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Airforce is integrated into both.

A list of the armie's military ranks (first rank listed is the highest):

General-Polkovnik

General-Mayor

General

Mayor-Polkovnik

Polkovnik

Mayor

Pod-Polkovnik

Leutenant

Sergeant

Privat


Army is divided into 3 army blocks:

Siberian Army Block:

Armies: 27

North American Army Block:

Armies: 17

African Army Block:

Armies: 5

An outline of an army:

Infantry divisions: 3
Artillery divisions: 1
Tank Divisions: 1
Attack Squadrons: 1
Intelligence/Counter Intelligence Divisions: 1
Medical Divisions: 1
Engeneering Divisions:1
Transportational Divisions: 4
Ground Support Squadrons: 1
Paratrooper Divisions: 1

An outline of an Infantry Division:

Men/Logistics: 40000/200000
BMP-3: 7750
Snipers: 1350

Infantry batalion:
BMP-3:

An outline of an artillery Division:

2S4 M-1975 Tyulpan self-propelled mortar: 23716
2S7 203-mm Self-Propelled Gun: 68404
2S1 mobile artillery: 71




example of military resources distribution:

Corpus:
men/logistics: 2421776/7263528
GAT-12: 39200
T-125: 84280
ST-29E1 SDV 'Zver': 143472
GAT-17 "Gussar": 127792
Mi-28 Havoc: 11760
G-105 Groza: 4312
SU-39: 6076
HV-121A: 6272
HV-121B: 70364
BMP-3: 235200
VBL: 607600
M813A1 5-ton Truck: 823200
Sukhoi T-60S Project: 13720
Myasishchev GP-60D Katun:17640
HSB-112, Chaika: 7840
IL-76: 141512
Mi-8T: 147980
Mi-8MPS: 105252
Praetorian V Mobile Surface to Air Missile Battery: 13720
Panzerwerfer M-2000 MRLS: 11760
Munich Mobile Anti-tank Vehicle:13720
2S6 Anti-Aircraft Gun: 152488
2S4 M-1975 Tyulpan self-propelled mortar: 23716
2S7 203-mm Self-Propelled Gun: 68404


Army:
men/logistics: 72348/217044
GAT-12: 800
T-125: 1720
ST-29E1 SDV 'Zver': 2928
GAT-17 "Gussar": 2608
Mi-28 Havoc: 240
G-105 Groza: 88
SU-39: 124
HV-121A: 128
HV-121B: 1436
BMP-3: 4800
VBL: 12400
M813A1 5-ton Truck: 16800
Sukhoi T-60S Project: 280
Myasishchev GP-60D Katun:360
HSB-112, Chaika: 160
IL-76: 2888
Mi-8T: 3020
Mi-8MPS: 2148
Praetorian V Mobile Surface to Air Missile Battery: 280
Panzerwerfer M-2000 MRLS: 240
Munich Mobile Anti-tank Vehicle:280
2S6 Anti-Aircraft Gun: 3112
2S4 M-1975 Tyulpan self-propelled mortar: 484
2S7 203-mm Self-Propelled Gun: 1396


Division:
men/logistics: 18087/54261
GAT-12: 200
T-125: 430
ST-29E1 SDV 'Zver': 732
GAT-17 "Gussar": 652
Mi-28 Havoc:60
G-105 Groza: 22
SU-39: 31
HV-121A: 32
HV-121B: 359
BMP-3: 1200
VBL: 3100
M813A1 5-ton Truck: 4200
Sukhoi T-60S Project: 70
Myasishchev GP-60D Katun:90
HSB-112, Chaika: 40
IL-76: 722
Mi-8T: 755
Mi-8MPS: 537
Praetorian V Mobile Surface to Air Missile Battery: 70
Panzerwerfer M-2000 MRLS: 60
Munich Mobile Anti-tank Vehicle:70
2S6 Anti-Aircraft Gun: 778
2S4 M-1975 Tyulpan self-propelled mortar: 121
2S7 203-mm Self-Propelled Gun: 349

Polk:
men/logistics: 6029/18087
GAT-12: 67
T-125: 144
ST-29E1 SDV 'Zver': 244
GAT-17 "Gussar": 218
Mi-28 Havoc:20
G-105 Groza: 8
SU-39: 11
HV-121A: 11
HV-121B: 119
BMP-3: 400
VBL: 1034
M813A1 5-ton Truck: 1400
Sukhoi T-60S Project: 24
Myasishchev GP-60D Katun:30
HSB-112, Chaika: 14
IL-76: 241
Mi-8T: 252
Mi-8MPS: 179
Praetorian V Mobile Surface to Air Missile Battery: 24
Panzerwerfer M-2000 MRLS: 20
Munich Mobile Anti-tank Vehicle:24
2S6 Anti-Aircraft Gun: 260
2S4 M-1975 Tyulpan self-propelled mortar: 41
2S7 203-mm Self-Propelled Gun: 117

