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Ukrainian is just the aircraft operator (most heavy lift operators are ex soviet block) ,if Russians hired them they would fly for them,  but i was more or less roll of a dice , many companys fly arms into Libya any one of them could have been hit. Like most wars in ME and Africa  UAE ,Saudis and Katar are playing toy soldiers. And no one gives a fuck that all are supplying arms in violation of embargo . Crazy to see then tankers to Syria being boarded in suposed embargo violations transporting oil while every jihadi had arms delivered to syria no questions asked again in clear breach of embargo on arms to warzones

As for Urkraine Turk relations ,they are still good ,turks buying tech while Ukraine is  in beggers can't be chosers position any one with hard cash is a friend.

Chinese sight for the grenade launcher seems to include a rangefinder which is quite nice to have with anything firing low velocity rounds so you can get on target without wasting ammo.

No , but the drone footage was claimed to be from 2017 by folks negating Irans claim that drone was not downed .  What could iran present to refute the claim? 2 hours of footage?

Only thing you have is unsubstantiated claim of a shootdown. For all we know LMADIS is a total and absolute dud and we are just being feed bunch of PR fairy tales . There sure is a flood of articles about LMADIS  on basicaly hearsay and no evidence to back it up.

Unless the LMADIS  buggy was on Boxer in years prior  , vid is genuine not 2017 as some claimed and drone made it back so no shot down acomplished.

Afganistan  ,US  SF geting their asses whooped by the Taliban evacuated by an Afghani Mil-17

Whatever the system , sale is a master stroke . Prying away from NATO one its strongest members , doesn't matter if things pan out ,but sure is one heck of a wrench thrown into the Nato machine inards. At the same time it will weaken not only NATO but Turkey as well as its own partners will start sanctioning it. If Russia is smart it will harnes some of the Turk tech as in some fields they are quite advanced.

I guess international airspace doesnt apply when US shoots something down,

Nothing wrong with folding stocks and adjustable stocks , AKs had great folders , but uncritical adoption of an M4 butstock is just lazy. There are much better solutions as we have seen on most modern rifles that are not Ar15 patern that is limited by the buffer tube arangment .  I used to own number of AKs and loved them but optics ready is now mondatory and aka just in not it in standard configuration.

Ak12 meloved out , likely due desire to keep cost low its barely improved over 100 series. 

Two features that make hairs stand flimsy sheet metal  topcover with rudimetary fix and  non structural forend configuration

Solid upper and forend and can be done to Aks

Even to old jugo kalashnikovs 

On 7/13/2019 at 8:58 PM, LoooSeR said:

   Barrel change feature on RPK-16 is not for quick changing hot barrels. Main reason why SFs (probably FSB) are interested in RPK-16 (and probably payed for design works or were main aim for Kalashnikov Concern when designing this gun) is ability to prepare gun to very specific types of enviroments which would not change during operation. Fireifght with criminals blocked inside of house very rarely changed into chase in open spaces.

   So for operations inside of villages and towns (searches, arrests, liquidations) those spec ops need weapon for CQB and for use inside of MRAPs/armored cars. In operations when they search for gangs outside of populated areas it is usually mountains and forests with long ranges, so they need something for long range firefights. One type of operation is very unlikely to become other one, so mounting long or short barrel before operation is not going to really hinder specialists. but actually make things easier.

   Karden (MVD SF member, now Rosgvardia IIRC) wrote document to higher-ranking officials about conceptual look of "new generation" avtomat for units like his and ability to change elements like barrels before operations was one of key feature (and quick-change was not required for that type of modularity that he wanted). 

That makes a bit more sense altough you are better of with a specialist short barrel version for the folks that need them , barrel changes also change POI which was not a problem in the past with iron sights as each barrel also had a front sight that could be sighted for it. but with optics the barrel change became much more of an issue it needs to be much more repeatable and precise than  it ever was in the past.

Hope Kalashnikov manages to get  heads out of their asses and move towards making guns like  AM-17 and ABM-17 or at very least something with solid upper based on AK .    Optics in firearms are single most important jump in lethality and not having a simple optic ready guns in 21century is crazy (whole side mounted optics is a dated concept), also hope they stop using M4 type stocks on their platorms makes guns look cobled up with Aliexpress componets. Don't get me wrong Ak47 is an icon but optics ready it is not .

Barrel change on the RPK 16 is a joke , useless in combat conditions In such configuration no one will be changing barrels in a fire fight. It not tool less change nor without use of heat resistant gloves.Also idiotic continued use of bipods mounted on ither barrel or removable forend .

This is how barrel change needs to work or you are better of with no barrel change at all

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Dpyf7TTi2s

Sometimes you need 1500kg of KAB-1500 to make kebab in Syria ,note the crowd runing into the compund just before bomb slams home.

On 2/15/2019 at 10:03 PM, LoooSeR said:

   SSO. Rare to see shotguns in use in our SFs.

   

Because breaching seems to be done with ither TNT or some high explosive round and houses are not made out of drywall like in US 

Never to much TNT to smoke badguys out 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUEeHapV9Cw

Special Aliexpress outfits on those Armenians , chinese sweatshop  had to charge extra for the unusual color !