223 Rem GROT S16 FB-M1, the long-awaited civilian-legal version of MSBS/GROT. It is bound to enter serial production at the Radom-based Fabryka Broni and enter service by the end of 2014.Today we had an opportunity to pick up one of the first. The external design was conceived by a separate team working alongside mechanics engineers. No further info has been disclosed however. The weapon is said to be operating on completely distinct internal mechanics. The rifle is being developed since 2007 by the WAT (Military Academy of Technology) in Warsaw in cooperation with the arms manufacturer FB Radom. Because of that, work on a completely new family of assault rifles was started in Poland.
However, that design is considered both outdated by modern standards and impossible to further improve. The rifle will be chambered for standard 5.56x45mm NATO ammunition, but 7.62x51mm NATO version will be also taken into consideration.Ĭurrently the standard issue service rifle of the Polish armed forces is a variety of kbs wz.96 Beryl-based rifles, all of them direct descendants of the kbk AKM (modernized variant of the AK-47 Kalashnikov), developed since 1940's. Thanks to a variety of modules, both variants are to be easily transformed into a carbine, sniper rifle or squad light machine gun. There are two basic variants under development currently, based on common upper receiver: a bullpup version and a standard version with folding, retractable stock. MSBS-5,56 (short for Modułowy System Broni Strzeleckiej kalibru 5,56 mm or English: Module-based Firearm System 5.56mm Calibre) is an assault rifle currently under development as a future service rifle of the Polish Army. The MSBS in its two principal forms - standard layout (top) and bullpup (bottom).
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