Batalion:
men/logistics: 2010/6029
GAT-12: 23
T-125: 48
ST-29E1 SDV 'Zver': 82
GAT-17 "Gussar": 73
Mi-28 Havoc:7
G-105 Groza: 3
SU-39: 4
HV-121A: 4
HV-121B: 40
BMP-3: 134
VBL: 345
M813A1 5-ton Truck: 467
Sukhoi T-60S Project: 8
Myasishchev GP-60D Katun:10
HSB-112, Chaika: 4
IL-76: 80
Mi-8T: 84
Mi-8MPS: 60
Praetorian V Mobile Surface to Air Missile Battery: 8
Panzerwerfer M-2000 MRLS: 6
Munich Mobile Anti-tank Vehicle:8
2S6 Anti-Aircraft Gun: 86
2S4 M-1975 Tyulpan self-propelled mortar: 14
2S7 203-mm Self-Propelled Gun: 39


Rota:
men/logistics: 1005/3015
GAT-12: 12
T-125: 24
ST-29E1 SDV 'Zver': 41
GAT-17 "Gussar": 36
Mi-28 Havoc:4
G-105 Groza: 2
SU-39: 2
HV-121A: 2
HV-121B: 20
BMP-3: 68
VBL: 172
M813A1 5-ton Truck: 234
Sukhoi T-60S Project: 4
Myasishchev GP-60D Katun:5
HSB-112, Chaika: 2
IL-76: 40
Mi-8T: 42
Mi-8MPS: 30
Praetorian V Mobile Surface to Air Missile Battery: 4
Panzerwerfer M-2000 MRLS: 3
Munich Mobile Anti-tank Vehicle:4
2S6 Anti-Aircraft Gun: 44
2S4 M-1975 Tyulpan self-propelled mortar: 8
2S7 203-mm Self-Propelled Gun: 20

Vzvod:
men/logistics: 101/303
GAT-12: 2
T-125: 3
ST-29E1 SDV 'Zver': 4
GAT-17 "Gussar": 3
Mi-28 Havoc: 1
G-105 Groza: 1
SU-39: 1
HV-121A: 1
HV-121B: 2
BMP-3: 7
VBL: 18
M813A1 5-ton Truck: 24
Sukhoi T-60S Project: 1
Myasishchev GP-60D Katun:1
HSB-112, Chaika: 1
IL-76: 4
Mi-8T: 5
Mi-8MPS: 3
Praetorian V Mobile Surface to Air Missile Battery: 1
Panzerwerfer M-2000 MRLS: 1
Munich Mobile Anti-tank Vehicle:1
2S6 Anti-Aircraft Gun: 5
2S4 M-1975 Tyulpan self-propelled mortar: 2
2S7 203-mm Self-Propelled Gun: 2


Specializational distribution:

infantry
-squad (10 men)
artillery
-rocket battery (24 Panzerwerfer M-2000 MRLS)
-artillery battery (25 artillery pieces of different kinds, including mobile artillery)
airborne
-platoon (100 men, 10 BMDs)
air support/ attack:
-squadron
mechanized
-tank batalion(20 different tanks)

-----to be continued---





Naval Force:

Northern Fleet-135678 men (PORT OSTAPENKO)

190 Abyss class destroyers
50 Oliver H. Perry class frigates
50 Seeker class patrol frigates
50 Black Sea class AEGIS cruisers
1 Project 941 (Akula) Typhoon class subs
50 K-407 (Delta IV class) PLARB - Nuclear Powered Ballistic Missile Submarine
15 Project 949A Antey (Antey-II)
100 Project 877 B Varshavyanka hunter/killer submarines
190 Elussive Class Battel ships
25 Indestructable class Aircraft Carrier
3125 G-105 M "Jaba"
12000 morpeh (marines)
120 Manstein class Destroyers
120 Dolphin-class Nuclear Attack Submarines

