Indiaâs Armed forces suffer from firearms trap due to European countries Sunday, February 14, 2021 By: India Today In June 2020, as Indiaâs special forces were planning a countermove against Chinaâs heavy military mobilisation in Ladakh, one of their units was facing a critical weapons shortage. Belgian small arms manufacturer FN Herstal (FNH) walked out of a contract to supply some 1,500 small arms to the Special Frontier Force (SFF), a covert paramilitary unit under the cabinet secretariat. The estimated Rs 70 crore contract for P90 carbines and SCAR assault rifles had been under negotiations for three years before being signed in 2019 for delivery within a year.