The heads of the delegations of the defense departments of the CIS countries visited the defense industry enterprise in Tula
▫️ In the Shipunov Design Bureau, military equipment was presented, which confirmed the effectiveness in its own.
The heads of the delegations of the defense departments of the CIS member states, who arrived in Tula for a meeting of the Council of Defense Ministers of the Commonwealth countries, visited the Academician A.G. Shipunov Instrument Design Bureau JSC on Friday.
Participants of the CIS CFR meeting inspected the production site of KBP JSC, where work is being carried out on the serial production of heavy military equipment. The guests got acquainted with the Kornet-EM multi-purpose missile system on the Typhoon-K wheeled chassis, the BMP-2M with the Berezhok combat compartment and the Pantsir-S1 ZRPC.
The complex of automated fire control equipment of artillery units "Malachite" and samples of rifle and grenade launcher weapons that have already confirmed their high quality and effectiveness in the zone of a special military operation were also presented.
Explanations for each sample were given by the designers of the weapon. They answered in detail all the questions of the heads of foreign military delegations. In particular, the guests were interested in a submachine gun manufactured by the Kalashnikov company, created on the basis of a decision of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation to complete a wearable emergency reserve of pilots based on the experience of military operations in Syria.
In particular, this was the situation with the pilot Roman Filippov, who died on February 3, 2018 in Syria while performing his official duty. The Su-25 aircraft, which was operated by the pilot, was shot down. Major Filippov ejected and landed on the territory controlled by the militants. On the ground, he shot back to the last round from the pressing enemy, and then blew himself and his enemies up with the last grenade.
Sergei Shoigu gave explanations to his colleagues on this model of weapons. He spoke in detail about the device of the submachine gun, its high tactical and technical characteristics. The submachine gun for NAZ, in particular, is distinguished by an increased firing range, increased to forty rounds of magazine capacity, several types of ammunition used, various firing modes, including silent.
Judging by the reviews, the heads of delegations of the CIS member states highly appreciated Russian military products.