Russian airborne: training and real job on Caucasus (mixed)

[Abbyy]

Thanks again to www.desantura.ru

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[Luno]

Great photos mate :D a question is the the rifle on this picture a Mosin-Nagant M1891-30? are those rifle still in service?
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[Mr. HAXEP]

Very nice. Old good mosin rifle :) With old good barrel, not a modern mass technologies :roll:

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[-Max2-]

Great pics. :)

Thanks.

[kayaker]

great first pic! VSS right? (great weapon to be used in AA Artic owned many with this suppressed killer)

[zealot]

Vey nice!!

[zealot]

Great photos mate :D a question is the the rifle on this picture a Mosin-Nagant M1891-30? are those rifle still in service?
http://desantura.ru/mkportal/modules/gallery/album/a_1206.jpg

Not in the officical use, this guy probably inherited one from his grandad & and developed the taste for it ;)

[zealot]

I was going to say i visit desantura.ru quite frequently and i never came accross these photos, but i just realised they have added in these recently, thanks Abby :D

[zealot]

One more
http://desantura.ru/mkportal/modules/gallery/album/a_1190.jpg

one more, i couldn't resist this one

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It is interesting to see SVU(above) in use w/ DVD and VSK-94
, http://desantura.ru/mkportal/modules/gallery/album/a_1215.jpgi find it quite unusual to be frank, because these wepons are mainly in use w/ MVD

[Mitch Rapp]

http://desantura.ru/mkportal/modules/gallery/album/a_1205.jpg

It is interesting to see SVU(above) in use w/ DVD

He has on his head "Sfera" - another unusual thing for a VDV soldier. I'd say he is from Interior Troops

[zealot]

http://desantura.ru/mkportal/modules/gallery/album/a_1205.jpg

It is interesting to see SVU(above) in use w/ DVD

He has on his head "Sfera" - another unusual thing for a VDV soldier. I'd say he is from Interior Troops

I am inclined to say the same, it is might be joint MVD VV and DVD exercise

[1071]

http://desantura.ru/mkportal/modules/gallery/album/a_1205.jpg

It is interesting to see SVU(above) in use w/ DVD

He has on his head "Sfera" - another unusual thing for a VDV soldier. I'd say he is from Interior Troops

I am inclined to say the same, it is might be joint MVD VV and DVD exercise

SVU is only used in MVD and FSB.

[GAFES]

Awesome pictures! woot

[kayaker]

great first pic! VSS right? (

Answer?

[zealot]

great first pic! VSS right? (

Answer?

NO! It is VAL, which is VSS w/ folding stock!

[DE_Six]

Good pics!

On the first pic, is the guy Spetsnaz? I'm asking 'cause he has an AS Val, but wears army Flora BDU. :|

[Sabre]

Nice pics. But honestly, what's the deal with copying our DPM?

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Is it a relic from the Cold War?

[tommy00]

Ah these BMD-s.Got lots experience with them,hate it.No room,practicly no armor,no reliability.I wonder is that different in Russian VDV.

[Zlatko]

Cool pics :)

[nagant_m44]

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geez isnt that overkill? ;)

[sin-R]

Indeed great pictures!

Thanks!

[oldsoak]

UK DPM is quite effective over a widerange of terrain. I suspect the Russians appreciate it for that rather than a relic from the cold war. Be interesting to see if they develop digital patterns along the lines of marpat, cadpat etc.

[bloddyaxe]

http://desantura.ru/mkportal/modules/gallery/album/a_1214.jpg

geez isnt that overkill? ;)

Well its good to remove the head of a chechen terrorist inside a Lada 1500 metres away. Also excellent to add a few hours/days/weeks/centuries of maintenance work for a fiendish aircraft technician.

[gm79]

http://desantura.ru/mkportal/modules/gallery/album/a_1202.jpg

PUTA QUE PARIU!!!!
Que porra é essa???

[Virus]

UK DPM is quite effective over a widerange of terrain. I suspect the Russians appreciate it for that rather than a relic from the cold war. Be interesting to see if they develop digital patterns along the lines of marpat, cadpat etc.

http://kalashnikov.guns.ru/~bunten4/KLMK%20jackets.jpg i almost see this as a pixelated camo...if thats what you meant?

[RSK]

Большие Изображения!

Большое спасибо!

Россия наша мать!

[speckfire]

Nice pics..thanks for sharing

[Michael RVR]

http://desantura.ru/mkportal/modules/gallery/album/a_1202.jpg

PUTA QUE PARIU!!!!
Que porra é essa???

urr, yeah what is that ;)

[Polyshot]

http://desantura.ru/mkportal/modules/gallery/album/a_1202.jpg

PUTA QUE PARIU!!!!
Que porra é essa???

urr, yeah what is that ;)

This is NSV "Utes" 12.7mm HMG, which is being slowly replaced by Kord 12.7mm because Utes is a Ukrainian-made weapon and the Russians are running out of spare parts for it.


More info:

http://www.world.guns.ru/machine/mg02-e.htm

[GazB]

It is a NSV 12.7mm HMG on a tipod mount fitted with an SPP scope.

The scope is also called 10P50 and can either be set for x3 or x6 magnification. It is designed especially for 50 cal HMGs.

Oops.. too slow.

Yes, the NSV is Ukrainian and the Russians have developed the Kord to replace it. The main identification feature of the Kord HMG is that the muzzle break is a cylinder rather than a cone as used on the NSV.

Officially the Russians are adopting the Kord because it is more accurate, which it might be, but as said above... the NSV is imported and so will be replaced with a local product to reduce the cost. (Ukrainians prefer US dollars for payments).