The peacekeeping brigade of the Central Military District has been completely re-equipped with new small arms. On Wednesday, September 29, the press service of the Central Military District reported that the "blue Helmets" had received the final batch of 1.5 thousand modern Kalashnikov assault rifles the day before.
"The AK-12 is an individual small arms of a serviceman. The weight of the machine gun is 3.5 kg, the caliber is 5.45 mm, the range of a direct shot is 440 m, the rate of fire of the weapon is 650 rounds per minute. The machine gun allows you to fire in three modes: single shots, automatic fire, a queue with a cutoff of 2 shots. Collimator, optical and night sights can be installed on it. Compared with previous versions of the machine gun, the AK-12 has increased ergonomics and accuracy of shooting," the press service of the district said.
Recall that at the end of August this year, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation signed contracts with the kAlashnikov group of companies for the supply of new submachine guns to the Armed Forces within the framework of the Army-2021 forum. "State contracts have been signed for the manufacture and supply of 5.45 caliber Kalashnikov AK-12 assault rifles," the ministry said at the time.
The AK-12 assault rifle was first widely talked about five years ago, when the Ministry of Defense chose weapons for use in the "Warrior" combat equipment. Then the main competitor of the new Kalashnikov assault rifle was the modernized AEK-971 of the plant. Degtyarev. After much hesitation, the customers settled on the Izhevsk AK-12 caliber 5.45 mm. Among its advantages, experts call a redesigned trigger mechanism that allows you to recharge the machine with one hand without twitching the shutter when changing the magazine. In addition, it has improved ergonomics and greater accuracy when firing bursts.
Former Deputy Defense Minister Yuri Borisov at that time (now he is Deputy Prime Minister) he said that the priority of the AK-12 mainly consists in its price characteristics - the new product of the kAlashnikov concern will cost the department only a quarter more expensive than regular AK.
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The 15th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade was formed on February 1, 2005 to participate in the maintenance of international peace and security. This unit is the only peacekeeping formation in the Russian Ground Forces, organizationally part of the 2nd Combined Arms Army of the Central Military District.
The brigade is staffed only by contract servicemen and is equipped with modern weapons. In the arsenal of the "blue Helmets" - armored personnel carriers BTR-82AM, intelligence, control and communication complexes "Sagittarius", GLONASS satellite navigators "Perunit-B" and "Grotto-N", as well as unmanned aerial vehicles "Orlan-10", "Leer-3" and "tAchyon".
Yuri Gavrilov
