The domestic company "Front-Tactical Systems" has developed a universal ammunition supply system designed to improve the combat qualities of existing machine guns.
The creation of a new product, designated "Scorpion", was carried out on an initiative basis, without an order from the military department or security forces. In order to increase the ammunition load of the machine gun, ready for use, it was decided to abandon the standard boxes for belts, replacing them with a larger container and a special device for feeding the cartridge belt to the receiving window of the machine gun.
As it stands, the Scorpion system consists of several main parts. A metal box-container of appropriate dimensions is intended for storing the tape with cartridges. A special flexible sleeve for feeding cartridges is connected to it, at the second end of which a bracket is provided for mounting on a machine gun. Such an architecture of the kit allows producing various versions of it, both stationary and portable.
The Scorpion kit includes several basic elements. A metal box-container is intended for storing and carrying the tape with cartridges. In its basic configuration, it measures 40x10x30 cm and holds 475 rounds in one belt.
To carry the box, it is proposed to use a special knapsack, adjustable in accordance with the anatomy of the shooter. A special cover with fasteners for a flexible sleeve is installed on the box for cartridges.
The sleeve itself is a structure of a large number of metal segments capable of changing position relative to each other within certain sectors. The sleeve is 160 cm long, 10 cm wide and 2.5 cm thick, which allows it to hold up to 75 rounds. If necessary, the sleeve is equipped with a protective cover.
The sleeve is completed with a bracket that allows it to be connected to the weapon. The set weighs about 4.1 kg without cartridges.
According to the manufacturer, in the basic configuration the "Scorpion" kit is intended for use with rifle cartridges 7.62x54 mm R and loose metal strips. In preparation for shooting, a single tape for 550 rounds is placed in the box and sleeve. The end of the tape is brought out to the receiving window of the weapon. The "Scorpion" system is designed for use with Kalashnikov machine guns: PK, PKM and "Pecheneg" using the 7.62x54 mm cartridge.
You can use the "Scorpion" for any task - whether it is patrolling in the forest, or targeted assault operations in urban areas. And here, it is also very important to mention that you can transfer the ammunition system in different ways, being equipped.
No piece of equipment will interfere with the use of a box with a flexible sleeve. So, for example, "Scorpion" can be worn in conjunction with any means of individual body armor - a machine gunner can use a bulletproof vest, an armored helmet or an anti-splinter suit, if necessary.
The developer of the system, the Front company, has already come out with a proposal to put the Scorpion into service, including its inclusion in the Ratnik system. However, at the moment, the issue is being resolved. Nevertheless, a number of such products are already used by representatives of various structures.
Holders of the patent RU 2399004:
The system for feeding cartridges into the barrel of a weapon is designed for automatic and semi-automatic firearms. The system contains a magazine with cartridges installed in the weapon socket, a magazine retention latch and a cartridge feeder. The system is equipped with a slide latch and a mechanical connection of the magazine retention latch with cartridges or a slide latch, while the magazine retention latch is designed to open when the magazine is empty or if the last cartridge is present in it, as well as a lock with an additional latch mechanically connected to the protrusion made on weapons and located in the path of movement of the shutter of the weapon or related elements to prevent premature disconnection of the magazine from the weapon. EFFECT: simplified charging and reduced reloading time of the weapon by self-disconnecting the magazine when the ammunition is used up. 2 n. and 8 c.p. f-ly, 6 dwg
The invention relates to automatic and semi-automatic firearms and is applicable to weapons of any small caliber systems.
Known ammunition systems, consisting of a store with a spring-loaded feeder and a magazine slot for weapons / cm. for example, "Manual on shooting" M .: Voenizdat 1970 p.4-19 /. The disadvantage of such a system is that after the cartridges are used up, the magazine must be removed. In addition, the magazine, which has a horn shape, is inconvenient to insert and remove, because movement in an arc is less orthopedically convenient for the loader's hand - a simple straight movement is performed more confidently and faster, therefore, reloading a carob magazine takes 1 second longer than a direct one. And the experience of hostilities in Afghanistan revealed the urgent need to reduce the reloading time of weapons, especially an assault rifle. In addition, when firing from a machine gun, if the trigger is released immediately after the last cartridge has been used up or when firing single ones, the end of the cartridges remains unnoticed, which can lead to the death of a soldier.
