Anatoly Serdyukov wrote off "Kalashnikov"

On Wednesday, a government hour was held in the State Duma with the participation of Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov. The head of the Defense Ministry behind closed doors told the parliamentarians about the progress of the military reform, about the solution of social and personnel issues of the army. According to GZT.RU, the legendary Kalashnikov assault rifles and SVD rifles have been declared morally obsolete by the leadership of the ministry. So in the near future, the aircraft will be purchased from outside not only helicopter carriers and Drones, but also small arms - foreign assault and sniper rifles.

For some time now, the State Duma has preferred to discuss all questions relating to the course of military reform and ensuring defense and security behind closed doors. So you can not be afraid to unwittingly violate the law on state secrets. However, most of the information reported by the military still becomes the property of the press.

Year without a broom

“First of all, we discussed with the Minister issues of combat capability of the Armed Forces, as there were quite a few changes in this field in 2010,” said Igor Barinov, first deputy chairman of the Duma defense committee, to GZT.RU. with operational commands. Intermediate management links have been eliminated — this will contribute to more operational troop command. ”

According to the deputy, during the discussion, those of colleagues who have some idea of ​​the functioning of the army expressed concern that new requirements are being placed on the leadership of the military commands, and the experience of this kind of control has not yet been accumulated, before it had nowhere to take. “Officers have to learn on the go,” says Barinov.

The minister also elaborated on the fact that it was possible to separate the operational control of troops from the administrative one. "Now the officers are engaged only in combat training," said the deputy. Everything related to ensuring the activities of the Armed Forces, from guard duty to cooking and repairing equipment, is outsourced to third parties. “This is especially important in terms of a one-year service life: conscripts are exempted from outfits, cleaning the territory, cooking food,” says Barinov. “During this time, they are mastering the level of combat training that they used to occupy two years.” The old scheme has been preserved in some places, the minister said to the deputies, but there they are “establishing order” with the commanders of the units: the decision to divide the service is common to all.

According to the deputy, such a separation of services has a side advantage: “Soldiers do not have time for barracks hooliganism, non-statutory relations”. He stated that the Ministry of Defense and the MAG has already accumulated statistics indicating a decrease in the level of non-contracting in the units.

Goodbye, "Kalashnikov"?

The Minister also discussed with the deputies of the state program of arms procurement. “The funds (allocated from the state budget) are crazy,” admitted one of the members of the Duma defense committee. Earlier, the figure was already called— 20 trillion rubles. The Ministry of Defense has determined the directions in which massive purchases and re-equipment of parts will be made soon. We are talking about air defense systems and modern means of communication, including individual ones, for servicemen of permanent readiness units.

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Surprisingly, Russia turned out to be lagging behind in the field of armaments, where it was considered almost the world leader: in small arms weapons. “Foreign samples in all performance characteristics superior to ours. “The Kalashnikovs” remained in the last century, ”one of the deputies admitted after the minister’s report.“ They, including the 100th series, are not able to conduct targeted fire in bursts. In the fighting, professionals are forced to fire solitary. Moreover, foreign small arms are lighter in weight, easier to handle, and often cheaper. ”

According to the officers' deputies, these problems arose due to the fact that during the cold war and the “iron curtain” the Russian (Soviet) gunsmiths were cut off from the weapons schools of Germany, Belgium, Austria, the USA, Israel, and South Africa.

Not only the Kalashnikovs, but also sniper rifles may be overboard of the new aircraft. “What was great for 1960 – 70's has long been outdated,” the source admitted. “Now it’s about upgrading the production base.” At the same time, the Ministry of Defense is allegedly considering the possibility of purchasing large quantities of foreign small arms for armament of units and subunits of the North Caucasus Military District and other units that are "at the forefront of events."

During communication with deputies, the question about the Mistral was inevitably raised. Some deputies argued that the French helicopter carriers are backward in terms of driving performance and other specifications. “Georgia’s reaction to the purchase of Mistral is characteristic - panic!” - says Barinov. “These naval complexes are modern and multifunctional, they will allow the fleet to reach a different level of fulfilling the assigned tasks, ”confirms a member of the committee, captain of the first rank of the reserve Mikhail Nenashev.

Login-password-apartment

Serdyukov did not manage to get around the painful question of obtaining housing by fired officers and warrant officers. “Today, the minister reported that a single line of officers was formed for housing,” said the head of the Just Russia faction in the State Duma Nikolai Levichev. “Previously, it was a very corrupt sphere, where there were so many injustices and grievances. Now formed a single queue, which from the new year will be available on the Internet. Each soldier waiting for his turn will be able to receive an individual code so that in the “online” mode it will be possible to observe how his turn is moving. ” “It’s not a fact that it will speed up the“ quartering ”of the military, but there are new trends,” added the Duma’s lobby.

“Steps are being taken to ensure that conscripts do military service not far from home,” Levichev said. “Then they will have the opportunity to go home for the weekend.” In addition, as the minister said, “everything will be done”, so that even in distant garrisons, the military, using the Internet and other modern means of communication, can communicate with their relatives and friends in a videoconference mode or at least a telephone connection.

By the way, some deputies from the opposition were alerted in connection with the new, “local” principle of conscription. They believe that the army in this way can be divided into regional components, which will lead almost to separatism among the military.

“There were other ridiculous questions,” the deputy head of the Barinov committee confirmed. “For example, why do we allow foreigners to serve in our army and what events can this lead to given the experience of the Manege Square?” In general, stupidity and insanity. " According to the deputy, only 119 people who are not citizens of the Russian Federation serve in the Russian Armed Forces - and these are former compatriots who are seeking to obtain a Russian passport in a simplified manner.