At the beginning of March Saab celebrated the start of construction of its new Carl Gustaf plant in India with a ground-breaking ceremony. The factory will be located in the state of Haryana. Following the received approval for 100 percent foreign direct investment, Saab Saab has established a new company, Saab FFVO India Pvt Ltd, which will be the full owner of the new production facility and will manufacture the Carl-Gustaf M4 weapon.
Görgen Johansson, Senior Vice President and Head of Saab’s Dynamics business area, said: “I am proud to start building our first facility outside Sweden for Carl-Gustaf, a product that has a long history with the Indian Armed Forces.” The Carl-Gustaf system has been in service with the Indian Army since 1976 and has long established itself as an important weapon. https://militaeraktuell.at/anteil-der-soldatinnen-beim-bundesheer-steigt/ Saab will work with Indian suppliers to manufacture the weapon in order to fully meet the ‘Make in India’ requirements for the systems produced at the facility. At the new factory, Saab will use modern technologies – including the latest sighting technology and advanced carbon fiber winding – to manufacture not only the Carl-Gustaf M4 for the Indian armed forces, but also components that can be incorporated into systems for other users. The Carl-Gustaf M4 is currently also very popular with other armed forces: just a few days ago, Saab announced an order from Poland for “several thousand weapons”. order from Poland for “several thousand weapon systems and several hundred thousand rounds of ammunition”The contract value there amounts to 1.1 billion euros.
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