The technical result is a simplified charging and self-disconnection of the magazine when the ammunition is used up, which is an alarm about the end of cartridges.
To do this, the magazine holding latch is mechanically connected to the feeder in the upper or upper upper / if there is one cartridge in the magazine / its position, or to an element mechanically connected to the feeder or to the cartridges, moreover, if the magazine has an indirect, for example, horn shape, then its worker the end has straight guides. The mechanical connection can be located both in the weapon and in the magazine, and in the latter case, with some design solutions, the counter latch located in the weapon can serve as an emphasis for the latch located in the magazine. In systems where the opening of the latch is designed not for lowering the magazine, but for the last cartridge, there is a lock for disconnecting the magazine in the form of an additional latch mechanically connected to a protrusion located in the path of movement of the shutter or related elements.
The design designed for the last cartridge differs from the first in that in the first design, the magazine separation occurs after the last shot, when the bolt moved back and released the feeder. In this case, the weapon remains incapable of combat for some time.
And in a design designed for the last cartridge, the magazine separation occurs before the last shot in the phase of sending the cartridge. In this case, the weapon, at least when firing single, remains charged all the time.
For a more energetic separation of the magazine from the weapon, there is an ejection spring attached to the magazine or weapon. And so that during practice shooting the store does not fall on a hard surface or into the mud, the store and weapons have loops with which the safety cord carabiners are connected.
Mechanical connection can be carried out both directly and through a rod, a two-armed or one-armed spring-loaded or spring-loaded lever, etc.
Figure 1 shows a block diagram of the ammunition supply system. Figure 2 shows four specific examples of the arrangement of rectilinear guides on the horn magazine. Figures 3-6 show specific design solutions.
Structurally, the system consists of element 1, which perceives the end of ammunition or the moment when there is one cartridge or a unitary shot left in the store, this can be a feeder, an element associated with it, for example, a slide delay in a PM pistol, or cartridges directly. A mechanical connection 2 interacts with this element, and with it - a latch 3 holding the housing 4 of the store.
In designs designed for the last cartridge, to prevent premature disconnection of the magazine, there is a latch 5 of the lock connected to the protrusion 6 on the path of the bolt or the element 7 connected to it. To accelerate the separation of the magazine, there is a push-out spring 8.
This system works as follows: when the cartridges are used up, element 1 through mechanical connection 2 opens latch 3 and an empty magazine 4 is separated from the weapon by its own weight and spring 8. In designs designed for the last cartridge, after the release of the latch 3, the magazine is held by the latch 5 of the blocker until the last cartridge is removed from it by the shutter 7, which / or the element associated with it / when rolling, presses on the protrusion 6, opening the latch 5 blocker. The store is separated.
Figure 2 shows the main options for the location of the guides 9 on the housing 4 of the horn magazine. Intermediate ones are also possible.
Depending on the type of magazine / straight, open-end, disc, drum / and the type of mechanical transmission / direct, traction, pusher, one- or two-arm lever, shaft, etc. /, and the location of the mechanical connection and latch, various examples are possible specific implementation.
The systems in Figs. 3-5 consist of a magazine body 4 with a feeder 10, spring-loaded by a spring 11. To hold the magazine there is a latch 3, and for manual detachment - a flag 12. Moreover, in Figs. 3, 5, the latches are formed by bending an elastic plate on which and are attached.
In Fig. 3, there is also a rod 13, attached, for example by resistance welding, to the feeder 10 and the flag 12.
Figure 4 shows staggered cartridges 14, between the tips of which there is a protrusion 15 of a two-armed lever 16, spring-loaded by a spring 17 and attached to an axis 18 inside the guide 19.
In Fig. 5, the latch 3 is located on an elastic plate 20 attached to or is part of the rear wall of the magazine, and an additional latch 21 serves as a stop for the latch 3 in the form of an elastic plate bent by an angle, attached at one end to the body of the weapon. On the housing 4 of the store there is a protrusion 22 for the latch 5 of the blocker 23, which is attached to the axis 24 and has a protrusion 6 located on the roll path of the handle 25 of the bolt frame.