African Fleet-13071 men (PORT KIBAMBU)
17 Abyss class destroyers
29 Oliver H. Perry class frigates
8 Seeker class patrol frigates
2 Black Sea class AEGIS cruisers
12 K-407 (Delta IV class) PLARB - Nuclear Powered Ballistic Missile Submarine
23 Project 877 B Varshavyanka hunter/killer submarines
1 Project 941 (Akula) Typhoon class subs
70 Elussive Class Battel ships
14 Indestructable class Aircraft Carrier
1750 G-105 M "Jaba"
12000 morpeh (marines)
80 Manstein class Destroyers
100 Dolphin-class Nuclear Attack Submarines

North American Fleet-51251 men (PORT CALIFORNIA)
21 Abyss class destroyers
15 Oliver H. Perry class frigates
11 Seeker class patrol frigates
5 Black Sea class AEGIS cruisers
18 K-407 (Delta IV class) PLARB - Nuclear Powered Ballistic Missile Submarine
24 Project 877 B Varshavyanka hunter/killer submarines
3 Project 949A Antey (Antey-II)
1 Project 941 (Akula) Typhoon class subs
70 Elussive Class Battel ships
16 Indestructable class Aircraft Carrier
2000 G-105 M "Jaba"
12000 morpeh (marines)
100 Manstein class Destroyers
80 Dolphin-class Nuclear Attack Submarine



Black Ops:

Red Devils: 50000 men

GROUND FORCES EQUIPMENT INFORMATION


Ground Transport Vehicles:
VBL (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=405720)

M813A1 5-ton Truck

BMD-3RM4 Airborne Combat Vehicle (http://www.kitsune.addr.com/Rifts/R...bat_Vehicle.htm)

BMP-3 (http://www.army-technology.com/projects/bmp-3/)

Weapons and equipment information

Regular army standard uniform

http://www.volny.cz/ak-47/aks-74u/russian_soldier.jpg

privates have regular body armor, officers have kevlar body armor, the uniform is designed to not let the cold through to the soldier's body.


"Groza" OC-14 (http://world.guns.ru/assault/groza3.jpg)

Kaliber, mm: 9x39 SP-6, 7.62x39 M43
Action: Gas operated, rotating bolt with 2 lugs
Length, mm: overall: 700 barrel: 415
Sighting range,m: 700
Weigth, g: 3,200 (base config., unloaded)
Magazine, 20rds (9mm), 30rds AK-47 type (7.62mm)
Rate of fire, rds/min: 750

"Groza" (Thunder) OC-14 assult rifle/grenade launcher designed by CKIB SOO (Central Design Bureau of Sporting and Hunting Weapons), located in Tula, Russia, and manufactured by TOZ (Tula Weapons Plant, Russia).
This gun was initially designed for Russian Internal Affairs Ministry special forces as an assault rifle/grenade launcher kit, allowing quick in-field conversions to the following configuration:
- assault carbine (with short barrel)
- assault rifle (with longer barrel and post-type front handle)
- silenced assault rifle
- assault rifle/grenade launcher (for this conversion main fire control handle with triggerguard and triggergroup is removed, and a 40mm grenade launcher with new handle and trigger group is installed; This new trigger group has one trigger for both grenade launcher and rifle, and additional selector lever "grenade/rifle"
All parts necesary for this conversion supplied in one kit, along with carrying case
A 7.62mm version named "Groza-1" was developed for Army SpetzNaz. This version accepts AK-47 standart magazines and may be equipped with standart issue AK-74 bayonet.
Mounts for scopes or night vision devices are available.

A-91 assault rifle (http://world.guns.ru/assault/a91_1.jpg)

Caliber: 7.62x39mm and 5.56x45mm NATO
Action: Gas operated, rotating bolt
Overall length: 660 mm
Barrel length: ??
Weight: 3.97 kg empty (with integral grenade launcher)
Rate of fire: 600-800 rounds per minute
Magazine capacity: 30 rounds

The A-91 bullpup assault rifle (also known as A-91M) was developed during the 1990s by KBP (Instrument Design Bureau) in Tula, as an offspring of the A-91 family of compact assault rifles described above in the 9A-91 article. While the A-91 retains the basic gas-operated, rotating bolt action and a trigger unit design from 9A-91, it features a bullpup polymer housing, with an integral 40 mm single-shot grenade launcher mounted under the barrel. The earliest prototypes of the A-91 bullpup were fitted with the grenade launcher above the barrel, and with a front vertical foregrip; current models are fitted with the underbarrel launcher, which also serves as a forearm. The A-91 features a forward ejection system, initially developed in Tula by designers like Afanasiev during the early 1960s. In this system, the ejection port is located above the pistol grip, and points forward. Extracted cases are fed from bolt head through the short ejection tube to the ejection port, and fall out of the gun well clear of the shooter's face, even when firing from the left shoulder. As for now, the A-91 is made in small number and, probably, is used by some elite law enforcement units in Russia; it is also offered for export and domestic military and police sales.

