# ![@mezbelly Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::1943670430881210368.png) @mezbelly Bell

Bell posts on X about in the, aka, gas, the first the most. They currently have [---] followers and [--] posts still getting attention that total [------] engagements in the last [--] hours.

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### Social Influence

**Social category influence**
[countries](/list/countries)  10.39% [gaming](/list/gaming)  1.3% [products](/list/products)  1.3% [finance](/list/finance)  1.3%

**Social topic influence**
[in the](/topic/in-the) 6.49%, [aka](/topic/aka) #1814, [gas](/topic/gas) 3.9%, [the first](/topic/the-first) 3.9%, [belt](/topic/belt) #1085, [90s](/topic/90s) 2.6%, [tajikistan](/topic/tajikistan) #114, [history](/topic/history) 2.6%, [war](/topic/war) 2.6%, [accuracy](/topic/accuracy) 2.6%

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### Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

"Choose your combination. EMR + Flora / Flora + EMR"  
[X Link](https://x.com/mezbelly/status/2021878216156385714)  2026-02-12T09:25Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"Rare camo patterns: 1) "Fake Amoeba" (modern name). Used by MVD. 90s; 2) Early "Barvikha" aka Butan. Used by Soviet Army. 80s-90s; 3) "Plum" (modern name). Noticed in Transnistria Tajikistan Chechnya; 3) "Swamp" (named by users). Used by Internal Troops' SF. 90s. vk/mask_ussr"  
[X Link](https://x.com/mezbelly/status/2021178974903107845)  2026-02-10T11:06Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"I've seen it. Now you have to as well. M16A1 with GP-25 and AK-12 mag"  
[X Link](https://x.com/mezbelly/status/2022353042792980959)  2026-02-13T16:51Z [---] followers, 59.8K engagements


"Did you know that T-64 in S.T.A.L.K.E.R. is a real tank It's a tank that was placed in the "National Museum of the History of Ukraine in the Second World War" as a part of "Tragedy and Valor of Afghanistan" exposition since [----]. In [----] the tank fully lost its camo - slavarblog"  
[X Link](https://x.com/mezbelly/status/2022528348623130691)  2026-02-14T04:28Z [---] followers, 13K engagements


"In the early 1970s "Development of Sights for Small Arms to Reduce Aiming Errors" was conducted in the USSR. Diopter sights were tested. The results: - Accuracy increased (x1.78) - Shot grouping lowered (av. x2415) Dragunov approved the sights as well (Image 2) - ak_info_ru"  
[X Link](https://x.com/mezbelly/status/2022573894876663810)  2026-02-14T07:29Z [---] followers, 18.5K engagements


"A lot of Russian SFs use Western guns. We all know about sniper marksman rifles and pistols. But they use Western SMGs as well FSB "Alpha" with MP5Ns. They trained with it before SWAT Round-Up International in [----]. Same "Alpha" with MP9s. Used by Shield guys. tg/oboronanews"  
[X Link](https://x.com/mezbelly/status/2016521122871759291)  2026-01-28T14:37Z [---] followers, 50.4K engagements


"Small corrections and extra info: 1) Loner has two US Army grenade pouches (Image [--] is an example) 2) CS member has 6Kh4 bayonet with 6Kh3 sheath 3) Sunrise Stalker with respirators use soviet gasmask hoses 4) Ukraina-1 Diving Cylinders aka AVM-1M Cylinders 5) Backpack - KAZ-75"  
[X Link](https://x.com/mezbelly/status/2016908234305507563)  2026-01-29T16:16Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"You've probably never googled it but. Automatic SVD exists. Developed in [----]. Used 10/15/20 round mags. It wasn't adopted because of bad shot grouping and bad reliablility. However it was superior than M14 AR-10 and FN Fal according to results (1444 MOA/100m [--] MOA/50m)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/mezbelly/status/2018504192780828774)  2026-02-03T01:57Z [---] followers, 15.5K engagements


"If you've ever wondered why silencers wear out so quickly in Metal Gear Solid V just pretend that it's Soviet fiberglass silencers made in early 60s. This one is PBS-P2. It wasn't adopted because it didn't do well with supersonic ammo. - ak_info_ru"  
[X Link](https://x.com/mezbelly/status/2018622448212791473)  2026-02-03T09:47Z [---] followers, 16.2K engagements