Figure 6 shows a magazine 4 in the socket of the weapon 26. In the wall of the socket there is a groove 27 in which a glass 28 with a tooth 29 is located. A pull-out spring 8 working in tension is attached to the glass and the bottom of the groove.
The systems in Figs. 3, 4 work as follows: as the cartridges are consumed, the feeder 10 under the action of the spring 11 is shifted to the open end of the magazine 4 and after the last cartridge is used up through a mechanical connection in the form of a thrust 13 / Fig. 3/ or a protrusion 15 on the lever 16 / Fig. 4/ opens the latch 3 and the magazine falls out of the weapon under the influence of its own weight.
The system in Fig. 5 works in a similar way, except that the latch 3, under the action of the elastic plate 20, enters the groove of the feeder 10 at the moment when there is still one cartridge in the magazine. This happens after the rollback, and so that the magazine does not prematurely separate together with the last cartridge, it is held by the protrusion 22 by the latch 5 of the lock 23.
During the roll-off, the cartridge is sent into the barrel and at the same time the bolt or, in relation to the AKM machine gun, the bolt carrier with its handle 25 presses on the protrusion 6 of the lock and the empty magazine is separated. Moreover, if the shooting was carried out with single shots or at that moment the trigger was released, the weapon remains combat-ready during reloading: at any moment it is ready to fire one shot. To reload, it remains only to insert a new magazine and without jerking the shutter, you can continue shooting. It should be added that in this case, it is desirable to use a slide delay in the machine, similar to the PM pistol.
For faster and more reliable separation of the magazine in the above systems, there may be a push-out spring 8 / fig. 6/, which, when the magazine is attached, is stretched, and after the magazine is disconnected, it is compressed and by the tooth 29 of the glass 28 pushes the empty magazine 4.
The use of the invention will significantly increase the combat effectiveness of motorized rifle and airborne troops, especially in short-term oncoming, close, urban battles.
1. A system for feeding cartridges into the barrel of a weapon, containing a magazine with cartridges installed in the weapon nest, a magazine retention latch and a cartridge feeder, characterized in that it is equipped with a slide delay and a mechanical connection of the magazine retention latch with cartridges or a slide delay, while the retention latch the store is made with the possibility of opening when the store is empty or if it contains the last cartridge.
2. The system according to claim 1, characterized in that it is provided with straight guides for attaching a curved magazine to the weapon socket.
3. The system of claim 1, wherein said mechanical link is located in a store.
4. The system of claim 1, wherein said mechanical link is located in the weapon.
5. The system according to claim 1, characterized in that the magazine retention latch is made with a protrusion located in the weapon.
6. The system according to claim 1, characterized in that it is provided with a pushing spring located between the magazine and the weapon and secured to the magazine or to the weapon.
7. The system according to claim 1, characterized in that said mechanical connection is made in the form of a rod between the cartridge feeder and the magazine holding latch.
8. The system according to claim 1, characterized in that said mechanical connection is made in the form of a spring-loaded or spring-loaded two-armed or one-armed lever.
9. The system according to claim 1, characterized in that said mechanical connection is made by direct contact between the magazine holding latch and the cartridges or the slide delay.
10. A system for feeding cartridges into the barrel of a weapon, containing a magazine with cartridges installed in the weapon nest, a magazine retention latch and a cartridge feeder, characterized in that it is equipped with a lock with an additional latch mechanically connected to a protrusion made on the weapon and located on the path of movement shutter of the weapon or related elements to prevent premature disconnection of the magazine from the weapon, and the magazine retention latch is made with the possibility of opening when the magazine is empty or if it contains the last cartridge.
Here is a simple, cheap, reliable and easy-to-use flexible hose for supplying ammunition "Scorpion" - a system that allows a soldier to carry ammunition in a container behind his back and fire using a flexible tape for supplying ammunition.
The initiative development of the FRONT-tactical systems company has successfully passed the test cycle at one of the Moscow region proving grounds and is ready for serial production. According to the designer, all possible delays in firing were eliminated during testing and fine-tuning. By increasing the amount of ammunition available for consumption before reloading weapons - "Scorpion" significantly increases the degree of freedom of action in firing. The increase in the degree of freedom of action occurs due to the expansion of the cycle available to the shooter to suppress and defeat the target. A typical firing cycle includes finding a target, firing, and reloading weapons. At the same time, reloading the weapon interrupts the cycle and forces it to start again - with the search for a target and firing: this reduces the chances of hitting the target within one cycle. An increase in the amount of ammunition available for consumption before reloading a weapon increases the duration of the firing cycle and the chances of hitting the target.
