Russia signed the first export contracts for the new Kalashnikov AK-19 automaton, created under NATO cartridge. About this RIA Novosti reported the press secretary of the Federal Service for Military Technical Cooperation (FSVTs) Valery Reshetnikov.
“It has been great interest to this product. In addition, in 2021, the first contracts for export deliveries AK-19 were already concluded,” she said, answering the relevant question.
The fact that the new AK-19 will be able to charge NATO cartridges, reported in February. Then it became known that the first relevant application to the concern of the Russian Federation came from foreign customers.
AK-19 was created on the basis of AK-12, adopted by the Russian army in 2018. For the first time abroad, AK-19 will be presented at the Idex-2021 exhibition, which is scheduled for February 21-25 in Abu Dhabi.