Croatian assault bullpup rifle VHS-2
HS Produkt, headquartered in Croatian Karlovac, in recent years has managed to confidently master a substantial share of the global market for military and civilian semi-automatic weapons. Since the late nineties, the world has learned about the HS2000 model, which has evolved into many different modifications. The proliferation of weapons of this type took over the American firm "Springfield Armory LLC". Model XD, XDM and XDS pistols were offered to the final buyer, who had time to perfectly prove themselves not only in Europe, the website reports all4shooters.com.
To improve ergonomic weapon performance, the company decided to upgrade the texture of the rifle pistol grip for VHS-2. After the modernization, the shooters began to notice a stronger grip, which also contributed to an increase in the accuracy of shooting.
History Croatian company remembers the period when the company was called "IM Metal". The weapons of this company were used during the so-called war of independence from Yugoslavia (we are talking about the independence of Croatia). Weapons had to "taste" many shooters, and his improvement led to the expansion of the boundaries of markets.
One of the stages of product development from a Croatian company is the release of an assault rifle Višenamjenska Hrvatska Strojnica - the very VHS. The first rifle of this type saw the light about 6 years ago. Its distinctive feature is the bullpup layout, as well as the “NATO” caliber 5.56x45mm. This rifle was honored in the tests and soon became operational in the Croatian army. After the introduction of this rifle, the Croatian armed forces began to actively reduce the number of used foreign small arms - first of all it was about the rejection of the Soviet AKM.
But it should be noted that not all members of the Croatian army were enthusiastic about VHS. Its ergonomic parameters were declared incomplete. Then the company decided to collect comments and suggestions of Croatian soldiers and take them into account when changing the parameters of small arms. The proposal was collected for a long time, after which the company "HS Produkt" and presented a variant of VHS-2.
For the first time, these small arms were seen at exhibitions in the city of Split. The next stage is entering the world stage through the arms exhibition in Paris. The EUROSATORY 2014 exhibition has become an opportunity for a VHS-2 manufacturing company to open up new markets. Does the new rifle have significant differences from what the Croatian military 6 did not so unconditionally liked about years ago? There is.
This is the presence of two variants of the barrel (with lengths 41 cm and 50 cm), the use of high-strength polymer compounds and non-ferrous metals.
In this case, the rifle is equipped with a detachable magazine for 30 cartridges, which was also characteristic of VHS. But the main changes are not connected with the materials used, but with the changed location of the firing mode switch. Now it was installed above the pistol grip, which made the use of the switch more convenient. It is said that even with gloves you can change modes without any problems.
Another innovation is the adjustable butt and cheek stock.
Now, using the adjustment, you can adjust the weapon's ergonomics for your own individual parameters. The bilateral arrangement of a window for departing sleeves allows you to set up a weapon for right-handers or left-handers in order to insure against possible injury.
To improve ergonomic weapon performance, the company decided to upgrade the texture of the rifle pistol grip for VHS-2. After the modernization, the shooters began to notice a stronger grip, which also contributed to an increase in the accuracy of shooting.
History Croatian company remembers the period when the company was called "IM Metal". The weapons of this company were used during the so-called war of independence from Yugoslavia (we are talking about the independence of Croatia). Weapons had to "taste" many shooters, and his improvement led to the expansion of the boundaries of markets.
One of the stages of product development from a Croatian company is the release of an assault rifle Višenamjenska Hrvatska Strojnica - the very VHS. The first rifle of this type saw the light about 6 years ago. Its distinctive feature is the bullpup layout, as well as the “NATO” caliber 5.56x45mm. This rifle was honored in the tests and soon became operational in the Croatian army. After the introduction of this rifle, the Croatian armed forces began to actively reduce the number of used foreign small arms - first of all it was about the rejection of the Soviet AKM.
But it should be noted that not all members of the Croatian army were enthusiastic about VHS. Its ergonomic parameters were declared incomplete. Then the company decided to collect comments and suggestions of Croatian soldiers and take them into account when changing the parameters of small arms. The proposal was collected for a long time, after which the company "HS Produkt" and presented a variant of VHS-2.
For the first time, these small arms were seen at exhibitions in the city of Split. The next stage is entering the world stage through the arms exhibition in Paris. The EUROSATORY 2014 exhibition has become an opportunity for a VHS-2 manufacturing company to open up new markets. Does the new rifle have significant differences from what the Croatian military 6 did not so unconditionally liked about years ago? There is.
This is the presence of two variants of the barrel (with lengths 41 cm and 50 cm), the use of high-strength polymer compounds and non-ferrous metals.
In this case, the rifle is equipped with a detachable magazine for 30 cartridges, which was also characteristic of VHS. But the main changes are not connected with the materials used, but with the changed location of the firing mode switch. Now it was installed above the pistol grip, which made the use of the switch more convenient. It is said that even with gloves you can change modes without any problems.
Another innovation is the adjustable butt and cheek stock.
Now, using the adjustment, you can adjust the weapon's ergonomics for your own individual parameters. The bilateral arrangement of a window for departing sleeves allows you to set up a weapon for right-handers or left-handers in order to insure against possible injury.
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