In theory, the "Scorpion" will make it possible to revolutionize the shooting systems used by the armed forces; in practice, the fate of the development depends on the inertia of the thinking of the military-technical leadership and the efforts of the arms lobby. An advanced achievement that surpasses its American counterpart and makes it possible to overcome the impasse of "constant improvement of the Kalashnikov assault rifle and its analogues", remained unnoticed by the domestic military-industrial complex. The simplicity of the design makes it possible to reload the wearable container in the field using ammunition loaded into a flexible self-disintegrating tape. 475 in the main compartment and 75 in the tape.
"Scorpion" does not restrict movement and allows you to fire from any position; in the manufacturer's version, the container is placed in a backpack.
The Scorpion's steel tape is not so much a piece of equipment as a prologue and a starting point in the evolution of small arms and combat tactics. The opportunity for the formation of a path, the end result of which will significantly change the appearance of the rifle units of the armed forces - the development of an automatic rifle chambered for 7.62x54 with ammunition from the tape.
The new weapon must have high technological properties: the ability to withstand a high rate of fire and prolonged load on the barrel and gas mechanics, high accuracy and accuracy. The overall success in creating a new rifle will be its reliability and weight and dimensions. The most significant criterion is the low weight of the weapon, which is necessary to reduce the penalty for the degree of freedom from the steel tape, which exerts its weight on the free movement of the weapon in the hands of the shooter. The ideal embodiment of the new system will be a rifle with a tape receiver integrated into the body, the ability to conduct automatic fire without significant recoil and high wear resistance. Successful development will open up the prospect of switching to 7.62x54 as a single ammunition for rifle units. In theory, abandoning intermediate cartridges and returning to the 7.62x54 rifle caliber is a necessity. First, domestic intermediate ammunition does not guarantee the defeat of modern personal protective equipment. Secondly, 7.62x54 is the most common ammunition in the range of small arms. Adding a new assault rifle for a similar cartridge to the range of machine guns and sniper rifles is easier than trying to create the entire range of small arms from scratch and develop several new types of ammunition. Thirdly, the 7.62x54 is not a technological innovation for the domestic military-industrial complex, which greatly simplifies the process of creating a new assault rifle. In these conditions, the transition to 7.62x54 as a single ammunition will reduce the range of cartridges and rifle complexes produced by the domestic military-industrial complex. That, combined with the rejection of the production of a large number of various cartridge clips, will lead to significant savings. The theory is easy to criticize - now there are many special ammunition and new developments that are used to a limited extent by the armed forces. However, from the point of view of military construction, it is cheaper, easier and faster to produce a single cartridge for ammunition for machine guns and assault rifles. Small arms account for the lion's share of the consumption of the total amount of all consumed ammunition of rifle units. On the scale of an army or a high-intensity conflict, this is a significant saving in production forces, time, and a lightening of the logistical burden when supplying troops.
The use of the new concept of ammunition will significantly increase the consumption of ammunition in battle and will cause an increase in the logistical load when supplying troops - therefore, the overall reduction in the nomenclature of consumable items is an important factor in mitigating such a load.
A logical step in the evolution of the new concept will be the development of a new machine gun chambered for 7.62x54 with similar technological properties. The need to develop a new machine gun is due to the increased requirements for wear resistance, since the use of a new ammunition supply system increases the duration of the load during continuous firing. An attempt to create a hand-held 30 mm grenade launcher on similar principles is also possible.
