"On March 28, 2018, two arms companies — Polish and Nigerian — announced that Nigeria would begin manufacturing Beryl rifles under a technology transfer agreement, Jane's reported. It is a pretty good deal for the Polish Armaments Group, a holding company that controls Fabryka Broni, the rifle's Radom-based manufacturer.
The Nigerian army is one of the few countries in the world outside of Poland to field the Beryl. Lithuania is the other, which has them in limited service, and there are a handful reportedly in the hands of the Afghan army. Nigeria has at least 2,000 of the rifles. Poland, by comparison, has more than 80,000 as it is the Polish army's standard service rifle.
Now is a good time to get familiar with the Beryl. If Nigeria can manufacture its own, it can export them. The Beryl is also an interesting rifle with Cold War origins — and which has undergone several changes in the decades since to make Polish rifles compatible with standardized Western ammunition and modern accessories…."
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