On 4 December 2018, the Estonian Centre for Defence Investment (Riigi Kaitseinvesteeringute Keskus) has announced that the U.S. company Lewis Machine & Tool (LMT) is the winner of the contest for a contract to supply 16,000 automatic assault rifles to the army.
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| Estonian Defence Forces are currently equipped with two kind of rifles: the Galil (used by the 1st Infantry Brigade) and the AK4 (a licensed G3 clone used by the 2nd Infantry Brigade) (Picture source: Youtube) |