Lithuania buys Belgian machine guns and Swedish anti-tank ammunition

Minister of National Defence Arvydas Anušauskas has announced that Lithuanian Armed Forces has purchased Belgian machine guns Minimi 7.62 and ammunition for Carl-Gustaf anti-tank recoilless rifles.

“New machine guns Minimi 7.62 and ammunition for Carl-Gustaf launchers will reach the Armed Forces. A contract with Belgian weapons manufacturer FN Herstal S.A. on the purchase of light machine guns FN Minimi 7.62 for EUR 34 million was signed by the Defence Materiel Agency last month,” Anušauskas wrote in a post on Facebook.