Small arms news

The concern notes that we are talking about the supply of hundreds of thousands of machine guns to the military

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation and the Kalashnikov concern have signed a long-term contract for the supply of AK-12 assault rifles, the corresponding agreement was signed within the framework of the military-technical forum "Army-2021", the press service of the concern told Interfax.

Russia annually sells more than 100 thousand Kalashnikov assault rifles to foreign countries, said the head of Rosoboronexport, Alexander Mikheev.

Rosoboronexport has already signed contracts and even supplied a number of partners with new samples of this legendary machine gun - the AK "two-hundredth" series, as well as the AK-12 and AK - 15," the head of the company said.

The holding clarified that they are working on the possibility of installing the Berezhka on new types of chassis

Design Bureau of Instrument Engineering (KBP) named after Academician A. G. Shipunov (part of the Rostec High-Precision Complexes holding) has begun to modernize the Berezhok complex, designed to equip infantry fighting vehicles. This was reported to TASS in the press service of "High-precision complexes" during the International military-technical Forum "Army-2021".

The company noted that the factories for the production of AK-103 and ammunition for them in Venezuela are in a high degree of readiness

Rosoboronexport (part of the Rostec state Corporation) will send equipment for the production of AK-103 submachine guns and ammunition for them for the plant in Venezuela in the autumn of this year. This was reported to TASS by Rosoboronexport during the international military-technical forum "Army-2021".

A plant for the licensed production of AK-103 and ammunition is being built in Venezuela, we are talking about the final stage of work, the head of Rosoboronexport, Alexander Mikheev, told Interfax.

The rifle is being created for the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation as part of the Reaper development work

State tests of the latest Chukavin sniper rifle (SHF), developed in the Russian Federation by the Kalashnikov Group of companies (part of the Rostec State Corporation) to replace the Dragunov sniper rifle (SVD), are planned to be completed by the end of this year.

The company noted that it can be performed during the service contract

The Kalashnikov Group of Companies (GC) has begun to offer customers the modernization of the Dragunov-SVD sniper rifle. This was reported to TASS in the press service of Kalashnikov.

American fans of Russian weapons will soon lose the opportunity to update their arsenal. August 22, portal thefirearmblog.com he reported that the new package of sanctions prohibits the supply of weapons and ammunition from the Russian Federation.

The Kalashnikov Concern delivered a batch of AK-15 assault rifles to India for special purpose units in mid-August, the concern's press service told Interfax.

Kalashnikov is starting an active promotional campaign for its new submachine gun. Yesterday, on August 22, the press service of the concern published a video with details of a new model of small arms PPK-20, which is positioned as a weapon for inclusion in a wearable emergency reserve (NAZ).

The official announcement of the rifle with smart functions took place at the Army-2021 forum. The concern's message says that the MP-155 Ultima received an on-board personal computer based on Android, which was radically redesigned by specialists.

The command of the French Armed Forces announced the testing of a 40-mm automatic grenade launcher manufactured by Heckler und Koch with the use of air-detonating grenades to neutralize micro - and mini-unmanned aerial vehicles.

The onboard personal computer runs on the Android system

The Kalashnikov Group of Companies (part of the Rostec State Corporation) presented the serial version of the latest MP-155 Ultima smart rifle at the Army-2021 international military-technical forum. This was reported to journalists on Monday in the press service of Kalashnikov.

The unmanned boat with the CyberBoat-330 hybrid engine presented at the Army-2021 military forum received a rocket-machine gun module. The vessel was developed on an initiative basis in the design bureau of Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University.

Russia will soon begin work on the creation of a new generation of combat equipment, the military has already outlined the basic requirements, said Bekhan Ozdoev, industrial director of the cluster of weapons, ammunition and special chemicals of the state corporation Rostec.

Russian special services are receiving a new submachine gun for shooting under water, it is already being mass-produced, said Bekhan Ozdoev, industrial director of the cluster of weapons, ammunition and special chemicals of the state corporation Rostec.

A prototype of the 9-mm PPK-20 submachine gun from the Kalashnikov Group of companies was presented at the Army-2021 forum.

The PPK-20 was modified, now it has become much smaller. The length of the PP with a folded telescopic butt is only 41 centimeters. The weight of a submachine gun without ammunition is 2.5 kg.

The promising Manul BMP equipped with the Epoch combat module will be shown at the Army-2021 forum, Bekhan Ozdoev, industrial director of the Rostec arms cluster, said in an interview with RIA Novosti.

The International military-Technical Forum "Army-2021" is held from August 22 to 28 at the Patriot Congress and Exhibition Complex in Kubinka, near Moscow.

In 2020, the newly formed 47th Missile and 238th Artillery brigades were deployed on the territory of the military garrison of Korenovsk (Krasnodar Territory).