"You didn't want it but here it is. APS underwater rifle's ugly son - ASM-DT "Sea Lion". It uses 5.4539mm and special 5.4539mm PSP ammo. As you can see here this abomination was made of different gun parts. Some of those parts were designed for other guns but weren't adopted"  
[X Link](https://x.com/mezbelly/status/2018698034062696556)  2026-02-03T14:48Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"Another Soviet rifle comparison: "All foreign rifle models (M16A1 AUG) were thoroughly studied at the industry's enterprises. Despite their high technological sophistication all of them are inferior to (AK-74 RPK-74) in their main operational characteristics." - ak_info_ru"  
[X Link](https://x.com/mezbelly/status/2019220490360090790)  2026-02-05T01:24Z [---] followers, 23.1K engagements


"Armocom. International Military Technical Forum. [----]. Note the Arctic Ratnik kit. It's even more rare than Piggy and Syrian kit. What's funny that FSB Border Guard had their own Arctic kit as well. Your papers please - babektg"  
[X Link](https://x.com/mezbelly/status/2019400396226105451)  2026-02-05T13:19Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"Kalashnikov Automatic Rifle Carbine. A weird name huh A 7.62x39 rifle to replace SKS and AK in late 50s but AKM won. Short stroke. There's no gas piston an op rod instead. Weights [----] lbs/4.2 kg. [-----] inches/975 mm long. - Kalashnikov Media"  
[X Link](https://x.com/mezbelly/status/2019998299558666552)  2026-02-07T04:54Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"Belarusian improvised SMGs. During WW2 Belarusian partisans had their own gunsmiths. They produced improvised PPShs PPDs and even their own SMGs. Here are examples: 1) Dolganov SMG 2) TM-44 3) Bordyukov SMG 4) Sergeyev SMG 5) Uragan SMG Belarusian partisans were quite talented"  
[X Link](https://x.com/mezbelly/status/2020455180953608463)  2026-02-08T11:10Z [---] followers, 12K engagements


"@DanOvercast Of course Soviet engineering was out of date and incompetent. And such people as Sergey Simonov Evgeny Dragunov German Korobov Gennadiy Nikonov Vasily Degtyarev Alexander Konstantinov Alexey Bulkin Alexander Dementiev Anatoly Baryshev didn't exist It's all Hugo's work"  
[X Link](https://x.com/mezbelly/status/2020992205150638302)  2026-02-09T22:44Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@Alex7x57 Let's see. A gas piston is similar to AK's BUT. It's split into two parts. Bolt carrier is inside of the "receiver" like usual but the op-rod is inside of the forend"  
[X Link](https://x.com/mezbelly/status/2021124465606738167)  2026-02-10T07:29Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@Alex7x57 When I said there's no gas piston I quoted Kalashnikov Media. They probably meant there's no usual gas piston AK has"  
[X Link](https://x.com/mezbelly/status/2021125384729678150)  2026-02-10T07:33Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@ZrozumiecSwiat @RemigiuszWilk Jeli M4 byby a tak wietny to nikt by go niezmienia. Zarwno karabiny M4 jak i AK s dobre. Ale czasy dyktuj warunki i bro wymaga modernizacji takich jak nowe kolby chwyty przednie/oa itp. I to jest w porzdku"  
[X Link](https://x.com/mezbelly/status/2021130549016887297)  2026-02-10T07:54Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"Zastava M70 in short In [----] Yugoslavia wanted an AK but couldn't get it from the USSR legally. They captured two AKs from Albanians liked it and ordered 2k of them from a Third World country reverse-engineered them rejected M-64 but adopted M-70 after seeing AK effectiveness"  
[X Link](https://x.com/mezbelly/status/2021149535339168201)  2026-02-10T09:09Z [---] followers, 12.2K engagements


"@VladimirOnokoy @vodka_vlad Branko Bogdanovic mentions [--] Albanian servicemen who passed the border with their own rifles. Well. At least in the the exempt used. Didn't know about the Poles"  
[X Link](https://x.com/mezbelly/status/2021584574128521697)  2026-02-11T13:58Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@Floppy401 Me neither. People say about Belarus involvement because at the time Belarus Army adopted Woodland camo for uniform and equipment. But I've found no proofs"  
[X Link](https://x.com/mezbelly/status/2021799581843939820)  2026-02-12T04:12Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@Shuravie @bM7U6Egntnl0HqT However. SKS-45 and RPD-44 were also mentioned in the official docs"  
[X Link](https://x.com/mezbelly/status/2022286143585218966)  2026-02-13T12:26Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"Remember when I posted about AK bipods Soviet engineers had much WILDER ideas to improve AK's accuracy. They turned it [---] degrees. It's not a joke. Funnily enough it did work"  
[X Link](https://x.com/mezbelly/status/2016407328132657195)  2026-01-28T07:05Z [---] followers, 76.5K engagements


