Nigerian armed forces take delivery of 1,000 Polish-made Beryl M762 7.62mm assault rifles 1812142

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Thursday, December 18, 2014 10:06 AM
 
Nigerian armed forces take delivery of 1,000 Polish-made Beryl M762 7.62mm assault rifles.
The Polish Defense Company Firearms Lucznik-Radom will supply a total of 1,000 Beryl M762 7,62mm caliber assault rifles to the Nigerian Armed Forces. The agreement includes also maintenance kits and training for the Nigerian army soldiers.
     
The Polish Defense Company Firearms Lucznik-Radom will supply a total of 1,000 Beryl M762 7,62mm caliber assault rifles to the Nigerian Armed Forces. The agreement includes also maintenance kits and training for the Nigerian army soldiers.
Polish-made Beryl M762 7.62mm assault rifle
     

Currently, Nigerian army soldiers participate in a training program in the city of Radom, Poland. The first weapons should be delivered to Nigeria in January 2015.

Another batch of 5,000 assault rifles could be delivered to Nigeria in 2015. According information provides by the Lucznik-Radom Company this is the first export contract for the Beryl M762.

The Beryl M762 is a Polish 7.62mm assault rifle designed and manufactured by the Lucznik Arms Factory.

The 7.62mm M762 Beryl assault rifle is an individual selective fire automatic weapon especially designed to be used by infantry and airborne troops. It is reliable, accurate and durable weapon, resistant to unfavorable environmental conditions.

The M762 assault rifle has three firing modes: single shot, three-round burst, and fully automatic. It is adapted for launching rifle grenades using standard live ammunition that enables fighting lightly armored vehicles at ranges up to 150 m.

The Beryl M762 has a metal, right-folding butt-stock with a rubber butt-plate. It’s also possible to use new ergonomic, telescoping, right-folding butt-stock and new ergonomic pistol grip. The sights are U-notch type and the front sight is folding, that enables undisturbed aiming with optical sights.

The Beryl M762 can be fitted th main Picatinny rail (MIL-STD-1913) for optical, holographic or night vision sights and four small Picatinny rails on the handguards for additional accessories. Lower Picatinny rail on the handguard is prepared to mount new, modular grenade launcher GPBO-40 calibre 40 x 46 mm. Beryl can be attached also with older type of under-barrel grenade launcher PALLAD GP-40.