The concept of a new ammunition supply system, in combination with the creation of a new rifle complex, will make it possible to: several times increase the firepower of rifle formations, reduce the range of products manufactured at military-industrial complex enterprises - by refusing to produce cartridge clips, reduce the logistical burden when supplying troops on the front line, switch to single cartridge 7.62x54. To do this, it is necessary to adopt the "Scorpion" system or its analogue into service - as an integral part of the "Warrior" equipment for each serviceman conducting a shooting battle. The company "FRONT-tactical systems" is not capable of developing a new assault rifle, moreover, the prospects for reducing the range of products manufactured by military-industrial complex enterprises, due to the unification of ammunition and the rejection of obsolete ammunition clips and boxes for machine guns and machine guns creates internal competition, which can be overcome, without a fundamental decision it will be impossible. In turn, the decision to switch to a new principle of ammunition, change the appearance of rifle units and the development of a new rifle complex will at least be postponed. At least because of the Ratnik program. The reputation of “program success” for decision-makers may be more valuable than the prospect of a new concept. Despite the fact that the advanced developers of rifle complexes were unable to fulfill the task of the "Ratnik" program to create a fundamentally new complex of small arms. In the context of the conjuncture of the domestic military-industrial complex "Scorpio" and the new concept of shaping the appearance of rifle units of the armed forces can be postponed at least until 2020.
In theory, the evolution of the concept of tape ammunition and the mass use of "Scorpions" in a rifle unit allows solving a more priority task - increasing the number of missile and special weapons in rifle units, without losing the ability to conduct full-fledged small-scale combat. At the same time, there is no need to create new types of hand-held anti-tank, anti-aircraft, missile and other special weapons. It is enough to increase the firepower of an ordinary shooter several times and in the rifle compartment there will immediately be a place for a second grenade launcher.
In practice, the evolution of the concept is impossible without adopting an analogue of the "Scorpion" into service and setting the task for its massive use in the army. In order for the institute of military staff thought to work, it needs a task, it is impossible without a series of maneuvers and serious research to determine how much the use of tape feed systems and an increase in the firepower of the rifle squad relieves the staff of the squad and allows them to free up regular units for the use of special weapons. It takes practice. Since the basic foundations of the concept - the development of a new assault rifle, significantly increase the importance of one shooter, you can count on a positive result in terms of increasing the degree of freedom in the construction of units.
The radio waves of the new stations are capable of covering Russia from the sky, sea and land.
The Ministry of Defense has begun replacing the RSDN-10 ground-based long-range navigation radar systems with the new Scorpion systems. In case of war, these ground-based coordinate systems will replace the space ones - GPS and GLONASS. The renovation program is designed until 2020 and began this year with three systems of the Trans-Baikal chain.
“During hostilities, all satellite signals passing through space will be actively jammed by the so-called“ white noise ”,” Yuri Kupin, a representative of the Russian Institute of Radio Navigation and Time, told Izvestia. - In service with Russia, the United States and a number of other countries, there are aircraft with special equipment that are capable of blocking the entire near-earth radio space with noise. The "Scorpions" are intended to become a kind of GLONASS understudy in such a situation.
The current long-range navigation systems were developed back in the 40-50s of the last century and partially performed the functions of determining coordinates (with an error of 150-800 m), which are now entrusted to GLONASS and GPS. Now, due to the deterioration of the equipment and the complexity of servicing the RSDN-10, they are practically not used, most of the stations have been destroyed. The replacement of ground systems is caused primarily by the need to ensure national security in terms of radio navigation.
Scientific developments of the past years were used in the creation of the new RSDN. "Scorpions" are capable of providing a large coverage area (1,000 km versus 600). In addition, RSDN-10 do not have LKKS - the so-called local control correction stations, which are located at a great distance, which does not allow radio waves to penetrate the territory of a potential enemy and makes radio navigation systems invisible.
“The main“ consumers ”of these stations, which are in service with the Air Defense Forces and the Air Force, are also long-range aviation and the navy,” said Kupin. “They receive accurate time signals and synchronize equipment over such networks.
"Scorpions", in contrast to the outdated stations, are able to automatically maintain the parameters of the emitted signal, can be controlled from a single control panel and are capable of suppressing residual radio pulses. The receivers of the system can be installed on aviation, land, sea and river equipment. Another advantage of the "Scorpions" is the ability to synchronize stations with the GLONASS system, which significantly increases their efficiency.
“The crews of long-range aircraft are never guided by data from only one system to determine their location,” former Air Force Commander-in-Chief Pyotr Deinekin told Izvestia. - We are always engaged in the complex application of means of determining the exact location of an aircraft. There should also be an autonomous navigation system so that the crew does not depend on radio and space assets that may be susceptible to interference. By the way, the issue of navigation accuracy is one of the important problems of war and peace.
