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The weapons are capable of fighting both air opponents, ground armored targets, and long-term firing points, said Kirill Kulakov, head of the Kazan Higher Tank Command School.

The special purpose regiment of the Southern Military District in the Stavropol Territory was one of the first to receive a batch of 300 new Kalashnikov AK-12 assault rifles, said the head of the press service of the Southern Military District, Colonel Vadim Astafyev. The AK-12 differs from the AK-74 submachine guns currently in service by its increased accuracy of fire and barrel survivability. Improved ergonomics of the weapon increased the ease of use.

Currently, the paper stage of developing technical proposals for funds that can be included in the NAZ is underway, said the executive director of the state Corporation for Manned space programs.

The German army will completely switch to the new infantry machine guns. April 1, portal armyrecognition.com He reported that the German Defense Ministry approved new purchases of the MG5 machine gun.

American special forces will be able to hit without a miss, even on drones. March 25, portal thedrive.com He reported that the Israeli company Smart Shooter has created a new optics in the framework of the IWOO program.

In Syria, along with the "Tigers", "Typhoons-K", "Lynxes", the operation of the "Shot"armored vehicles continues. A new photo of such a combat vehicle in desert camouflage, armed with a 12.7-mm NSV-12.7 "Utes" machine gun, has appeared on the Network.

[b]The United States analyzed the capabilities of the Russian AK-104 assault rifle. At the same time, the weapon was tested at the test site.

AmmoLand calls the AK-104 an " interesting beast." At the same time, it is noted that the machine is a "slightly stripped-down version" of the modernized "hundredth series" submachine guns with a polymer butt for a 7.62 x 39 mm cartridge.

Russian "Tigers" are currently the most modern examples of wheeled military equipment in the land forces of the armed forces of Zambia.

Earlier in this country, the old Soviet BTR-60, BTR-70, BRDM-2, Chinese WZ-551, South African Ratel and British Ferret were operated.

On March 13, 2021, the Telegram channel of Russian military journalist Alexander Sladkov published photos of several 5.45-mm Kalashnikov AK-12 assault rifles with detected defects - a crack in the front part of the forearm, chrome paint on the bolt frame rod, the absence of a pencil case and other details.

Russian anti-personnel grenade launchers are increasing their caliber. On March 9, Rossiyskaya Gazeta reported that the 40-mm automatic grenade launcher "Balkan" successfully passed state tests.

Rosgvardiya can arm itself with new pistols. On March 9, the press service of the Kalashnikov concern reported that the Lebedev modular pistol (MPL) successfully passed state tests.

Defense Ministers of Russia and Belarus Sergei Shoigu and Viktor Khrenin at talks in Moscow on Friday agreed to create three training centers for joint training of military personnel, one of the centers will be based in Belarus, the Russian Defense Ministry reported

The volume of military contracts concluded in 2020 between Russia and African countries amounted to more than $ 1.5 billion. Rosoboronexport's share of the local arms market has grown to a staggering 49 percent. Over the past two decades, Moscow has significantly pushed the main competitors in Africa for arms imports: Washington and Paris, writes The National Interest.

The Kalashnikov Concern expects to start mass production of the new RPL-20 belt machine gun after its adoption and testing in the military, said the general director of the concern Dmitry Tarasov.

Russia signed a contract for the first phase of creating a joint production of Kalashnikov assault rifles (AK) with Saudi Arabia, the document is interstate procedures for the approval, said the Minister of industry and trade of Russia Denis Manturov in an interview published Saturday in the newspaper "Kommersant".

The joint Russian-Indian enterprise can produce about 40 thousand AK-203 assault rifles this year if the corresponding contract is signed, said the general director of the Kalashnikov concern (part of Rostec") Dmitry Tarasov.

The newspaper "Kommersant" under the headline "The tension has long grown so that you no longer notice additional shades": Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov on the export of weapons " published an interview with the Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation Denis Manturov.

The machine gun, in particular, received a more ergonomic butt, a new fire control handle with a trigger guard, and changed sighting devices

The Kalashnikov Group of Companies (part of the Rostec State Corporation) has carried out a deep modernization of the 5.45-mm AK-12 assault rifle. This was reported to TASS during the international arms exhibition IDEX-2021 in the press service of Kalashnikov.

Russia occupies 21 percent of the global arms market, with 47 countries among its customers. Over the past decades, a lot of advanced systems have been released, which are actively sold abroad. The National Interest named the five most outstanding.

For quite a long time, 3D-printed weapons were unreliable and often disposable crafts, which were enough for exactly one shot. But technology does not stand still, and today printed weapons are gaining more and more formidable capabilities.