Large-caliber sniper complex with a small unmasking effect "Exhaust"
Mass fame large-caliber sniper rifle "Exhaust" acquired only a couple of years ago, as usual, this contributed to the media. The fact is that only recently weapons became available for export, and in this matter without advertising in any way, it is precisely because first domestic, and after them, foreign publications began to publish information about these weapons, positioning them as “absolutely new and unparalleled ". Whatever it was, but the product is domestic, so for the fact that in his advertising information was slightly distorted, we will not blame anyone. In fact, the weapon is a little older than the interest that was shown to him. This weapon appeared in 2002 year, it was then that all the work and tests of this sample were completed. The customer of such a large-caliber sniper rifle was the Special Purpose Center of the FSB, and the performer was the Central Design Bureau of sports and hunting weapons in the city of Tula. The general public, this weapon was presented in 2005 year, while separately it is necessary to pay attention to what was called the weapon and ammunition as a sniper complex with a small unmasking action "Exhaust". In other words, no one has ever talked about the noiselessness of weapons, although on the forums you can often find "fighters" of the Internet who claim that weapons are completely silent and almost tower tanks You can shoot from this rifle. In fact, the large-caliber sniper "Exhaust" seriously loses to its counterparts with a similar caliber, since in order to reduce the sound of a shot the cartridge in it is used completely different than in the well-known SWR, namely 12,7x54. But about ammunition a little lower. Due to the fact that the cartridge is significantly “weaker” than full-fledged large-caliber ammunition for SWF, the use of the “Exhaust” sniper rifle is essentially limited only by the enemy’s manpower in personal protective equipment and light shelters, as well as damage to unarmored vehicles. At the same time, the effective range of the weapon is only 600 meters, but what the subsonic bullet can do at this distance worthy of the best Hollywood films. In general, the weapon seems huge, massive and would look great in the hands of a pumped movie hero from the militants of the 80-90s, but they have their own samples of such weapons there, so you can’t count on such advertising, well and talk about the uniqueness of the weapon, I think also should not.
The first thing that comes to mind from analogs is the .500 Phantom and .510 Whisper cartridges. However, a variety of large-caliber ammunition, which is designed for use in low-noise samples in the same US car and small truck. So here we are behind and seriously, even if by quantity. In my opinion, the reason for this is that in the United States, citizens can actively participate in the development of firearms, and with particularly successful results, you can even get a lot of money, but they give us a term for such activities, although it can be right. In short, large-caliber ammunition, designed for use in low-noise samples, is enough in the US, the problem with weapons. The fact is that if the ammunition is more or less clear, some have gone through “natural selection”, others do not, then it’s very difficult to name a specific model of the weapon created specifically for them. Practically everything is created by adapting the same CWS or other weapon options, for which it is difficult to blame someone, it’s cheaper and simpler. It is very difficult to say what exactly this sample in such and such a performance is used by this and that. Naturally, there is no secrecy, just such weapons are very rarely spread, but on the hands of civilian self-adaptations for such cartridges, probably, even more than those of the state. Very much, many would like to bahal quieter, and the caliber was bigger. And even just without lowering the sound of a shot, such ammunition seems very attractive. But back to our domestic model.
Since the weapon was created for a specific order and for specific needs, it would not be a good idea to adapt any other sample, since you would still have to finish it long and hard, so it was easier to create a weapon from scratch , laying in its characteristics the basic requirements. Despite its appearance, the rifle turned out to be quite light and weighs only 7 a kilogram with the low-noise firing device, and without it, five altogether. The length of the weapon is also much less than it seems and is 795 millimeters. In general, a not so big sample turned out, something that looks massive - yes, but the length and weight are quite acceptable. The reduction in the length of the weapon was achieved with the layout of the bullpup rifle, I think that in this version it is quite justified. The weapon is made non-self-loading, but it is much easier to reload that it is made without turning the bolt handle, the barrel is locked when the bolt is turned.
Not the last role in such weapons has ammunition. The nomenclature of domestic SC-130 is much smaller than that of Western counterparts, but if you think about it, such diversity is not necessary. So in the weapon 3 version of cartridges is still used: 2 of increased accuracy and 1 with high penetrating ability, which are designated as SC-130PT, SC-130PT2 and SC-130ВПСС respectively. If we speak in terms of quality, I think that the FSB has very high quality ammunition, they will not understand humor when instead of gunpowder in the cartridge there will be garbage, which cannot be called gunpowder. Characteristics of domestic ammunition are kept at the level of the best foreign analogues. So for a cartridge with high accuracy SC-130PT with a bullet weighing 59 grams, the allowable accuracy of 1 is angular minute, for SC-130ПТ2 even more stringent requirements. A cartridge with a high penetration ability of SC-130VPS at a distance of 200 meters easily punches 16 millimeters of steel, as well as any heavy body armor of 5-th class of protection at a distance of 100 meters. In general, the main ammunition is there, their quality is quite acceptable, so one can basically say that the United States caught up. After all, it is better to have 2-3 variants of ammunition that are really needed and have good characteristics than the 50 variants of which need all the same 2-3.
I think that the Exhaust large-caliber sniper rifle has already proven its effectiveness, but the fact that we have not heard anything about its combat use just confirms this. Despite the fact that the sound of the shot from the weapon could not be completely removed, it was reduced to a little more than the 120 Decibel, which is certainly not noiseless, but not the roar of a handgun. It remains an open question why it was offered for export, haven't our designers organized something more interesting to replace this weapon?
- Karasik Kirill
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