5.56 is good for killing varmints - like hajjis.
5.45 is good for killing the enemies of Mother Russia~!
What i learned, 5.45 was developed to increase precision (and as an answer to 5.56 sureOriginally Posted by Vympel
) due to recoil reducing and increasing the range of direct laying.
Some practical users say old 5.45X39 has not enough destructive power and beyond obstacle action (due to litle dynamic stability). Some say new 7Н10 (heightened penetrability) и 7Н22 (armour-piercing) cartridges are pretty good.
The women on the left is probably not a real soldier. So what exactly happened on the the 7th?
7th of November was the Day of Great Socialist Revolution in USSR days. It was one of the most respected holidays. Before WW2 military parades were only on that day. And 7 nov 1941 was the first (and very special) parade of wartime. Soldiers marched on the parade and then go to fight almost immediately, Nazi were only 20 or less kilometers from Moscow.
Thanks for posting the Tupolev, Armenian. It just became my new desktop.
Cheers.
Hi guys,
Can someone translate and identify the proposed design of this LCU .
The photo dated back IMDS 2007.
High-speed transport vessel "Dugon'" ("Dugong")
Delivery&landing of troops and track\wheel vehicles over non-furnished shore.
Displacement - about 100 (?) tonns
Speed - 30 (?) knots
Freight-carrying capacity - up to 120 (?) tonns
Smth. like "Current project status - experimental model being tested" (sure only in two words)
Evacuation of one-two person (inho)
Is that a small compartment visible under the exhaust engine (The acces hatch has a window) ? What is the purpose ?
mi-28 have compartment like theis too
According uniform she is cadet.
Military parade on Red Square 7.11.1941:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfVpwrF3j8w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwC4Bb-mSzQ
I've heard 5.45 also provides better penetration against body armor than 5.56. Especially the new designs with their synthetic penetrator.What i learned, 5.45 was developed to increase precision (and as an answer to 5.56 sure
Some practical users say old 5.45X39 has not enough destructive power and beyond obstacle action (due to litle dynamic stability). Some say new 7Н10 (heightened penetrability) и 7Н22 (armour-piercing) cartridges are pretty good.
Thank you sir. This is a Russian ship? Why all the Ukrainian flags in the background? Or is it just using Ukrainian territorial waters as usual?
Navy news.
Russian Nothern Fleet and Black Sea Fleet will do joint naval exercises in Mediterranean Sea.
Same time Russian ship is patrolling coast of Somali and other squadron will do naval exercises with Venezuela in Caribean Sea....
Russian navy are raged
http://www.lenta.ru/news/2008/10/30/fleet/
Google translation:
Russia will hold naval exercises in the Mediterranean Sea
The ships of the Northern and Black Sea fleets will conduct exercises in the Mediterranean Sea, RIA Novosti on Thursday, October 30, with reference to the main headquarters of the Navy Russia.
Ship striking force Northern Fleet, led by the aircraft carrier "Admiral Fleet Soviet Union Nikolai Kuznetsov" will be released in November of this year from the main base of the fleet - Severomorsk - heading to the Mediterranean Sea for exercises with warships of the Black Sea Fleet. Black Sea group headed by the missile cruiser Moskva.
Russian ships will conduct exercises that simulate sea battle of two percussion groups. Reported that the Russian maneuvers in the Mediterranean Sea last month.
Because the main base of russian black sea fleet is in Sevastopol.
first pics from Interpolitex 2008
Antiriot vehicle ABS-40 Lavina on BAZ-6953 chassis
Ural-4320
Mobile command vehicle R145 BMA on GAZ Tigr chassis
allterrain vehicle TTM-3902 PS-01
BPM-97
WIG craft Ivolga
Police cadet
UAV short range complex LOKON
Varan combat engineer robot
In real combat with whatever ammo you could get hold of the difference is not important.But a well made AK is just as accurate as other service rifles in the world. (AR/M16 can be made more accurate though, due to it's design it can compete with many bolt action rifles when tuned properly).
