Russian Sniper Rifles and Units

In Crimea, a counter-sniper unit with Lobaev rifles is being formed, by Oleg Koryakin for Rossiskaya Gazeta. 01.21.2023

A counter-sniper unit is being created in Crimea, which will work in the NMD on the basis of the "fire brigade" principle. This was reported on the air of the TV channel "Crimea 24".

A unit is being formed on the basis of the 165 training center on the initiative of the head of the region Vasily Aksenov and with the participation of the famous gunsmith Vladislav Lobaev.

“This will allow combatant units that for some reason did not take care of acquiring high-precision modern sniper weapons or were unable to organize training, or did not have time, to receive such counter-sniper services, so to speak,” Vladislav Lobaev explained. “The unit will carry out tasks in the hottest sectors of the front, where the activity of enemy snipers is very high."

He specified that the unit will be armed with the full range of sniper rifles that his company manufactures.

Recall that Lobaev's ultra-long-range and high-precision rifles are extremely in demand in the NVO zone. They allow you to deal great damage to the enemy.

The most productive sniper with the call sign "Yaryy", who destroyed more than 100 fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, uses the SVLK-14S "Dusk" rifle.

https://rg.ru/2023/01/20/reg-ufo/v-krymu-formiruiut-kontrsnajperskoe-podrazdelenie-s-vintovkami-lobaeva.html

Russia Starts Producing Completely Domestic Cheytac Sniper Cartridge, 05.13.2023.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russia has launched the serial production of the Cheytac sniper rifle cartridge made from domestic components only, thanks to import substitution, the head of Russian arms manufacturer Lobaev Arms, Vladislav Lobaev, told Sputnik.

"We have created a fully Russian cartridge for caliber 375 Cheytac rifles, and have already begun its mass production. For the first time, our 375 Cheytac rifles are supplied with Russian cartridges developed by Lobaev Arms and gunpowder from a Kazan enterprise, before we used foreign components," Lobaev said.

He specified that the foreign components previously used for cartridges of this caliber were supplied from the US, Finland and Australia.

After Russia launched its special military operation in Ukraine in February 2022, Western countries rolled out a massive sanctions campaign against Moscow. Sanctions, particularly restrictions on new technology, have pushed Russian manufacturers to accelerate import substitution.

According to data of Russian statistical agency Rosstat, in 2022, an increase in production was registered in various domestically oriented businesses, including the production of drugs and medical equipment. The growth amounted to 8.6% in comparison with 2021.

https://sputnikglobe.com/20230513/russia-starts-producing-completely-domestic-cheytac-sniper-cartridge-1110312070.html

Lobaev spoke about the beginning of the development of a first person view (FPV) drone with a high-precision sniper rifle, by Dmitry Zubarev for VZGLYAD. 05.28.2023.

LobaevArms began to develop an FPV drone with a high-precision sniper rifle.

The LobaevArms company is developing a counter-sniper FPV drone armed with a high-precision sniper rifle, Vladislav Lobaev, the founder of the company, said on the air of the Military Acceptance program on the Zvezda TV channel.

According to him, this is one of the projects that the company is starting to actively engage in, RIA Novosti reports . Lobaev added that whoever manages to solve the issue of using high-precision rifles from copters "will forever change the nature of hostilities."

He explained that if you managed to hang a high-precision weapon, with an electric shutter, release, lock on a target, make an accurate calculation and hit, then in fact, you can just send this drone, which will “mow down everything alive”, being at a sufficiently large distance and being difficult to be hit by small arms fire or some other means.

Earlier in Russia, a remote-controlled sniper complex "Robosniper" was created , which the Russian Armed Forces may soon receive.

https://vz.ru/news/2023/5/28/1213921.html

At the forum "Army" for the first time showed a new "anti-material" rifle, 08.18.2023.

The "Army" forum presented the "Astarte" rifle - the "killer" of the American Barrett.

MOSCOW, August 18 - RIA Novosti. The High-Precision Complexes holding (part of Rostec) presented a new Astarta large-caliber rifle at the Army-2023 forum, a company representative told RIA Novosti.

“Today, for the first time, our new 12.7 mm Astarta anti-material rifle is presented to the general public. According to our experts, the rifle can be called the “killer” of the well-known American rifle in this class, the Barrett M82, in terms of its characteristics,” the agency’s interlocutor said.

In the Western classification, such rifles are called "anti-material", as they can hit lightly armored vehicles, structures and other material targets of the enemy.

According to him, "Astarta" is just as reliable and accurate, while it is lighter and much cheaper.
As the specialist of "High-precision complexes" specified, high accuracy is ensured, among other things, thanks to constructive know-how - a "clamped" barrel.
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“When switching the fire mode from automatic to single, accuracy is achieved comparable to rifles with a longitudinally sliding bolt,” the developers said.

In addition, "Astarta" surpasses Barrett in terms of production culture.

https://ria.ru/20230818/vintovka-1890767131.html

Tests of a hypersonic sniper cartridge have begun in Russia, 09.19.2023.

Tests of a cartridge capable of reaching speeds of up to 1500 m/s have begun in Russia.

Russia has begun testing a hypersonic sniper cartridge that can reach speeds of over 1.5 thousand meters per second, Vladislav Lobaev, head of the Lobaev Arms development company, told RIA Novosti .

He explained that the cartridge is still called “conditionally hypersonic”, since it flies “on the verge” of hypersonic speed.

At the same time, the final development of the cartridge has not yet been completed; based on the results of the tests, it will be decided whether the cartridge will be produced in a borderline hypersonic version or in a hypersonic version, Lobaev said.

“Hypersound starts at a speed of over 1.5 thousand meters per second; a high-speed sniper cartridge is considered to be a cartridge flying at a speed of 900 meters per second,” explained the head of Lobaev Arms.

In the spring, Lobaev announced that Russia had imported the 10.3x77 mm Cheytac sniper cartridge , so that it would be produced from entirely domestic components. According to him, for rifles of .375 Cheytac caliber they began to supply cartridges with a Russian case developed by Lobaev Arms, and gunpowder from a Kazan enterprise. Previously, for cartridges of this caliber, cartridges made in the USA and Australia were purchased, gunpowder was purchased in the USA and Finland, Lobaev noted.

https://www.rbc.ru/rbcfreenews/650905489a7947099b681ad3