Small arms news

In Ukraine, they announced the testing of the next version of the Soviet T-64BV tank. Now this car of the 2022 model, modified by the specialists of the Kharkiv Armored Plant, has received "sights and devices of the third generation."

Developed by Soviet designer Georgy Shpagin on the eve of the Great Patriotic War, the PPSH-41 submachine gun is still used in conflicts in the Middle East. Fortunately, the reliable design of the weapon allows you to upgrade and adapt it to modern combat conditions.

The production of Kalashnikov assault rifles in Kazakhstan will be established in 2022 at the Tynys plant, one of the largest machine-building enterprises of the Akmola region, the press service of the Ministry of Industry and Infrastructure Development of the republic reports.

The US armed forces continue to get rid of their surplus weapons by supplying them to the Ukrainian army. According to the Ukrainian Military Pages portal, 81 tons of various military equipment were delivered in one of the latest Boeing 747 transport aircraft, including 40-mm Mk 19 (Mark 19) automatic grenade launchers of the third modification.

In preparation for the operation of the "Cornet", the personnel of the anti-tank unit of the base underwent retraining at the specialized training center of the Ministry of Defense of Russia in the Saratov region

Calculations of anti-tank missile systems (ATGM) "Kornet" of the 201st Russian military base stationed in Tajikistan conducted a training on hitting targets of a conditional enemy at the Lyaur mountain range. This is stated in a message distributed on Saturday by the press service of the Central Military District (CVO).

Helicopters and armored vehicles were involved

Motorized rifle units of the 201st Russian military base, with the support of helicopters and artillery, destroyed conditional terrorists at an exercise in the mountains of Tajikistan, the Central Military District (CVO) reported on Friday.

The US military intends to convert some of the M2A2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles in storage into equipment depicting a likely enemy during exercises. We are talking about imitations of the Russian T-72BZ and the Chinese-made VN17 infantry fighting vehicle.

The Kalashnikov Concern has announced the supply of weapons to another country. The TASS news agency reported that the machines were manufactured in an accelerated mode for a customer from the Asia-Pacific region (APR).

The servicemen of the marine units of the Caspian Flotilla practiced tactical firing from the Kalashnikov AK-74 and the RPG-7 hand-held anti-tank grenade launcher at the Adanak training ground in Dagestan as part of planned tactical and fire training, the press service of the Southern Military District reports.

The use of the Belarusian light grenade launcher complex "Sapphire" was shown on video. Unlike heavy analogues, the new grenade launcher does not unmask the shooter with the sound of a shot and does not leave a trajectory trace.

In the armed forces of the United Arab Emirates, heavy infantry fighting vehicles could appear, created on the chassis of the main battle tank OF-40 using a turret from the Russian BMP-3.

The armed forces of the Russian Federation in the remaining period of the current State Armament Program (2022-2024) will purchase more than 3 thousand of the latest self-loading pistols "Boa" in standard and special modifications, a source in the military-industrial complex told RIA Novosti.

Kalashnikov Group of Companies has released automatic machines for the customer from the Asia-Pacific region

Russia has released a large batch of small arms in the interests of a foreign customer. The Kalashnikov Group of Companies (GC) has released a batch of automatic rifles for a customer from the Asia-Pacific region (APR). This was reported in the press service of Kalashnikov, reports TASS.

The Bangladesh Ground Forces will purchase a batch of Russian AK-15 7.62 mm caliber submachine guns for a 7.62 x 39 mm caliber cartridge manufactured by the Kalashnikov Group of companies.

The world's most powerful 12.7 mm SHAK-12 submachine gun was shown on video. The melee weapon created for assault squads is capable of piercing not only bulletproof vests, but also brickwork.

The video, prepared by Rosoboronexport, demonstrates the capabilities of the SHAK-12, whose name stands for assault assault rifle complex.

A batch of twelve new means of communication has arrived at the 201st military base of the Russian Federation stationed in Tajikistan, the press service of the Central Military District (CVO) reported on Tuesday.

The Kalashnikov Group of Companies has released a large batch of assault rifles for one of the customers in the Asia-Pacific region (APR), Kalashnikov told reporters.

The special forces of the 2nd Combined Arms Army of the Central Military District stationed in the Volga region were equipped with modern large-caliber sniper rifles ASVKM.

In 1996, Russian border guards guarded the border with Afghanistan in Tajikistan. Every night attempts were made to break through, there were shootouts. Therefore, each outpost was turned into a small fortress.

Specialists of the US Army never stop working on the creation of small arms of the next generation. This is confirmed by a contract worth $ 2.7 billion with Vortex Optics for the supply of new NGSW-FC computerized sights to the Army, capable of predicting the trajectory of a bullet even before a shot is fired. The novelty is supposed to be installed on a new NGSW-AR rifle (Next-Generation Squad Weapons-Automatic Rifle), which is due to enter service this year.