Russian Airborne Troops - Armament and Equipment

Armament and Equipment

Personal firearms and crew served weapons include:

  • AK-74M and AKS-74 assault rifles, and AKS-74U special purpose and self-defence carbine (5.45x39mm).
  • RPK-74, light weight machinegun (5.45x39mm).
  • PKM, general purpose machinegun (7.62x54mm).
  • 6P41 "Pecheneg" general purpose machinegun (7.62x54mm), currently replacing PKM as general purpose machinegun throughout the Russian Armed Forces.
  • Dragunov SVD, sniper rifle (7.62x54mm).
  • Dragunov SVU, modified SVD in bullpup configuration and its variants are in a limited use.
  • GP-25 and GP-30, under-barrel 40mm grenade launchers for fragmentation and gas grenades.
  • AGS-17 Plamya (Flame), 30mm automatic grenade launcher.
  • RPO-A "Shmel" (Bumblebee), infantry rocket flamethrower, or the older RPO "Rys".
  • RPG-7 anti-tank rocket launcher, or more modern systems such as the RPG-22.
  • 2B14 "Podnos" 82mm mortar or the older M-37M
  • 9K38 "Igla" man-portable SAM system, or the more modern 9K338 "Igla-S".
  • 9K111 "Fagot" and 9K115 "Metis" man-portable anti-tank systems.
  • AN-94 assault rifles

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