Trials of the Okhotnik combat module for Taifun-K armored vehicles, equipped with the 6P49 machine gun, have been concluded, the Elektromachina Deputy Chief Designer for Control Systems Sergei Abramov told TASS news agency.
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According to the state news agency's source, the machine gun producer obtained serial production permission in November 2020. The source adds that the Okhotnik combat module recently passed trials in Nizhny Tagil. "We expected the increase in accuracy when using the new machine gun and the firing trials confirmed it. The hit efficiency increased by 20-30%," UVZ told TASS.
"The new machine gun, developed at the Degtyaroyov Plant, significantly improves the combat module’s characteristics, raising our product’s competitiveness and putting it on par with the world leaders. The plant carried out the improvement of the combat module on its own initiative," said Abramov.
The module’s naval version is called Narval, added the source. It is one of the most modern remotely controlled combat modules, developed in Russia. Its main weapons are stabilized in two planes, making it possible to hit moving targets at over 1,000 meters. It is equipped with a television camera with identification range of up to 5,000 meters, a thermal vision device with identification range of 2,500 meters and a laser distance meter.
Source: TASS
