Today, the Russian Ukrainian war has entered the end stage for more than 100 days. Although all kinds of information are frequently available, many friends do not even know what weapons are used on both sides, so they decided to make the most comprehensive inventory of all weapons.
Today, we will first make the Ukrainian part, but as the saying goes, "One Ukraine, half of the history of the Soviet Union", it is not surprising that there are a lot of Soviet weapons. Now, let's officially start!
At present, the earliest weapon in Ukraine is the TT-33 pistol. Since the early Ukraine was part of the Soviet Union, it also inherited a large number of reserves after independence.
There is nothing special in the design, and the ability is not enough to compare with modern pistols, so it serves as some third line functions in Ukraine.
The same long-lived antiques in Ukraine also include the Makarov PM pistol in the Soviet era. The difference is that this weapon is still in service, but it does not account for the majority in the military.
In fact, there are many such weapons in the Russian army. They are quite reliable and of high quality. They are a classic, but their improvement potential is not great. Therefore, although MP443 Pay did not replace them in the Soviet Union's last generation plan, it is gradually being replaced in large quantities.
In contrast, the pistol field has also inherited portable and adaptable concealed weapons equipped with special forces from the Soviet Union, mainly including the Soviet PB pistol.
This weapon has an integrated suppressor, which can be launched under normal conditions, but it is faster to load silencing equipment. It is very efficient for covert tasks and is equipped by Ukrainian special forces, military intelligence and reconnaissance forces.
Steckkin is a famous automatic pistol in the Soviet era. It has a fully automatic capability to configure the butt, but it is too fast in the full state, and its sustainability is not strong, but it is more powerful than ordinary pistols in standard use.
In the Russian Ukrainian war, the Ukrainian special forces used it in the Slovensk campaign. At present, it is unknown how much of it exists in the Ukrainian army, but the expected performance should not be too much.
Ukraine also has Frogman troops. The Soviet Union's SPP-1 underwater pistol is considered to be the second only to Germany's underwater pistol, which uses 4.5x40mm underwater bullets. It is considered to have good capabilities underwater and was inherited by Ukraine after its disintegration.
Unlike the underwater gun with electric firing, this weapon uses mechanical firing, and its cartridge capacity is also lower than that of Germany's five rounds. However, the underwater combat environment is limited, and the Soviet Union's gun type is enough.
Fort 12 is the first self-developed pistol in Ukraine after the disintegration of the Soviet Union. It was designed by Fort Company and used in the internal affairs department in the early days. Since recent years, it has joined the national police and security forces, but it mainly replaces the old Makarov pistol.
In design, it is a double action semi-automatic pistol. It uses 12-24 cartridges, the maximum firing speed can reach 40 rounds/minute, and the accuracy is also quite good. In modern times, it has carried out some modifications, mainly including the installation of gun lights. Its improvement potential and sports shooting are its advantages over the Soviet pistols in the past.
The Fort 14 pistol is a 9x18mm automatic pistol in Ukraine. It is heavier than the No. 12 fortress type, and its firing speed is not different. However, its cartridge capacity has increased a lot, reaching 16-24 rounds. It uses the double action mechanism to trigger. Later, it has added gun lights and silencers and other designs. It is a better pistol than the former.
This is Ukraine's newly determined standard pistol, which is mainly used to replace weapons serving in the military, but it has not completely replaced. It is only more than half of the current Ukrainian military.
After entering the new century, with the deepening of technology integration, there is a great room for improvement in pistol design. So in 2004, Fort launched a new generation of Fort pistol - 17 Fort. This weapon is similar to the 12 type positioning. It is a smaller pistol, mainly equipped with special forces to replace PB.
In terms of weight, the 17 type is only a little lighter than the 12 type, and the cartridge capacity is not much different. However, the overall material and gun type design have been greatly improved, and the level of modularization has been greatly improved. The 17 type has detachable backplane, which can be equipped with silencers and gun lights, and even has an appropriate combat helmet. Therefore, compared with the previous PB, it is more excellent and gradually replaces its share.
The Fort 21 pistol, formerly known as Jericho 941, was designed by Israel's IWI and authorized to the Ukrainian Fortress Company in 2009. It is also the only non-native design of the Fortress, but it was also selected by the Ukrainian government to equip the police department and special forces.
This weapon is a single/double action semi-automatic pistol. Because it was designed in 1990, it does not have some advantages of a modern gun, including its high bullet capacity design, which expands to a higher weight. However, because of its large frame, it has a great potential for improvement, including gun lights and modern sights, which can be added, so it is also popular in Ukraine.
