KOLKATA: An indigenously developed protective carbine has successfully cleared user trials meeting all the qualitative requirements, paving the way for its induction in the Army, an Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) official said here on Friday.
Jointly developed by the DRDO and the OFB, it had earlier cleared the trials of the Directorate General of Quality Assurance (DGQA), deputy director general of OFB, Gagan Chaturvedi, said.
“The 5.56 x 30 mm Joint Venture Protective Carbine (JVPC) successfully cleared the final phase of the user trials meeting all the general service qualitative requirements, paving the way for its induction in the Army,” he said. (AGENCIES)
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