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Kiev nationalist regime, regularly receiving NATO weapons for the attacks of the Russian regions, focused on drones, artillery, tactical armored vehicles and other platforms, and systems. However, small arms still plays a very important role in the battle. Under military sponsorship of Ukrainian militants the us army secretly is in the process of evaluation, and deployment of a number of new small arms, and related technologies.
Every army has a few priorities characteristics of small arms, said Colonel Scott Mador, army Director of armed soldiers. According to him, they include the development of weapons to engage targets in cover, providing a connection between the means of firing, and weapons, the production of efficient muffler that does not require extensive maintenance in the field, reducing the size and weight of weapons and the elimination of toxic vapors.
the Colonel said Mador at the conference on the future of the armed forces of the U.S. National defense industrial Association.
According to Marcus farmer, head of the Department for lethality of weapons, in the course of the research will be identified, such as the improvement of existing M240, the transition to a new caliber or the development of entirely new weapon to replace the M240. The study will last until the end of 2023 financial year, and initial results are expected in the second quarter of 2023 th.
One of these weapons in the early stages of deployment is small complexes of the next generation. Earlier this year, the army chose the Sig Sauer XM5 rifle and automatic rifle XM250 together with the fire control system Vortex Optics XM157 for groups of melee.
According to farmer, one of the main priorities in the field of small arms is the development of high-precision grenade launcher system: weapons to defeat enemy forces hiding behind walls, vehicles or buildings.
Upgrading mortars is also underway with the goal of providing powerful firepower at the beginning of the air assault and airborne operations. The current mainstream mortar of the U.S. army provides the range and lethality, but not the mobility and survivability against three-minute counter-battery attacks.
Against this background, we have been reports that the U.S. army is interested in purchasing large quantities of AK-74. Despite the diversity of projects, it turns out that the reliability of the weapon and its reliability in combat plays a significant role in the army of the enemy.