The controls include double triggers (front for grenade launcher, back for rifle), and a large fire mode / safety lever at the right side of the receiver, above the magazine housing. The rifle trigger is fitted with an additional automatic trigger safety. The charging handle is located above the receiver, under the carrying handle, and is easily accessible for either hand.
The sights include a front post, mounted on a high base, and an aperture rear, adjustable for range, which is mounted on the integral carrying handle. The top of the carrying handle is shaped as a Weaver-type rail, and can accept a vide variety of scopes and sights. Folding grenade launcher sights are mounted at the front of the barrel.
Originally developed for 7.62 x 39 ammunition and standard AK-pattern magazines, the A-91 bullpup is now also available in 5.56 x 45 NATO chambering, which uses proprietary 30 round polymer magazines.


AS 'Val' silenced assault rifle (http://world.guns.ru/assault/as_val.jpg)


Caliber: 9x39 mm (SP-6, PAB-9)
Action: Gas operated, rotating bolt with 6 lugs
Length: 875 / 615 mm (stock open / folded)
Barrel length: 200 mm
Effective range: about 300 meters with open sights
Weight: 2,96 kg empty
Rate of fire: 800 rounds per minute
Magazine capacity: 10 or 20 rounds

The AS "Val" (Avtomat Spetsialnij = special assault rifle) was developed by TSNIITOCHMASH under the leadership of P. Serdjukov during the late 1980s, as a part of the 9 x 39 family of silenced weapons for Soviet Special Forces. Its design is similar to one of VSS "Vintorez" sniper rifle, and differs only in the design of the buttstock and pistol grip. AS is widely used by Russian Army recon units, as well as by MVD (Internal Affairs Ministry) and FSB (Federal Security Bureau) Special Forces.
The AS is a gas operated, integrally silenced weapon. The receiver is machined from steel forging for added strength. The long stroke gas piston is located above the barrel, and rigidly attached to the bolt carrier. The rotating bolt has six lugs and locks into the receiver. The front part of the barrel, ahead of the gas port, has several sets of holes, drilled at the bottom of the rifling grooves. These holes are used to bleed some of the gun gas into the integral silencer. The trigger unit is somewhat similar to that of the Czech-made Sa. Vz.58 assault rifle, and the gun is striker-fired. The safety lever is similar to the one found on all Kalashnikov-type rifles, but the fire mode selector is a separate cross-bolt type button, located within the trigger guard, just behind the trigger. The open sights are graduated up to 400 meters in 25 meter increments, but the actual effective range is about 200-300 meters due to the rainbow-shaped trajectory of the heavy subsonic bullets. The AS is optimized for high performance armor piercing 9x39mm ammunition, designated as SP-6 or PAB-9, but can also fire "ball" type SP-5 ammunition, intended for VSS sniper rifles. The pistol grip and the short forearm are made from polymer, the skeletonized, side-folding buttstock is made from steel tubing. The AS rifle has a standard side-mounted rail for optical, night vision or red dot scopes. It has no provision for mounting a bayonet or a grenade launcher. The integral silencer could be easily detached for maintenance, repair, or compact storage, but the rifle cannot be fired with the silencer removed due to safety and reliability issues.

RPG-29 (http://www.world.guns.ru/grenade/rpg-29.jpg)

Caliber: 105 mm barrel; 65/105mm warheads
Type: rocket booster
Overall length: 1850 mm ready to fire; 1000 mm disassembled for transportation
Weight: 12.1 kg unloaded, with optical sight; 18.8 kg loaded and ready to fire
Effective range: up to 500 m
Armour penetration: ERA plus more than 600 mm RHA

