High-Precision Weapons Holding Special Edition №01, 2017

EXHIBITIONS 2017 JSC ‘High Precision Weapons’ the leading Russian designer Moscow-based and ranked among top 50 global producers and manufacturer of wide variety state-of-the-art military and of military equipment by SIPRI chart, JSC ‘High Precision Weapons’ special equipment, including but not limited to land systems, small is legally authorized since November 2016 to provide full spectrum The largest world arms, air close and short range defense systems, is now opening of maintenance and overhaul, modernization and upgrade works defensive exhibitions in new business opportunities for partners. and services worldwide. which the enterprises of High-Precision Weapons holding complexes participate in 2017 High Precision The Most Innovative Weapons in the World IDEX-2017 Russia has been famous for its weap - February 19–23 ons. In the 21st century Russian high- precision weapons sets the fashion in United Arab Emirates its class. Main developer and manufac- turer of such weapons — High-Precision Weapons Holding (a part of the Rostec LIMA-2017 State Corporation). The work of the enter- prises of the holding to ensure existing March 21–25 export contracts and the conclusion new Malaysia is being conducted almost constant - ly. There is every reason to believe that results of 2017 will surpass last year’s fig- IMDS-2017 ures, when the High-Precision Weapons recorded the high efficiency of their for- June 28 — July 02 eign economic activities. Russia igh-Precision Weapons Holding plays an increasingly important role on the world arms market. MAKS-2017 The holding is the Russian largest Hdeveloper and manufacturer of the most mod- July ern and innovative high-precision weapons. The importance and potential of the Russian Russia holding increase worldwide as well: On a scale of the top 100 weapons manufacturers in the world, the Stockholm International Peace are well known on the world arms market. It is “Arkan”, “Verba”, “Shmel”, “Kapustnik”, and ARMY-2017 Research Institute (SIPRI) rates the High- sufficient only to mention such brands as the others as well as on training systems, armored Precision Weapons Holding from Russia at 39. JSC Shipunov KBP Instrument Design Bureau”, vehicles upgrade, and so on (for more details, August 22–27 Such a success (the holding did not belong the “Tula Arms Plant”, “Tulatochmash”, the see this issue of the newspaper “High-Precision to the world’s top 100 weapons manufactur- “Tactical Missiles Corporation”, the “Nudelman Weapons”). Russia ers before) can be explained by increasing Precision Engineering Design Bureau”, the The holding’s products are well known and deliveries both to the Armed Forces of the “Kovrov Electromechanical Plant”, the “V.A. much sought after on the markets in the Middle INTERPOLITEX 2017 Russian Federation and to the foreign market. Degtyaryov Plant”, the All-Russian Scientific East, the Gulf, Northern Africa, Latin America, According to an SIPRI expert, “the Russian Research Institute “Signal”, and others. As of India, Central and Southern Africa. The hold- companies ride the ground-swell of boosts today, there are 19 companies joined in the ing is constantly expanding the geography of October 17–20 in military spending and arms export. Eleven holding. Most of them are national and inter- its exports. This is due to product line exten- Russia companies from the top 100 list are Russian national leaders in their segments. sion, development of new models and upgrade ones. Their income has increased by a total The products of the holding’s companies are of products in demand as well as well thought- of 48.4%”. It also can be noted that the High- well known on all continents and much sought out service policy. Gulf Defense & Precision Weapons Holding belongs to the after on international arms markets. Interest in The holding invests much into the devel- Aerospace 2017 top 10 world’s defensive rankings by an over- the products of the “High-Precision Weapons opment of promising designs of weapons and all production and supply increase rate. Holding” grows due to the objective situation. military equipment, enhances and augments December 12–14 A few historical facts about the company. The exports of the holding are based on its development and production potential, and The High-Precision Weapons Holding was warfare systems well known on the interna- invests in the development of models of tomor- Kuwait founded in 2009. The holding consists of a num- tional market such as “Pantsir-S1”, “Palma”, row. ber of largest leading defense enterprises that “Kornet-E”, “Konkurs”, “Metis-M1”, “Igla-S”, (See page 3) 2 Special Edition №01, 2017 High-Precision Weapons Holding IDEX 2017 PALMA & SOSNA

PALMA designed to defeat all types of air Structurally the firing module is com- configuration and two-channel aerodynam- missile guidance. On launching trajectory – attack weapons, including antiship mis- prised of an artillery mount with gear system ic guidance configuration that is realized by a smoke-protected radio command system siles flying at low and extreme-low alti- and optronic control system. As armaments two pairs of orthogonal aerodynamic control that is function in radiolocation mode. At tudes at close approaches to the carri- of firing models are used two AO-18KD rapid- surfaces. SOSNA-R missile is deployed in a High-precision guidance of march phase is er-ship. System SOSNA is intended to fire modernized cannons guns with linkless launcher container. It is maintenance-free. realized in laser information field received protect army units in any form of combat ammunition feed, increased projectile muzzle The missile is launched for the container. by photodetector that is installed in the mis- including on the march against all types velocity and with essentially increased service The missile is rolling during the flight. sile back end. The missile munitions includes of air attacks and reconnaissance means life, and also highly effective eight SOSNA-R Initial rotating is received during its move- blast warhead, rod-fragmentation warhead, diving and flying at low and extreme-low light hypersonic SAM. ment inside the container, during the flight impact fuse and laser noncontact target sen- altitudes. sor with continuous radiation. The optronic control system of PALMA ombined armament consisting of spe- ADMGS ensures the target detection, auto- cially de-signed SOSNA-R high-speed matic acquisition, tracking, measuring of precision-guided laser beam riding angular coordinate and distance, and also missiles and two AO-18KD rapid-fire laying of an information field of laser-beam Ccannons. This combination provides for a lay- control channel to the target at any time in ered air defense against the adversary’s air the conditions of jamming and natural noise. attack weapons in the area of responsibility of Optronic control system consists of gyro- the system. Unique specially designed multi- stabilized platform with two-channel stabi- channel automatic all-weather day/night opto- lization and guidance system, TV system, electronic control system of high precision. thermal imaging channel, thermal imag- Armament and surveillance and target desig- ing channel of missile direction finder, mis- nation radar are installed directly on artillery sile control laser-beam channel, laser range mount on “the same axis” to exclude the errors finder, digital computer, automatic control caused by ship strains. Automatic, semi-auto- unit for target and missile acquisition and matic and inertial operating modes. tracking, stabilization and guidance system SOSNA’s system construction is based of equipment, display and control equipment. new small-size highly effective air defense Main advantages of PALMA ADGMS: guided missile and new high-precision ECM- 1. Combination of high combat perfor- protected optronic control system. The mis- mance, rather low cost and jamming immu- siles and optronic control system are installed nity, hiding operations, impossibility of the on the turning unit (mount) with gears for lay- system destruction by antiradar missiles. ing of two packages of missiles in containers. 