"Russian special forces to get new ASM silent assault rifles" Topic
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Tango01 | 20 Dec 2019 12:48 p.m. PST |
"The first batch of the latest ASM assault rifles will be delivered to the 24th brigade deployed in Novosibirsk. ASM is an upgraded Val rifle. It is nearly silent from a distance of several meters and the bullet will pierce any armored vest. Experts believe the rifles are irreplaceable in commando operations…."
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Editor in Chief Bill | 20 Dec 2019 1:21 p.m. PST |
Will be interesting to see if the 'silent' option is worth the trade-offs. |
cloudcaptain | 20 Dec 2019 2:01 p.m. PST |
Great for Commando work as mentioned but poor for firefights at range. No one carries a val without already knowing that :) |
soledad | 20 Dec 2019 11:52 p.m. PST |
Having read the article, WOW! Translucent magazines, really smart. Never heard of that before. This brand-new idea will them them a huge advantage. Optical day and nigh sights AND red dot sights. Even more impressive, have any other armies thought of that? Picatinny rails and built in suppressor… Just incredible what they have thought of. Without a doubt this rifle is far ahead of any other similar weapon. I mean, translucent plastic mags, optical sights, rails. Just light years ahead. Note this post may contain sarcasm. |
Artilleryman | 21 Dec 2019 5:51 a.m. PST |
Silencers are never silent. (Sod's Law Nr 15.) |
Blutarski | 21 Dec 2019 9:32 a.m. PST |
Now, if we can only develop a silent hand grenade ….. B |
Tango01 | 21 Dec 2019 11:34 a.m. PST |
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Borderguy190 | 22 Dec 2019 3:35 p.m. PST |
I like the hi-tech sight. Nothing like using crappy AAs to power your sight for 10 hours versus a decent circuit and good batteries giving you 50,000+ hours. Well done, Russkies, well done. |
soledad | 22 Dec 2019 10:04 p.m. PST |
Actually it is not a AA battery in there. It is in fact a small generator. You spin/rotate the knob on the right which generates electricity and that powers the red dot! So it never runs out of power! Only problem is you can only use one hand for handling the weapon as one hand needs to spin the knob… |
Legion 4 | 26 Dec 2019 2:48 p.m. PST |
Looks pretty high tech, how many can they produce ? |
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