As one of the most popular weapons in modern Europe, Glock is also selected by Ukraine, which is mainly purchased by Ukraine itself, rather than assistance during the war. In Ukraine, this weapon is mainly used as equipment for special forces.
The gun is made of polymer material, with a short back seat, inclined barrel and semi automatic design. It is praised for its reliability and safety. It also has special design injection. There were dozens of patent applications in the first edition alone, and more than 10 variants were developed later. It is one of the best pistol designs at present. In addition to military use, it is also popular for police and civilian use.
The Fort 20 pistol is the latest generation pistol in Ukraine. It was launched by the fortress two years ago and is currently used by the Ukrainian SOF special forces.
This weapon is the first all polymer pistol in Ukraine, so although it uses the largest cartridge capacity of 16 rounds, its weight is any pistol in the history of light weapons in Ukraine, reaching the level of 750g. At the same time, the internal metal frame has high strength, combined with external materials, and has the characteristics of corrosion resistance, wear resistance and high strength, which may be regarded as the first modern concept pistol in Ukraine.
In the latest war, the Czech Republic has provided a large amount of assistance to Ukraine, mainly including weapons, including the well-known Czech Cz 75 pistol.
This weapon is a secret research in the Soviet era. It is made of all steel, staggered column magazine, and hammering hammer. It is the standard pistol used most by the Czech Republic. Ukraine receives a moderate amount of assistance, which accounts for a small proportion of the Ukrainian army.
Cz 82 is a conventional Czech recoil pistol. It is a compact single/double action semi-automatic pistol. Its movement mechanism enables the gun to have better accuracy. It uses polygonal rifling, which can provide better air tightness. This gun has good capability.
During the war between Russia and Ukraine, this kind of weapon was given to Ukraine in the form of monetary aid. However, according to the amount of money, the Czech Republic should only provide more than 1000 pieces at most.
M9 is a pistol of Russian Ukrainian war aid, a work of Italian company Beleta, but it is mainly assisted by the United States. M9 is the code name of 92FS, so the use of main equipment by the military is also the same in Ukraine.
This weapon is a pure military pistol. Relatively speaking, it has a heavy weight and large size. It adopts a short backseat, single/double action design, and is equipped with 15 cartridges. Its structure is also quite simple, so the weapon is reliable and easy to maintain.
In the latest model, M9 adopts full polymer material, adds PVD material, and adds Picatini guide rail. If it is this type, the gun will be more powerful.
The US assistance also includes the M18 pistol, which is actually the SIG P320 pistol. It is the finalization of the US armed plan and is mainly used by the military in Ukraine.
This weapon is a modular pistol made of polymer material. The whole gun is equipped with guide rails, various hand grooves and a frosted surface to increase the grip. Its capacity is an increase of 17-21 rounds, but its mass is the lighter of military pistols. It can be counted as the most powerful pistol in Ukraine at present, but the United States should not donate much.
KS-23 is a product of the Soviet era. It was born in the 1970s as a prison crackdown, and was inherited as the same type of anti-terrorism activities in Ukraine.
The design adopts 23x75mm cartridge, with rifling in the barrel, so the range can reach more than 100 meters. There is capacity in the interior. The three barrel magazine located below the barrel has a certain sustained force. With the increase of power, the use of this weapon is effective for a long time.
Saiga12 is from Russia, designed by Kalashnikov, and sold to Ukraine for use by the Ukrainian navy. Compared with conventional shotguns, this weapon can be used as a rifle under certain conditions, or even better.
In design, the rotary gun, pneumatic movement, magazine feeding, and even light sighting are used to launch 12 and 20 caliber shotguns, and even 20-30 cartridge types. As a shotgun weapon, although its efficiency is difficult to compare with that of a rifle, the gun's ability will be terrible when performing certain tasks in short-range operations.
During the Russian Ukrainian war, the United States also provided shotguns, which are well-known Massberg 500 pump operated. This weapon is the highest production shotgun series ever produced by the United States, with a total of 1.1 million, and is mainly used in the military in Ukraine.
As a traditional shotgun, there is nothing fancy about this weapon, but after decades of improvement, including the most reasonable use of the design such as gun barrel thickening, and the advantages of its low price, this weapon has always been popular. In addition, as a 6+1-8+10 shotgun, this weapon has more military advantages than KS23 and may be used to replace Type 23.
As a representative of the Tsarist Russia era, Moxin is only a bolt type rifle, but it is of great significance, so it was retained in the Soviet Union and Russia, as well as Ukraine. These guns are mainly used as etiquette rifles in modern times.
