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| Deliveries of the RPL-20 machine gun to the troops may begin in 2025 |
| 2025-05-15 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] On May 14, the Kalashnikov Concern presented the latest RPL-20 machine gun at the shooting range of the Patriot Park near Moscow. The company plans to begin delivering it to the Russian army in 2025. This was reported by a correspondent for IA Regnum. "This is the development of our line to fulfill the customer's task. We must give our customers the best solution for their combat missions," said the company's director, Alan Lushnikov. The machine gun is designed for a 5.45 mm caliber. The cartridges are fed from a belt, which is located in a box attached to the bottom. The cover of the machine gun opens downwards, which allows you to install a Picatinny rail on it, designed to mount a sight and other accessories. "The machine gun allows for a high firing density due to the use of a belt with a capacity of 100 (200) rounds, while the design provides for barrel replacement and firing from the rear position of the mobile system, which increases the duration of firing in automatic mode," the description of the weapon's characteristics says. RPL-20 is the first belt-fed machine gun created by the Kalashnikov Design and Technology Center. It was modified based on comments received during operation in the military special operation zone. As reported by the Regnum news agency, in April the Izhevsk company Tekhkrim launched serial production of cartridges with two bullets of caliber 7.62×54R "Tandem". This innovation allows to increase the accuracy of shooting. In February, Kalashnikov presented the self-propelled artillery gun "Lotus" at an exhibition in Abu Dhabi. The combat vehicle is capable of firing conventional and precision ammunition, including from unprepared positions. It can also be parachuted from military transport aircraft with a combat crew inside. |
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