault gun had been removed from the display.

The Russian Rosoboronexport delegation said that, as 2009 is the 90th birthday of the AK-47, Russia is paying special attention to protecting its intellectual property rights with regard to the assault rifle. For this purpose, Russia has signed agreements with China and Turkey on the protection of intellectual property rights of Russian weapons.

What is surprising is that the Russians did not know that the Pakistani Army had been employing PK-10 assault guns extensively. Ground forces in major cities like Islamabad and Karachi are all armed with PK-10 assault guns.

May be it's the cause of reluctance.

 

[kenyannoobie]

IDK how nomenclature is decided upon but calling a carbine an SMG is interesting. I always thought the short barrels,9mm and .45 MP5s and Patchetts were subguns. This shortie FAL is called a pistol!