Russian Photos (updated on regular basis)

[piton_kaa]

idiotic habit to explain in details

[Maksim]

You mean that?
AK-74M (newst version, folded butt by default AFAIR)

AKC-74 (6П21 variant)

AKC-74 (6П20 variant)

Failed to remember AKC-74M

Another variants:
AKMS

AKS-74U

[NicNZ]

I like the way the XO is welcomed back home !
He must be glad to leave his very elegant wife for a 3 month patrol.

Would you translate what she says to him?

Even without understanding it, I can see that women (wives in particular) are much the same the world over. Keep that in mind, those of you who are tempted to click that Ukranian Dating ad down the bottom of the page.

[GazB]

Correct me if I am wrong but I do not think this is a cluster munition drop but OFAB-500 airburst fragmentation bombs

If you click on the bar above the photos and view them full size you will see that these individual munitions are quite small.

Also if you look at the previous photo:

http://http.cdnlayer.com/jwcinc01/22...an_Sukhoi4.jpg

The bombs do look a little like ZB-500PT incendiary tanks... till they burst open in mid air and release small parachute retarded munitions, which I would guess to be OFAB-50UD munitions which are carried in groups of ten inside each RBK-500U cluster bomb. The size of the explosions in comparison to the size of the munition suggests it is not a single 500kg FAE weapon exploding, but more likely multiple explosions from the OFAB-50UD which has a munition weight of about 45-50kg each. (Put 10 of them in a cluster bomb and that bomb weighs about 520kgs which is the weight of an RBK-500U.

Regarding AKs... check this out:

http://www.guncity.co.nz/7.62x39-sai...idp212692.html

Naval Saiga?

[Dmitriev]

Wait... what rifle is the official rifle in the Russian army? I think is the AK 74M, but I am not sure... and walso what about the AK 100s series? are those for export only?

[ayanami_tard]

^none.russian army have option to choose his/her rifle.from SKS to the latest AK
(at least,that is from what i read from earlier post)

[GazB]

Wait... what rifle is the official rifle in the Russian army? I think is the AK 74M, but I am not sure... and walso what about the AK 100s series? are those for export only?

The Purpose of the AK-100 series is to upgrade all the previous AKs to AK-74M level with the synthetic stocks etc. They also added rifle and carbine versions in 5.56 NATO calibre for export. Technically the AK-74M is the rifle length 5.45 calibre weapon in the AK-100 series anyway. It means that if a unit wants a heavier slower projectile, like a unit that is deployed to the far north then they can get modern synthetic weapons instead of old stock AKMs.

[Dmitriev]

Ohhh, but how are this new guns different from the old AK 47s and 74s?

Thank you for the info btw.

[Karl_Kroenen]

^none.russian army have option to choose his/her rifle.from SKS to the latest AK
(at least,that is from what i read from earlier post)

God no!

Standard issue rifle is AK-74M.

Sometimes AKS-74 or AK-74 with wood or polymer furniture will be issued because of stock issues, but every soldier *should* have an AK-74M.

The AK-100 series is not for export only. It includes 5.56 options which I've never seen used by Russian troops, but the AK-103, -104, and -105 have been seen in use by MVD and FSB special troops.

[Afro-European]

Ka-52 Alligator multi-role all-weather combat helicopter

Mi-35M night attack/assault helicopter

Ansat-2RC light military reconnaissance helicopter

Mi-28N Night Hunter helicopters of the latest generation

Mi-24B attack helicopter

Mi-24 assault helicopter

Grachi (Rooks) helicopter air show team.

[piton_kaa]

^none.russian army have option to choose his/her rifle.from SKS to the latest AK
(at least,that is from what i read from earlier post)

No, a soldier cannot choose.

[piton_kaa]

Ohhh, but how are this new guns different from the old AK 47s and 74s?
Thank you for the info btw.

http://world.guns.ru/assault/as01-e.htm
english
http://www.sinopa.ee/sor/bo001/bo002/bo002.htm
russian

[TheArmenian]

Huge, Mega, Super-Hi-res, Humongous, Gigantic photo of the venerable destroyer SMETLIVY:

Photo taken on 27 July 2008.

http://navsource.narod.ru/photos/02/184/02184095.jpg

[TheArmenian]

[Afro-European]

Exposition of Russia’s Federal Security Service at the 12th International State Defense and Security Exhibition Interpolitex-2008

Armored glass (protection class 6A XL) on display at the 12th International State Defense and Security Exhibition Interpolitex-2008.

Gratsia woman’s bullet-proof vest at the 12th International State Defense and Security Exhibition Interpolitex-2008.

Mobile robotic system MRK-27BT (combat unit), a fire support device for units of motorized infantry troops, paratroopers, interior forces during combat operations, on display at the 12th International State Defense and Security Exhibition Interpolitex-2008

Minister of the Interior Rashid Nurgaliyev (foreground, second left) at the 12th International State Defense and Security Exhibition Interpolitex-2008. This year’s event drew over 400 producers from 32 Russian regions and more than a dozen countries.

Displaying protective wear at the 12th International State Defense and Security Exhibition Interpolitex-2008.

The Audi A8 Security on display at the 12th International State Defense and Security Exhibition Interpolitex-2008.

The new Vizir video speed enforcement system at the 12th International State Defense and Security Exhibition Interpolitex-2008

The 12th International State Defense and Security Exhibition Interpolitex-2008.

First Deputy Interior Minister, Police Lt.-Gen. Mikhail Sukhodolsky (left) and Minister of the Interior Rashid Nurgaliyev (center) at the 12th International State Defense and Security Exhibition Interpolitex-2008.