RPG-29 grenade launcher has been adopted by Soviet army in 1989, and it is intended to defeat most modern tanks, fitted with ERA protection.
the RPG-29 is a shoulder fired, single-shot, smooth-bored, recoilless launcher. Unlike previous RPG-series launchers, the RPG-29 is a breech-loading weapon, with large caliber barrel, made from two quick-detachable parts, front and rear. Rear part of the barrel is fitted with folding monopod support. Front part of the barrel has the fire control module with pistol grip, trigger and manual safety, the folding iron sights, and mount for 2.7X telescope sight. The trigger unit is of electronic type and is generally similar to the fire control unit of RPG-16. The PG-29 HEAT grenade has a tandem warhead and a rocket booster with eight folding stabiliztator fins at the rear. With this design, the smaller front warhead is intended to set off the ERA (Explosive Reactive Armor) block from the safe range, and then second larger warhead strikes the hull of the tank. When used against buildings or entrenchments, the PG-29V can penetrate more than 1,5 meter (5ft) of concrete or brick wall and then cause significant damage to troops beyond the wall. Unlike previous designs, PG-29 grenade has no separate RCL-type launch charge. The rocket engine starts immediately as the trigger is pressed, and burns out completely before the grenade leaves the launcher. The rest of the flight is made under inertia. The warhead is similar in design to the PG-7VR warhead, developed for RPG-7V grenade launcher, but, thanks to the much more powerful rocket engine, the RPG-29/PG-29 combination has effective range about two times longer, than the RPG-7V/PG-7VR combination. The cost of this significant increase in combat performance is much bigger weight and bulk of both RPG-29 launcher and PG-29 grenade

AEK-971 assault rifle (http://world.guns.ru/assault/aek971_545.jpg)



Caliber: 7.62x39mm and 5.45x39mm
Action: Gas operated, rotating bolt, balanced
Overall length: 965 mm
Barrel length: ?? mm
Weigth: 3.3 kg without magazine
Magazine capacity: 30 rds, all standart AK-47 or AK-74 magazines depending on caliber

AEK971 is being developed at Kovrov Machinebuilding Plant (formerly known as Kovrov Machineguns Plant) by chief designer S.I.Koksharov.
Key feature of the AEK971 is gas driven, balanced action with rotating bolt barrel locking. Balancing mean that AEK971 gas drive has two gas chambers and two gas pistons. First gas piston is linked wia gas rod to the bolt carrier an moves as usual. Second gas piston is linked to the balancing msteel weight and moves in opposite (to main gas piston) direction. This design is implemented to eliminate 3 of 4 total impulces of the movement that affect rifle during the full-auto fire. 1st impulse rifle received when bullet moves along the barrel - this is recoil itself. Second impulse rifle received when heavy bolt carrier/bolt group moves along the receiver back and forth. Third impulse is received when bolt carrier/bolt group stops in the rear position and fourth - when this group stops in forward position after new cartridge is chambered. Synchronous and opposite movement of the balancing weight eliminates all except the recoil impulse, so rifle becomes far more stable during full-auto fire.
The gain of accuracy in full auto is whole 15-20%, when compared to AK-74 asault rifle in the same kaliber. The newly adopted by Russian army AN-94 assault rifle has slight edge over the AEK974 only in short burst (2 rounds only) mode. In full-auto medium or long bursrt fire mode (3-5 or 7-10 rounds per burst) AEK974 wins hands down, being also some 0.5kg lighter than AN-94, simplier and cheaper to manufacture.
At the present time AEK971 in both 5.45x39mm and 7.62x39mm chamberings is being tested by Russain army in some quantities (my sources said that at least one hundred of AEK971s in 7.62mm was aquired by Russian army for field testing).
AEK971 has folding metall buttsock with plastic coating (to protect shooter in extremely hot or cold conditions), plastic forearm and fire control grip, and uses standart AK-47 or AK-74 30rds magazines (depending on chamberings). It also features safety switch/fire mode selector of diferent appearance (when compared to Kalashnikow design). Fire selector allows 2 modes of fire - single shots semi-auto and full auto. At some 800-900 rounds per second it's not impossible to manually control lenght of the fire bursrts, and this weapon is more stable during the fire than ordinal design rifles, so 2 or 3 rounds mode is not implemented (at least, at this time).

Dragunov SVD (http://world.guns.ru/sniper/svd_new.jpg)

Caliber: Russian 7.62x54mm Rimmed
Operation: gas operated, short stroke, rotating bolt; semi-automatic
Capacity: 10 round detachable box magazine
Weight: 4.31kg empty with telescope
Length: 1225 mm
Barrel Length: 620 mm
Max Rate of Fire: 30 RPM
Aimed Rate of Fire: 3-5 RPM
Scope Type: PSO-1 with illuminated reticle
Accuracy: less than 2MOA at 600m

