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'Tokarev self-loading rifle, model of 1940') is a Soviet semi-automatic battle rifle that saw widespread service during and after World War II. It was intended to be the new service rifle of the Soviet Red Army , but its production was disrupted by the German invasion in 1941 , resulting in a change back to the Mosin–Nagant rifle for the ...
The Infantry automatic rifle program was launched by the United States Marine Corps in 2005. Its task was to find a replacement for the heavy and cumbersome M249 SAW that was serving as the Squad Automatic weapon in a fireteam at the time. Two of the weapons in the competition were the FN SCAR HAMR and a slightly modified HK416.
PK machine guns that feature a Warsaw Pact side-rail bracket on the left side of the receiver can mount various aiming optics. The standard Russian side rail mounted optical sight was the 4×26 1P29 Universal sight for small arms, an aiming optic similar to the British SUIT and SUSAT and Canadian C79 optical sights. When mounted, the 1P29 sight ...
Assault rifle: Limited use with Russian naval infantry, armoured, and special forces. [11]: 24 AKMS: 7.62×39mm Soviet Union: Assault rifle: Limited use with Russian naval infantry, armoured, and special forces. Seen in use with PBS-1 suppressors. [11]: 24 AS Val: 9×39mm Soviet Union: Suppressed assault rifle Limited use by special forces. [16 ...
underwater automatic rifle 5.66×39mm MPS: 1975–present Soviet Union: AS Val. silent assault rifle 9×39mm: 1980s–present VSS Vintorez (sniper rifle) Soviet Union: 9A-91. compact assault rifle 9×39mm: 1993–present VSK-94 (sniper rifle) A-9 (9×19mm Parabellum) A-7.62 (7.62×25mm Tokarev) Russia AK-9. carbine, subsonic ammunition 9×39mm ...
The RPK light machine gun chambered in 7.62×39mm cartridge, is essentially a Russian equivalent to a squad automatic weapon. It was adopted by the former Soviet Union, and was issued mainly to motorized units. It was later adopted by several military agencies around the world. [7]
It is anticipated to serve as a squad automatic weapon in Russian military use, supplementing the heavier-caliber PK machine guns currently used for suppressive fire while still providing a higher practical rate of fire than is possible with RPK-based weapons. The RPL-20 was unveiled at the Army-2020 event in late August, 2020.
'Fyodorov's automatic rifle') or FA is a select-fire infantry rifle and one of the world's first operational automatic rifles, designed by Vladimir Grigoryevich Fyodorov in 1915 and produced in the Russian Empire and later in the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.