Italian Army has started adopting the ARX-160 rifle

Posted December 18, 2009 in News, Rifles by Steve Johnson with 17 Comments
Tags: army, arx-160, Beretta, italy, military, News, rifles

The Italian Army has started adopting the next-gen Beretta ARX-160 assault rifle. Shooting Wire reports …

The Italian Ministry of Defense has become the first military group to receive shipments of Beretta’s new ARX-160 automatic rifle. The first 1,600 units have been delivered subsequent to the ARX-160′s having been formally approved by the Italian Army in March.

Beretta ARX-160

I have previously written extensively about the Beretta ARX-160

[Hat Tip: Ed @ Tell me Why?]

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