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The rifle was designed with two feed slots, able to accept two magazines at the same time, to make the transition seamless. 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 ...
The ASM-DT amphibious rifle is an early example of such a weapon. First fielded by the Russian special forces in 2000, the folding-stock ASM-DT amphibious rifle is capable of firing two kinds of ammunition, both of 5.45 mm caliber: 5.45×39mm rifle cartridge (7N6 enhanced penetration variant) for above water use
ASM-DT amphibious rifle; Q. QBS-06 This page was last edited on 3 February 2011, at 20:03 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike ...
The first known attempt to produce a single weapon which could be effectively used either below or above the water was the ASM-DT experimental 'dual-medium' or amphibious assault rifle, developed in Tula in around 2000. The main problem with ASM-DT was that it still had to use long, specially designed underwater ammunition when submerged, which ...
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. Therefore, they mostly carried a SPP-1 pistol for self-defence under water and an AK-74 to fight on land. At the end of the 1980s the ASM-DT amphibious rifle was developed.
ADS amphibious rifle (2000s. New standard underwater rifle for Naval spetsnaz and certain other units) APS underwater rifle (Soviet and later Russian Navy standard issue for certain units) ASM-DT amphibious rifle (1990's, not widely issued) SPP-1 underwater pistol (Soviet and later Russian Navy standard issue for certain units)
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During the early to mid-Soviet era, Tula Arms Plant produced a variety military rifles, including the Mosin–Nagant, SVT-40, SKS, and AKM. It also produced the Nagant M1895 revolver . From the late 1970s to the early 1980s, the factory produced the AK-74 , [ 5 ] and went on to manufacture the VSS Vintorez , AS Val , OTs-14 Groza , and TOZ ...