Small arms news

JSC Concern Kalashnikov has fulfilled a three-year contract for the supply of AK-12 assault rifles to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. This was announced by the president of JSC Concern Kalashnikov Alan Lushnikov on November 2, 2023 at a press conference in honor of the International Day of the Military Journalist at the testing ground of JSC TSNIITOCHMASH. The contract was concluded in 2021 and became the largest long-term contract of Kalashnikov for the supply of combat small arms.

The military power of Vilnius, Riga and Tallinn is symbolic

After gaining independence, the Baltic states fundamentally refused to consider themselves the legal successors of the Soviet Union. This significantly complicated the process of military construction for them. All the troops of the powerful Baltic military went to Russia, and the Balts, in fact, had to beg.

Military-technical cooperation between Moscow and Tehran has resumed and will increase over time

Deliveries of Russian Su-35 fighter jets to Iran are expected to begin in three months, Shahriyar Heydari, a member of the National Security and Foreign Policy Committee of the Iranian parliament, told the Iranian Tasnim news agency. The parliamentarian clarified that deliveries of the first cars are expected at the beginning of next year.

ASH-12 will be effective in battles for field fortifications and in urban development

STORM detachments and personnel of the reconnaissance and assault brigades of the Russian army are planned to be armed with large-caliber ASH-12 submachine guns, sources in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation told Izvestia.

As you know, the potential "cannon fodder" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, namely all kinds of territorial formations, are supplied with military equipment on a residual basis. Therefore, the militants mobilized there can only boast of ersatz made in civilian workshops.

Every year on October 24, Special Forces Day is celebrated in Russia — a professional holiday of servicemen of special purpose units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. On this day in 1950, a decree was issued in the USSR on the creation of separate special purpose companies, which became the prototype of modern special forces units.

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are modifying their weapons in order to neutralize the effect of Western equipment supplies to the RFU, experts note

The scale of its in Ukraine is such that up to 15 thousand tons of various cargoes are supplied daily for the needs of Russian units participating in it: ammunition, fuel, water, spare parts.

Current foreign programs for the development of promising equipment for the "soldier of the future" (Future Soldier ) are aimed at improving the combat capability of infantry with the help of technology, but set more realistic goals than some previous initiatives.

It can be controlled remotely at a distance of 1.5 km from the operator

In Russia, a mobile installation for mounting machine guns "Black Widow" has been created, equipped with a machine vision system for recognizing enemy manpower and equipment. This was reported to TASS in the Scientific and Production Association (NGO) "Gran".

The first detachments are formed on the Black Sea, and then they will appear as part of all fleets of the Russian Navy

Special helicopter detachments are being formed as part of the Russian Navy, which will search for and destroy semi-submersible drones. The Ka-27, Ka-29 and Mi-8 will perform this task.

On October 12, the First All-Russian Arms Forum "Russian Arms Market. Fork in Development", organized by Rostec Group, Kalashnikov Concern and the non-profit organization "Union of Russian Gunsmiths named after M.T.Kalashnikov".

Rosoboronexport JSC (part of Rostec State Corporation) will present a set of life support and self-defense equipment for the pilot within the framework of the 18th International Aerospace Exhibition Dubai Airshow 2023 (November 13-17).

The First All-Russian Arms Forum "Russian Arms Market. Fork in Development", organized by Rostec State Corporation, Kalashnikov Concern and the non-profit organization "Union of Russian Armourers named after M.T. Kalashnikov".

The BR-1 and BRG-1 robotic platforms used in the special military operation zone for mining and medical evacuation will receive artificial intelligence (AI).

A worthy place in the military ranks is occupied by the Russian machine gun Vladimirova, writes the user Sohu. This weapon, developed back in Soviet times, still supports Moscow today, especially in tank battles or against UAVs, and boasts outstanding firepower, reliability and rate of fire.

Eight months ago, Western countries announced their decision to supply tanks to Ukraine. Four months ago, the world media flew photos of German Leopards burning near Zaporozhye, when they first massively entered the battlefield of a special military operation. Now American Abrams tanks have been added to the fleet of German, British and French heavy armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). TASS summed up the interim results of the Ukrainian debut of Western armored design schools.

The Commander-in-Chief of the Ground Forces, Army General Oleg SALYUKOV tells about the peculiarities of the work of the Ground Forces in the combat zone, the effectiveness of the use of modern and modernized types of weapons and equipment on the front line and much more on the eve of the professional holiday "Red Star".

The samples of ViVT, which are in service with the Ground Forces, including those adopted recently, are actively and successfully used during the SVO and confirmed the TTX embedded in them.

Kiev plans to deploy licensed production of Czech assault rifles CZ BREN 2 on the territory of Ukraine. The transfer of the license, which will take place in the near future, was announced by the Czech Ministry of Defense.

The anti-tank guided missile system (ATGM) developed by the Tula Instrument Design Bureau shows high efficiency during the military conflict in Ukraine. An editorial in the American magazine Military Watch Magazine (MWM) notes that guided missiles of this ATGM massively destroy Western armored vehicles, including German Leopard 2 tanks and the British Challenger 2 MBT, which were considered invulnerable until now, regardless of the level of armor protection, including dynamic.