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The GP-25 Kostyor ("Bonfire"), GP-30 Obuvka ("Shoe") and GP-34 are a family of Russian 40 mm under-barrel muzzleloaded grenade launchers for the AK family of assault rifles. [3] The acronym GP stands for Granatomyot Podstvolnyj , [ 3 ] "under-barrel grenade launcher" in Russian, and was adopted by Soviet forces in 1978.
Propels ~350 fragments, 5-meter kill radius, 3.2–4-second fuse. RGN [1] Fragmentation grenade: 60mm Soviet Union: 4–10-meter kill radius, 3.2–4.2-second fuse. GP-25 [1] Under-barrel grenade launcher: 40mm Soviet Union: Can be fitted to AK type rifles. AGS-17 [1] [9] Automatic grenade launcher: 30mm Soviet Union: Belt fed with 29-round ...
Until 2008 [3] or 2013, Dmitry Utkin served as lieutenant colonel and brigade commander of a unit of special forces of Russia's Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU), the 700th Independent Spetsnaz Detachment of the 2nd Independent Brigade. [4] [5] [6] The Brigade is taking part in the Russian invasion of Ukraine. [7]
Commanders of the 16th Guards Spetsnaz Brigade [7] No. Name From To 1 Colonel Alexander V. Shipka 1963 1967 2 Colonel G. Ya. Fadeyev 1967 1971 3 Colonel E. F. Chuprakov 1971 1973 4 Colonel Semen M. Tarasov 1973 1980 5 Colonel A. A. Ovcharov 1980 1985 6 Colonel A. A. Nedelko 1985 1989 7 Colonel A. M. Dementyev 1989 1991 8 Colonel Yevgeny V. Tishin
The Scorpion 25th Special Forces Brigade (Kyrgyz: 25-чи Атайын Багыттагы "Скорпион" Бригадасы) or known simply as Scorpion Spetsnaz (Спецназ Скорпион) is a specialized Kyrgyz military unit in the country's Ground Forces. It is now considered to be one of the best armed formations in the armed forces.
PMK-2. The PMK gas mask represents a family of gas masks used by the Soviet Armed Forces, and later by the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.It can be distinguished from its civilian counterpart, the GP-7, by its rounded triangular lenses, versus the GP-7's circular lenses.
Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; ... Fictional Spetsnaz personnel (4 P) R. Russian special forces operations (2 C, 17 P) S. Spetsnaz brigades of Russia ...
The 24th Spetsnaz Brigade was established on 1 November 1977 at Nara-Byrka (Yasnaya), Chita Oblast, in the Transbaikal Military District at a former R-16 (SS-7) Strategic Rocket Forces support site, by expanding the previous company. [1] Initially, only a command team and the 1st Battalion were deployed. In 1980, the 2nd battalion was deployed. [2]