Small arms news

The US army is actively working to overcome the shortcomings identified in the equipment and training of front-line units, or "close combat" (CCW). Created for this purpose, the" soldier Lethality Cross-Functional Team " () of the future Command ([i] Army Futures Command ) is working on three projects.

Kalashnikov concern continues to introduce small arms enthusiasts to its new product-the AKV-521 carbine of 5. 45x39 caliber. After the incomplete disassembly of the weapon shown earlier, the new video explains in more detail about the features of the prototype.

American bloggers tested homemade shotgun bullets weighing 1050 grains (about 68 grams). Surprisingly, the "Tsar-bullet" behaved as stably as possible, shooting was characterized by high, but controlled recoil, and the speed reached 340 m/s.

The motorized rifle unit of the Eastern military district (VVO) received the latest portable short-range reconnaissance radar.

in 2020, parachuting and paratroopers did a lot for the first time

Our airborne forces were the first in world history to perform a group high-altitude jump from 10 thousand meters from the Il-76 military transport aircraft at a flight speed of up to 350 km/h. The jump was made in the area of the Franz Josef Land archipelago on drifting ice. Another evidence of our country's active consolidation in the Arctic.

The Ministry of defense of the Russian Federation this year ahead of schedule received all parties of equipment "Ratnik", delivered about 18 thousand sets, reported on Thursday in the state Corporation"rostec".

The us army is intensively developing high-tech equipment for Marines and a new generation of personal weapons, which are designed to provide a decisive advantage for American soldiers in combined-arms combat.

On November 13, the day of radiation, chemical and biological protection troops is celebrated annually in the Armed forces of the Russian Federation. By the end of 2025, the share of modern weapons in these troops should be 85%.

Vladimir Putin said that Russia is completing the creation of a nuclear forces control center, which is almost completely protected from nuclear attacks and equipped with the most advanced equipment and communications facilities. Moscow has already seriously modernized its nuclear triad in recent years. Now it's time to update its management system, which Russia inherited from the USSR and was developed on the territory of Ukraine.

The Kalashnikov concern has introduced a new TR3 carbine for the 366 TKM hunting cartridge, based on the AK-12 and AK-15 assault rifles.

The peacekeeping operation in Nagorno-Karabakh, which was agreed upon by the leaders of Russia, Armenia and Azerbaijan, involves a brigade created on the basis of the Ulyanovsk airborne assault brigade (VDV). The armament of military personnel was revealed by Moskovsky Komsomolets.

New development of TSNIITOCHMASH will teach marksmanship

The development of a new automated target complex of employees of the Research center (SIC) for testing and experimental research of weapons, military and special equipment (a structural division of TSNIITOCHMASH) is a feat of the very functionality of this division. After all, one of its main tasks is to conduct large – scale tests of small arms and demonstrate them to potential domestic and foreign customers.

Technologists and design engineers Of the Central research Institute of precision engineering (TSNIITOCHMASH) of the rostec state Corporation are working to increase the share of non-metallic products in small arms.

Dmitry Litovkin-what can be opposed to attack drones on the battlefield

In the near future, Turkey will receive a drone allegedly capable of destroying a company of Russian t-72 or modern T-90 tanks in one flight. It will be an improved version of the Anka-s drone, which proved itself well during the fighting in Syria.