Small arms news
Engineers of the Southern Military District have begun to master the latest sets of mine clearance OVR-3SH
In the Krasnodar Territory, an exercise with engineering assault units of the Southern Military District (SE) with the use of the latest IAD-3SH mine clearance kits has started.
Canadian Defense Ministry: military assistance to Ukraine includes rifles, machine guns, pistols and cartridges
Canada will provide Ukraine with rifles, machine guns, pistols and 1.5 million rounds of ammunition, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the Canadian Ministry of Defense.
In the South of Russia, exercises of engineering assault units are taking place
Exercises with engineering assault units of the Southern Military District with the use of the latest demining kits have begun in the Krasnodar Territory.
Artillery crews of the Southern Military District destroyed a conditional enemy during an exercise in the mountains of Abkhazia
Fifteen hundred military personnel are involved in the bilateral tactical exercise
Military personnel of artillery units of the Russian military base of the Southern Military District (SE) in Abkhazia conducted firing from modernized ACS "Acacia" as part of a planned bilateral tactical exercise, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported.
The gunners of the Northern Fleet destroyed conventional tanks with direct fire
The servicemen of a separate motorized rifle brigade of the army corps of the Northern Fleet destroyed the tanks of the conditional enemy with direct fire. They fired MT-12 Rapier anti-tank guns of 100 mm caliber and 2S3M Acacia self-propelled howitzers of 152 mm caliber.
A batch of T-72 tanks and infantry fighting vehicles has arrived in Iraq
At the end of last week, a cargo ship arrived at the port of Umm Qasr, delivering military equipment for the Iraqi army. According to the Ministry of Defense of this country, we are talking about the former Bulgarian T-72 and BMP-1.
Combat helicopters and S-300 air defense are involved in the exercise of the Russian military in Tajikistan
The Russian military base has begun exercises in Tajikistan, which involve combat helicopters and the S-300PS long-range air defense system, the Central Military District (CVO) said on Monday.
The Russian military at the exercise in Tajikistan worked out the reflection of the attack of a conditional enemy on a field camp
The Russian military base in Tajikistan held a night tactical exercise at the Lyaur mountain range, which involved motorized infantry, armored vehicles and mortars, the Central Military District (CVO) reported on Friday.
The new version of the amphibious complex "Octopus" has a unique fire control system
Sergey Kotelevsky, Head of the Kurganmashzavod R&D Department, said that the new version of the Octopus amphibious vehicle is radically different from its first generation
The updated version of the airborne self-propelled anti-tank gun "Octopus" based on the latest BMD-4 has a unique fire control system. This was announced on Sunday on the air of the program "Military Acceptance" on the Zvezda TV channel by Sergey Kotelevsky, head of the Kurganmashzavod R&D Department.
About 1.5 thousand Russian servicemen are conducting exercises in the mountains of Abkhazia
Battalion tactical groups of the military base of the Southern Military District in Abkhazia arrived at the Tsabal mountain range to participate in a planned live firing exercise, the press service of the Southern Military District reports.
The Ukrainian tank received a new machine gun
The Ukrainian T-64BV tank received a machine gun that is similar to the American M2 Browning
The Ukrainian modification of the Soviet tank received a new machine gun. The upgraded T-64BV of the 2022 model was equipped with an anti-aircraft machine gun with a Laska K-2 machine gun, which looks similar to the American Browning M2. This is reported by the bmpd blog in LiveJournal.
A batch of new AK-12 submachine guns was received by the combined arms association of the VVO in the Amur region
A batch of the latest AK-12 Kalashnikov assault rifles entered service with the military unit of the Air Defense Forces stationed in the Amur Region at the end of 2021.
Kalashnikov confirmed plans for the production of automatic weapons in Kazakhstan
The launch of the enterprise is scheduled for 2022
A joint Russian-Kazakh enterprise, the launch of which is scheduled for 2022, will provide the Ministry of Defense of Kazakhstan with the latest submachine guns, the press service of the Kalashnikov group of companies told reporters on Thursday.
Video: will the AK-105 be able to shoot through a copper ball
An unusual test was filmed by the authors of the channel "Demolition Ranch" (Demolition Ranch): they took an all-metal copper ball with a diameter of about 20 centimeters and tried to punch it with an AK-105. It turned out very entertaining and ... unexpected.
The Ukrainian T-64BV model 2022 received an experienced Laska K-2 machine gun
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."
PPSH in a modern body kit seen in Iraq
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.
In Kazakhstan, the production of Kalashnikov assault rifles will be launched at the Tynys plant in 2022
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.
Ukraine received American automatic grenade launchers Mark 19 mod.3
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.
Calculations of the "Cornet" base of the Russian Federation in Tajikistan hit the targets of the "enemy" in training in the mountains
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).
The Russian military conducted an exercise in Tajikistan to destroy conditional terrorists
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.