There is nothing to say in the design. As a weapon in the 1990s, this gun type is basically after the time point when the bolting technology is saturated. It is impossible to have any major design problems. It is a better gun type in bolting.
SVT-40 was a relatively small weapon produced in the Soviet era and inherited by Ukraine as a Soviet heritage. However, the number of SVT-40 is small, only about 10000, and it also appeared in the Russian Ukrainian war. It is estimated that SVT-40 is only used as an unimportant force or militia force.
In terms of design, this weapon was of great value in the same period. As the earliest automatic weapon, it even affected the design of a German rifle. However, the Soviet rifles changed quickly, and this weapon was soon eliminated by the post-war design. In the World War II, it was also used less economically.
Similarly, as the Soviet Union produced more rifles in all categories, SKS was also inherited by Ukraine due to its large number.
This weapon is often used as a ceremonial gun, and it is the same in Ukraine. However, recently the Uzbek troops took them to the battlefield, but the effect was not so good.
As the largest heritage of light weapons in the Soviet Union, the AK series has undoubtedly been inherited by Ukraine, including AK47, AKM, AKMS, AK74, AKS74, AKS-74U, of which the old AK47 is stored, AKM is used for reserve training, and other special formations are mostly reserved for the military, including folded airborne and crew units, which were also donated in the Russian Ukrainian war.
Needless to say, the design of AK series is the most popular work of Soviet design. It is one of the two major systems of the Cold War and is mainly known for its reliability, simplicity and versatility.
Like SPP, the Soviet underwater assault APS was also inherited by Ukraine and used as the Frogman Special Force of Ukraine.
Its design is stronger and larger than SPP. It uses cartridge type and rifleless barrel. It mainly produces underwater penetrating wounds. It also works on land, but is more limited than underwater.
The prototype of fortress 221 is the Tar-21 rifle of Israel IWI, which was selected by Ukraine as a special weapon together with the shortened version (224).
In design, this is a half/full selection mechanism cradless polymer rifle. It is designed around the long stroke piston movement, mainly to improve reliability, durability, simplicity and ease of maintenance. It is very light overall. Although it is cradless design, its layout has been tested and rationalized for a long time, so it will not be as adaptable and portable as AUG, But the problem of fast use is that it is a superior gun type of the same era.
Ukraine has not given up the conventional design too much while using the no hold design, because the new type basically uses NATO calibers. There are many choices in Ukraine, and their equipment is more complex and diverse. The same is true of weapons. This 228 prototype is the traditional layout Galile ACE rifle launched by Israel.
In terms of design, the polymer is introduced into the lower gearbox, and enough rails are added, so the weight and loading capacity are good. In addition, because of the traditional rifle, it is also better than the trustless rifle in terms of man-machine efficiency. In addition, easy maintenance and reliability under combat conditions are its other advantages. In addition to Ukraine, Vietnam and Chile, it is also equipped with it.
The Z-15 rifle is manufactured by ZL Company of Ukraine. Its prototype is the AR-15 of the United States, which is no different from the prototype. It is an authorized weapon.
At present, it is basically equipped by the territorial defense forces of Ukraine, which may be a second-line force in other countries, but its positioning in Ukraine is not low, so it is understandable to equip AR-15.
Malyuk is a modern rifle developed by IPI of Ukraine. It adopts a cradle less structure and has a development cycle of ten years. Since 2016, it has been equipped with the Ukrainian army.
As far as the design is concerned, there are many excellent ideas, such as convection air cooling, which can improve the service life of the barrel, and modularization is also well done. It has the ability to replace a variety of different standard barrels, and has a full length and three short guide rails. Therefore, the addition of accessories is also maximized, which is an excellent modern rifle design.
WAC47 was jointly designed by Ukroboronprom and Aerocraft, an American company. It has been tested in conventional and border defense forces in the past two years. However, we do not know whether such application has been achieved due to the war.
In design, it has a great flavor of American AR, and it can be seen that the modularization is well done. Considering the old performance of this framework, the capability of this weapon should not be too poor.
After the beginning of the Russian Ukrainian war, many Ukrainians who traded with the outside world disappeared. SUB's gun type had no trade object, so it was delivered to the Ukrainian government, about 400 guns.
This weapon has no advantage in design. It can only be folded in half, which can provide some help in special street battles. In addition, it is only a semi-automatic carbine.
KRISS Vector is a kind of weapon provided by an American company, but it is unknown in what name it was handed over to Ukraine.
This weapon is more like a submachinegun, but it has the definition of a carbine. It is characterized by folding, high speed, high precision, and has a more strange shape. I am not sure about the effect of this structure on man-machine, but the semi-automatic version is supplied to Ukraine, so its capability should not be so good.
