Small arms news

Reconnaissance units and special forces soldiers of the Airborne Troops adopted the new AK-12 assault rifles. This is reported by Izvestia.

Paratroopers from Russia and Egypt, as part of the joint exercise "Defenders of Friendship-2021", conducted fire training classes using elements of tactical shooting at the paratrooper training ground near Cairo, the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reports.

The Russian military conducted a master class for Syrian servicemen and showed how to handle a domestic Bumblebee flamethrower. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Defense of Russia on Thursday, October 21.

In 2022, the delivery of the latest models of small arms to the units of the Ground Forces is planned.

Rosoboronexport will present weapons and equipment for law enforcement agencies at the Interpoltech-2021 exhibition, and will hold talks with foreign delegations, the company said on Tuesday.

Soldiers and officers of the country's combat army reserve called up for field training have mastered the use of UAZ-Patriot rocket-machine-gun car pickups. Retraining classes were held at nine training grounds of the Southern Military District.

In Russia, the production of weapons of the Nagant system has resumed. On October 15, the TASS news agency reported that the private Russian company "Sestroretsk Arms Factory" launched the production of a carbine based on the legendary revolver.

Four-legged drones can push snipers on the battlefield. On October 13, Ghost Robotics and SWORD Defense Systems presented a joint development - a sniper fire system for the Vision-60 robot at the US Army Association (AUSA 2021) exhibition.

The American companies Ghost Robotics and S.W.O.R.D. Defense showed a combat robot based on the four-legged robot Vision-60. It is equipped with a rifle with a range of 1.2 kilometers and a thermal imager.

The Institute noted that the key advantages of these artillery modules are an uninhabited combat compartment, control from automated calculation sites in the chassis and high-precision shooting.

The National Guard of Ukraine will abandon Soviet rifles and submachine guns. The UAR-15 semi-automatic rifle will replace Kalashnikov assault rifles. This is reported by the Defense Blog.

Within the framework of the Partner-2021 international defense exhibition taking place in Belgrade (Serbia), the Serbian company Yugoimport SDPR presented a new BBM with an 8x8 wheel formula, called LAZANSKI.

The Sarac 99 large-caliber rifle was presented at the Partner-2021 International defense Exhibition in Belgrade (Serbia). 20 mm ammunition is used for weapons. This is reported by Army Recognition.

The ballistics input system, taking into account the distance or angle of the target location, allows the fighter to quickly and accurately change the firing settings, said Alexander Novikov, General Director of KMZ

The newest 3-12x50 sight for installation on large-caliber machine guns was developed in Russia at the Krasnogorsk Plant named after S. A. Zverev (KMZ, part of the sHvabe holding of Rostec State Corporation). This was told to TASS by the General director of KMZ Alexander Novikov.

The American company Ghost Rorotics has presented a prototype of a four-legged combat robot SPUR, armed with a high-precision sniper rifle from Sword International. SPUR stands for "unmanned special purpose Rifle" (Special Purpose Unmanned Rifle) and is presented as "the best friend of the Special forces".

At the 10th International Exhibition of Armaments and Military Equipment "Partner-2021" held in Belgrade, the Serbian armored personnel carrier "Lazanski", created in yUgoimport-SDPR, was demonstrated for the first time.

The four-axle combat vehicle is named after the Serbian ambassador to Russia Miroslav Lazansky, who passed away in early August of this year.

Modern 7.62 and 5.45 mm Kalashnikov assault rifles continue to arrive in the units of the Ground Forces. Since the beginning of the year, new submachine guns have been delivered to combined arms formations and military units of the Eastern, Central, Southern and Western military districts.

In Karachay-Cherkessia, the scouts of the mountain unit of the 49th Combined Arms Army of the Southern Military District received an AK-74M assault rifle with a kit of modernization "Body kit".

Scouts of the mountain unit of the 49th Combined Arms Army of the Southern Military District in Karachay-Cherkessia received a batch of modernized Dragunov SVDM sniper rifles and army large-caliber sniper rifles ASVK-M "Cord-M" caliber 12.7 mm.

At the Russian-Pakistani dRuzhba-2021 exercise taking place in the Krasnodar Territory, the guests were given the opportunity to test the combat effectiveness of our small arms and the firepower of BTR-82A armored personnel carriers.