US EditionVenezuela Begins Making Russian Ammo: Why This Factory Matters
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Venezuela Opens First Kalashnikov Ammunition Plant in the Americas
Venezuela has opened the first Kalashnikov ammunition plant in the Americas, a milestone for the country’s defense partnership with Russia. Credit: Kremlin – CC BY 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons. Venezuela has opened the first Kalashnikov ammunition plant in the Americas, reflecting its ongoing defense ties with Russia. Located in Maracay, about an hour west of the capital, Caracas, the facility’s first four production lines are already manufacturing…
Venezuela Begins Making Russian Ammo: Why This Factory Matters
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, […]
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…
Russia Builds Ammunition Plant in Venezuela to Produce 70 Million Rounds Annually
Russia’s state arms exporter Rosoboronexport has completed the first phase of a new ammunition plant in Venezuela, designed to produce 7.62 mm cartridges for Kalashnikov assault rifles, Russian state conglomerate Rostec announced on July 2. The facility, now partially operational, features four production lines. Two are designated for steel-core bullets, while the others will manufacture tracer and blank rounds. According to the announcement, th…
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.]]>
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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