In addition to the commissioning of the latest radar developments, the modernization of old systems is also planned. The Rosoboronpostavka agency has ordered repair and restoration work on the RSDN-10 complexes and the RSDN-20 Alpha system. The modernization is carried out within the framework of the federal target program "Global Navigation Systems" and in accordance with the "Russian Radio Navigation Plan for 2008-2015". For these purposes, about 50 million rubles have been allocated from the budget of the Ministry of Defense.
The Scorpion will be commissioned in four stages. In 2013-2015, three systems of the Trans-Baikal chain will be replaced, in 2016-2017 - four systems of the North Caucasian chain, in 2017-2019 - four in the Far East, in 2019-2020, three systems of the South Ural chain will be replaced ... In addition to new long-range navigation systems, the Russian army will receive anti-jamming aviation receivers PPA-S / V, operating on the signals of GLONASS, GPS, the entire arsenal of ground-based RSDN and "Scorpion".
Small arms ammunition systems represent a separate design task, without which it is impossible to successfully create effective weapons. In particular, in the context of machine-gun armament, various systems are of great interest, which make it possible to increase the size of the ready-to-use ammunition load and thereby ensure long-term firing without reloading. Relatively recently, an interesting project of such a system was presented by domestic designers.
A domestic device designed to improve the combat qualities of existing machine guns was developed by FRONT-tactical systems. The creation of a new product, designated "Scorpion", was carried out on an initiative basis, without an order from the military department or security forces. In order to increase the ammunition load of the machine gun, ready for use, it was decided to abandon the standard boxes for belts, replacing them with a larger container and a special device for feeding the cartridge belt to the receiving window of the machine gun.
As it stands, the Scorpion system consists of several main parts. A metal box-container of appropriate dimensions is intended for storing the tape with cartridges. A special flexible sleeve for feeding cartridges is connected to it, at the second end of which a bracket is provided for mounting on a machine gun. Such an architecture of the kit allows producing various versions of it, both stationary and portable.
General view of the "Scorpio" system.
It should be noted that the idea of using flexible metal hoses to feed the tapes is not new. Similar designs were developed in the first half of the last century and even found practical application in various fields. The use of a flexible sleeve allows the weapon to be connected to the ammunition box, as well as to ensure the correct interaction of the cartridge belt, box and weapon when changing their position in space. As a result, such designs are the optimal solution to existing problems.
The Scorpion kit includes several basic elements. A metal box-container is intended for storing and carrying the tape with cartridges. In its basic configuration, it measures 40x10x30 cm and holds 475 rounds in one tape... To carry the box, it is proposed to use a special knapsack, adjustable in accordance with the anatomy of the shooter.
A special cover with fasteners for a flexible sleeve is installed on the box for cartridges. The sleeve itself is a structure of a large number of metal segments capable of changing position relative to each other within certain sectors. The sleeve is 160 cm long, 10 cm wide and 2.5 cm thick, which allows it to hold up to 75 rounds. If necessary, the sleeve is equipped with a protective cover. The sleeve is completed with a bracket that allows it to be connected to the weapon. The set weighs about 4.1 kg without cartridges.
According to the manufacturer, in the basic configuration the "Scorpion" kit is intended for use with rifle cartridges 7.62x54 mm R and loose metal strips. In preparation for shooting, a single tape for 550 rounds is placed in the box and sleeve. The end of the tape is brought out to the receiving window of the weapon. According to reports, the design of the "Scorpion" kit is designed for use with Kalashnikov machine guns, but mention is made of the possibility of creating modifications for other weapons.
Cartridge box and flexible sleeve.
The main feature of the "Scorpion" system is the use of a common tape for the entire wearable ammunition load, which gives it a number of characteristic features, and also gives certain advantages over other methods of ammunition. According to the development company, Scorpio compares favorably with existing tape boxes for a number of reasons. First of all, a certain reduction in the weight of the entire complex is achieved in the form of a machine gun, cartridges and ammunition systems. So, to carry 550 rounds, you need six standard metal boxes. With an empty box weighing about 1-1.5 kg, only due to the means of storing and carrying ammunition, the total mass of the complex is reduced by several kilograms.
