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It was the perfect weapon for the Soviet frogmen's underwater operations, but it was less useful for Spetsnaz soldiers fighting both on land and underwater. The APS can operate on land, but its effective range does not exceed 50 metres, and the rifle's lifetime drops to 180 shots in air from 2,000 shots underwater.
The APS amphibious rifle, an underwater assault rifle. An underwater firearm is a firearm designed for use underwater. Underwater firearms or needleguns usually fire flechettes or spear-like bolts instead of standard bullets. These may be fired by pressurised gas. [citation needed]
Danilov designed the ASM-DT to fire both 5.45 x 39 mm 7N6 (a version of the standard Soviet ammunition), adapted to the caliber of the ASM-DT, and also 5.45 x 39 mm MGTS (aka 5.66×39/120 mm MPS), underwater ammunition like that of the existing APS. The ASM-DT uses the same magazines as the APS while under water, and AK-74 magazines above water.
The PE scope (Russian: Винтовочный оптический прицел образца 1931 г. [1] or ПЕ, often called Прицел Емельянова, or Yemelyanov's sight [2] or Прицел Единый or Standard sight) is a family of Soviet telescopic sights, used from 1930s onwards on Mosin-Nagant sniper rifles, as well as SVT and AVS rifles. [2]
Manufacturer Image Cartridge Country Year A-91: KBP Instrument Design Bureau: 5.45×39mm 5.56×45mm NATO Russia 1990 ADS amphibious rifle: TSKIB SOO 5.45×39mm Russia 2007 Advanced Individual Combat Weapon: DSTO Metal Storm Tenix Defence: 5.56×45mm NATO 40mm superposed grenades Australia 2005 (Prototype) AGM-1 carbine: AL.GI.MEC.Srl 9×19mm ...
For several decades, Soviet and then Russian combat divers and naval commando units were armed with special weapons for underwater combat, including the SPP-1 pistol and APS underwater assault rifle. The main drawback of these weapons is that their effectiveness (and life expectancy) for use above the water is severely degraded compared to ...
PU telescopic sight from above. The PU scope (ПУ, прицел укороченный, 'Scope short-cut' in comparison to PE/PEM telescopic sight) is a 3.5×21 telescopic sight of Soviet manufacture, widely used since 1940 on the SVT-40 rifle for which it was originally designed and since 1942 on the Mosin–Nagant rifle.
Assault rifles of the Soviet Union (29 P) Pages in category "Cold War firearms of the Soviet Union" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total.