Mortal blow in melee

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Small-sized machine provides both high accuracy and rate of fire.

The small-sized machine designed by Arkady Shipunov and Vasily Gryazev will ensure the guaranteed destruction of terrorists and not hurt the hostages.

Recently, more and more often not only in the mass media, but also in social networks and on video hosting sites, photos and even entire video footage have appeared on the counter-terrorist operation that is ongoing in the North Caucasus region. The events captured on video and photos do not differ in originality: the soldiers of the special divisions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the interior troops and the Federal Security Service liquidate the militants, hold special events.

At the same time, each published material is studied literally by frames and pixels, not only by experts, but most importantly - by amateurs. weapons and military equipment. Everything is discussed, starting from what kind of collimator sight or “inkwell” (muzzle compensator) is installed on the machine gun of the special forces soldier, and ending with the brand of body armor and even shoes that are worn on it.

It must be admitted that on most photos and videos from the KTO venue, you can see not only “fully tuned”, as they say, “fully” Ak-74 submachine guns and PC and PKM machine guns, but also quite interesting small arms models - GM-94 rocket launchers , various sniper rifles, often foreign-made, as well as an unusual kind of small-sized 9А-91 submachine guns with silent and flameless PBS firing devices installed on them, or more simply - silencers.

Against body armor

9А-91 twenty years ago as a melee weapon, especially effective in confined areas when performing tasks to free hostages, took a firm place in the arsenals of various special-purpose units. Moreover, on the basis of a small-sized machine gun, a VSK-94 sniper rifle was developed, which is still actively used by special forces soldiers.

Mortal blow in melee“9-91, of course, will not replace AK-74 and it is foolish to compare them. But the small-sized machine gun has its own rather narrow tactical niche - close combat in the premises, when the enemy is dressed in individual means of protection and firing from cover. There may be civilians in the room, so the 9А-91 bullets must not only “load the carcass” of the terrorist-terrorist in the “bronika” or behind the barricade of improvised objects, but also not give a ricochet. We understand perfectly well that ricocheting bullets are often more dangerous for both special forces soldiers and civilians, ”a specialist of the rocket-artillery service of one of the special-purpose units tells Military Industrial Courier.

The 9А-91 compact machine gun was developed at the Tula Instrument Engineering Design Bureau by Arkady Shipunov and Vasily Gryazev at the beginning of the 90, although the idea of ​​such a weapon appeared ten years earlier when special forces were created in the structure of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the State Security Committee fight against terrorism.

The experience of similar foreign structures, such as the German GSG-9 and the French GIGN, argued that anti-terrorist fighters operate mainly at short distances in buildings or on airplanes, passenger buses, or train cars. Hence, the requirements for special forces weapons - it should be quite small, but at the same time providing not only high accuracy of fire, but also firing rate. The pistols and revolvers used by the anti-terror units in the 70-s, despite their relatively small size, were ineffective, and therefore the MP-90 submachine gun from the Heckler German company was the most popular type of small arms used by fighters against terrorists until the middle of the 5-s. und Koch.

In the 80-ies, the designers of Klimovskiy TSNIITOCHMASH developed unique special cartridges SP-5 and SP-6, not only ensuring the exit of a bullet from the barrel with a subsonic speed, which is very important when shooting a weapon with a silencer, but also capable of piercing a standard armor jacket. At the same time, in the armed forces of the countries of the world, and indeed in law enforcement agencies, individual means of protection began to flourish. The level of protection of body armor and protective helmets grew, plus they became more and more light and compact.

Already at the end of the 80-s, individual protective equipment became an obligatory attribute not only of law enforcement officers, but also of various criminals and terrorists. The idea of ​​Gryazev and Shipunov was to create weapons for special forces of the KGB and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, designed for close combat, the bullets of which could hit the enemy using personal protective equipment. It is noteworthy that the creators immediately laid in the design of the new machine the possibility of its use with the device of silent and flameless shooting, PBS. Extensive research has also been carried out on how strongly ricochets can be fired from a new type of small arms.

Against terrorists and criminals

It was only at the beginning of the 9-s that it was possible to complete work on the new automaton that received the 91А-90 index. But already in 1994, the first samples of the small-sized machine gun began to be supplied to the special purpose units of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, in particular, the legendary Moscow Special Purpose Parasite Police Department and the newly created special rapid response unit of the GYBOP “Rys”. A little later, 9А-91 appeared in the armament of special forces detachments of the internal troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia.

