More non-published pics of Chechnya and of Russian forces.

[Abbyy]

Our biggest and oldest information agency - ITAR-TASS some time ago created online version of it's huge photos database (i'm posting from this source sometimes). And they still putting online new and new photos from their endless archives.

So there a selection of previously unseen photos related with Russian forces.


Years 2002-2003



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CHECHNYA, RUSSIA. JANUARY 21. Soldiers of the combat-engineering company of the 71the regiment. Every day they walk one and the same track of 12 lethally dangerous kilometers. Combat-engineering detachments examine a total of 520 kilometers of the Chechen roads extracting from the ground an average of 5 to 7 explosive devices daily

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VLADIVOSTOK, RUSSIA. JULY 2. A serviceman of the Maritime Territory combined militia detachment holding a child who came to meet him at the railway station on Tuesday. The militiamen returned to Vladivostok from Chechnya, were they have been on a six-month security mission.

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CHECHNYA,RUSSIA. MAY 27. - Federal troops found on Sunday a large cache with weapons and documents in the village of Mesker-Yurt of the Shali district of Chechnya, belonging to a bandit gang that is active in those places.

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Russian peacekeepers in Kosovo.Some exercises in gym

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INGUSHETIA,RUSSIA. SEPTEMBER 27. A wounded militant of a Chechen rebels' armed formation that attacked the settlement of Galashki in the North-Caucasian territory of Ingushetia on Thursday.

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Tajikistan. Border guards rapid reaction force

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Tajikistan. Border guards rapid reaction force

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Tajikistan. Border guards rapid reaction force

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TAJIKISTAN. AUGUST 3. Servicemen of the Moskovsky border detachment skirmishing with drug traffickers on the Tajik-Afghan border. Russian border guards have had 30 armed clashes with drug traffickers since the beginning of the year.

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DUSHANBE,TAJIKISTAN April 17 - Russian border guards seized over 25 kilogrammes of heroin in an armed clash with Afghan smugglers early on Tuesday at the Afghan-Tajik border. A patrol spotted three intruders who crossed from Afghanistan.

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Land forces: 1999-2003

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RUSSIA. MARCH 1. The state-of-the-art combat vehicle BMP-3 (in pic) on march. The combat training is in full swing in the Sevastopol Regiment of the Siberian military district in preparation for the fortcoming exercise in the extremely demanding conditions of Transbaikalia. The regiment has a privilege of using some advanced military hardware scarce in the rest of the armed forces.

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MARITIME TERRITIRY,RUSSIA. OCTOBER 21. Picture shows a tank unit in the offensive during a tactical exercise with combat shooting held at a firing range in Maritime Territory (Russian Far East) on Sunday.

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MARITIME TERRITIRY,RUSSIA. OCTOBER 21. Assualt helicopters MI-24 pictured supporting with fire the attacking troops during a tactical exercise with combat shooting held at a firing range in Maritime Territory (Russian Far East) on Sunday.


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Tanks going through water obstacle during training, held in the milirary ground of Kantemirovsky division on Thursday.

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RUSSIA. OCTOBER 30. Serviceman of light flame-thrower unit of the Moscow military district shown firing a RPO-A Shmel flame-thrower during exercises held at the military range of the Radiological, Biological and Chemical Protection troops of the Russian Federation, on Friday

[Millen]

great pictures

[tenda]

great gallery tnx...!!!!! ;)

[zealot]

http://www.tassphoto.com/images/photo/2/d148/386.JPG

Interesting home made AK-74m conversion. Note the 20 round mag(probably home made). The buttstock reminds me of east german one.
It seems to be 7,62. hmm... interesting. it's got aksu -74 type gass-release valve it seems. I doubt its precission, due to the lack of any compesator, esp. in 7,62, although it maybe using silencer(above?), but still... :roll:

[Fulix]

Great pics!!!

I specialy like the Rapid Reaction Force ones´:

http://www.tassphoto.com/images/photo/2/d150/726.JPG

What kind of armored vest is that?

Cheers

[Fulix]

http://www.tassphoto.com/images/photo/2/d148/386.JPG

Interesting home made AK-74m conversion. Note the 20 round mag(probably home made). The buttstock reminds me of east german one.
It seems to be 7,62. hmm... interesting. it's got aksu -74 type gass-release valve it seems. I doubt its precission, due to the lack of any compesator, esp. in 7,62, although it maybe using silencer(above?), but still... :roll:

Yep. And the CIA SAD´s one:
http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/albums/CIA_SAD/d_sad01.jpg

http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/albums/CIA_SAD/d_sad02.jpg

;)

[Howie Kaluha]

Awesome pics woot

Those be some wicked pushups..........

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[DeathBeforeDishonor]

Very nice pictures ;)

[NicNZ]

Nice pics :D

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Its good to see that SpN enjoy "wheelbarrow races" as much as the rest of us...