SVD was designed not as a standart sniper rifle. In fact, main role of the SVD ir Soviet / Russian Army is to extend effective range of fire of every infantry squad up to 600 meters and to provide special fire support. SVD is a lightweight and quite accurate (for it's class) rifle, cabable of semi-auto fire. First request for new sniper rifle was issued in 1958. In 1963 SVD (Snaiperskaya Vintovka Dragunova, or Dragunov Sniper Rifle) was accepted by Soviet Military. SVD can use any kind of standart 7.62x54R ammo, but primary round is specially developed for SVD sniper-grade cartridge with steel-core bullet. Every infantry squad in the Russian (Soviet) army had one man with SVD.
SVD is extremely reliable in all conditions, and designed for heavy battles. It has backup ajustable iron sights as a standart option, as well as a bayonet mount (standart AK-47 bayonet type).
Latest modernisation incorporate rugged polymer stock. Also, for mounted and airborne troops developed variant with folding buttsock and shortened barrel (590 mm). New flash hider/muzzle brake also installed.
All modifications of SVD passed many real battle tests during Afghan war as well as many other local conflicts, including latest Chechen wars. SVD was widely used and copied across the former Warshaw pact countries and still in service with Russian Army and many Russian Law Enforcement agencies (as well in oter CIS countries).


OSV-96 (http://world.guns.ru/sniper/osv96.jpg)


The OSV-96 12.7mm sniper rifle began its life during early 1990s as V-94. Designed and developed at famous KBP (Instrument Design Bureau) in Tula. During following years rifle incorporated several improvements, and was eventually re-designated as OSV-96. It is offered for export and local buyers, and apparently is used in small numbers by MVD troops in Chechnya.

The OSV-96 is a gas operated, rotating bolt semiautomatic rifle. The bolt locks directly to the barrel extension, so it is possible to made a hinge between the barrel and receiver. When not in use, the OSV-96 could be "folded" around this hinge to save the space, since the rifle is quite long. This feature also allows for quick transformation from folded into battle-ready position. The long barrel is free-floated, and fitted with long combination muzzle brake - flash hider. The integral folding bipods are mounted on the special console, attached to the base of the barrel, next to the hinge point. The polymer buttstock is fitted with rubber recoil pad. OSV-96 is usually fitted with some sort of telescope or night vision sight, but also carries a set of back-up iron sights.

The exact accuracy data of the OSV-96 is not yet published, but, apparently, it is enough for intended work as a anti-materiel rifle or mid-range counter-sniper rifle.

Serdyukov SPS / Gyurza / Vector SR-1 (http://www.world.guns.ru/handguns/sr1-l.jpg)

Type: Double Action
Caliber 9x21mm SP-10, SP-11, SP-12
Overall length 195 mm
Weight loaded 1180 g
Magazine capacity 18 rounds
Effective range: 200 meters
Muzzle Velocity: 420 m/s


Initially this gun was designed to meet Russian Army requirements for a high capacity pistol with effective range of no less than 50 meters. To achieve such characteristics, a new cartridge was developed - SP-10 (9x21) with AP steel core bullets, designed to deal with targets in bulletproof vests or hiding in cars etc (capable of near to 100% successful penetration of 30 layers of Kevlar plus up to 2.8mm titanium plate at 100 meters).
When, in the mid-1990s, Russian Army lost interest in this gun in the favor of the 9x19mm developments, some Russian Law-enforcement agencies picked up this gun, and in 1996 it was adopted by FSB ( Federal Security Service, a part of the former KGB) and some other agencies. The development of this pistol and ammunition for it continued into the 21st century, and, in 2003, its improved version was finally adopted by the Russian Government for military and police use as the SPS - Samozaryadnyj Pistolet Serdjukova - Serdyukov Self-loading pistol. Originally known as "Gyurza", or as SR-1 "Vektor" (in FSB service), this pistol had been developed by the designer Piotr Serdyukov at TSNIITOchMash (Central Research and Development Institute of Precision Machine Building, in Klimovsk city, Russia). At the present time this pistol is used by the various FSB and FSO (Russian state VIP protection service) troops.


The SPS is a short recoil operated, locked breech pistol. The slide to barrel locking is achieved by the tilting locking piece, located under the barrel, much like the Walther P38 or Beretta 92. The return spring is located around the barrel. Frame is made from steel upper part and the polymer grip and the trigger guard. Slide is made of steel. Double action trigger featured automatic Glock-like trigger safety, plus internal firing pin safety and the automated grip safety. No manual safeties are provided on the gun. Until the very recent production guns, SR-1 also lacked the slide stop. The external hammer can be put on the half-cock position for increased safety. It must be noted, that the DA mode will fork only if the hammer is on half-cock. The gun is fed using steel, double stack magazines that hold 18 rounds of 9x21 mm ammo.

9x21mm ammunition now available in basic Armour Piercing form, as well as with expanding increased stopping power bullets, non-ricocheting training bullets, and some other types. The one downside of this ammo is that it is very expensive, at least now, having cost several times more than of any commercially available 9x19mm ammo.

