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Venezuela Begins Making Russian Ammo: Why This Factory Matters

Summary by The Rio Times
Venezuela has opened the first Kalashnikov ammunition factory in the Americas, in Maracay, close to Caracas. According to Russia’s state company Rostec, the plant can make up to 70 million cartridges a year for the AK-103 assault rifle, which uses the 7.62x39mm caliber. Four production lines are running: two for regular bullets with steel cores, […]

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The Venezuelan government has set up the first Kalashnikov factory in America, in the city of Maracay, in the central region, one hour from Caracas. The first four production lines are operating for the manufacture of ammunition from the Russian AK 103 assault rifles, according to the Rostec State Corporation. It is an old geopolitical project of Hugo Chávez that has crystallized almost 20 years later, in a scenario in which Russia and Venezuela…

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Russia continues to increase its military presence in Latin America, specifically in Venezuela, where it completed the construction of the first phase of a Kalashnikov ammunition factory that will produce more than 70 million 7.62 mm calibre cartridges in the South American governor country by socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro.]]>

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Russia intensifies its support for Venezuela, seeking to strengthen the military autonomy of the South American country and its local production capacity of essential ammunition for the armed forces. Nicolás Maduro’s regime has seen its defense enhanced by the construction of a Russian-powered ammunition factory (Rostec), which will produce 70 million rounds of ammunition per year for Kalashnikov rifles. According to a Rostec statement, the ammu…

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Russia built a Kalashnikov ammunition factory for assault rifles in Venezuela, the Russian state technology company Rostec reported on Wednesday, June 2. “The company will produce up to 70 million rounds annually and significantly increase the defense potential of the country, providing Venezuela with ammunition of national production,” says the statement on its website. Rosoboronexport, a state agency responsible for the exports of the Russian …

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Doble Llave broke the news in on Wednesday, July 2, 2025.
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