Russian Airborne Forces received the Scorpion ammunition system, review. Russian units of the Airborne Forces began to receive a system for uninterrupted supply of the Scorpion machine-gun belt for 550 rounds. The Scorpion ammunition system was developed by FRONT-tactical systems and began to be delivered to the troops on order in 2015. "Scorpion" is equipped with an easy-to-handle sleeve for supplying non-loose metal tape, which allows continuous fire from weapons in any position. The Scorpion ammunition supply system is designed for the 7.62 x54 R cartridge. If requests are received, the flexible sleeve of the ammunition supply system can also be developed to supply 30-mm grenades for the corresponding weapon. The mass of the entire complex is 21.8 kg. It includes: a backpack, a box, a feed sleeve and an ammunition load of 550 rounds. It is possible to use a box for 1000 rounds. Despite all the high marks of specialists, the Ministry of Defense is not yet buying this complex en masse. According to some estimates, in Russia now this complex is used in more than 150 different units of the special operations forces. The price of the complex is about 95 thousand rubles or 1100 dollars.
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The crew of the Russian T-80BV tank tells how they strengthened the protection of the tank. The crew of the Russian T-80BV tank told how they protected the tank, this is certainly not factory quality, but even this option of protecting the tank really works. The gas turbine tank T-80BV was put into service in 1985, the tank is equipped with a hinged dynamic protection "Contact", a modernized gun 2A46M-1 and a new fire control system 1A33-1. Now the Russian army has about 6,500 T-80 tanks of various modifications.
In May, a hybrid between a BTR-87 and a Boomerang was spotted on a Russian highway.
Today a patent has been published detailing the model.
Today a patent has been published detailing the model.
Also with the combat module Ballista which was already presented in an Army forum
The same new IFV from the Arzamas Engineering Plant was spotted on trial grounds yesterday.
This is supposedly a hybrid of a BTR-82A's turret and suspension with a Boomerang chassis. Basically trades off the amphibious capability of the BTR-82A with increased armor protection of the vehicle. Supposed to be much cheaper to produce than the Boomerang.
Would be interesting to see the use of that kind of system with an exoskeleton. It's probably a possible evolution to be able to carry the 1000 rounds box.
"The AR-5 (АР-5) is a Soviet-era-developed, Russian Federation, radio-frequency (RF) artillery projectile proximity fuze. The AR-5 features a variable emission power on time, two height-of-burst (HoB) settings, and a point detonating (PD) function. The AR-5 proximity fuze is intended for use with spin-stabilised artillery projectiles with calibres of 122, 130 and 152 mm. The AR-5 fuze has the Russian Army GRAU (ГРАУ) index code of 3VT14."