LoooSeR Posted September 4, 2022 Report Share Posted September 4, 2022 Quote Question: Do our military personnel / employees use the AR platform in the SMO? Answer: Yes, and this also applies to carbines chambered for 5.56x45. As for the pros and cons, the main advantage of ARoids (besides the show-offs that no one has cancelled) I see the ability to use any modern optical and optoelectronic sights without increasing the mass of the weapon due to various bracket adapters and fears for the "floating zero" . And the main disadvantage is hunting ammunition, which does not penetrate any bulletproof vests at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted September 5, 2022 Report Share Posted September 5, 2022 Quote An AKMS assault rifle with a 1P87 "Valdai" sight installed by a reconnaissance officer of one of the units of the Special Forces of the Russian Armed Forces in the SMO zone in Ukraine. The use of weapons caliber 7.62 (AKM, AKMS) in the presence of standard AK-12s is due, first of all, to the presence of standard devices for silent shooting - PBS-1, not many of suppressor are avaliable for AK-12. For this reason, oldschool comes into play. The use of commercial "cans" for assault rifles in caliber 5.45 (AK-12, AK-74M, RMO, etc.) is an investment of your money for the purchase, and most importantly, the production time, which is currently shifting to the right . This is in a situation where "cans" were needed yesterday. All this forces the scouts to turn to carabines in caliber 7.62 in order to at least to some extent compensate for the lack of "silent" guns in the unit. Also note that AK-12 have its own twist and needs specially made cans for it. Spoiler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted September 8, 2022 Report Share Posted September 8, 2022 SR-3M. Not much on this one. Controls and guts are same as on AS. Interesting note is that SR-3 (not M) had stranger charging handle, different safety selector. Note lack of AK-like lever on the side. Spoiler 2nd variant of RG-051, which was a prototype of SR-3 Charging handle were "ears" on top of handguard that you needed to pull to charge weapon. Spoiler Controls same as on Val. Fire mode selector behind the trigger is visible here Button to unlock grip so you can rotate it back into handguard. To deploy it nothing needs to be pressed. All-metal magazine Side rail for sights Button to fold a stock Second button to unfold it Size comparison with SR-2M And guts Stimpy75 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted September 17, 2022 Report Share Posted September 17, 2022 Korobov's shorty version of TKB-0111 I like how it looks like Soviet AKS-74U assault rifle from parallel universe. Normal TKB-0111 Stimpy75 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturgeon Posted September 18, 2022 Report Share Posted September 18, 2022 On 8/11/2022 at 7:59 AM, LoooSeR said: And more about AK-12 from Razvedos I see things are going well with AK-12 lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted September 26, 2022 Report Share Posted September 26, 2022 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal Posted October 6, 2022 Report Share Posted October 6, 2022 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted October 6, 2022 Report Share Posted October 6, 2022 VSSM in Ukraine There is a video from a thermal imager of a patrol getting taken out, claimed to be VSS being used. https://vk.com/wall-31604377_361986 https://vk.com/video-31604377_456243335 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted October 13, 2022 Report Share Posted October 13, 2022 SVDs, Ukraine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted October 14, 2022 Report Share Posted October 14, 2022 On 10/6/2022 at 4:59 PM, LoooSeR said: VSSM in Ukraine There is a video from a thermal imager of a patrol getting taken out, claimed to be VSS being used. https://vk.com/wall-31604377_361986 https://vk.com/video-31604377_456243335 "Wagner PMC" member with AS and night vision optics Spoiler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramlaen Posted October 18, 2022 Report Share Posted October 18, 2022 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted October 20, 2022 Report Share Posted October 20, 2022 On 10/14/2022 at 9:07 PM, LoooSeR said: "Wagner PMC" member with AS and night vision optics Reveal hidden contents Stimpy75 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted October 22, 2022 Report Share Posted October 22, 2022 TSVL-8M1 "Stalingrad" in Ukraine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted October 22, 2022 Report Share Posted October 22, 2022 8 hours ago, LoooSeR said: TSVL-8M1 "Stalingrad" in Ukraine Spoiler TSVL-8 M5 "Dominator", also in Ukraine Stimpy75 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted October 26, 2022 Report Share Posted October 26, 2022 Trophy VSS Spoiler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted November 5, 2022 Report Share Posted November 5, 2022 Konstantinov\s 2B-V-10 rifle, early version. Competitor to Dragunov's SV-58. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted November 8, 2022 Report Share Posted November 8, 2022 VDV, south front, AK-12s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord_James Posted November 10, 2022 Report Share Posted November 10, 2022 Question (probably for @Sturgeon), how does the trigger connect to the bolt in a bullpup rifle so it can shoot? Is there some kind of extension rod or a clever bolt design? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alzoc Posted November 10, 2022 Report Share Posted November 10, 2022 AFAIK it's just an extension rod linked to the trigger Spoiler Lord_James 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted November 12, 2022 Report Share Posted November 12, 2022 Somewhere in central Africa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturgeon Posted November 14, 2022 Report Share Posted November 14, 2022 On 11/10/2022 at 1:55 PM, Lord_James said: Question (probably for @Sturgeon), how does the trigger connect to the bolt in a bullpup rifle so it can shoot? Is there some kind of extension rod or a clever bolt design? depends on the specific gun, but typically you have a normal rifle fire control group in the rear which the trigger is connected to by a long (and frequently unfortunately flexible) rod. some bullpups are different, however, like the RDB, which has the fire control group close to the trigger, and actually telescopes the entire hammer around the bolt group. Lord_James 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted November 15, 2022 Report Share Posted November 15, 2022 AK-12 is not so often seen with GPs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted November 15, 2022 Report Share Posted November 15, 2022 Stloen from Max Popenker's group in VK Quote Today is the birthday of I.Ya. Stechkin. Here is a photo of the TKB-0116 assault rifle, created by Igor Yakovlevich in the late 1970s for the "Modern" contest, the one in which the future AKS-74U won. The Stechkin assault rifle was distinguished by the fact that it had an action scheme atypical for this class of weapons using the recoil energy of the barrel during its short stroke, and locking by turning the same barrel. Spoiler Stimpy75 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted November 23, 2022 Report Share Posted November 23, 2022 Mujaheeds of Jaish Al-Sudaplatov (volunteers unit) in Zaporozhie region with their AKs Spoiler Pafgun 60 rounder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted November 30, 2022 Report Share Posted November 30, 2022 Naval infantry soldiers with AK and og VSS Stimpy75 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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