“We really liked 9-91. Compared with the standard AK-74M quite compact, convenient to manipulate. It weighs only a little more than two kilograms, cool them as you like. This is now a tactical pen almost an indispensable element of each of our machines, but for the first time we saw them, surprisingly, on the 9А-91. The handle is very conveniently hidden in the forearm, at any time you can get it or remove it, and when you throw the machine behind your back, it does not cling to the "equipment". This is especially important when working in a suspension system and hanging on a cable in 10 – 20 meters above the ground, often upside down, ”says an employee of one of the special forces units of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

However, according to the interlocutor, there are claims to the small-sized 9-91 submachine gun: “Folding butt is not always convenient, especially if you need to quickly change hands. Well, it does not immediately turn out to perform tactical movements with an automatic, for example, to look out of the corner or out the door. But this is a matter of skill and habit. So these problems are not critical. Everything can be mastered, only it is necessary to train. ”

Also, a silent VSK-9 sniper rifle was developed for the Ministry of the Interior on the basis of the 91-94. “In the middle of the 90s, when there were no collimator and holographic sights and magnifiers of various multiplicities for them, we used conventional optical sights. From the experience of various counter-terrorist operations, it became clear that the battle had to be fought not only at arm's length, but often it was necessary to hit targets in neighboring buildings at a distance of one hundred, or even two hundred meters. SVD with itself on the assault can not drag and even shoot silently it can not. So there was an idea to make a fairly small-sized sniper rifle, which is convenient to carry, and in case of which, conduct close combat with it, ”recalls the specialist of the missile-artillery service of one of the special-purpose units.

VSK-94 essentially remained the same 9-91, only instead of a folding butt and a standard handle, the so-called skeletal one was used, similar in shape to the SVD and BCC butt. At the same time, the new sniper rifle was much more compact, fit in a disassembled state in a small bag. The weight of the VSK-94 is slightly less than the 2,5 kilogram. It is noteworthy that the laser designators (LTS) were immediately supplied with the delivery of the silent sniper rifle.

“We had both VSS and VSK-94 in the detachment in service. In the forest, in the fields - in general, in nature "Vintorez", of course, will be more interesting. But when we worked in development, in cities, villages, then VSK-94 is definitely better. Snipers with her will climb anywhere, in the rooms they can work along with the usual "attack aircraft". At one time, the fighters from the FAC-94 firing zone passed. Strongly helped and LCC. The laser more than once rescued in a difficult situation, when it was necessary to accurately hit a suddenly arising target, ”an officer of one of the special forces detachments of the Interior Forces of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia told a military-industrial columnist.

Even now, when the weapons tuning market is actively developing and tactical pens, adjustable butts, flashlights, collimator and holographic sights, various magnifiers and others are put on regular AK-74, 9А-91 and ВСК-94 continue to be in special arsenals - divisions.

“Still, the task of cleaning the premises arise quite often. Usually, in addition to the standard AK-74М, we always take a pair of 9А-91 into the assault group, sometimes we put silencers on them. Although the "tuning" on them now do not release, we ourselves have finalized. They put tactical lights, collimator sights. It is especially convenient to work with this machine gun when you go behind a fighter with a shield. Little space to turn around with AK, but with the 9A-91 thing. But it is also important that you are always sure: your bullet to you or your friend will not ricochet back to the forehead. At close distances, even if you hit the opponent’s hand or leg, you are guaranteed to disable it, ”explains the special forces officer.

9A-91 and the VSK-94 sniper rifle created on its basis for almost 20 years have been in service with various special forces units of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Interior Troops. During this time, they were constantly used in hostilities and counter-terrorism operations, the detention of various criminals, the release of hostages. The principles introduced by 80-9 and VSK-91 creators back in the end of 94, such as small size, high efficiency against personal protective equipment, gave this weapon unique opportunities and longevity.
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  1. +7
    6 December 2014 06: 26
    The principles introduced by the creators of 80-9 and VSK-91 back in the late 94's, such as small dimensions, high efficiency against personal protective equipment, gave this weapon unique capabilities and longevity.


    Good weapon and lives long.
    And most importantly - good reviews from those who own them.
    1. +2
      6 December 2014 14: 00
      Quote: aszzz888
      Good weapon and lives long.

