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New Delhi: The Indian Army has inducted a pistol developed by Hyderabad-based Lokesh Machines, just days after the US imposed sanctions on the firm for openly advertising its exports to Russia...
Founded in Hyderabad in 1983, Lokesh Machines Ltd has come under the scanner of the US treasury department for its shipments of machine tools to Russia and allegedly helping Moscows weapons manufacturing sector...
In a post on X Tuesday, the Army said it had inducted 550 Asmi machine pistols into the Northern Command to fulfil its commitment to enhanceAtmanirbharta, or a self-reliant India...
It also said the weapon, developed by Colonel Prasad Bansod of the Indian Army in collaboration with the Defence Research and Development Organisation, was indigenously manufactured by Lokesh Machines...
Earlier this year, the firm delivered 550 9x19mm calibre Asmi submachine guns to the Indian Armys Northern Command...