The absence of the need to reload weapons after spending 100 rounds of tape (as when using standard boxes) allows you to provide a fire advantage and create a high density of fire. In addition, the elements of the "Scorpion" do not prevent the shooter from moving around the battlefield and do not impose serious restrictions on his mobility. Shooting is possible from various positions, during which the sleeve or knapsack does not interfere with the machine gunner.
The existence of the Scorpion project was announced a long time ago. Since then, the development company has carried out all the necessary tests and completed the development of the system. In particular, during 2015, the system was tested in the conditions of landfills. Thanks to this, it was possible to get rid of all the shortcomings and ensure high reliability of the operation of all elements of the set.
Machine gunner with the "Scorpion" system.
By now, the FRONT-tactical systems company has mastered the serial production of the Scorpion system in the configuration chambered for 7.62x54 mm R cartridge and Kalashnikov machine guns of the PK, PKM and Pecheneg modifications. Products are assembled to order within two weeks after receiving the application. At the request of the customer, some changes can be made to the system regarding the knapsack and its belt system. In particular, you can choose the color of the textile elements of the set.
According to the manufacturer, the chosen architecture of the complex allows changing its main parameters. So, in accordance with the wishes of the customer, the design of the box-container for carrying the tape can be changed. In the wearable version of the "Scorpion" the box can hold up to 1000 rounds, and this limitation is primarily due to the physical capabilities of the shooter and the weight of the ammunition. In the manufacture of a stationary version intended for installation on equipment, etc., there are no such restrictions. In this case, the kit can be equipped with boxes of any capacity.
According to reports, the Scorpion ammunition kits are produced in small series and supplied to individual customers. There are references to the ordering of such equipment by representatives of the Russian power structures and the armed forces. Thus, the original proposal interested its “target audience” and came to be applied in practice.
Section of flexible arm chambered for 12.7x108 mm.
Using its own and others' accumulated experience, the developer company is currently working on several options for the development of the "Scorpio" system. So, last summer, there were reports about the development of a flexible sleeve for feeding cartridges 12.7x108 mm, which can be used to feed the NSV-12.7 "Utes" machine gun or other similar systems. For obvious reasons, this version of the kit will not become a direct analogue of the "Scorpion" for PC / PKM, but it may well find application in the composition of weapons of various equipment. At the same time, he completely "inherits" all the characteristic advantages of the base model.
In the future, it is not excluded the creation of new systems of similar architecture for various ammunition. It is argued that the flexible sleeve can even be used to feed 30mm grenades for the respective weapon. Time will tell whether potential customers will show interest in such proposals.
In parallel with the creation of new kits, the development of updated versions of existing equipment is underway. In December last year, it was reported about work on a modernized version of the sleeve mounts to the weapon. Using brackets of a new design, the developers are going to ensure compatibility of the Scorpion kit with new modifications of Kalashnikov machine guns, primarily with the Pecheneg machine gun in the bullpup layout.
One of the foreign analogues of the Scorpion is the TYR Tactical MICO system of American design.
Currently, in Russia and abroad, several variants of small arms ammunition supply systems are being developed and tested with the supply of cartridges through a flexible metal sleeve. All of these products have a similar architecture, and should also have the same advantages over standard samples. However, until now, none of these systems have been adopted. Flexible sleeves are actively used in the composition of small arms of various equipment, but kits for infantry machine gunners have not yet reached mass use in practice.
The Scorpion ammunition system is of great interest from a technical and tactical point of view.... In some publications devoted to this development, it is argued that the original technical solutions of the project can make a real revolution in the field of small arms and methods of their combat use. In particular, it was proposed to develop a new automatic rifle chambered for 7.62x54 mm R, which could initially be used with a flexible sleeve for feeding cartridges, increasing its combat characteristics. In addition, certain advantages were mentioned associated with the abandonment of intermediate cartridges and the transfer of all infantry weapons to rifle ammunition.
Despite all the high marks and attempts to present the new domestic development as a revolution in the arms business, the Scorpion kit has not yet interested the Russian military department and has not become the subject of contracts for mass delivery. Nevertheless, a number of such products are already used by representatives of various structures. Further prospects of the kit are still in question. Whether the "Scorpion" will become a regular item of equipment for Russian machine gunners is not yet entirely clear.
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