2. High firepower attained as a result of 12 SAMs are ready to launch and placed com- a merger of two factors: short flying time of pactly enough on a launching mount owing to the missile to the target and the ability of the small weight and dimensions of missiles. The SAM SOSNA-R has two stages and con- the rotating is continuing due to wing unit. gun mount to conduct rapid fire. turning part is made as firing compartment sists of march stage (shell) and droppable To control the rolling missile, gyroscope 3. PALMA ADMGS and SOSNA ADMS which can be mounted on various carriers solid-propellant low smoke booster that has measures missile attitude position by list. have two common structural components: (load-carrying capacity more than 3.5 tons). short working time. The missile has canard The combined control system is used for SOSNA-R SAM and Optronic control system. JSC «Kovrov Electromechanical Plant»

ovrov Electromechanical Plant is Traditional products are represented by mul- any armored mobile machinery, stationary bat machinery with high-precision destructive exhibiting its traditional products at timedia facilities, and new projects are made objects. KEMP suggestion is to mount it on equipment at simultaneous gunner protection the exhibition Idex-2017 (Abu-Dhabi, in the form of 3D models. Arbalet-DM is rep- remotely controlled machines. In 2016 CMRC from enemy’s fire. It is located inside of the UAE): resented as a working model in the scale of 1:3. «Arbalet-DM» was shown on the basis of Tiger armored vehicle. The specialists pay atten- KElectrohydraulic systems of stabilization CMRC «Arbalet-DM» is accepted in the armored vehicle on the Victory parade on tion to the high combat characteristics of the •• and guidance, Russian Army. It can be installed almost on May 9. The main purpose is to provide com- article, as well as its reliability and efficiency. •• Drives for control of complexes of differ- ent purpose, •• Navigation and gyroscopic devices for top- ographic positioning system of objects, as well as new articles. •• Development of a range of remotely con- trolled vehicles for antiterrorist forces and operation in the condition hazardous for humans. •• Combat module with remote control CMRC «Arbalet-DM» produced by a Russian compa- ny “Oruzheiniye Masterskiye”, where KEMP is the main subcontractor for the development and production.

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Antitank guided missile sys - fighting helicopters as it enables the tems (ATGM) have been devel- system to fire from a stand-off dis- oped and produced globally for tance. already half a century. Since The Kornet-EM system includes: then they became the most pop- •• combat vehicle with two auto- ular and wanted type of high pre- matic launchers and operator’s panel cision weapons (HPW) thanks to with a display; their usability and relatively low •• Automatic launcher with four cost. ATGM systems today are ready-to-fire guided missiles there- not just a specialized anti-tank on is fitted with TV+IR sight incor- weapon, they are also efficient- porating high resolution TV cam- ly used to engage a wide range eras and third generation thermal of other small dimension targets imager, built-in laser range-finder like lightly armoured and soft- and laser missile guidance channel skinned vehicles, various fortifi- and an automatic target tracker with cations, manpower and elements laying drives. of enemy’s infrastructure. •• guided missile with HE warhead with impact and proximity target he IIIrd generation Kornet-E sensor and an antitank guided mis- system developed by KBP sile with firing range of up to 10 km; and adopted in 1998 fea- •• antitank guided missile with a tures a laser beam riding maximum firing range of 8000 m Tguidance system. It was the first and shaped charge warhead armour ATGM system completely jamming penetration of 1100 - 1300 mm which proof and capable of firing on the enables the Kornet-EM system to move. As of today the Kornet-E engage contemporary and future ATGM system with a firing range of tanks bearing in mind the tendency 5500 m is the most state-of-the-art Engagement of targets in auto- the system’s firing rate and num- Efficient engagement of aeri- to growth of their armour protection. specimen of multipurpose tactical matic mode reduces psychophys- ber of targets handled. Similar to al targets by Kornet-EM system is The Kornet-EM missiles are com- short range weapon system which ical stress to operators, require- Kornet-E, the Kornet-EM system ensured by combination of auto- patible with portable 9P163M-2 uses missiles with tandem shaped ments to their skills and duration retains salvo firing capability with matic high precision guidance sys- launcher with variable magnifica- charge warheads for engagement of their training. two missiles in one beam against tem and guided missile with thermo- tion sighting channel (12x and 20x), of primarily heavily protected tar- The block-modular principle of one target to get over active pro- baric WH with impact and proximity fitted with a third generation ther- gets (tanks, pillboxes and the like) system design traditionally used tection systems. target sensor and flight range of up mal imager. and missiles with high explosive for the Kornet family makes it pos- The system’s firing range was to 10 km. Comparative analysis of the warheads for engagement of a wide sible to install both one and two almost doubled – up to 10 km. The use of proximity target sen- Kornet-EM system performance range of targets posing threat on a automatic launchers onto a wide Increase of firing range and sor guarantees reliable engage- specifications with those of its for- battlefield. range of relatively inexpensive low accuracy and use of automatic tar- ment of aerial targets at any range. eign counterparts shows that in the A future ATGM system must be a load bearing capacity platforms of get tracker make it possible to track Combined with powerful high explo- aggregate the former 3.0-5.0 times versatile defensive-offensive guided various origin (1-1.2 tons for single both slow ground targets and faster sive warhead the proximity target exceeds the latter in terms of com- weapon, whose portable and combat launcher version and 1.7-1.9 tons targets. This helps the Kornet-EM sensor makes it possible to compen- bat efficiency at the same time being vehicle transportable modifications for double launcher version). system meet requirements essen- sate possible misses by destruction of simpler in use and maintenance and ensure a wide range of applications The combat vehicle with two tially new for antitank guided UAV (or helicopters) by overpressure. featuring 3-4 times cheaper ammu- in close range tactical zone in vari- launchers ensures simultane- weapon systems – engagement of The maximum flight range of the nition which as an expendable com- ous combat environments. ous salvo firing against two tar- small size aerial targets (UAV, hel- missile being equal to 10 km ensures ponent to great extent defines army A KBP-designed versatile Kornet- gets, this significantly increasing icopters and attacking airplanes). Kornet-EM system’s advantage in operating costs. EM ATGW meets the latest require- ments to a future ATGM system. Its Main performance specifications state-of-the-art engineering solu- Flight range 150-10000 tions endow Kornet-EM system with TNT equivalent, kg 7 a series of new qualities. The use of technical vision with Target sensor impact and proximity automatic target tracker makes it Maximum flight speed, m/s 320 possible to exclude an operator from Weight with launch tube, kg 33 missile guidance process and in fact implements the “fire-and-forget” Length of launch tube, mm 1210 principle without using expensive Main performance specifications seekers in the missile. This gives a Flight range 150-8000 5-times increase in accuracy of tar- get tracking during real combat use Armour penetration, mm 1100-1300 and high hit probability at any sys- Maximum flight speed, m/s 300 tem operating range which is twice Weight with launch tube, kg 31 higher than that of the Kornet-E ATGM system. Length of launch tube, mm 1210 High Precision

(See page 1) There is no doubt that the main task of In 2016, the High-Precision Weapons hold- It is evident that the demand for high-preci- the High-Precision Weapons Holding is to ing toped the planned revenue value by more sion weapons only increases around the world. strengthen the defense capability of Russia than one milliard US dollars. The holding is They do not miss. They are mobile, fast, main- and to supply the Russian Army with the most gradually taking a more important position tenance-friendly, reliable, and the most mod- modern and the most reliable high-precision in the global arms market. A considerable ern. The newest technological solutions are weapons. Within the scope of the contract, the amount of holding’s production enterprises used. 20 years ago, the proportion of high-pre- holding regularly transmits to the Russian supplies is carried out serving the interests of cision weapons used in local conflicts amount- Ministry of Defense the corresponding quanti- many regions. Moreover, the arms produced ed to up to 7%. In recent years, this share has ty of planned weapons. There are “Iskander-M”, by the holding constitute the basis of high increased by up to 90-95%. The most designs of “Pantsir-S”, “Verba”, “Shturm-SM” and other precision weapon park of many countries. The the “High-Precision Weapons Holding” are the systems among the most critical supplies. Due High-Precision Weapons holding is the big- best in the world and determine the technolog- to the holding, the Russian Army is armed with gest developer and producer of the top-notch ical vectors of development in their segments. the best weapons in the world. high precision weapons in Russia. 4 Special Edition №01, 2017 High-Precision Weapons Holding IDEX 2017 BRIEFLY Always and Everywhere 9 MM SPECIAL ASSAULT RIFLE АS The 9 mm assault rifle AS is intended for noiseless and flameless shooting. The Unlimited Use of the ADS Assault Rifle automatic reloading is based on the work of powder gases. The assault rifle is intended to underwater swimmer saboteurs It was made possible by devel- engage the enemy manpower protected with and while doing so, act as normal oping a new underwater cartridge bulletproof jackets and the non-armored scout saboteurs on land. Russian with the same overall dimensions vehicles. The design features of the assault and foreign experience of using as standard land cartridges. rifle are: high characteristics in the accuracy by such units confirms that The ADS special amphibi- of fire and closely-grouped fire are achieved they fulfill their tasks on land in ous assault rifle with integrated due to original design of the assault rifle 80-90% cases. Therefore, such underbarrel grenade launcher barrel; the high hitting is guarantied due units required to have special features bull-pup layout that ena- to the subsonic velocity of a bullet; making multipurpose (underwater and bles shorter assault rifle length in single and automatic shots; the folding above water) in-service weap- comparison to conventional lay- metal buttstock and the quick detachable on, a sort of universal amphibi- outs (with the same barrel length), silencer make it possible to reduce assault ous rifle. Its firing effectiveness enhanced manoeuvrability, better rifle dimensions; mounting seats for optical (accuracy, grouping, armour pen- balance and eliminates unfolding/ and night sights; absolute harmless handling etration), however, must equal folding of the buttstock. is guarantied with safeties. The advantage the 5.45mm АK-74 assault rifle Forward ejection of fired cases of the assault rifle is a detachable double- on land and 5.66mm APS assault with sealed receiver reduces gas column sector-type magazine with the rifle under water. contamination at shooter’s face, cartridges located in a chess-board order and In 2007, KBP Subsidiary TsKIB prevents from injuring by a case interchangeable with VSS and AM magazines. SOO completed its development when working in a group, also It fires the 9-mm armor-piercing cartridge work on the 5.45mm ADS special (unlike sideward ejection) makes SP6 or 7N12 and 9-mm sniping cartridge SP5. Combat diver units appeared in our country in the latter half of amphibious assault rifle, des- it possible to fire by a left or right- sixties. In 1967 an Inshore Undersea Warfare Unit was organized ignated as ADS that solved the handed shooter without swapping 9 MM SMALL-SIZE (IUWU) at the Black Sea fleet. The reason for this was active for - problem of firing under and above any parts. ASSAULT RIFLE AM eign development work on regular combat diver units to perform water. Use of impact-resistant plas- commando-type reconnaissance operations. Fresh in the mem- The objective of developing tic, special materials and coatings ory was the wreck of the Novorossiysk battleship happened in the ADS assault rifle was to create contributes to enhanced corro- the bay by Sevastopol on 29 October of 1955. Although assump- a special amphibious assault rifle sion resistance and lower weight tion of sabotage was least probable (even now), to write off and special underwater cartridge of the weapon. such danger was impossible. The divers of counter underwater to replace the in-service APS A gas regulator added to the warfare support required a weapon capable of undersea firing. assault rifle as a combat weapon gas system enables to switch for special forces of the Russian between “water” and “air” gas he 5.66mm APS assault is just 180 shots. Therefore, spe- Navy. operation. rifle and 4.5mm SPP-1 cial forces going on a combat mis- The assault rifle is designed for At present, the ADS assault pistol designed for this sion both underwater and on land, enemy manpower engagement rifle is being tested by marine purpose are of particu- had to take two weapons: under- and fire weapon neutralization: special forces subunits of the Tlar interest in the range of under- sea for water and regular for sur- on land – when firing Northern, Black Sea and Pacific •• The 9 mm small-size assault rifle is intended water weapons due to unusual face combat. assault rifle