I had the chance to inspect this gun (pictured above), during September, 2003, but not fired it yet. In my opinion, the grip is just too big for shooter with average palms. The grip safety also may play a dirty trick with the shooter, since it may not be disengaged if the gun held improperly during the stress situation, so, many FSB field operatives simply block this safety off by some sort of scotch tape. Sights are somewhat tiny. But, otherwise, the SPS is a fine and very powerful close combat weapon, that could be used as well as defensive, and as offensive weapon, especially in the room and car search scenarios, where single-hand controllability and good penetration of the round are welcome.


NTW-20 anti-materiel rifle (http://world.guns.ru/sniper/ntw20_1.jpg)

Caliber 20 x 83.5 mm MG151 14.5 x 114 mm Russian
Operation manual bolt action
Barrel length 1000 mm 1220 mm
Weight 26 kg 29 kg
Length 1795 mm 2015 mm
Feed Mechanism detachable box magazine, 3 rounds


Maximum effective range 1500+ meters 2300+ meters

This rifle was designed in the early to mid 1990s by South African arms designer Tony Neophytou, who also took its part in designing the Neostead combat shotgun. Initial development was under the Aerotek name, and later the Mechem division of the DENEL Group, a major South African arms manufacturer, purchased all rights for this design. In the 1998 South African National Defense Forces adopted this weapon and began to purchase it in some numbers. It is also offered for export sales. The NTW-20 is a long range anti-materiel rifle, developed to reach out across wide plains of South African landscape and to deliver substantial firepower in a relatively compact, two men portable package. It is available in two versions, 20mm and 14.5mm, and could be easily converted from one variant to another by simple replacement of the barrel, bolt, magazine and scope, which will take about 1 minute in the field conditions. These two versions had slightly different applications: 20mm version, built around WW2-era German MG-151 aircraft gun round, can deliver high explosive, fragmentation or incendiary shells with good accuracy, so a relatively "soft" targets could be disabled by the blast and / or fragments. When the long range and armor penetration is an issue, the 14.5mm version comes into the play. It is built around another WW2-era round, Soviet 14.5mm high velocity, armor-piercing cartridge, developed for PTRD and PTRS anti-tank rifles and still widely used in Russian KPV / KPVT heavy machine guns on armored cars and in anti-aircraft mounts. While probably not so accurate as the specially developed .50BMG (12.7x99mm) rifles, mostly due to unavailability of the "match grade" ammunition in the 14.5mm and 20mm, NTW-20 offers significantly more terminal effectiveness than any .50BMG rifle / round combination. 20 mm version could be most effective against targets like parked aircrafts and helicopters, command and communications equipment, radar cabins, fuel dumps, unarmored cars. 14.5 mm version will be more effective against armored personnel carriers or relatively large "soft" targets at extended ranges. Anti-personnel work is by no means a primary task for this huge rifle.

NTW-20 is a manually operated, rotating bolt action rifle. The barrel is locked by the rotating bolt that has 6 lugs. The barrel along with the receiver could recoil inside the chassis frame against combined hydraulic and pneumatic damping system. Large two-chamber muzzle brake also helps to keep recoil at the acceptable level. NTW-20 is fed from the detachable box magazine, that is inserted from the left side and holds 3 rounds. The rifle could be disassembled and carried in two man-portable packs, each weighting about 12 - 15 kg. One pack carries the frame, stock, butt and bipod while the other carries the barrel, sighting equipment
and magazines. NTW-20 is equipped with a 8X magnification, long eye relief telescopic sight on the quick detachable mount. No open sight are fitted by default. The folding bipod is mounted under the receiver, and a non-folding frame above the receiver serves as a carrying handle and a scope protection bracket.

AT-16 Scallion

Notes: Known as the 9M127 Vikhr to the Russians, the Scallion was introduced shortly after the AT-9 Spiral-2, and is a greatly-improved version of that missile and the AT-6 Spiral. It is a fast, powerful missile that is used not only from the latest Russian attack helicopters, but also from aircraft such as the SU-25 and SU-39 Frogfoot, and the various versions of the Flanker. Several versions of the Scallion are available for the Twilight War, including a few experimental models that are rather rare. The Scallion has the speed and maneuverability to take down helicopters and slow-flying aircraft; the 9M227F is particularly useful for this, as it can be used as a conventional heat-seeking air-to-air missile in addition to being able to attack ground targets. Speed of the 9M127 series is 2000 meters per phase, while the speed of the 9M227 series is 2175 meters per phase.

