Small arms news

A UAZ car with an unusual machine gun was seen at events dedicated to the seventh anniversary of the creation of the People's Militia of the Luhansk People's Republic.

The modernized UAZ-3151 was demonstrated during demonstration performances by the servicemen of the People's Militia of the LPR. According to the Luhansk Information Center, the event is timed to the seventh anniversary of the establishment of the defense Department of the republic.

The latest small arms of the Russian army were tested by special forces soldiers of the armed forces of Pakistan during the joint Russian-Pakistani exercise "Friendship-2021" at the Molkino training ground in the Krasnodar Territory, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported.

The joint exercises "Selenga-2021" have ended in Mongolia. According to the Press Service of the Eastern Military District, the active phase with the participation of air defense units and the Mongolian army was held at the Doityn Am high-altitude training ground.

An irreplaceable "PADDLE" has been found a successor. On October 5, the RIA Novosti news agency reported that the Chukavin sniper rifle (microwave) had successfully passed state tests.

Russian specialists have finished testing the Chukavin sniper rifle, which is being considered as a replacement for the Soviet SVD.

On September 30, the Agency for the Acquisition of Defense Products under the Ministry of Defense of Lithuania signed a new contract with the German company Heckler und Koch GmbH for the purchase of additional G-36 assault rifles.

The Chukavin sniper rifle (microwave) will be adopted by the Russian army, its state tests have been completed, said the commander-in-chief of the Ground Forces Oleg Salyukov.

The combat equipment of the "soldier of the future" will include an exoskeleton, robotic complexes and mini-drones, Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Ground Forces Oleg Salyukov said.

The variant of the Pantsir complex for military air defense (air defense) and the fighter of drones "Derivation-air defense" will soon be put into service, said the commander-in-chief of the Russian Ground Forces Oleg Salyukov.

The pistol complex has improved ergonomic characteristics, increased accuracy and accuracy of firing, high barrel life, said the Commander-in-Chief of the Ground Forces, Army General Oleg Salyukov.

The Novosibirsk Instrument-Making Plant (refinery) of the sHvabe holding has supplied optical sights of various modifications to the Krasnoyarsk Territory, as well as to the Altai Republic, and products for Italian partners are being prepared for shipment.

The remotely controlled nArwhal combat module has been tested. The installation with a large-caliber machine gun will become the new armament of the ships that will guard the coast of Russia. The module was developed by specialists of NPO eLektromashina (part of the Uralvagonzavod concern of the ROSTEC State Corporation). This is reported by TASS with reference to the general director of the company Igor Afanasyev.

The general director of the enterprise said that the nArwhal is planned to be installed on light boats, which are currently being developed to protect the coast of Russia

The newest shipboard remotely controlled combat module NARVAL developed by NPO eLektromashina (part of the Uralvagonzavod concern of the ROSTEC State Corporation) has successfully passed tests. This was reported to TASS by the general director of the company Igor Afanasyev.

The Swedish company Saab has announced that it has received an order from an unnamed country for the supply of new 84-mm Karl Gustav M4 portable anti-tank grenade launchers and a set of ammunition for them.

The peacekeeping brigade of the Central Military District has been completely re-equipped with new small arms. On Wednesday, September 29, the press service of the Central Military District reported that the "blue Helmets" had received the final batch of 1.5 thousand modern Kalashnikov assault rifles the day before.

At the military parade in Ashgabat on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of Turkmenistan's independence, samples of military equipment recently purchased from foreign manufacturers were demonstrated.

So, for the first time, the Bayraktar TB2 reconnaissance and strike unmanned aerial vehicles of Turkish production were shown.

The Russian-Pakistani exercises of the dRuzhba-2021 special forces units have begun in the Krasnodar Territory, the Southern Military District (SE) reported on Tuesday.

Large-scale exercises of amphibious troops have begun in the Crimea, they will involve about 2 thousand servicemen and more than 100 units of combat and special equipment, the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Russian Defense Ministry reports.

State tests of the MP-120 mortar developed by the Ukrainian Armored Vehicles company have been completed at one of the Ukrainian training grounds. The product is designed to replace the Hammer mortar in the troops, whose defects led to the rupture of the barrel. The end of the tests is reported by Defense Express.