Weapons and history
KLM AR-10 Brochure
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AR-10 used by an Airline! 🇳🇱
In 1958, the Royal Dutch Airlines aka KLM (Koninklijke luchtvaart maatschappij) opened a new flight route to Tokyo through Anchorage (Alaska).
In case of an emergency landing, KLM aircraft had survival gear specifically made for Polar terrain, including a Artillerie Inrichtingen made AR-10 battle rifle against Polar bears. This rifle was chosen because it was light weight (pretty important for airlines) and domestically made. In total 5 AR-10's were delivered to KLM.
The AR-10's which were delivered were based of the "Sudanese contract" sporter variant and had 16 inch barrels, the rifles were semi automatic only.
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