7.62 NATO (China/Madagascorp)

[Joefesok]

The Magagascorp representative within China requests a meeting with a Chinese official responsible for equipment procurement, offering Madgascorp's catalogue of small arms for sale including a number of Galil variants, the FN Minimi and FN MAG, and finally offering Madagascorp's MILAN ATGM.

[Cataphrak]

A delegation from the Republic's state arms manufacturers, as well as representatives from multiple private armaments firms based in the Pearl River Delta examine the equipment on offer with a great deal of interest, accompanied by several representatives of the Military Affairs Commission.

After some discussion, the delegation concludes that the NRA's existing Type 47 GPMG does not warrant replacing, and that the MILAN does not offer any appreciable improvement over the existing Type 61 ATGM already in service.

However, the Galil variants on offer do catch the attention of several of the arms manufacturers, though the army officers quickly dismiss the 5.56mm round it fires as being too weak for general service. "Barely bigger than an Arisaka round," one of them claims, "and I got shot by enough of those during the war to know that they can't keep a determined infantryman down."

They do, however, express interest in a version which might be adopted to use the NRA's very large existing stocks of 7.62x51mm rounds, as well as the possibility of a carbine version to replace the venerable M1.

[Joefesok]

The Madagascorp representative fishes through the documents he brought along for a few seconds before producing two different spec sheets detailing a full size Galil 7.62x51mm variant, as well as a carbine variant firing the same cartridge. "We have enough stock of both of these to approve high-volume shipments immediately, although I would not be surprised nor offended if you need to make a few calls first, or sleep on the offer." The representative shifts his attention to his counterparts from both the Pearl River Delta firms and the state manufacturers, and remarks "It's slightly outside my territory, but I could get started on a deal for domestic production under license should the weapons be to your satisfaction," finishing by gesturing towards the Military Commission reps. "Could get them coming off the line within the next few years."

[Cataphrak]

The representative from Zhongshan Armoury notes that even if the NRA doesn't decide to accept a new rifle, the PAC advisory mission currently re-equipping the Malaysian Armed Forces to modern standards might.

[Joefesok]

The Madagascorp representative smiles and remarks "I have no reason to believe we could not also negotiate shipments for that mission."