On trials in the Airborne Forces revealed serious shortcomings of foreign sniper rifles
The commander of the Airborne Forces, Lieutenant-General Vladimir Shamanov, declared serious shortcomings of foreign sniper rifles, which the paratroopers revealed during tests of this weapons in the army.
In an interview with Rossiyskaya Gazeta published on 16 in May, General Shamanov said: “After our snipers received special training, the airborne troops passed 20 sniper rifles of foreign manufacture for testing. We tried them in all climatic conditions. Along with the advantages over our weapons, we revealed imported specimens have significant drawbacks. Foreign rifles in the cold get lumbering, stop shooting in the sand. "
We are talking about sniper rifles Austrian company steyr mannlicher. It was reported that the 30 of these rifles at the end of 2011, entered service with special forces and reconnaissance units of the airborne troops.
The paratroopers "were once again convinced that unpretentiousness is the traditional dignity of Russian weapons, which must be cherished." “But, of course, not at the expense of quality,” notes Shamanov. Recently, "there are big advances in the creation of devices that increase the effectiveness of automatic weapons." "For example, the Shahin thermal imager has appeared, the properties of collimator sights, the entire spectrum of optics have improved," said Shamanov.
The Commander of the Airborne Forces spoke about the introduction of automation equipment into the troops, which make up the elements of the Polet-K system. It will significantly reduce the time for exploration, search and transmission of target indications. What ultimately will increase the accuracy and effectiveness of the fire of the enemy.
Shamanov said that the weapons factories in Izhevsk and Tula are re-equipping the machine park, which produces small arms, which work in the Airborne Forces. "Now we are waiting for their products to significantly improve their fighting qualities, which will make it possible to begin replacing old Dragunov sniper rifles," Shamanov said.
The general believes that "the need to have a Kalashnikov assault rifle in an infantry chain has not disappeared." "Having passed a number of improvements, he has and will have his niche on the battlefield. Another question is that a large stock of such weapons has been accumulated in the army, more machine guns are not yet needed. Rather, it is necessary to modernize the available samples."
From the beginning of the 2012, on the basis of the Pskov paratrooper airborne division, military tests of the Shahin thermal imaging sight, based on an uncooled microbolometric matrix, have been tested.
The "Shahin" sight is integrated into an automated troop control system and has a video output that allows you to use a helmet-mounted monitor for firing from cover.
The electronic processing unit of the sight allows you to enter ballistics for seven types of weapons, as well as to introduce horizontal and vertical corrections during firing. This allows you to perform a procedure to bring a weapon to a normal battle on one type of weapon and then use the sight on other types. For this, the shooter is only required to electronically enter the appropriate ballistics.
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