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Kalashnikov AK-12 and AK-15 testing is done

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Kalashnikov AK-12 and AK-15 testing is done


15.12.2017

Russia's concern Kalashnikov has finished testing advanced AK-12 and AK-15 assault rifles for the needs of the next-generation of Ratnik infantry gear, RIA Novosti informs.

The Russian Defense Ministry is currently in the process of choosing weapons for the Ratnik system. Apart from the AK-12 and AK-15, the ministry considers the AEK-971 assault rifle, designed by Russia's V. A. Degtyarev Plant as Ratnik's main assault rifle.

Ratnik is an infantry combat system, developed as a "future soldier" concept. It includes dozens of pieces of equipment, such as comprising firearms, body armor, optical, communication and navigation devices, as well as life support and power supply systems.

Chief designer of the Russian industrial design bureau TSNIITOCHMASH recearcher Oleg Faustov specified that "in a combined-arms configuration, the Ratnik's body armor protects a soldier's chest and back from bullets with a steel core fired at a range of 10 meters from a 7.62mm SVD rifle."

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