Small arms news

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).

The BMP-3 is one of the main models of armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and the most popular infantry fighting vehicle in the world

A new modification of the BMP-3 infantry fighting vehicle equipped with the Berezhok module will be presented for the first time at the Army-2021 international military-technical forum. This was reported to TASS by the press service of the holding company "High-precision Complexes" of the Rostec State Corporation.

In Kiev, at the rehearsal of the parade in honor of the 30th anniversary of Ukraine's independence, modernized Soviet BMP-1s were seen. Only ten units.

These infantry fighting vehicles received a single-seat combat compartment "Spis"("Spear"). It was created to replace the Shkval module, first shown 20 years ago on the BMP-1U, also at the parade in the Ukrainian capital.

The weapon is manufactured by the joint Russian-Indian enterprise Indo-Russian Rifles Private Limited

The Ministry of Defense of India may receive the first AK-203 submachine guns, issued under a license by the joint Russian-Indian enterprise Indo-Russian Rifles Private Limited (IRRPL), within a few months after the signing of the corresponding firm contract. This was reported to TASS in the press service of the Kalashnikov Group of Companies (GC) (part of the Rostec state Corporation) during the international military-technical forum "Army-2021".

The Kalashnikov Group of Companies (part of the Rostec State Corporation) has developed the PPK-20 submachine gun designed for pilots of the Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS). The weapon was first presented on Sunday, August 22, at the international military-technical forum "Army-2021".

India on Thursday signed a contract with Russia for the immediate supply of the latest Kalashnikov assault rifles of the "two-hundredth series" in the amount of 70 thousand units, the online publication The Print reported.

At the International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2021", 50 new models of weapons and military equipment will be demonstrated. This was announced by Dmitry Lelikov, Deputy General Director of the Rostec State Corporation, at a briefing for foreign military attaches on Thursday.

The Russian Defense Ministry will add reconnaissance UAVs to the arsenal of sniper units. Sniper pairs will be armed with drones that will allow you to find, identify and monitor targets at a distance of several kilometers. This is reported by Izvestia, citing sources in the defense ministry.