5.56x45 mm Assault rifle

The assault rifles 5.56x45 mm belong to the firearms whose action is based on the principle of conveying a part of the powder gases through a special port in the wall of the stationary barrel and their influence onto the bolt carrier. The receiver is made from hot die forged solid blank followed by milling operations.

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The barrel chamber is closed by turn of the bolt and engaging the firing stops in the receiver. The weapon is fed from a 30-round arcuated staggered magazine, manufactured from glass fiber reinforced polycaproamide.The sigh consists of sectors marked for shooting at a distance of up to 800 m. The hammer-trigger mechanism has a hammer, which is activated by firing spring.

This mechanism has a safety device-safety for setting from single to automatic fire mode as well as contrariwise. The safety simultaneously serves as well as a safety level preventing the accidental shoots. It is located on the right-hand side of the receiver and is formed as a long pivoted lever. When set in the utmost upper position the trigger is blocked. In this position the safety serves two other functions:

- prevents contaminating of the receiver through the bolt carrier handle slot in the receiver cover;

- prevents from reloading the barrel chamber.

The lower handguard, the upper handguard, the butt for 5.56x45 and the pistol grip are made from glass fiber reinforced polycaproamide.For quick target acquisition at low - light conditions, you can use Tritium Self-illuminated Night Sight (3-dot sight system). Each assault rifle is equipped with a sight rail for any type of sighting device. For rapid-fire mode changing, for convenience left-hand shooters, as well as when the butt is folded, is available an additional left fire mode selector lever. The Assault Rifles design allows the attachment of 40x46 mm UBGL-M6, UBGL-M8 or 40mm

The technical characteristics ​​may have minor differences according to the different manufacturers of the given product. The manufacturers reserve the right to make changes to the specified parameters.

Calibre:  5.56 mm

Cartridge:  5.56x45 mm

Fire mode:  single and automatic

Rate of fire:  600 rounds/min

Practical rate:  automatic fire: up to 100 rounds/min; and single fire: up to 40 rounds/min

Muzzle velocity:  710 m/s;  bullet type M 193:  910 m/s;  bullet type SS 109:  870 m/s

Sighting range:  up to 800 m

Maximum firing range:  1350 m

Effective firing range:  500 m

Magazine capacity:  30 rounds

Barrel length:  415 mm

Sight radius:  370 mm

Overall length:  930 mm

Weight:  rifle without magazine:  3.62 kg;  loaded magazine:    0.58 kg

System life:  15 000 rounds

Principle of function:  gas operated

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