Needless to say that the original M16 was a wonder weapon, very accurate, and the powder was so clean burning it wasn't issued with a cleaning kit and the soldiers were told it didn't need cleaning. In the real world they changed to standard powder that did require cleaning and didn't bother telling anyone. The result was catastrophic, the powder burned faster than the old stuff which increased rate of fire and wear and tear on the rifles parts which prematurely broke. The residue left in the guns hardened and jammed the weapons. No cleaning kits meant any guy with a cleaning rod on the front line was a rarity so there was no way to clear a jammed round.
There is often a parallel drawn between loose tolerances and accuracy and reliability. With the new synthetic stocks and modern manufacturing techniques I really don't think western made weapons can be assumed to be better made than Russian made weapons.Western rifles are generally designed and built with smaller tolerances and redundancies, and so often more accurate and less reliable.
The projectile design of the 5.45 is better in that it is longer and designed to tumble on impact at any range or any velocity. The 5.56mm round will, like most pointed bullets travel point forward for up to 10cms of flesh before it starts to tumble. As long as it is fired from a long barrel (ie 20 inch M16) it should have enough energy to split and fragment on the target out to about 250m. Beyond that it will merely start to tumble and exit the target in line with the entry wound. Shorter barrel weapons like the M4 or G36 will not fragment at the muzzle because the velocity in not high enough.Who big is the difference between 5.45mm and 5.56mm ?
What are the pros and contras of this cartridges ?
The 5.45 has lower recoil and should be every bit as accurate as a 5.56 with the right load. The longer projectile means that it retains its energy better at longer ranges.
Both have the same problems that they are relatively light and can be deflected from hitting the target by light material like twigs or other objects between the shooter and target.
I seem to remember Blackwater suggesting an AR-15 upper that fires the 5.45mm round. Their reasoning was less recoil and better sectional density made it a better long range anti sniper round. ( note and urban anti sniper round... they didn't mean it could replace 308 for the job let alone the Laupa or 50 cal).
Here it is:
source: http://www.armedforcesjournal.com/bl.../?s=2003_main3VARIATIONS ON THE M16 THEME
The Beowulf wasn't the only AR15/M16-style weapon on the Alexander Arms table. The group also brought its .21 Genghis, and selected the Shoot-out as the venue for unveiling the new .26 Grendel. Fewer than two dozen people had even seen the Grendel prior to the Shoot-out, a company spokesman told AFJ.
Like the Beowulf, the Genghis is built around an M16 operating system, but is chambered for the Soviet-designed 5.45-by-39mm cartridge, the round for which the AK-74 assault weapon is chambered. This round, Alexander Arms personnel pointed out, delivers 20 percent less recoil than a 5.56, yet creates a wound cavity up to 30 percent greater than the M16's 5.56 round.
The Genghis at the Shoot-out was a semiautomatic version - it lacked three-round and full-auto capabilities; nonetheless, our evaluators found the 11-inch-barreled system a great weapon.
"It's easy to shoot; very similar to a 5.56 M4," an evaluator said. "Alexander Arms claims it has better ballistics than the 5.56; the lower cost of ammo is its main appeal over 5.56 use."
Another found it "a dream to shoot. It has countersniper written all over it. The form and fit were unmatched - what a great gun."
Alexander Arms sees the lower-cost ammo -officials say 5.45-by-39mm rounds can be purchased for approximately half the cost of 5.56 ammunition - makes the Genghis an attractive training system for M16 users.
"It has no recoil," another noted. "Comfortable to shoot; easy to keep on target. I'd like to try one on full auto and with three-round bursts."
"Super-low recoil and smooth operation," another said.
But at least one evaluator felt the weapon would face an uphill battle in being adopted by U.S. military units. "I'm very much impressed with the weapon," he said, "but the caliber limits its potential adoption."
BTW the calibre might limit its chances of adoption by the US military, but if the ammo is cheaper than 5.56 then civilian shooters might like it anyway.
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