      Commentary on the article "Sniper submachine gun from Tula. VSK-94" from 24 in January 2012
      Author Ryabov Cyril

      Quote: Yasniper
      The rifle is not bad for a second number in an urban setting, there was no other use; rather, the butt is rather the opposite; it is too long and we removed the rubber compensator for normal shooting, maybe later corrected, but the first copies of this suffered, in fact, it is 9А91 to which when they turned the muffler, the nut in the kit and put the butt, which can be removed, well, the scope is clear.
      The complete set of PSO-1 authors was not.
      Patron PUB-9 is not a patron, but a misunderstanding, those that came to us and I can not call patrons.
      On 100 meters, they stuck into the target and stuck out of the target, even with a silencer, some of the powder burned behind the muzzle of the silencer, so judge for yourself and draw conclusions.
      The bolt carrier with the bolt and the barrel were made of very poor quality metal; they were rusting before the eyes; after a small exit, they didn’t clean it during the day ... ... It’s all my fault.
      But in general, in the presence of the joint venture-5, proper courting of a rifle for the 100-250 m
      And there was still a nuance with her, the drummer is not fixed in the gate and with proper sloppiness, in general, not for the army in such a performance unequivocally.
      1. +2
        6 December 2014 17: 05
        I have VSK - 94 2010. Nothing changed.
  2. +5
    6 December 2014 07: 16
    Glory and good memory to the outstanding Russian inventors and wonderful patriots of Russia Arkady Shipunov and Vasily Gryazev.
  3. or
    +3
    6 December 2014 07: 55
    Tula forged weapons for centuries!
  4. +1
    6 December 2014 09: 36
    Cartridge SP-6 (armor-piercing) takes body armor up to the 3rd protection class. With the development of personal protective equipment in recent years, more effective subsonic special-purpose munitions have also appeared. For low-noise and flameless destruction of protected targets and manpower in heavy bulletproof vests use special subsonic cartridges 12,7 × 55 mm SC-130 (VSSK Exhaust, ASh-12). The cartridge SC-130VPS (armor-piercing) is guaranteed to penetrate the heavy body armor of the 5th protection class at a distance of 100 meters or a 16mm steel plate at a distance of 200 meters:


    The closest western analogue of the SC-130 cartridge is the .510 Whisper subsonic cartridge from SSK Industries, on the 338 Lapua Magnum sleeve, cut to a length of 47,6 mm. The overall length of the .510 Whisper is 85mm.
    Despite the large diameter of the bullet (13 mm), the volume of the .510 Whisper shot is comparable to the .22 Short when using a silencer. Thanks to the pool with high BC (ballistic coefficient), the speed loss is negligible at about 100 ft / s (30 m / s) per 500 yards (457 meters), which allows you to save a large amount of energy at an appropriate distance, and subminute accuracy parameters at distance of 600 yards:


    The .510 Whisper is part of the Whisper family. This family of cartridges is a group of wildcats developed in the early 1990s. D.D. Jones as a range of precision multi-purpose cartridges for use with heavy bullets and subsonic loads. The purpose of creation was to provide military and police units with cartridges, the sound of which would be easily jammed with the appropriate suppressors, as well as for commercial competition among hunters and plain plinkers.

    An important factor in the Whisper family environment is that all these wildcats are based on existing cartridges, which simplifies the use of these cartridges without special settings of the system (bolt group) and only a re-adjustment is required from the main changes. This list includes .221 Fireball, 7mm Bench Rest, .458 Winchester magnum, .460 Weatherby Magnum, and in the case of .510 Whisper it is .338 Lapua Mag, respectively.
    1. 0
      6 December 2014 15: 40
      Quote: Mayor_Vikhr
      comparable to .22 Short when used

      Dear, do not copy-paste without checking the data. The .22 Short itself is quiet, and if you find a muffler on it, congratulations! It should be read like this, for Whisper the sound of a shot with a silencer sounds like a .22 Short shot.
      1. 0
        6 December 2014 17: 01
        Quote: Timeout
        Quote: Mayor_Vikhr
        comparable to .22 Short when used

        Dear, do not copy-paste without checking the data. The .22 Short itself is quiet, and if you find a muffler on it, congratulations! It should be read like this, for Whisper the sound of a shot with a silencer sounds like a .22 Short shot.

        On the 22nd caliber, silencers are produced in a huge assortment by almost all well-known manufacturers of such equipment.

        The .22 Short is by no means silent on its own, albeit quiet enough. The .22 Short has only a shorter case, a lighter and shorter bullet, and a reduced propellant charge compared to the .22 Long Rifle. Both cartridges are ring-fought and differ in external dimensions only in length. The lower recoil of this cartridge in comparison with the standard led to its use in pistols for sports shooting. Those who have been involved in sports target pistol shooting should know it. This is a shortened "small", the length of the cartridge, if my memory serves me, is about 18 mm, against 25-26 mm for the "small". The muzzle velocity of the .22 Short cartridge is 320 ... 350 m / s.