Food:
SRNP (Self Replenishing Nutrition Product) (http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p=7803297&posted=1#post7803297)

Kord 2.7 (http://world.guns.ru/machine/kord_l.jpg)

caliber: 12,7x109 mm
weigth: 25.5 kg MG itself, 41.5 kg on 6T7 tripod mount with 50 rds belt
Length: no data
Length of barrel: no data
Feeding: belt 50 rounds
Rate of fire: 650-750 rounds/min
V0: 820-860 m/s

The "Kord" is the newest development in the heavy MG class. It is developed and manufactured at Kovrov Mechanikal Plant (ZID - V.A.Degtyarev plant JSC), Russia.
The "Kord" will replace the now-in-service NSV-12.7 and NSVT "Utes" MGs. The main reasons for this replacement are 1) need for more accurate heavy MG and 2) the fact that "Utes" MGs are manufactured in Ukraine and the supply of both new MGs and spare parts are limited since the desintegration of USSR.

The "Kord" is belt-fed, air-cooled, gas-operated full-auto only machine gun. It uses different from the NSV locking principle - barrel locking is achieved via breechblock device. Belt (same as in NSV) could be feed from both left and right sides. Barrel is quich changeable, and is built under the proprietary ZIDs technology that ensures axially symmetrical heating of the barrel during the fire and thus retaining good accuracy during sustained fire for longer amount of time (and ammo). This technology (probably) borrowed from GSh-23 aircraft guns, which also manufactured at ZID. According to some sources, accuracy of the Kord is some 1.5-2 times better, than NSV "Utes". "Kord" also equipped with muzzle brake/flash hider.
Standart sights are ajustable open sights, but mounts for scopes or night sights are standart. "Kord" has the same mounting acessories as NSV, and, thus, may be installed on every mount, designed for NSV "Utes". Tank version of the "Kord" also available, with electrically powered trigger and charging mechanisms.
According to available sources, the "Kord" is oficially adopted by Russian army and already supplied in some quantities in infantry version. The first known vehicle that mounts "Kord" is newest Russian MBT T-90s. The "Kord" is installed in remote controlled mount on the top of the tank turret and used as AA gun.
Interesting fact: in one of the TV reports (march 2001) from ZID plant "Kord" was shown firing from light bipod. It is obviously the result of experience gained in latest Chechen wars: the heavy MG crew could maneuver more quickly with such mount, for the cost of decreased effective range of fire.

Armored Weaponry:

2S1 (http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/2s1.htm)

2S6 (http://afvid.topcities.com/specs/0-9/2s6.html)

2S4 (http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/2s4.htm)

2S7 (http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/2s7.htm)

Praetorian V Mobile Surface to Air Missile Battery (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=8605282&postcount=50)

Panzerwerfer M-2000 MRLS (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=8605824&postcount=53)

Munich Mobile Anti-tank Vehicle (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=8649293&postcount=89)

GAT-12 (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=8689961&postcount=1)

T-125 (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=8642174&postcount=1)

ST-29E1 SDV 'Zver' (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=8691853&postcount=1)

GAT-17 "Gussar" (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=416029)



RED DEVILS EQUIPMENT INFO:

armor used: HZ-431

helmet used:HS-213

http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=409960
(this is how this will work)

AICRAFT

G-105 "Groza" (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=8648386&postcount=1)

G-105M "Jaba" (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=8710647&postcount=1)

HSB-112 "Chaika" (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=8647766&postcount=1)

HV-121 helicopter (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=8428041&postcount=1)

SHIPS

Indestructible Class Aircraft Carrier (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=8708897&postcount=112)

Ellusive Class Battleship (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=8656294&postcount=98)

Harpy Class Arsennal Ship (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=8704576&postcount=1)

Manstein class Destroyer (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=8595778&postcount=10)

SUBMARINES

Dolphin Class Attack Submarine (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=8737557&postcount=1)

I will add more info to this thread as i get more weapons and my population grows. For now this is what it is.

Nuclear Arsennal

5000 V-Bombs (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=406237)
7000 Satan class ballistic missiles
512 E-bombs (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=409712)

Military Secrets

Military Secrets:

HSS system (Hydrophone Surveilance System)
30 spy satelites
12 BME satelies (satelite weapon, absorbs energy from the sun and outputs it in form of a concentrated ray of particles able to hit any point on earth, the maximum diameter of a hit is 500 meters, once a shot has been fired the satelite gets fried by the heat)
40 SDM satelites (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p=8601765#post8601765)
Sea Mine fields-37234 sea mines connected to the buttom of the sea in the secreted locations.