Rssia's new battle rifle

[baboon]

https://www.zerohedge.com/military/looks-so-m16-ish-me-russian-special-forces-receive-new-main-battle-rifle

[RedOak]

That will make using the enemies ammo easier, especially if Ukraine gets the upgraded M60E6's.

[baboon]

Let NATO supply the Ukraine

[FloridaAKM]

We still can't import it, so it is useless to me.

[mrkalashnikov]

Certainly looks like an AR 10 clone. Interesting the Russians would be moving to a NATO 7.62 round but maybe theirs is a different spec from our .308 cartridge?

[baboon]

So does this address which is a better design the AK or the AR?

[dinkydow]

Hmmm...so the rooskies have adopted an AR10 clone, in 308, to replace their Dragonof line of sniper rifles?

Sure does look like it.

[4thIDvet]

We still can't import it, so it is useless to me.

"It's just an AR-10. Been around since the late 1950's. It was Stoner's first design in 7.62x51 and later the caliber was changed to accommodate 5.56 and became the AR-15."

"This Looks So M16-Ish To Me": Russian Special Forces Receive New Main Battle Rifle | ZeroHedge

That is from the article so everyone is saying the same thing. Nah hell just order one from PSA they have them in stock.

[GimpyPaw]

Looks like a piston drive AR-10. Makes sense from a practical perspective. If you might fight NATO forces you can pick up their ammo drops, plus the black market is heavily stocked in 308.

I bet it’s a heavy bitch to lug around, but the Russian military doesn’t recruit from the Rainbow Alliance so they have actual men packing those rifles.

[dinkydow]

I have a PSA AR-1O, Its a fence post. But now a days they all seem like fenceposts.

[baboon]

A friend of mine got crazy rich after his father died. He at one time had a H&K 53 and loved it. Well he had a bad year with his business and had to sell it. I spot a really clean 53 and send him a link. He replies to heavy & expensive. I reply back that a recent Colt NIB Commando came up for $65K. and once he started adding what he would eventually want on it,it be even heavier. Growing on means slowing the fuck down.

[500grains]

Iran has been making M16s for their own use for 20 years.

[Johnny]

As others have mentioned, it looks like an M16 / AR10. I didn't dig too deeply. The link had all sorts of ads, videos and pop ups.

It seems that transitioning to heavier rifles with more powerful ammunition is the latest trend. The US is eventually moving to a 6.8mm round that has a better chance of penetrating body armor.

[Sanders]

If she isn't interested, it's time to move on...

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[graynote]

The HK417 is a piston-driven rifle, vs the DI AR-10. Lots of similar looks, the HK was designed to have the same ergonomics and controls of the Stoner rifles most are used to. Our boys are using HKs in some roles now. I’m surprised the Germans agreed to sell them to Russia.