        A 750 granular bullet fired from a .510 Whisper cartridge develops an initial velocity of about 320 m / s in a weapon correctly designed for this munition (versus 320 ... 350 m / s for the .22 Short). The average speed of sound in air depends on the density of the air and its temperature. At an air temperature of about + 20 ° C under normal conditions, the speed of sound is approximately 343 m / s. That is, the .510 Whisper cartridge is subsonic and the speed of its bullet on the initial trajectory practically coincides with that of the bullet fired from the .22 Short cartridge.

        It turns out that the quote I quoted above is not a typo and the sound of a shot from these two cartridges using a silencer is really comparable.
        1. 0
          6 December 2014 17: 07
          Both rounds - ring battle
          The ring ignition you wanted to write.
          1. 0
            6 December 2014 17: 12
            Quote: angel of hell
            Both rounds - ring battle
            The ring ignition you wanted to write.

            In the picture in the center:
            1. 0
              6 December 2014 22: 24
              .510 Whisper
              A direct analogue of our top-secret cartridge for VSSK invented back in the 90s.
            2. 0
              8 December 2014 06: 56
              And I mean. The capsule in such a cartridge is, as it were, in a circle. That is, in the form of a ring. And the function of the capsule is to initiate the ignition of the powder (ignite). Although it may be called differently somewhere. For example: "automatic" "assault rifle".
              1. 0
                9 December 2014 00: 26
                Quote: angel of hell
                And I mean. The capsule in such a cartridge is, as it were, in a circle. That is, in the form of a ring. And the function of the capsule is to initiate the ignition of the powder (ignite). Although it may be called differently somewhere. For example: "automatic" "assault rifle".

                "Boya" is shorter to write than "ignition" laughing

                The .510 Whisper cartridge has a central battle, because .338 Lapua Magnum cartridges are only available for central battle.
                The measurements on the .510 Whisper cartridge, which I quoted above, were made on the re-reassembled SAKO TRG-S rifle:

                Here is the original text:

                The .510 Whisper is a subsonic rifle cartridge developed by SSK Industries for use in suppressed rifles. It fires a .50-caliber bullet weighing 750 gr (49 g) at roughly 1,050 ft / s (320 m / s).

                Despite the large bullet, this round is very quiet, similar to the noise from a .22 Short when used with a suppressor. When used with a very high ballistic coefficient bullet, the round has only lost about 100 ft / s (30 m / s) out to over 500 yards. This gives it more downrange energy at that distance than traditional .30 caliber rounds such as the .308 Winchester and .300 Winchester Magnum. SAKO TRG-S test rifles have achieved MOA and better accuracy with this cartridge at 600 yards.

                Powders such as H110, 4227, or excess WC820 are well suited for subsonic loads and give a low standard deviation. Necessary components such as barrels, reloading dies, etc. are available from SSK. Sako TRG-S actions are most often converted to this caliber. The Thompson Center Encore is also suitable, but is rather lightweight for shooting this heavy recoil cartridge, especially when using 950-grain (62 g) bullets.

                The case of the .510 Whisper is based on the .338 Lapua Magnum that has been trimmed down to a length of 1.875 in (47.6 mm) and necked-up to accept a .510 in (13.0 mm) diameter bullet. Neck wall thickness is reduced to 0.013 in (0.33 mm) and a small shoulder is cut into the body for headspacing. Overall length of the loaded round is about 3.34 in (85 mm).


                Company site SSK Industries: http://sskindustries.com/50-caliber/
  5. +1
    6 December 2014 12: 25
    Russia has always been able to make weapons.
  6. Fox
    0
    6 December 2014 17: 50
    I don’t know about protruding bullets in the target, but I liked the 9A91: a good car, only the cartridges are REALLY heavy, and they fly out very quickly. Does it rust? It’s necessary to clean like any weapon.
  7. +1
    6 December 2014 19: 55
    one special wrote that the traditions of our special forces completely and completely lay in line with high professionalism and did not depend on fashionable lotions like a collimator made by the way under r16. for which they were respected by western colleagues
  8. 0
    6 December 2014 22: 25
    Again, the song without the button accordion, 9x39 are already starting to become obsolete, new options must be sought.
  9. viruvalge412ee
    0
    7 December 2014 17: 33
    the right device!
  10. 0
    8 December 2014 02: 28
    [quote = aszzz888] already lives long.
    And most importantly - good reviews from those who own them.
    but for the apricots -
    Wishing protiya - SMosk
  11. 0
    11 December 2014 12: 49
    This is now a tactical pen is almost an essential element of each of our machines, but for the first time we saw them, surprisingly, on the 9A-91. The handle is very conveniently hidden in the fore-end, at any time it can be removed or removed, and when you throw the machine behind, it does not cling to the "equipment".

    What kind of nonsense about a pen? On 9a-91, neither a folding nor awkward handle was and never is ...

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