Small arms news

The Central Research Institute of Precision Engineering (TSNIITOCHMASH) has fulfilled the first export contract for the supply of a new generation sports pistol RG120 "Aspid".

The Lithuanian Ministry of Defense announced the purchase of ammunition for the 84-mm Karl-Gustav hand-held anti-tank grenade launchers manufactured by the Swedish company Saab, which are in service with the Armed Forces of the country.

A batch of new T-72B3M tanks, which reinforced the Russian military base in Tajikistan, has been sent to a training ground in a mountainous area, the Central Military District (CVO) said on Saturday.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation wants to ban all types of signal weapons in Russia, except pistols. The agency sent a letter with the relevant initiative to the Ministry of Industry and Trade, RIA Novosti reported on December 10.

Russia is alarmed by information about the circulation of 5 million units of unaccounted firearms on the territory of Ukraine. This was stated by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova on Thursday, December 9, during a weekly briefing.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation records the increasing demand in the country for the production of decommissioned weapons and structurally similar products, follows from the letter of the department to the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation (available to RIA Novosti).

This year, about a thousand AK-12 submachine guns have been put into service with a special purpose unit of the Central Military District stationed in the Novosibirsk region.

In the USA, the advantages of the Shpagin submachine gun were called.

Portal 19fortyfive.com He explained why the Soviet PPSH-41 submachine gun was the most massive weapon of the Second World War.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation has proposed to change the legislation on weapons in some articles. This was reported on December 8 by RIA Novosti with reference to the department's letter to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Security and Anti-Corruption Anatoly Vyborny on Tuesday, December 7, commented to Izvestia on the idea to study the issue of banning the free sale of traumatic weapons.

Russia and India have signed a contract for the production of AK-203 submachine guns in the Indian city of Korva. What are the features of this weapon, military columnist Viktor Litovkin explained on Sputnik radio.

Many years of efforts in the development of Indian automata have gone to waste. On December 6, the TASS news agency reported that Russia and India signed a contract for the supply of more than 600,000 AK-203 assault rifles.

According to Alexander Mikheev, CEO of Rosoboronexport, the first part of the machines will be produced in the country with varying degrees of localization, and then a full-scale production will begin

Russia is ready to provide full-scale production of 7.62 mm AK-203 submachine guns in India in two to three years. This was announced to journalists on Tuesday by the General Director of Rosoboronexport JSC (part of Rostec State Corporation) Alexander Mikheev.

The portfolio of orders for the supply of military equipment and weapons to India exceeds $ 14 billion, said Dmitry Shugaev, head of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC) of Russia.

Russia has signed a contract with India for the production of AK203 Kalashnikov assault rifles in the republic. This was announced on December 6 on the air of the Rossiya 24 TV channel by Dmitry Shugaev, Director of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSVTS) of the Russian Federation.

The tank battalion of the 201st Russian military base in Tajikistan has been re-equipped with modern T-72B3M. On Monday, the press service of the Central Military District reported that 30 combat vehicles with improved characteristics entered the fleet of the compound. It is said that this will increase the combat capabilities of tankers due to the improved maneuverability of the tank and the special armor protection of its crew.

A new motorized rifle division in the Kaliningrad region, which, according to the Russian military, was created in response to NATO activity, has received more than 40 upgraded tanks this year, the Baltic Fleet said on Monday.

"I am glad that a number of agreements, contracts, protocols on small arms and military cooperation have been signed," Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh commented on Twitter on the results of a meeting with Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu in New Delhi on Monday.

Exercises of sniper units have started in four regions of Russia, the press service of the Western Military District (ZVO) reported.[/b]

"Military personnel of sniper units of the combined arms army of the Far Eastern Federal District have begun conducting large-scale exercises as part of training camps in the Voronezh, Belgorod, Bryansk and Smolensk regions. (...) More than 700 military personnel were involved in the training camp," the press service said.

The capabilities of the Russian sniper rifle DXL-5 "Devastator" were described in the video.

The WarGonzo project was the first to test the new DXL-5 "Devastator" sniper rifle. It was developed by the private arms company Lobaev Arms for two cartridges - NATO 12,7x99 and 12,7x108.