Russian Military News, Reports, Data, etc.
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TerraN_EmpirE
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I am not going to even try and translate now I will later when its not 1 Am here. But here is the gist of it. The newly merged Kalashnikov holdings has just sold the Russian army the AK12. That's right boys and girls the Russians are going to field the latest of the AK series. AK 12 is not just a AK100 with rails.its.a.modern weapon with ambi controls updated sights mil spec rails, multi caliber including.5.45, 5.56, 7.62 in both NATO and classic Ak, 9x39, 12 gauge and potentially more. It has a ejection port on both sides of the receiver. And may be available at a latter date in compact barrel lengths (I would bet 9.3 inches and 12.3 inches conforming to the AKS74U and AK105 respectively) it takes the latest of the Russian GP series grenade launcher and has both 30 round and 60 round magazines. The icing on the cake a adjustable folding butt stock. As part of the Russian ratnik program we may begin seeing optical gunsights on the AK12s too the Russians have a number of indigenous units that fit the bill.
TerraN_EmpirE
Tyrant King
Zool
Junior Member
Russia is encountering the same challenges as China when taking prototype systems to full scale production. I suspect China will ultimately have the advantage in working through it with available funding and recent lessons learned in getting J-10A/B, J-11/15 variants and WS-10 off the ground in numbers.
Does not leave India in a good position as their contribution is financial and their air wings are to be formed up from limited assembly kits produced in Russia.
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Zool
Current developments in the Middle East will lead to an end of UN sanctions against Iran, make it a likely early member of SCO and a likely buyer of this aircraft. 50?
TerraN_EmpirE
Tyrant King
that's rather optimistic. There is no evidence of real change in Iran only another new sock puppet on the hand of the supreme leader buying time for the Iranian nuclear weapons program. Although Iran has managed to weasel its way on into the human rights and chemical. Weapons compliance commissions its still non compliment.
Zool
Junior Member
T-50/PAK-FA won't be available to export prior to the situation being resolved (I expect some level of detente will be achieved once Iran confirms it is break-out capable or has a limited number of devices to guard against strikes). First units of T-50 will go to Russia with kits to India thereafter. Initial production rates toward the end of the decade will be low, assuming no delays push IOC into early 2020's.
Russia has come to an arrangement with the primary Iranian adversaries (Israel/US & Saudi Arabia) not to supply further arms. However if the landscape were to change vis-a-vis Syria or some other development, Russia could sell Sukhoi's and S-300 systems under the guise of them being defensive in nature.
Cheers,
Zool
TerraN_EmpirE
Tyrant King
Okay New Wheeled Joint Franko Russo vehicle
Another event Vlad inspects New AK and shoots dissident... okay may be not
Kalashnikov products and Ratnik
And dead center is a shot of the New AK12 and some third world dictators silver SVD
Skywatcher
Captain
Piffle. Everybody knows that only a gold SVD is good enough for your discerning dictator.