LAF expects 1,800 M240B machine guns under EDA program

According to US Congressional notifications from DSCA on May 03, 2017, Lebanese Army is expected to receive a grant of 1,800 M240B machine guns under the EDA program. The grant is valued $1,426,860.

On May 05, 2017, the Lebanese Army took a delivery of 171x M240 machine guns along to other machines guns. The two grants appear to be separate given the time-frame of execution.

Source of Info: https://cha.house.gov/

This article first appeared on LAF Digest (Unofficial)

LAF takes delivery of hundreds of M2, M240, and M249 machine guns

The Lebanese Army took a delivery of 800x M2 .50 cal machine guns, 171x M240 machine guns, and 148x M249 light machine guns earlier today May 05, 2017 (Ref).

We had previously reported that the LAF expects 800 M2 machine guns worth $1,014,800.00 as excess defense articles.

 

Credits: LAF

This article first appeared on LAF Digest (Unofficial)