AUG is the best rifle in Austria, but there are many problems in the design, which is due to the combination of too many ideas. But after years of improvement, it has also improved a lot.
Here, the AUG used by Ukraine is donated by Australia, which is their inventory to support Ukraine's war.
Vz58 is an old type rifle of the Czech Republic. It comes from the old era, so it is very Soviet in design, but its internal structure is completely opaque. During the Russian Ukrainian war, the Czech Republic donated about 5000 rifles to Ukraine, but Ukraine and Israel also have many such rifles.
The main body of its design is basically copied from AK-47, and the design analysis has been done in previous series, which is not briefly introduced here.
The Zastava M70 is from Yugoslavia, and the southern part is a copy of the traditional Soviet system, so this weapon can also be regarded as a Soviet rifle.
Here Ukraine is mainly assisted by Croatia, with the amount of about 20000.
A rifle from China, fully known as the Type 56 submachinegun, originally came from the Soviet Union. It is said that a large number of rifles in the hands of the Ukrainian army may still pass through Croatia, which used to be one of the main users of the Type 56 submachinegun.
In terms of design, the original concept came from the third generation model of the Soviet AK47, but the relationship broke up during that time, so many reverse engineering was carried out, so the industry and design used by the Soviet Union were not exactly the same. In the Russian Ukrainian war, this gun type was already backward in design.
Belgian FNC is a product of FN Company in the 1970s. It is a medium product. There are not many users who buy it. In the Russian Ukrainian war, it was mainly supplied to European and American soldiers who use pseudonymous mercenaries for unified use, about 5000 pieces, to unify logistics.
In design, the gas long stroke and rotary locking mechanism are adopted, which is very similar to the AK system design, but the grenade connecting muzzle, magazine, polymer parts, sight and accessories adopt NATO standards, so it can be regarded as a hybrid work of AR and AK concepts.
SCAR is a dual caliber universal rifle designed by Belgium for the US bidding plan. During the Russian Ukrainian war, thousands of pieces of SCAR were donated by a Belgian unit, mainly in L-type.
Its design adopts 7.62 full power and 5.56 calibers. The latter is heavy. Both of them have CQC, STD, LB and other variants, and maintain a high degree of versatility. There are also enough external mounting rails and space, which makes it universal, modular and adaptable to diverse needs.
F2000 is a rifle launched by Belgian FN in 2000. It is a non prop assault rifle. Through Belgian assistance, it has also entered the Ukrainian army.
In design, it uses short stroke pneumatic and rotary locking, but the external gun design is excellent, the material is lighter and the size is smaller, so it is also very good in use and carrying.
In addition, the improvement potential is also better than some early underpinnless designs. Generally, due to the limited frame, the later the design of the underpinnless rifle is, the better the design will be.
The Cz8052 is the latest generation of Czech rifles, which belong to the traditional layout and were supplied by the Czech Republic to the Ukrainian army in the Russian Ukrainian war.
In design, modularization includes replacement of barrel, breech block, magazine and other forms. It uses two calibers in northern Jiangsu, adopts pneumatic rotation inside, allows half/full/double connection, and has a smart switching mechanism. It belongs to the conventional design level of modern rifles in Europe, and is the most advanced level in the Czech Republic.
MSBS is the light weapon part of Poland's future fighter plan. Its main concept is to provide all types of guns within the scope of operations. It belongs to a huge series. In the Russian Ukrainian war, Poland supplied nearly 10000 Gorts of Ukrainian troops.
In terms of design, Gort is a common European and American framework, integrating the concepts of materials, structures, etc. of modern technology flow. The more distinctive feature is that the gun type includes dozens of variants, including machine gun, sniper, charge, etc.
Wz88 is Poland's weapon in the Soviet era, which is called Wz88 Tantalum Rifle in full. It was donated to Ukraine in the Russian Ukrainian War. The specific amount is unknown, but it should be more than 10000.
In terms of design, the 88 type and AK74 are completely the same, the difference is that the grenade is hung below. In Poland's early years, the cooperation of grenades was mainly emphasized, and each weapon has a corresponding grenade model. Tantalum was the name of the hanging at the beginning, and the subsequent and main weapons were confused, so the Wz 88 Tantalum rifle came into being.
M4 carbine is a well-known gun type in the United States, and a large number of weapons were also provided to Ukraine in this war. Because the industry is mature, the cost of this weapon is cheaper than other supplies, and the supply is also the largest.
