Small arms news
Microwave instead of SVD?
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.
Russia has completed state tests of a replacement for the SVD rifle
Russian specialists have finished testing the Chukavin sniper rifle, which is being considered as a replacement for the Soviet SVD.
The Lithuanian Ministry of Defense has signed a contract for the purchase of an additional batch of G-36 assault rifles
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.
Snipers of the Russian Ground Forces will receive a new rifle
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 Russian military will receive combat equipment with an exoskeleton, wearable robots and mini-drones
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 Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation is preparing to adopt a new "Shell" and a fighter drone "Derivation"
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 Ministry of Defense plans to start purchasing BOA pistols in 2022
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.
sHvabe to send optical sights to Italy
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.
New armament of ships tested in Russia
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 ship's nArwhal combat module has been successfully tested
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.
Saab has received a new order for the supply of Karl-Gustav M4 grenade launchers
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 was fully equipped with AK-12 submachine guns
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.
"tYphoon-K", "Lazar 3" and Bayraktar TB2 were shown at the parade in Turkmenistan
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.
Army special forces from Russia and Pakistan during exercises in the south of the Russian Federation will work out the destruction of militants in populated areas
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 with more than 100 units of military equipment have begun in the Crimea
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.
In Ukraine, the tests of the replacement of the Molot mortar have been completed
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.
Video: Tests of the light grenade launcher "Sapphire" were held in Belarus
A prototype of the Saphir multi-purpose grenade launcher complex has been tested in Belarus. The fire was carried out on a target-catcher at a distance of 133 meters.
More than 500 Russian military conducted live firing maneuvers in the mountains of Tajikistan
Tanks and other armored vehicles were involved
Motorized rifle and tank units of the Russian military base in Tajikistan conducted live firing exercises at two mountain ranges "Lyaur" and "Sambuli", the Central Military District (CVO) reported.
Preliminary tests of a prototype of a light multi-purpose grenade launcher complex have been conducted in Belarus
Chairman of the State Military Industry Committee of Belarus Dmitry Pantus checked the progress of preliminary tests on the development of a prototype within the framework of the ROC on the development of a light multi-purpose grenade launcher complex "Sapphire" by one of the enterprises of the country's defense industry.
The PKK-16 was reborn into the RPL-20
The Russian army wants to get ribbon machine guns. On September 22, the general designer of the Kalashnikov concern, Sergey Uzhumtsev, in an interview with RIA Novosti, told about the beginning of testing of a new 5.45 mm hand machine gun.