with any standard fleets of Russia. It has been pos- to engage the enemy manpower wearing engineering solutions. Despite Modern marine special forces 5.45х39mm cartridges and under- itively evaluated by the units bulletproof jackets as well as the non- the advantages of the systems, are multifunctional because they barrel grenade launcher with employing it for its versatility and armored vehicles at a distance of 200 m. a significant shortcoming with mostly comprise universal com- standard 40mm VOG-25 and compact size. The automatic reloading is based on the them is ineffectiveness when fir- bat divers capable of performing VOG-25P rounds; For the first time in global work of powder gases. The design features ing on land. In addition, it must any tasks: underwater sabotage •• under water – when firing spe- practice, one weapon allows the of the assault rifle are: the magazine quick be noted that life of the APS in enemy’s seaports, protection cial underwater 5.45х39mm car- combat diver to perform missions “ejection” mechanism; the metal folding assault rifle when firing on land of water areas against enemy tridges. under water and on land. buttstock reduces the overall dimensions and allows to deliver aimed fire with folded or non-folded stock; the assault rifle dimensions are the same as a submachine gun has but the firing range and hitting effect of the assault Navigation System rifle are considerably better. The advantage of the assault rifle AM is a detachable double-column sector magazine with the «VNII «Signal» JSC is a modern diversified great experience, did profound design ground- than 0.5% of traveled distance within the cartridges located in a chess-board order and company engaged in research and devel- work, creat-ed research and trial facilities nec- operation time up to 10 h.; interchangeable with magazines of the AS opment and production of weapons and essary to provide designing, testing, prepar- •• Automated determination of CV current and VSS firearms. The 9-mm armor-piercing military equipment for sixty years. It is a ing of production, serial output and life-time position in integrated mode using SNE data cartridge SP6 and 9-mm sniper cartridge SP5 subsidiary company of «High Precision maintenance of positioning, navigation and with the error less than ±20 m; are used for shooting. Systems» holding which belongs to survey systems for land combat vehicles. •• Automated determination of directional «Ros-tec» Corporation. «VNII «Signal» Strapdown inertial navigation systems angle with RMSE less than 7.2 an-gular min- ANTI-TANK GUIDED MISSILE team works hard to develop new types (SINS) surpass gyro-stabilized INS in size/ utes; 9M113M of equip-ment using latest scientific and weight characteristics, reliability, robustness, •• Automated determination of pitch and roll technological innovations. easiness of manufacture. As a rule they have angles with RMSE less than 3.6 angular min- lower power consumption and shorter readi- utes; «VNII «Signal» research and development ness time. Strapdown inertial navigation sys- •• Automated determination of CV speed; activities comprise: Automated fire-con- tems do not restrict CV maneuvers; they also •• Operation control from external device trol systems for the artillery of the ground are more efficient to pro-vide system opera- (from CV AS terminal unit); forces; Drives, laying and stabilization sys- tion during failures of measuring instruments. •• Data exchange with CV central comput- tems for artillery weapons, armored vehicles, All the above-mentioned features determine ing system; air defense missile/gun systems, launchers, the choice of SINS as an efficient source of •• Output of navigation data via GOST antenna stations for army forces, navy and air inertial data for navigation systems of vari- Р52070-2003 serial interface bus; force; Navigation and survey systems (NSS) for ous CV, especially for those operating in hard •• System readiness time after initial data land combat vehicles, geodetic support vehi- mechani-cal impact environment. input does not exceed: a) 3 min. for quick cles and equipment to provide traveling secu- 1NA1-E integrated navigation system for alignment to either input heading or head- rity of strategic missile systems; Hydrostatic CV of Pantsir-S1 system is one of the most ing, stored in the system memory; b) 7 min. The missile is intended to engage modern transmissions, elec-tro-hydraulic control sys- significant latest development. The system is for standard alignment. vehicles equipped with the explosive reactive tems and hydraulic machines; Inertial naviga- designed to provide navigation of land combat •• The drift of directional angle does not armor, fortified fire emplacements, both tion units (INU) and instruments. vehicles, including automated determination exceed ±6 angular minutes within 4 hours of moving or stationary surface and afloat targets, Over 70 types of land track and wheeled and indication of the direc-tional angle, pitch operation; low flying helicopters at any time and weather combat vehicles of the Russian Armed Forces and roll angles, and CV current position while •• Continuous running time of the system is conditions. The operating temperature range are equipped with autonomous navigation moving or being at a stop. up to 24 hours; is from –50°C to +50°C. The missile may be and survey systems (NSS) designed by «VNII Key specifications of 1NA1-E Inertial •• Maximum total power consumption of the launched from a combat vehicle or remote «Signal» team. More than 30 versions of navi- Navigation System (Export Version): system does not exceed: a) 200 W within the launcher. The control of the missile is semi- gation systems have been adopted for service •• Automated determination of the incre- first minute after energizing; b) 150 W in the automatic, the commands are transmitted over and are in serial production. Due to more than ments of current coordinates of CV position steady-state mode. the wire communication line. half century activi-ties «VNII «Signal» gained in SK-95 reference system with RMSE less •• System weight is 18 kg at the most. High-Precision Weapons Holding Special Edition №01, 2017 5 IDEX 2017 ZiD-labeled weapons Submachine-Guns to Precision Missiles

The Degtyaryov Plant equips the navies, enforcing agencies expanded recently. A hand- New projectiles for the RPG-7V, with great- air forces and armies of 17 countries all held multi-purpose grenade launcher system er weight and ballistic features changed to a over the world. The facility’s products was developed for security agencies. It includes certain extent,required the weapon to be range from submachine-guns to preci- the RGS-50M grenade launcher and a range of upgraded. For better handling properties, the sion missiles. What makes this diversity projectiles. The weapon can perform a variety RPG-7 got a removable bipod. Its sighting of weapons similar is that whatever sees of tasks from temporarily disabling the enemy, devises also needed some work on them: the the light of the day thanks to the efforts either exposed or taking cover in rooms, to optical sight, dubbed PGO-7VZ, as well as iron and talent of Degtyaryov’s team always destroying his personnel or vehicles if required. sights received a new range dial. hits the target. The weapon features a simple design that paves the way for high reliability in all oper- Tank guided missiles 7.62 mm Pecheneg machinegun ating conditions. Its removable recoil spring Russian modern tanks, including those going The major modernization of the PKMs pawned iscombined into a single unit with the weap- for export, have thatindisputable advantage a new 7.62 mm machinegun designated as on stock, equipped with a rubber cushion. over other countries’ tanks of having aguid- Pecheneg. The emphasis was made on achiev- This recoil momentum reduction arrange- ed weapons system. Thanks to it, the effec- KBM) in the early ‘70s. Among major require- ing greater density of hits, longer service life ment allows 0.4 kg grenades to be launched tive range of fire of the T-90S, T-72B, T-72S, ments were the maximum range of no less of the barrel, and improving performance. at a muzzle velocity of 90m/sec. There is a col- and T-80U tanks equaled the aimed fire range than 5km and supersonic speed of the missile. Required were measures to get rid or com- lapsible grip under the tube to maintain a firm of 5,000 m. The guided weapons system fire There were tactical considerations to the lat- pensate partially accuracy degrading factors. grip on the weapon when firing a projectile. 