Warzone/The Drive: Russian Commandos Are Getting "Silent" Mortars That Are As Quiet As A Suppressed Rifle
The weapons use special ammunition to eliminate smoke and flash during firing and keep noise to an absolute minimum.
Personnel at a forward operating base are patrolling the perimeter after dark when they hear a muffled popping sound in the distance. Soon after, small shells begin raining down on them and there’s no clear indication where the attackers are shooting from. They’ve just been on the receiving end of a 2B25 “silent” 82mm mortar.
This might sound like some sort of unlockable upgrade in a video game, but it’s an actual weapon system that Russian special operations forces, commonly referred to as spetsnaz, began receiving in 2018. Jane’s was first to learn that the Kremlin had begun fielding the specialized mortars from an unnamed individual at Russia’s Army 2018 defense exposition in August 2018.
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WNU Editor: Special forces/commandos and stealth go hand-in-hand. It looks like this mortar will accomplish it.
5 comments:
Will the explosions be silent too?
Likely the people they kill won`t hear them. For sure they won`t remember the sound.
Now let`s see how you turn this comment into praise for China.
B Poster is notorious for praising Russia, but not China. No one here praises China. The title clearly states it is Russian. You are clearly are trolling.
It is a niche item. Interesting, out of the box thinking again (kind of or more of a 60 year old out of the box concept that was done a little better this time), but niche.
Oh and it produces 52 dB at 100 M, so it is not exactly silent. A normal conversation is around 60 dB. You would know that if you filed OSHA reports or Canada's equivalent.
"The basic concept of using a self-contained cartridge with a piston to create “silent” isn’t new. Both the Soviets and the United States developed various small arms rounds using this principle for rifles, pistols, and even shotguns during the Cold War."
- The Drive (from the article).
Anon so you went off on a tangent yet again.
"Now let`s see how you turn this comment into praise for China."
On target.
You were trolling.
Why mention China on conjunction with an article on Russian arms?
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