Russian Military Photos and Videos #3

George1 wrote:Mi-17, Mi-28N & Mi-24 drilling with live firing

I see that they started installing aircraft hangars. About time, god job!

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Screengrab from BMPD:

Full Body Military Exosuit & Robot

Ka-52 training



Some great pics of russian airforce in Syria

76th Guards Airborne Divizion on massive drills




Mig-31BM. Khotilovo AFB


Drills of Army aviation. Chernigovka AFB and Korenovsk AFB



Blagoveshchensk shipyard lays hydrographic vessel "Alexsandr Rogotsky"


Story of Alexsander Guldt. Experienced battalion commander of 138th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade


Solders of 61st Marine Brigade prepares for naval derby


Artillerists prepares for holiday fireworks. Western military district


Food and clothing supply servive. History and today in 35 Motor Rifle Brigade


Anti-terrorism drills in Gudermes region of Chechen Republic


Training of tankmen in Khabarovsk krai


Admiral Makarov State University of Maritime and Inland Shipping


Communication battalion of 9th Administration brigade at field drills


Tankmen prepares for tank biathlon. 201st military base in Tajikistan


Tambov SOBR unit celebrates 23 anniversary


Voronezh scholars visited Baltimor AFB and tested Su-34 simulator


Sniper training school in Eastern Military district


Preparations on Vostochny cosmodrome


Medical company of motor rifle unit at winter field drills.


39th Guards Missile Division

The X-Files "Military Acceptance"


I Serve Russia!

Soldiers are resting after a battle; Chechnya, May 1995

POLYGON. Howitzer D-30


POLYGON. Large Landing Ship

I think Morpheus has made a little mistake...

As it seems that PSS-2's grip is not as wide as that of the PSS (?), it would seem that PSS-2 should be using rounds with subcaliber supercavitating projectiles.

Sub calibre super cavitation rounds?

Would not be useful as a replacement for the subsonic silent PSS pistol... super cavitation is for underwater pistols like the SPP-1?

Ironically a good replacement for the SPP-1 underwater pistol could be the GSh-18 which has proven to be able to fire underwater and could use the 4.5mm subcalibre underwater round based on the 9x19mm round...

the use of modified underwater versions of standard rounds means a modern naval special forces soldier can carry an ADS rifle with both 5.45mm underwater cartridges and 5.45mm above water rounds and 9mm underwater rounds and 9mm above water rounds in a GSh-18... so they wont need to carry an above water assault rifle and an underwater assault rifle and an above water pistol and an underwater pistol.

In other words he can carry an ADS and GSh-18 and a GP-35 under barrel grenade launcher, instead of having to carry an AK-74, an APS, a Makarov, an SPP-1 and a GP-25. Also three different calibres and types of ammo instead of 5.

Regarding this new pistol... it looks rather better than the old PSS but I think if it is still only going to have a 6 round mag that a decent gas sealed revolver would be rather better as it retains the cartridge cases instead of throwing them all over the crime scene...

There are various speed loader options for a revolver today... and if it opened like a Webley then it would be fairly quick to load and fire... though combining a gas seal design with a break open cylinder mechanism might be a bit harder than I am making out.

The relatively small calibre 7.62mm cartridges should allow for an 8 or 9 round cylinder to be used... which makes it better than the PSS or PSS-1 in terms of ready to fire rounds and of course the ability to take the empties away with you. (ie if you don't fire all 8 or 9 shots, or if you have to reload break open the pistol into a bag to capture all the empties and reload with a cylinder clip...)

GarryB wrote:I think Morpheus has made a little mistake...

As it seems that PSS-2's grip is not as wide as that of the PSS (?), it would seem that PSS-2 should be using rounds with subcaliber supercavitating projectiles.

You are absolutely right.

It was, however, a big mistake.

I think it was last night that I woke up in the middle of the night and recalled that post of mine, realizing what a total mix-up that post was. My subconscious was obviously distressed about the whole thing. It seemed as though someone had had too many good mojitos while writing that post. I wanted to write a post to correct all of that, but I totally forgot.

As Garry correctly concluded, I was thinking of SPP-1 and those rounds with subcaliber supercavitating projectiles that can turn a standard pistol into an amphibious one.

Now, regarding the PSS-2, I should say that PSS-2 with its longer round and not so large grip (is this true or not?) is possibly using a new feed technology that I would next conjecture about.   The rounds (only six of them?) are conjectured to be positioned in the magazine in a very pronounced nose-up angle (less probably, in a nose-down angle), and some feature in the feed mechanism should compensate for all of this extreme nose-up angle during feed.

By the way, the confused nature of my previous post has gotten me thinking about the epistemological and neurological aspects of that confusion; very interesting.

"tipex12", thanks for your reply.

Mi-8, Mi-35 and Mi-28 training

Some pics from different army drills













Military police exercising

k@llashniKoff wrote:Some pics from different army drills













Military police exercising

Whenever I see pictures of the Russian military training, they are most of the time using the SVD Sniper, why don't they use the Orsis or Lobavev or other sniper rifles?

par far wrote:

Whenever I see pictures of the Russian military training, they are most of the time using the SVD Sniper, why don't they use the Orsis or Lobavev or other sniper rifles?

Because those are not frontline sniper rifles. They cost like dozen SVDs, and are overkill for what squad dedicated marksman would use it for. Small amount of those were seen in hands of MVD and FSB but thats all, they are more sporting rifles than for military use.

Militarov wrote:

par far wrote:

Whenever I see pictures of the Russian military training, they are most of the time using the SVD Sniper, why don't they use the Orsis or Lobavev or other sniper rifles?

Because those are not frontline sniper rifles. They cost like dozen SVDs, and are overkill for what squad dedicated marksman would use it for. Small amount of those were seen in hands of MVD and FSB but thats all, they are more sporting rifles than for military use.

there's also another reason. There are now other optics available for the rifle with ad hoc zeroing. In those pictures you have brand new Dedals 8x30-32/8x40 and what looks like 12x50. This allows for the SVD to basically move out of the 600m killzone up to a more respectable 800 with only ammunition and optic swap.

Also thanks to the Universal mount, the rifle retains its Iron sights, so it doesn't sacrifice anything except some more RUR from the Budget.

Militarov wrote:

par far wrote:

Whenever I see pictures of the Russian military training, they are most of the time using the SVD Sniper, why don't they use the Orsis or Lobavev or other sniper rifles?

I think Airborne recons also use SV-98 rifles.

k@llashniKoff wrote:

Militarov wrote:

par far wrote:

Whenever I see pictures of the Russian military training, they are most of the time using the SVD Sniper, why don't they use the Orsis or Lobavev or other sniper rifles?

I think Airborne recons also use SV-98 rifles.

Yes, SV98 was issued to some VDV and Recon units. But that rifle is not extremly expencive, also its quite rugged. Its basically analogue to L115A3.

Some pics from a great article about army and VDV Specnaz soldiers:




















Full article:
http://onepamop.livejournal.com/1086441.html

Submariners "Alexander Nevsky," the first to show the missile compartment with "Bulava"


Marines entered the "battle" among hills and volcanoes of Kamchatka


Martial Russian helicopters over Tajikistan - exclusive footage

Sappers of the Northern Fleet have guided ferry with a huge mechanized bridge

Ill throw it here

Militarov wrote:

Ill throw it here

FFS Shoigu looks more and more like my ex Brother in Law.

POLYGON. Jarhead