3UBK20, 3UBK14F, 3UBK14F1, and 3UBK20F1 ter requirement, as a subsonic missile would These include barrel vibration, heat induced Thanks to the low velocity of projectiles and missiles armed with tandem shaped and frag- take 30 sec to fly 5 km. That is a substantial ballistic performance degradation, and mirage barrel design,the weapon produces a moder- mentation warheads. All of them are produced margin for a tank crew – provided the threat is caused by barrel heat in front of the sight (opti- ate noise, tantamount to a pop. at the Degtyaryov Plant in Kovrov. timely detected – to take protective measures, cal sights are particularly affected). The new The RGS-50M is a grenade launcher that In pursuit of a solution the Degtyaryov like discharging smoke or aerosol, returning weapon proved to be a powerful fire support can be deployed against targets at a certain Plant in a concerted effort with GosNIImash fire to the ATGM location to neutralize the asset in infantry units combining the power of range (up to 150 m) or in the vicinity. Its spe- (State Scientific and Research Institute operator physically or psychologically, as well a medium machinegunand flexibility of a light cial ammunition can neutralize the enemy to of Machine-Building, Dzerzhinsk, Nizhny as concealing the tank behind ground folds or machinegun. The 7.62 mm machinegunthat clear the way for personnel of special units Novgorod Region) developed the 3UBK20F1 constructions. was adopted by the Armed Forces was desig- to the assault objective and use their organic projectile carrying the 9M119MF1 high power The 9M120-1F carries a fuel-air HE war- nated as Pecheneg (6P41) Kalashnikov Infantry weapons. HE missile. head to suppress fire emplacements, destroy Machinegun. Its derivative compatible with a This is an effective weapon that allows Its substantial increase in damaging effects fortifications, light armored and soft targets, night sight received another index — 6P41N. special law enforcement agencies to per- is accounted for by the fact that the 9M119M aircraft equipment, and protected personnel. The special design of the barrel assembly form a wide range of missions in counter-ter- has a modular warhead of an HE unit at the bot- The HE chargeyields the equivalent of 9.5 kg of and jackets that were introduced to it made rorist operations. To facilitate this the sys- tom and additional fragmentation unit in front, TNT. The guidance is performed by a control the barrel more rigid, improved its cool- tem includes a variety of projectiles: GSZ-50 both arranged along the axis of the missile. system. Its carrier part automatically directs ing properties, protected the assembly from stun grenade, GS-50M tear gas, EG-50M rub- Large-yield explosive compounds in the the missile to the line-of-sight trajectory and weather impact, reduced vibration, and pro- ber canister, EG-50 rubber damaging agent, warhead made the charge maintains it on the pathuntil the target is tected the line of sight from heat mirage. A GO-50K fragmentation, GD-50 2-3 times superior to any reached. The missile then destroys the target slit between the jacket and surface of the bar- smoke grenade, and existing projectiles of automatically. rel, ribbing, and ejector at the muzzle provide GK-50 shaped the same caliber. The forced air-cooling evenly overthe barrel part. charge. The lat- 3UBK20F1 possesses far Heavy machineguns ter can penetrate greater power than the The 12.7 mm KORD machinegun, is indeed 12.7 mm 6S8 sniper system a 20 mm aluminum 3UBK20F. While the max- a sniper weapon, relatively mobile too. The One of the products developed most recently plate, while pos- imum range has dropped KORD is unique. It is the world’s first gen- at the Degtyaryov Plant is the 12.7 mm 6S8 ing no lateral threat from 5,000 m to 3,500 m, it eral-purpose heavy machinegun. It will fire (6S8-1) sniper system. It is a special weapon beyond 7 m. still corresponds to equally well from prepared and unprepared designed to destroy lightly armored and soft For as long at the the range of start- sites, buildings, vehicles – both stationary and equipment, personnel of the enemy regard- weapon has been in ing a fire combat moving – whenever the gunner can assume less of whether they have their personal pro- service with anti- on a flat terrain a comfortable firing position. The relatively tection gear on, single and group targets, and terrorist units, it and is as far as small weight and fast deployment capabil- technical assets at a range of up to 1,500 m. has never been most of foreign ity allow the crew to change positions and The system is also effective against enemy’s anything less AT assets reach today. support advancing infantry staying with the snipers. The 6S8 consists of the 6V7 snip- thanan effective asset.As it has ever been the combat order. If attached to the 6T19 mount er rifle, 7N34 sniper rounds, 1P71-1 optical RGS-50M has no foreign counterparts. Hand-held DP-64 with a bipod and the combat situation dictates sight, and 1PN111 night sight. The 6S8-1 has The DP-64 special grenade launcher is part of that, the weapon can be handled by a single no night sights. Unlike previously designed RPG-7D3 light anti-tank weapons the solution. It is designed to protect anchored crewmember. Russian rifles for snipers that are automatic, system ships in outer harbors and at homeports, sur- The quick-change barrel is based on a tech- the 12.7 mm 6V7 is loaded manually. The year of 2011 marked the 50th anniversary faced submarines, waterworks, offshore oil nology developed at the plant. It ensures even This improves density of hits. To minimize of the RPG-7, but the weapon is still among and gas rigs, etc. from detected combat divers heating of the barrel and only minor heat dis- the size of the rifle, its long barrel notwith- the best AT systems in close combat. The and raiders. The weapon equipssurface ships, tortion. Thanks to the steel grade, new pro- standing (1,000 mm), the designers adopted Americans in Iraq and Israelis in Lebanon in submarines, and boats. duction and bore chrome plating technolo- for it the bullpup configuration. Never before the summer of 2006 lost a great number of The DP-64 is a twin-barrel, breech-loaded gies the life approached 10,000 rounds. The had this solution been used in large-caliber their tanks, including recently developed, to weapon, operated by one person. It is