"Steal His Look. S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Edition. Includes: 1) Rookie Loner Drip 2) Clear Sky CS-3 Drip 3) Experienced Free Stalker Drip Based on head.greid's article on equipment S.T.A.L.K.E.R. devs got inspired by"  
[X Link](https://x.com/mezbelly/status/2016721497788735947)  2026-01-29T03:54Z [---] followers, 24.9K engagements


"Don't quote me on AKM yet but everything else is mostly correct. - AK could be replaced with TKB if NATO didn't show FN Fal too early; - AK-74 indeed had [---] changes: - AK-74 barrel faced reliability issues bs of factory's optimizations. Fixed in 90s. AK is still a good rifle. If you think only AK-12 was problematic: - AK was almost replaced by a different rifle in 1953; - 100% of AKMs in [----] were defective; - AK-74 had [---] changes in [--] years (70 structucal modifications [---] technological changes); - In 1987-1990 AK-74 barrel was less wear resistant. https://t.co/0Uf83twTJy If you think only"  
[X Link](https://x.com/mezbelly/status/2021086787695747169)  2026-02-10T05:00Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"I'm a big fan of "Moss" camo. Here's a small compilation of their variants. 1) Early blueish (it looks worn out irl) 2) Intermediate yellow 3) Modern yellowish 4) Commercial The first [--] uniforms are made by the same BTK Group but I guess they used different materials or paint"  
[X Link](https://x.com/mezbelly/status/2021542613988569220)  2026-02-11T11:11Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"A soldier with SSSh-94 and 6B5 in Woodland (or its copy). Probably Russian Internal Troops. A truly unexpected combo. - gruppa_babek"  
[X Link](https://x.com/mezbelly/status/2021783587821957527)  2026-02-12T03:09Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"@Kreyton_M1E1 @secretsqrl123 david D has always been like this. Also thanks for clarification on Abrams topic"  
[X Link](https://x.com/mezbelly/status/2022502337151959506)  2026-02-14T02:45Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"It should be noted. The gun would be ultra accurate but also ultra heavy complicated and not-so-reliable"  
[X Link](https://x.com/mezbelly/status/2021966318568894495)  2026-02-12T15:15Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"Russian Airborne 6B28 helmet Adopted in [----]. Made by Research Institute of Steel. Weight: [----] - [---] kg / [----] lbs - [-----] lbs Early 6B28 proto was more blocky (Image 23). A version for a combat vehicle crew wasn't adopted (Image 4). -"  
[X Link](https://x.com/mezbelly/status/2020083508241396020)  2026-02-07T10:33Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"Three AKS-74U rifles for you 1) Compact 5.45mm PP-1 automatic rifle. Early AKS-74U before it was adopted. Note the early stock.(Image 1) 2) "Vitrina" grenade launcher complex used by KGB (Image [--] to the right) 3) "Escort" briefcase used by KGB (Image [--] to the left) - ak_info_ru"  
[X Link](https://x.com/mezbelly/status/2020813821107994835)  2026-02-09T10:55Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"TKB-517. AKM's competitor. Delayed blowback. x1.6 accurate and light (278 kg). Faster to make. TKB-516M used both RPD belts and AK mags Why it wasn't adopted Delayed blowback works properly with quality powder. But Korobov helped Kalashnikov with some solutions. Thanks to him"  
[X Link](https://x.com/mezbelly/status/2021070285802266775)  2026-02-10T03:54Z [---] followers, 12.4K engagements


"South Koreans visited Russian Military bases a bunch of times in the past. South Koreans in EMR and Ushankas is not the thing you would expect nowadays"  
[X Link](https://x.com/mezbelly/status/2021786071709983070)  2026-02-12T03:18Z [---] followers, 12.1K engagements


"Experimental AK. [----]. The Soviet Dong Before the Romanian. It's a big more advanced. Soviets made a foregrip with a telescopic bipod which became popular only 50-60 years later. When shot in full-auto AK become open-bolt which increases burst fire accuracy. - Kalashnikov Media"  
[X Link](https://x.com/mezbelly/status/2021906513871380675)  2026-02-12T11:17Z [---] followers, 17.7K engagements


