Global Light Weapons Market 2016-2020

About Light Weapons

The widespread availability, simplicity, durability, portability, cost-effectiveness, lethality, and easy concealment of light weapons make them popular with legitimate military groups, police, and civilians. They also find their use in low-intensity conflicts involving government forces (military and police) and non-state actors (guerrillas, ethnic militias, warlords, and brigands).
Light weapons include the following:
• Grenade launchers
• Hand-held under barrel grenade launchers
• Heavy machine guns
• Landmines
• Man-portable air defense systems (MANPADS)
• Mortars
• Portable anti-aircraft guns
• Portable anti-tank guns
• Portable launchers of rocket systems and anti-tank missiles
• Recoilless rifles

Technavio’s analysts forecast the global light weapons market to grow at a CAGR of 4.66% during the period 2016-2020.

Covered in this report
The report covers the present scenario and the growth prospects of the global light weapons market for 2016-2020. It provides a global overview, market shares, and segmentation by weapons type, and growth prospects by region (Americas, EMEA, and APAC).

The market is divided into the following segments based on type:
• Unguided weapons
• Anti-tank guided weapon
• MANPAD

Technavio's report, Global Light Weapons Market 2016-2020, has been prepared based on an in-depth market analysis with inputs from industry experts. The report covers the market landscape and its growth prospects over the coming years. The report also includes a discussion of the key vendors operating in this market.

Key vendors
• BAE Systems
• FN Herstal
• Orbital
• Raytheon
• Rheinmetall

Other prominent vendors
• Bharat Dynamics
• Heckler and Koch
• Ordnance factory board
• Rafael Advanced Defense Systems

Market driver
• Increase in demand for light weapons
• For a full, detailed list, view our report

Market challenge
• Absence of international treaty
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Market trend
• Shift toward digitized guns
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Key questions answered in this report
• What will the market size be in 2020 and what will the growth rate be?
• What are the key market trends?
• What is driving this market?
• What are the challenges to market growth?
• Who are the key vendors in this market space?
• What are the market opportunities and threats faced by the key vendors?
• What are the strengths and weaknesses of the key vendors?

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