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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.
[2] F-1 [1] Fragmentation grenade: 55mm Soviet Union: Reported to be bombarded on government forces using multirotor unmanned aerial vehicles by pro-Russian separatists. [8] RGD-5 [1] Fragmentation grenade: 58mm Soviet Union: Propels ~350 fragments, 5-meter kill radius, 3.2–4-second fuse. RGN [1] Fragmentation grenade: 60mm Soviet Union
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.
As of 17 July 2024, at least 854 (780 BMP-1(P), 49 BMP-1AM, 22 BMP-1 675sb3KDZ and 3 BMP-1U Shkval) have been lost in the Russian invasion of Ukraine. An additional 198 losses in the list that are either BMP-1 or BMP-2, but for which a definitive classification as either cannot be made. [44] BMP-2: Infantry fighting vehicle 550 [42] Soviet Union
The creation of the brigade began on September 17, 1962 and ended on March 1, 1963. 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]
Main service pistol [4]: 57 PB Besshumnyy: Integrallly suppressed semi-automatic pistol: Silenced pistol issued to special forces [5] Stechkin APS: Machine pistol [4]: 774 PSM: Semi-automatic pistol: 5.45×18mm: Standard sidearm of civil and military security forces [4]: 56 PSS silent pistol: Semi-automatic pistol: 7.62×41mm SP-4 Used by Spetsnaz.
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 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]