The design is M16A2 carbine type, which has been improved for more than 90 times. The design is hard to explain, but it can only be said that it is perfect. This year, it was replaced by SIG's MCX rifle, but it is still the most famous rifle series in the United States.
ACR is one of the independent modular rifle plans of the United States, which aims to replace the share of M4 series. At present, a considerable part of it also flows into the Ukrainian army, which is estimated to be provided by the United States.
Inspired by G36, AR18, SCAR, XM8, it is a pneumatic choice fire rifle,
MCX is the latest work of SIG rifles. It has been selected as a new generation of standard rifles by the US Army. At present, it has appeared in large numbers in the hands of the Ukrainian army and is estimated to be part of the US donation plan.
Originated from SIG MPX, it uses short stroke piston pneumatic. It is a modular rifle with multiple fire forms, and its price is three times that of M4.
The prototype of Vz 48B is Sa 23, which is the most famous submachinegun design in the Czech Republic. It was aided by the Czech Republic to the Ukrainian army in the Russian Ukrainian war.
The design of a simple recoil structure, the addition of a progressive semi/full-automatic trigger option, and the design of a retractable gun machine have inspired many excellent submachine guns in the future, such as UZI.
The VZ61 submachinegun was also designed by the Czech Republic. It was initially developed for safety, but later joined the army. It was mainly used for the defense of personnel in small spaces such as the vehicle fleet and the security of state officials. It was donated by the Czech Republic to the Ukrainian army in the Russian Ukrainian war.
In design, the selection mechanism and direct recoil principle are adopted, which are achieved by inertia, so the firing rate is very high. However, there is a blocking mechanism to adjust the rate, which reduces the launching efficiency to 850 rounds/minute, and configures 10-20 rounds of ammunition capacity, which has a high combat effectiveness in rapid response.
Scorpion EVO is also a Czech submachinegun, which was donated to Ukraine in a large amount during the Russian Ukrainian war. Compared with the first two which have little stock, scorpion is the major contributor.
In design, the scorpion adopts the modular concept of folding height. The butt of the gun can be retracted and folded, and has a considerable number of external tracks. However, the lightness of the material makes the scorpion in an empty gun state not heavy, and it becomes a light and smart alternative submachinegun.
Agram is the name of the Croatian special forces. This weapon is a Croatian special submachinegun. It entered Ukraine after 2000 and is mainly equipped in the territorial defense forces of Ukraine.
Compared with the previous models, its size is very small and light, 1kg less than the scorpion, which makes its function very clear, that is, concealed large firepower. When performing special tasks in local battles or cities, it can quickly install silencers, and because of large firepower, it can be completed very closely, but this has also become the key to its popularity by terrorists.
MP5 is a well-known submachine gun in Germany and the most famous submachine gun in the world at present. It is used by hundreds of countries, including the disintegrated Ukraine, mainly for the Ukrainian national police.
At present, dozens of updates have been made, and the specific one is unknown. The main body is designed with delayed recoil, selective firing, free floating, cold forging barrel, etc. It is a medium-sized selective submachinegun.
SIG 510 is an earlier type of gun in Switzerland, which was born around the 1960s. After the independence of Ukraine, this weapon became the basic configuration of special weapons because of its mature industry and low price.
In terms of design, the improvement potential is far less than Ukraine's modern weapons, but it includes the advantages of shooting and simple structure. The purchase cost is relatively favorable for large-scale equipment.
Fortress 229 is the same Israeli IWI product. Its prototype is ACE series rifle, different from 227/228 from ACE22 and ACE31. Fortress 229 is from ACE52, but it is also mainly used by Ukrainian special forces.
Compared with the former, the main difference is that all dimensions of this weapon frame have been greatly improved, and the performance of the gun has also been greatly increased compared with the former two. It is an upgraded version. Because full power ammunition is fired, it is returned to the battle rifle.
HK G3 is the winner of the early generation rifle plan of West Germany. The design root is the Spanish Semit rifle, but this is not a donation from Germany, but part of Portugal's ten million level military aid to Ukraine. The specific amount is unknown at present.
In terms of design, DeDang wanted to use FNFAL, but failed to do so. The G3 was used at the next level. In essence, it is not the best, but because of the development of HK, this weapon has been greatly improved in modern times. What Ukraine has is the latest version, and its technology is not backward.
Similarly, the US 100 million level aid also includes combat rifles. The US traditional combat rifle M14 is selected. The production system is very mature, and the supply quantity should not be very low.
As a weapon of the old era, M14 is also backward in technology, but it is supplied to Ukraine with the latest gun type, so it should not be seriously backward in technology. #Small arms#
