The 9K333 Verba Man-Portable Air Defence (MANPADS) surface-to-air missile was shown by manufacturer JSC KBM.
Also shown was the RPK-16 light machine gun (LMG), a replacement for the long-serving RPK-74, still in 5.45mm caliber. The RPK-16 features a mission exchangeable barrel-length option and large capacity 95-round drum magazine; optionally the AK-74 30-round magazine can be used.
The Russian precision rifle manufacturer ORSIS displayed some of its product line.
Shown here is the JSC V.A.Degtyarev Plant (ZiD) DP-64 45mm twin-barrel grenade launcher, one of many products the company presented at the exposition.
Visitors could examine and photograph display equipment; in this case the developmental Mi-28NE attack helicopter.
The author test-firing the Concern Kalashnikov TG3 self-loading sporting rifle with 9.6/53 Lancaster caliber ammo. In the background the SR-1 “balanced-recoil” 5.56mm self-loading sporting rifle. Some readers will note the similarity to the earlier AK-107.
Shown here is the Concern Kalashnikov 5.45mm AK-12 assault rifle recently adopted by the Russian Armed Forces to replace the AK-74 series. Note: this variant is not the “other” AK-12 that had been undergoing testing as part of the Russian “Ratnik” future soldier program.
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