capable barrel is fitted with a highly effective muz- sniper weapons. The 6V7 is also lighter than RPG-7 grenade launchers used by their ene- of aimed fire over up to 400 m. There are two zle break. The weapon has inherited the gas- its foreign counterparts, whose weight is mies. Its specific feature is that it was the first types of projectiles, armed with the FG-45 and operated action with a long-travel rod, while above 20 kg and sometimes 30 kg, for exam- among light anti-tank weapons (LAWs) to SG-45 grenades. The latter is a signal projec- locking is performed by rotating of a length- ple, rifles produced by South Africa’s Truwello adopt the rocket-propelled solution for gre- tile appropriate to mark the location of a diver, wise sliding bolt, featuring two rows of lugs. and Denel. The shorter barrel of the American nade launching. while the former, high explosive, will be fired The new barrel, upgraded locking assembly, Barrett М107 does not help, leaving it heavier While the system was developed at Bazalt, to destroy him. as well as reduced impact of action operations and bigger than the Russian 6V7. the RPG-7 originated at the OKB-575 design Being relatively compact and light with on the barrel led to 1.5-2 times as good den- bureau in Kovrov. Its mass production was alocked breech, the DP-64 can be fired as an sity of hits as that of the NSV using the same RGS-50M multi-purpose hand- also set up there. Its effectiveness, reliability, SA weapon from any point of the deck of a mounts. held grenade launcher and simplicity in operation earned the RPG-7 ship, tower of a surfaced submarine, troop The 6P58 KORD on the 6U16 mount (for fir- The range of missions performed by special fame across the globe and contributed to its compartment of helicopters, as well as piers ing at ground and aerial targets) weights below units of the Ministry of Interior, FSS, and law- proliferation. and waterworks platforms. The grenade 60 kg, while the 6U16-mounted 6P59 config- New technolo- launcher can also be a handy asset of patrol uration on the SP multi-purpose postis no gies nudged our boat (including inflatable) crews deployed at heavier than 90 kg.The SP post equipped with designers to look ports and naval bases. It is good for any cli- the 6U16 rotating mount can be deployed on into ways of boost- matic condition, easy to operate and maintain. small ships, RW platforms, in fixed emplace- ing LAW capabilities. ments, etc. The 6U16 resembles a swivel with A range of new rounds for the grenade- 9M120-1 and 9M120F-1 fixing points for the ammunition box to the launching system made it effective not only The Ataka missile system is a successor to right of the receiver, link/case collectors to against armored equipment, but also exposed the Shturm AT weapon, developed by S. the left of the receiver/right and ahead of the infantry of the enemy, his personnel in build- Nepobedimy led team of designers at the receiver respectively. It can be deployed on ings and field shelters. The weapon also poses a Kolomna Engineering Design Bureau (FSUE Tigr special vehicles, transport craft, BTR-D threat to enemy’sammunition and POL depots. KBM, present JSC Research and Production APC for airborne troops, etc. 6 Special Edition №01, 2017 High-Precision Weapons Holding IDEX 2017 BRIEFLY Optimal modernization 9 MM SPECIAL SNIPER RIFLE VSS of the Combat Module Making in Russia BMP-2 can meet the latest modern requirements and military objectives

Many countries keep on upgrading the main fleet of their combat vehicles. In Russia, a BMP-2 mechanical module was The special sniper rifle is intended for noiseless selected as a basis for designing a uni- and flameless shooting. The rifle is equipped form combat module weighing below 3 with an optical sight also it is possible to install tons for upgrading Russian combat ve- a night sight device. The automatic reloading hicles. Russian infantry fighting vehicle is effected by the energy of powder gases. BMP-2, being the main combat vehicle of The firing and trigger mechanism of a striker multiple countries’ land forces, was adopt- type allows to deliver both single-shot and ed for service in 1980 and used to exceed automatic fire. The sniper rifle features: the most of its foreign counterparts in terms original design of the barrel allows to achieve of combat capabilities. Nowa-days BMP-2 high characteristics in the accuracy of fire and still basically meets the modern require- closely-grouped fire; the subsonic speed of ments. a bullet and its high hitting effect; a silencer ensures noiseless and flameless shooting; a urrently a huge fleet of such combat quick assembling into three parts makes it vehicles is in service both with the comfortable to carry the rifle secretly (in a Russian army, as well as abroad. These special bag or case); the presence of safeties vehicles have been produced for sever- makes the rifle harmless in handling and Cal decades and presently their weapon systems prevents making any shots even if the trigger do not meet modern requirements. However, is accidentally pulled or the rifle is dropped their life cycle is quite long and reaches 30-40 or hit when the barrel bore is not locked. The years. The light-weight category combat vehi- advantage of the sniper rifle is the presence cles (IFV, air-borne assault vehicles, APC) are of a detachable double-column sector-type able to determine the combat potential of a magazine with the cartridges located in a country’s armed forces due to their applica-tion module and turret internal layout). The design The improvements implemented in chess-board order and interchangeable with versatility. Infantry fighting vehicles (BMP-1, concept implies the following (Figure 1): “Kornet” ATGM (9М133М-2, 9М133ФМ-3) AS and AM magazines. BMP-2, BMP-3) and airborne assault vehicles •• mounting two “Kornet-E” ATGM launchers provide for considerable en-hancement of its (BMD-3, BMD-4) are the most common hard- on the turret sides, each launcher equipped performance without increasing weight and 7,62 MM SPECIAL SELF- ware of land forces and airborne troops. with independent elec-tromechanical vertical dimensions. These improvements ensure: LOADING PISTOL PSS The analysis of current state and develop- drive and carrying two ready for fire missiles; destruction of modern and advanced tanks ment tendencies of weapons and fire control •• replacement of standard BPK-2-42 sight taking into account their armour protec- systems shows that BMP-2 weapon system is with combined gunner’s sight equipped with tion growth tendency; engagement of any falling behind the modern level a number of independent LOS stabili-zation system and armoured vehicle at stand-off range; engage- parameters: incorporating optical, IR and laser rangefinding ment of low altitude assault and reconnais- •• guided weapon firing is possible from sta- channels, as well as missile guidance channel; sance aircrafts (including drones; tionary position only due to wire command •• installation of onboard digital computer •• installation on two stabilized launchers link of “Konkurs” anti-tank guided missile with sensors system; of BMP-2 ICV of four ready-to-launch guid- (ATGM); •• installation of TV-IR target autotracker; ed missiles significantly in-crease fire rate ••“Konkurs” ATGM has low penetration capa- •• installation of 30 mm grenade launcher when firing ATGMs. This rules out the neces- bility and is not effective against modern tanks with independent electromechanical