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Not at all. Ask anyone from Siberian village. People do their chores from early morning to evening and it's natural to them. With good clothing operating in -30 C is better than in autumn with freezing rains that eventually go through all your layers, and mud is far worse than snow when it comes to marsh brosok. There is more chance of getting sick and be put out of action in autumn than in winter too.Zivo wrote:It would make even Russian winter like a walk in a park.
You must be trolling... I don't believe that for a second.
It's not only about developing, but about introducing it to the army. And the fact is that is situation now is pretty grim. Russian companies like splav used to have good winter clothing if I remember correctly.GarryB wrote:Why do you think the Russians would not be able to develop uniforms and equipment to operate in a Russian winter?
They have one every year, and it is an environment they have a lot of experience operating in....
European Russia is a mixed bag of mild to strong winters.TR1 wrote:Russian winter depends on WHERE in Russia you are as well.
Some parts are not nearly as severe.
Hitler and Napoleon never experienced anything close to what people in Yakutia face every year.
GarryB wrote:Something also to keep in mind... what makes modern vests able to stop heavy rounds like rifle rounds is the hard armour plates... sometimes metal, sometimes ceramic... never cover everything.
Generally they will cover upper chest and rear chest.
A gut shot will not be stopped and nor will a shot from the side.
T-5000 is in my opinion the best precision rifle in the world, period. Alpha has already used it to win the Police and Military Sniper World Cup. Twice. In a row.Viktor wrote:Russian small arms industry is catching up fast
I remember reading one of its faults was it didn't calculate bullet drop, so the new models have this too.It can detect targets up to 2200 metres.
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GarryB wrote:AFAIK they have adopted a new calibre in the .338 Lapua Magnum round and they seem to have a choice of rifles they can adopt which use that round.
There is a variant of the SV-98 that uses the new calibre and is called SV-338.
There is a new version of the SVD too which appears to have a peep rear iron sight and built in bipod, and of course there is the VS-121 which is an improved bullpup version of the SVD (which is one of my favourite new weapons, though I don't know enough about it yet).
The VS-121 is in the standard calibre 7.62 x 54mmR, so it should be effective to a max of around 1,000m. It has a longer barrel and the barrel seems heavier too. The firing mechanism has reportedly been tweaked to improve accuracy and "feel" when using the trigger.
Of all the long range shooting competitions I have read about the Orsis rifles and the variants of the SV-98 seem to be very competitive with western rifles.
A lot of the criticism leveled at Soviet Sniper equipment tends to be based on the fact that it was generally optimised for the 600m to 800m range, unlike western snipers who seem to like to shoot from further away.
the new calibre (338 LM) should allow effective, accurate shooting at 1,500m and beyond, while 12.7mm rifles offer shooting at targets at extended ranges too.
I would love to see them develop a rifle like the South African anti material rifle that came in two calibres... 14.5 x 114mm and 20 x 99mm calibre. The 14.5mm round is high velocity and very potent out to ranges of 2.5km, while the slower heavier 20mm round offers better HE or HEI performance for soft targets.
A Russian version could be adapted to allow the use of the 14.5mm HMG round and the 23 x 115mm cannon rounds as both are currently in service rounds with the Russian Army. The 23mm round being a low recoil, low velocity round designed for light cannon to deliver a heavy HE payload to target at a high rate of fire with light compact ammo with low recoil...
The VKS is basically a step up from the VSS and its 9 x 39mm ammo to a level where targets with body armour can be engaged at extended ranges with a suppressed rifle. The 12.7 x 55mm rounds should be pretty hard hitting and come in subsonic and supersonic types. Even with supersonic ammo the VKS should be relatively quiet and a rather powerful package. It is designed for the FSB and AFAIK is not intended as an army weapon, though I am sure its makers would want to sell them to all branches of the Russian military.
Yes, as the name suggests...par far wrote:The SVD-338- is that an .388 Laupa magnum rifle?
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