Talk:List of firearms used by Russian Armed Forces

I'm aware that as of 20:28, 24 July 2012, the page isn't finished; it's terribly late, and I'm going to continue working on it. --Dirty Harold 20:29, 24 July 2012 (CDT)

Hope you don't mind, I contributed a little bit, mended some years into more precise and (to my knowledge, at least) correct ones.--BeloglaviSup 02:44, 25 July 2012 (CDT)

That's perfectly fine, thank you; I was kind of hoping to get some contributions. --Dirty Harold 11:11, 25 July 2012 (CDT)

Could we change the Cyrillic names to Latin alphabet? They're not really that useful in their current form to a non-Russian speaker. Evil Tim 08:38, 25 July 2012 (CDT)

I only used the Cyrillic names because they would be more authentic to the Russian forces. They can be changed fairly easily, though. --Dirty Harold 11:12, 25 July 2012 (CDT)

Well, we could refer to all these weapons by their official GRAU index designations. Though personally, I like the Russian Cyrillic names.--BeloglaviSup 11:50, 25 July 2012 (CDT)

Since this is an American website with a primarily English-speaking user base, the English (or Latin, whatever) alphabet would be more preferable. Spartan198 03:37, 26 July 2012 (CDT)

Do you want the Cyrillic Anglicized or do you want straight up English translations of the Cyrillic titles? --Dirty Harold 08:39, 26 July 2012 (CDT)

It's only called the Russian Federation recently. It's changed named overall at least 3 times in the past century Excalibur01 22:29, 24 July 2012 (CDT)

Yes, I'm aware of that, and I considered it after I constructed the article. A name change would be fine... Russian Armed Forces? --Dirty Harold 11:10, 25 July, 2012 (CDT)

Makarov PM is still in service. And the next couple of decades, it will doesn't remove from service Bednardos 19:05, 25 July, 2012 (CDT)

My mistake, I fixed it already.--BeloglaviSup 11:52, 25 July 2012 (CDT)

AO-63 picture?

So we've got a picture of the AO-63 now? I thought no one knew what it looked like except for the designers and the people running the trials. Jeddostotle7 17:36, 26 July 2012 (CDT)

That isn't an AO-63, it is an AO-38. This was a prototype for the balance recoil system used in the AK-107, and is a single barrel design which is totally unrelated to the AO-63. --commando552 17:49, 26 July 2012 (CDT)

OH, that makes sense. It's just that in the smaller version of the picture, it looks like it has two barrels (I didn't view the larger version). Jeddostotle7 17:55, 26 July 2012 (CDT)

RPK

Is the original 7.26x39 RPK still in service?--Mandolin 17:53, 26 July 2012 (CDT)

I didn't include it because I wasn't sure, but I think they're at least phasing the original models out of front-line service. Someone with a little more knowledge on that particular weapon might be able to help. --Dirty Harold 19:00, 26 July 2012 (CDT)

I thinks the 7.62x39 RPK is still used in limited numbers, but i'm not 100% sure. But one thing I am sure is that the 5.45x39 RPK is still used today. I saw some recent pictures of russian soldiers using them in exercices. --VillageFroid 16:19, 24 December 2012 (CDT)

AK-105

I've read rumors of the AK-105 was selected to replace the AKS-74U, but haven't found anything conclusive to verify it. If anyone knows anything and has a trustworthy enough source to back it, please speak up. Spartan198 (talk) 12:14, 11 January 2013 (EST)

Vityaz-SN

I added the PP-19-01 Vityaz submachine gun two weeks ago. If any of its specifications are incorrect please someone correct them. --Ultimate94ninja (talk) 13:11, 19 July 2014 (EDT)

Could someone clarify it please? --Ultimate94ninja (talk) 05:51, 26 July 2014 (EDT) (done)

Stechkin APS

Since the Stechkin APS page indicates "(1951–1975)" and the OTs-33 Pernach page qualifies the APS as "obsolete", then how come is the APS stated to still be in service? Anyway, I guess the Pernach and the GSh-18 should be added to the main page, shouldn't they?. --Ultimate94ninja (talk) 06:36, 3 October 2014 (EDT)

While APS was surpassed in regular service by the AKS-74U in it's originally intended role as a crewman's right hand, it remains in limited usage as a relatively popular sidearm for the special military and police forces. In fact, both APS and OC-33 complement each other in active service within these branches. --BeloglaviSup (talk) 05:36, 29 October 2014 (EDT)