vertical sity to reload the guided missile launcher The SSP is an individual weapon for the secret like M1A2 “Abrams”; laying drive and 300rds feed magazine; during the com-bat, which increases the sur- attack and defence also it is intended for ••“Konkurs” ATGM has low firing rate due to •• installation of commander’s panoram- vival potential of the crew and of the entire noiseless and flameless shooting. It shoots manual reloading of the launcher. Such reload- ic sight with independent LOS stabilization combat vehicle, since stopping of a CV for СP4 cartridges at a range of up to 50 m. The ing requires long time and besides that the system and incorporating opti-cal and laser ATGM reloading during a combat makes it reloading is carried out automatically with the loader may be injured by splinters or small rangefinding channels; a perfect target; aim of the blowback bolt recoil energy. The arms fire; •• installation of high-precision digital weap- •• implementation of TV-IR-auto target pistol has the firing and trigger mechanism •• at night the system may fire only automat- on stabilizer. tracker enables to increase the accuracy of that allows to fire with the full-cocking or self- ic cannon or PKT machine-gun at range not The weight of add-on equipment installed target tracking 3–6 fold in com-parison with cocking. The safety system prevents accidental exceeding 800 m; does not exceed 500 kg, including around 260 manual tracking. The human is excluded from shots even if the trigger has been accidentally •• the BMP-2 fire control system is not auto- kg of extra ammunition: 30 mm grenades and aiming circuit, the results of aiming become pulled or the pistol has been dropped. The mated, i.e. it is lacking in onboard computer, ATGM. independent on psychophysical state of the reliable work of the pistol is guaranteed modern sights, target au-totracker, and does The specifications of upgraded BMP-2 gunner, which is dramatic in stressful battle- in any climate conditions. The operating not allow for accurate firing, limiting the effec- with new B05Ya01 combat module are given field environment. Accurate target tracking temperature range is from — 50°C to +50°C. tive range of 30 mm cannon to 1100–1400 m. in Table: due to introduction of day/night FCS be-comes a granted technical specification, when firing on the move the system does not the system provides accurate firing with all which enable to decrease the requirements KALASHNIKOV 5,45 MM provide for required accuracy of line of sight types of weapons, including guided, at mov- towards the gunner training level and reduces SHORT ASSAULT RIFLE stabilization due to BPK-2-42 sight rigidly ing and station-ary targets, round-the-clock the training period of the gunners. Automatic The Kalashnikov 5,45 mm short assault rifle bound to the weapon; engagement of all types of targets from sta- target tracker adds the FCS a qualitatively with a folding stock is an exceptionally •• 30 mm projectiles flat trajectory firing is tionary position, on the move and afloat at the new feature, putting to life the “fire-and-for- effective individual weapon for shooting in not efficient against prone or entrenched man- range up to 4000 m with automatic cannon, up get” principle when firing a guided missile. At the conditions of limited space. The small size power; to 2100 m with automatic grenade launcher, the same time the missile cost is significant- and high hitting capability make it possible to •• firing at aerial targets carried out using cent- up to 5500 m with 9М133-1 ATGM. Besides, ly lower than that of a missile with a seeker use the assault rifle in every extreme situation. er rings of 1PZ-3 sight, actually delivers only a 9М133М-2 ATGM with tandem shaped-charge which fulfils the function of the auto-tracker; The conventional (with a steel core), tracer psychological effect, since the typical aerial tar- warhead and 9М133FM ATGM with HE war- •• the possibility of KORNET ATGM launch in and high-penetrating bullets are used for get hit probability is hardly one percent. head and 9М133FM-3 ATGM with HE warhead an elevated mode (above bore sighting line) firing. The energy of powder gases is used to The firepower of a combat vehicle is deter- and proximity fuse, recently designed by KBP, almost excludes the possibility of detecting reload the assault rifle. The firing and trigger mined by its weapon system, thus, the increase allow firing at range up to 8 km. the missile by the enemy; mechanism of a hammer type is capable of of combat efficiency may be achieved by weap- “Kornet-E” ATGM penetration capability, •• laser guidance mode of the ATGM with ori- delivering both automatic and single-shot on system modernization. BMP-2 has a high increased up to 1100-1300 mm, allows reli- entation of the missile within the laser beam fire. The folding stock is very handy, the fire weapon system upgrade potential. The chal- able engagement of modern advanced tanks provides for high jam-ming-immunity against may be delivered from various positions. The lenge of increasing the firepower of existing fitted with add-on ERA («Leclerc», «Abrams», all types of active jamming, since the jammer assault rifle dimensions are considerably BMPs providing their superiority over other «Leopard»). Besides, HEF warhead of the mis- cannot be behind the ICV and send the same smaller with a folded stock. The magazine modern vehicles has been successful-ly met sile is able to destroy concrete fortifications en-coded messages; is detachable of sector type double-column by KBP Instrument Design Bureau. and strongpoints. Due to stand-off range •• to overcome systems of targets’ active pro- with the location of cartridges in a chess- The upgrade was implemented on a serially targets engagement capability the upgrad- tection and to provide for guaranteed engage- board order. The operating temperature produced BMP-2 turret with 2A42 automatic ed BMP-2 are sure to prevail in combat with ment of crucial targets salvo launch of 2 range is from – 50°C to +50°C. cannon (without chang-ing the mechanical enemy tanks and IFVs. ATGMs riding on one laser beam is provided. 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Infantry fighting vehicles and armoured resolved by introduction of the panoram- assault vehicles are the main firing and ic commander’s sight with two-plane inde- transporting assets of infantry and air- pendent stabilization of the FOV into the borne troops, providing the transporta- FCS. This has enabled the commander to tion of the infantry and creating armour carry out all- around search and detection of shelter of the adequate level for the latter. ground and aerial targets on the move at ele- Such vehicles are widely used to negoti- vation angles of up to 60 degrees, with maxi- ate water obstacles and to provide fire mal angular velocity of the LOS increased up support to the infantry. They remain a sig- to 26 degrees per second, providing for the nificant component of any land grouping increase the amount of targets detected by both in integrated all-arms battle and in the combat vehicle by 2.5 times, increase the local conflicts. accuracy of the target designation to the gun- ner by 10 times, providing for accurate target hroughout its history KBP Instrument designation (up to 1 mrad.) not only in tra- Design Bureau has been developing versal channel, but also in elevation channel, small-arms and gun armament as well to completely take over for the gunner and as guided weapons for Land Forces, to engage aerial targets in automatic mode TAir Forces and Navy. A large scope R&D work The FCS provides for complete taking over in respect of armament structure and its effi- of the firing process with all arms by the com- ciency has been carried out. All that provided mander by day and at night, including guided for development in 1980-s the unique weapon weapon using the thermal image of the target, system for the new IFV. preparation before attack, assault, repelling design of the armament system: the arma- shaped by the IR channel of the gunner’s sight, In 1987 the new BMP-3 IFV was put in ser- the counter-attack, including firing from ment can be used as one integrated system on the commander’s screen. vice with the Soviet Army. Exactly the original enclosed positions; in BAKHCHA-U combat module for equip- •• Autotracker united with the IR channel of armament package of high fire power (2A70 •• enhancement of the armament system per- ping lightly-armoured combat vehicles BMP- the gunner and TV channel of the command- gun-launcher, 2A72 automatic gun and 7.62 formance parameters. 