[Iron]

nice piccas

[Dima-RussianArms]

Nice pics :D

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Its good to see that SpN enjoy "wheelbarrow races" as much as the rest of us...

They are not spetsnaz, they are VDV (airborne)

[ßå$tĮТHÏ¿ð]

Gotta love the russian rainsuits :D

[GazB]

It seems to be 7,62. hmm... interesting. it's got aksu -74 type gass-release valve it seems. I doubt its precission, due to the lack of any compesator, esp. in 7,62, although it maybe using silencer(above?), but still...

When silencing a weapon for best effect you need to use subsonic ammo otherwise all the silencing done by the silencer is wasted by the crack of the bullet as it travels faster than sound. Because of this special ammo can be made that uses a heavier bullet to make it more effective on the target asif you can't make the bullet faster the can improve its performance only by making it heavier or frangible. The 7.62 x 39mm round uses a bullet weighing about 190 grain when loaded for subsonic speeds, whereas the 5.45mm round that is subsonic has an 80 or 90 grain bullet... both travelling at the same speed of about 300m/s the much heavier 7.62mm round will generally do more damage and retain speed over greater range than the smaller lighter 5.45mm round.

[zealot]

It seems to be 7,62. hmm... interesting. it's got aksu -74 type gass-release valve it seems. I doubt its precission, due to the lack of any compesator, esp. in 7,62, although it maybe using silencer(above?), but still...

When silencing a weapon for best effect you need to use subsonic ammo otherwise all the silencing done by the silencer is wasted by the crack of the bullet as it travels faster than sound. Because of this special ammo can be made that uses a heavier bullet to make it more effective on the target asif you can't make the bullet faster the can improve its performance only by making it heavier or frangible. The 7.62 x 39mm round uses a bullet weighing about 190 grain when loaded for subsonic speeds, whereas the 5.45mm round that is subsonic has an 80 or 90 grain bullet... both travelling at the same speed of about 300m/s the much heavier 7.62mm round will generally do more damage and retain speed over greater range than the smaller lighter 5.45mm round.

I am aware of this. But i wonder how will this affect the recoil? Are you trying to say that the recoil w/ silencer and sub ammo will be the same for 7.62 and 5.45?

[RSK]

Great Pics!

[Upornik]

I am aware of this. But i wonder how will this affect the recoil? Are you trying to say that the recoil w/ silencer and sub ammo will be the same for 7.62 and 5.45?

Think about it, heavier bullet will require more energy to push it to that velocity. Ergo it will give more kick when fired. :)

[~Berdan]

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ABC clearing excersize . Strange - this one supposed to be done with closed flaps on the BRDM .

[pathetic]

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ABC clearing excersize . Strange - this one supposed to be done with closed flaps on the BRDM .

...and check the oil level to pleas! thx...

[shadower]

Awesome pics woot

Those be some wicked pushups..........

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When I was training karate we did this kind of pushups couldn't make more than 20/25.In that position you are highly unbalanced.

[~Berdan]

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Reminds me of some TV program I saw not while ago , about Russian "pogron-otrjad" on Tajic-Afgani border .

[zealot]

I am aware of this. But i wonder how will this affect the recoil? Are you trying to say that the recoil w/ silencer and sub ammo will be the same for 7.62 and 5.45?

Think about it, heavier bullet will require more energy to push it to that velocity. Ergo it will give more kick when fired. :)

Well my point exactly.

I you look at my original post:

Interesting home made AK-74m conversion. Note the 20 round mag(probably home made). The buttstock reminds me of east german one.
It seems to be 7,62. hmm... interesting. it's got aksu -74 type gass-release valve it seems. I doubt its precission, due to the lack of any compesator, esp. in 7,62, although it maybe using silencer(above?), but still...
I was talking about precision which is directly related to recoil. And GazB
started talkig about velocity and penetration:

'When silencing a weapon for best effect you need to use subsonic ammo otherwise all the silencing done by the silencer is wasted by the crack of the bullet as it travels faster than sound. Because of this special ammo can be made that uses a heavier bullet to make it more effective on the target asif you can't make the bullet faster the can improve its performance only by making it heavier or frangible. The 7.62 x 39mm round uses a bullet weighing about 190 grain when loaded for subsonic speeds, whereas the 5.45mm round that is subsonic has an 80 or 90 grain bullet... both travelling at the same speed of about 300m/s the much heavier 7.62mm round will generally do more damage and retain speed over greater range than the smaller lighter 5.45mm round.'

To be frank i couldn,t work out what he was trying to say, so in a way
i was being sarcastic

[calimero2]

Excellent thread with super pictures. Personally I'm looking for images of SatCom and signals stations on BTR-80.

[ForgottenSoldier1942]

Great pics!!!

I specialy like the Rapid Reaction Force ones´:

http://www.tassphoto.com/images/photo/2/d150/726.JPG

What kind of armored vest is that?

Cheers

What is the deal with their footwear?