Latin America’s largest manufacturer of small arms and tactical weapons, Brazilian company Taurus has criticized the Brazilian Navy’s purchase of 140 rifles from Colt’s Manufacturing Company LLC. The acquisition, carried out in November and reported by the chronicle, cost 1.3 million reais and took place without a call for tenders, that is, without price conflicts between the arms industries.
In a note sent to the Chronicle, the president of Taurus, Salesio Nuhs, emphasized that the company manufactures a rifle of the same class as the Colt M4 Carbine R0979BN, caliber 5.56 mm, acquired by the Brazilian Navy from the North American manufacturer.
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Navy purchased 140 rifles from US manufacturer
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M4 rifles purchased by the Navy replaced the M16s in the United States
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Rifles purchased by the Navy are used by military forces in 60 countries
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“Taurus has been manufacturing the T4 Taurus rifle in Brazil since 2017, with its own technology, adopted by several national forces and already exported to several countries. During this period, approximately 100,000 units of the model have been produced in the company’s industrial park in São Leopoldo (RS), thus strengthening the Brazilian technological and industrial capacity in the defense segment,” says Nuhs.
For the businessman, purchasing equipment from a foreign company represents a loss for the national industry and reduces the competitiveness of the sector on the international scene.
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“The company considers it inconsistent and detrimental to the national industry that, in the current scenario where the United States imposes customs duties of around 50% on Brazilian products exported by companies in the sector, Brazil chooses to import North American weapons,” affirms the president of Taurus.
To waive the tender process, the Navy used the argument of Law No. 14,133/2021, called the Tender Law, which states that the tender process is not necessary for the acquisition of equipment for the armed forces “when it is necessary to maintain the standardization required by the logistical support structure of naval, air and land resources.”
Market presence
The company was established in 1939 and is currently responsible for the production of pistols, revolvers, tactical weapons, long guns and accessories, such as helmets and ballistic vests. Taurus has a factory in the United States and a strong presence in the international market, exporting weapons to more than 40 countries.
Read Taurus’ full note sent to the column below:
“Regarding the article published on the acquisition of rifles by the Brazilian government – the Brazilian Navy – from a North American supplier, Taurus clarifies that there is domestic production of weapons of the same class in the country.
Taurus has been manufacturing the T4 Taurus rifle in Brazil since 2017, with its own technology, adopted by several national forces and already exported to several countries. During this period, approximately 100,000 units of the model were produced in the company’s industrial park in São Leopoldo (RS), thus strengthening Brazilian technological and industrial capacity in the defense segment.
The company considers it inconsistent and detrimental to the national industry that, in the current scenario in which the United States imposes customs duties of around 50% on Brazilian products exported by companies in the sector, Brazil chooses to import North American weapons.
This practice represents a loss of competitiveness for the Brazilian defense industrial base, a strategic sector for national sovereignty, the generation of skilled jobs and continued technological development.
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