3, BMD-3, BMD-4, BTR-90, or as separate sub- er enables to increase the firing efficiency machine-gun integrated in a single module and The set tasks were solved under the condi- systems. due to high precision (0.05-0.1 Russian mils) an automated fire control system) developed tions of severe restrictions, since it was critical In BAKHCHA-U combat module the fol- of aerial and ground targets tracking, as well for BMP-3 by KBP Instrument Design Bureau not to increase the weight and size specifica- lowing technical solutions have been imple- as to rule out the influence of the psycho- (Tula city ) predetermined popularity of BMP-3 tions of the vehicles. mented regarding the FCS, guided and artil- physical state of the operator and his skills vehicle in the world market and nowadays it is Weaponry composition of BMD-4 airborne lery weaponry: on the firing results. The tracking precision in service with many Armies worldwide. assault vehicle •• Due to the introduction of the head mirror became a technical specification not depend- The significant enhancement power fore- •• Armament: 100-mm 2A70 gun-launcher, unit into the sight the range-finding, IR, visual ing on the qualification of the operator and seen in the course of the design of BMP-3 30-mm 2A72 autocannon, 7.62-mm PKTM channel and guidance channel were united in stress conditions in the combat environment. combat vehicle was implemented by KBP dur- machine-gun installed in one module; one module and highly-precise two-plane sta- Autotracker provides for enhancement of ing the development of BAKHCHA-U combat •• Unified automated round-the-clock fire bilization of the LOS was introduced. accuracy of target tracking when compared module. control system integrated with guided weap- Highly-precise two-plane stabilizing system to manual tracking. BAKHCHA-U combat module is designed onry, comprising: of the head mirror enables to detect the target •• In the new weapon stabilizer the speed of for the engagement stationary and on the •• Combined day and night gunner’s sight at distant ranges on the move and to reliably laying has been increased and a digital control move of the whole range of targets: tanks, with independent two-plane stabilization of track the target automatically or manually. unit has been introduced. This has allowed to lightly-armoured vehicles, ATGWs, sheltered the field of view with visual, IR, range-find- •• The rangefinding channel of the sight is implement new control algorithms, to increase and unsheltered manpower, air threats includ- ing channels and a missile guidance channel. integrated with the rangefinder in one mod- the accuracy of weapon stabilizing and maximal ing helicopter- and low-flying aircraft- type •• Panoramic commander’s sight with inde- ule enables to measure the range to the target laying speed up to 60 degrees/second , to provide targets. During the designing of the combat pendent two-plane stabilization of the field with frequency 4-5 Hz, which enhances the for optimal operation of turret and gun laying module R&D work was carried out in the fol- of view with IR and range-finding channels; efficiency of engagement land, and, especially, drives in different modes, adjustment of drives lowing critical directions: •• New weaponry stabilizer with increased aerial targets. when using on vehicles with different load. •• enhancement of firing range and power of aiming speed and accuracy; The angle of divergence of the rangefinding •• Integrated into the armament system of guided and unguided projectiles •• Digital ballistic computer with system of channel has been decreased by two times and BMD-4 new 1B538M digital ballistic com- •• providing efficient operation by day and sensors; the integrated design of the unit provided for puter automatically generates accurate fir- night in adverse weather conditions and con- •• Control unit the misalignment value between the optical ing settings, enabling to program and repro- ditions of smoke interference •• TV/IR-autotracker axes of the rangefinding and visual channel gram almost endless number of ballistics. •• automation of combat operation, decreas- •• Electric automatics system not exceeding 0.1 mrad throughout its whole Significant increase of the autocannon accu- ing the exertion of the crew in the battle; •• Ammo load: 464 pcs of 30-mm APDS, AP lifespan without the implementation of any racy with all tip[es of projectiles is provided •• enhancement of detection capabilities of tracers, HEF incinerating projectiles, 2000 pcs adjustment assets, which provides for accu- due to original firing algorithm, which opti- the crew due to modification of the surveli- of 7,62 mm rounds, single autoloader for HEF rate rangefinding and jamming-proof opera- mally takes into account all the factors of fir- ance and sighting system; and guided projectiles contains 4 pcs of 100- tion of the rangefinder. ing: range to the target (either taken by the •• providing for efficient repelling the assault mm guided missiles 3UBL23-3 “Arkan”, 34 100- Better specifications of the visual chan- rangefinder or fed manually), speed and direc- of helicopter- and low-flying aircraft- type mm HEF rounds 3UOF19-1 with high-power nel and lesser LOS stabilizing errors have tion of the combat vehicle and target move- air threats, as well as efficient engagement HEF projectiles of enhanced firing range. enhanced the accuracy of target tracking, ment, wind speed, temperature and air pres- of drones; The new armament system is an integrat- especially of those moving. sure, charge temperature, deviation of the •• providing autonomous combat operation ed combat module. The solution of the set •• The issue of limited capabilities of the projectile muzzle velocity from normal value, in the whole range of combat situations and tasks with the implementation of new design commander regarding target search and iden- target elevation, roll and pitch angles, projec- separate stages of the battle – during fire solutions has enabled to create the module tification and taking over for the gunner was tile angle of jump. 8 Special Edition №01, 2017 High-Precision Weapons Holding - Asia-Pacific Asia-Pacific Region Cambodia China India Indonesia Korea D.P.R. Korea, Laos Malaysia Mongolia Sri Lanka Viet Nam Russia Tajikistan Turkmenistan Ukraine Uzbekistan

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