Small arms news

Pakistani artisans collect artisanal copies of the Soviet TT self-loading pistol, but sell it under the Mauser brand.

On November 17, 2021, the IX annual Forum "Composites Without Borders" will be held in partnership with the International Industrial Exhibition INNOPROM. The event will be held in two formats in person at the Skolkovo Technopark online at the INNOPROM Online site. The event is supported by the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation. The general sponsor is the interregional cluster "Composites without Borders".

The Russian military will receive a batch of tank support vehicles (BMPT) "Terminator". The commander of the troops of the Central Military District (CVO), Colonel-General Alexander Lapin, announced the continuation of the pilot operation of the BMPT in 2022. This is reported by Interfax.

When creating the "wheelbarrow of the XXI century" - the Tiger car in the buggy version - for participation in special and sabotage operations, much attention was paid to increasing firepower. Therefore, the SBM VPK - 233136 can be considered a kind of record holder: the crew of 4-5 people is armed with three 7.62 mm machine guns of the Pecheneg PKP (3200 rounds of ammunition) and one 12.7 mm Cord (400 shots).

The 201st Russian military base stationed in Tajikistan will receive the first batch of upgraded T-72B3M tanks in November, Alexander Lapin, commander of the Central Military District (CVO), told reporters.

The unique capabilities of the new knife of combat swimmers of the Navy "Igla" were shown on video.

The next program "Military acceptance" on the TV channel "Zvezda" was dedicated to the knives of Russian special forces.

Russian military intelligence officers confirmed at the exercises the possibility of effective firing from silent special screws "Val" and "Vintorez" at record distances of over 1 kilometer, although officially their firing range is limited to no more than 450 meters, the Rostec state Corporation told RIA Novosti.

An exercise to repel an attack by an illegal armed group (IAF) on the objects of the 201st Russian military base took place in Tajikistan, the press service of the Central Military District reported on Saturday.

The reconnaissance units of the combined arms army of the Eastern Military District stationed in Buryatia have received the latest AK-12 Kalashnikov assault rifles. This was announced on Wednesday by the press service of the VVO.

Russian weapons were evaluated in the United States. The 19FortyFive edition has published a list of the most common submachine guns. The list included a Russian-made submachine gun.

According to Sergey Urzhumtsev, Deputy General Director and Chief Designer of the concern, Russia has potential in the international market of fire support weapons

The Kalashnikov Group of Companies intends to develop modifications of the latest Russian 5.45mm RPL-20 light machine gun for 7.62 x 39 and 5.56 x 45 mm cartridges. This was reported to TASS by Deputy General Director - Chief Designer of Kalashnikov Sergey Urzhumtsev.

The American edition of 19FortyFive has compiled a list of the world's best submachine guns. The article noted that in the modern world they are increasingly used in the armed forces.

As reported in the group of companies, the region is of significant interest to Kalashnikov

Latin American countries are showing interest in the latest small arms manufactured by the Kalashnikov Group of Companies (GC). This was reported to TASS during the international arms exhibition SITDEF 2021 by the Kalashnikov press service.

Production of the GI-4 automatic carbine, a localized version of the American M4, has begun in Georgia. Production has been deployed at the Delta Military technical center at the facilities of the Georgian-Israeli enterprise Delta CAA Arms, the press service of the government of the country reported.

The group of companies stressed that in the near future a factory for the production of Kalashnikov assault rifles of the hundredth series will open in Venezuela

The Kalashnikov Group of Companies (GC) is negotiating with a number of Latin American companies on the organization of joint production of small arms. This was reported to TASS during the international arms exhibition SITDEF 2021 by the press service of the Kalashnikov Group of Companies.

The Kalashnikov Concern has published a detailed video about the AKV-521 civilian carbine with interchangeable barrels for 5x45x39 caliber cartridges and.223Rem.

The enterprise can be upgraded after the launch, said Alexander Mikheev, General Director of Rosoboronexport JSC

The commissioning of the plant for the production of AK-103 Kalashnikov assault rifles in Venezuela is scheduled until the end of 2022. This was announced in an interview with TASS on the eve of the international arms exhibition SITDEF 2021 by the Director General of Rosoboronexport JSC (part of Rostec State Corporation) Alexander Mikheev.

Photos and videos of a demonstrator of an Indian unobtrusive SWiFT drone performing high-speed runs appeared on the network. According to The Drive, it is a smaller version of the Ghatak attack drone.

At the Partner 2021 international exhibition in Belgrade, the Serbian Defense Industry presented various samples of new military equipment of national production.

Three dozen upgraded T-72B3M tanks will be received by the end of this year by units of the Russian 201st military base in Tajikistan. This was announced on Sunday by the chief of staff of the compound Yevgeny Okhrimenko.