How do they understand in production whether the new cartridges meet the expectations of the developer? A specialist of the Kalashnikov concern, Georgy Gubich, demonstrated this on video with the help of employees of the Barnaul Cartridge Factory.
The operability of the cartridges is first checked on a ballistic installation. The system evaluates the pressure so that the shooting is safe and as effective as possible, measures the bullet speed at a distance of about 10 meters, then the accuracy is recorded on the electronic target. First, the cartridges are fired under normal conditions, then at -50 and +50. In the final, a table with printouts is displayed, where all the parameters of energy, pressure, and speed are marked.
After the ballistic installation, the most interesting thing follows - a check on serial weapons. The video uses carbines "Boar", "Saiga", Yarygin's pistol, Glock 17 and others. After the tests, several days of analysis, calculations and evaluation of the results follow.
Maya Biryukova