"Btw. Sorry for text mistakes. I have to edit the texts several times before posting to fit the limits"  
[X Link](https://x.com/mezbelly/status/2021908311948542416)  2026-02-12T11:24Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"AK with Balanced Automatics Recoil System that was made [--] year before AK-107 and [--] years before Project Abakan Give me three Imagine the beast Soviets could make with all AK modifications they trialed. BARS grip pod modified trigger system short-stroke and etc - ak_info_ru"  
[X Link](https://x.com/mezbelly/status/2021966093221298662)  2026-02-12T15:14Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"Show these pictures to people who say that AK-47 doesn't exist The name was used from 1947-1952 in the official documents Sources: 1) Copyright certificate No. [-----] for AK-47 (1952) 2) Soviet AK-47 Manual (1949) 3) Kalashnikov's letter to Nikolai Voronov (1948) 4) Reports on AK"  
[X Link](https://x.com/mezbelly/status/2022234073973014832)  2026-02-13T08:59Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"Developments that make operating PKM easier - Soft PKM mags. It's not unique. M249 MG3 f.e. already have them but it's new for PKM. Produced by Mayak since [----] - Plastic ammo belt. Lighter and doesn't require metal. Produced by RAROG TG since [----]. Based on Soviet developments"  
[X Link](https://x.com/mezbelly/status/2022476898249441671)  2026-02-14T01:04Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"Notes: - Blackheart International showed their PKM accessory kit way before Mayak in 2008-2011. - Soviet plastic PK belt (trials were done by TsKIB SOO in 1960s) failed because it couldn't handle low temperatures bending and vibrations well"  
[X Link](https://x.com/mezbelly/status/2022479703165276394)  2026-02-14T01:15Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"With enough patience you can create your own Military equipment out of anything. Part [--]. This one is a vest made by Gyurza the commander of "Mad Company" that operated in Chechnya. The vest is made of an old Afghanka with a bunch of extra pouches sewn on"  
[X Link](https://x.com/mezbelly/status/2022632693486469144)  2026-02-14T11:23Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"1) Ukrainian Border guard wearing "Kerosene" uniform. 2) Russian soldier wearing "Karpov" uniform. 3) "Butan Type C" jacket of Air Force. [----]. 4) Denis Desmond "Camouflage uniforms of the Soviet Union and Russia". Uniform in "Granite" camo. - vk/mask_ussr"  
[X Link](https://x.com/mezbelly/status/2022647165839966711)  2026-02-14T12:20Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"Incredible stuff going on in the USA. Some American company named Roswel Rifle Works made a copy of Russian SR-3M Vikhr rifle 9x39 mags. The company also localised the production of 9x39 rounds. What's the cost $35k-45k. Quite reasonable"  
[X Link](https://x.com/mezbelly/status/2014914325480104273)  2026-01-24T04:13Z [---] followers, 231.2K engagements


"Soviets tried to make BIGGER RPK mags. These two were made by Vladimir Valentinovich Kamzolov. 1) Experimental 7.62mm RPK drum mag made of glass-filled polyamide in 50s-60s (Image 1) 2) Experimental 5.45mm RPK-74 drum mag. It fits [---] rounds made in 70s (Image 23) - ak_info_ru"  
[X Link](https://x.com/mezbelly/status/2020826924730511428)  2026-02-09T11:47Z [---] followers, 38.8K engagements


"Special for @spikesguides "Although stripper clips mag loading had already existed for the MP-44 it was not adopted for AK/AKM. During the Vietnam War captured American clips were positive noted. Clips were adopted with AK-74 in 1974." - ak_info_ru"  
[X Link](https://x.com/mezbelly/status/2021609710961480086)  2026-02-11T15:38Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"Soviets posing with Western guns compilation: Includes: - M16 and its variants (also CAR-15) - M1928A1 - Browning M1919(A6) - G3 (prob Pakistani) - MP5A3 - MG-42 - UZI - L1A1 - Lee-Enfield - Carl Gustaf m/45 ak_info_ru"  
[X Link](https://x.com/mezbelly/status/2022159728198258856)  2026-02-13T04:03Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


""Jack-in-the-box" effect isn't unique only for Soviet and Russian tanks. With the times passing we find more and more proofs of such for Western tanks as well. Leopards Abrams Challengers it happens even to Merkavas. Here's some of the proofs:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/mezbelly/status/2022289870094286884)  2026-02-13T12:40Z [---] followers, 25.6K engagements


"More camos: 1) "Kerosene" (modern name). Russian Army Ukrainian Border Guards. 90s (developed in 80s) 2) "Karpov" (modern name). Very limited use. Russian gov. services and Army. 90s 3) "Butan Type C" (modern name). 90s. Incredibly rare. 4) "Granite" (modern). 80s. Russian Army. Rare camo patterns: 1) "Fake Amoeba" (modern name). Used by MVD. 90s; 2) Early "Barvikha" aka Butan. Used by Soviet Army. 80s-90s; 3) "Plum" (modern name). Noticed in Transnistria Tajikistan Chechnya; 3) "Swamp" (named by users). Used by Internal Troops' SF. 90s. vk/mask_ussr https://t.co/fdVYKwo5Px Rare camo"  
[X Link](https://x.com/mezbelly/status/2022645555286151264)  2026-02-14T12:14Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"FSB Border Service of Russia's unadopted kit (actually It's adopted but with some changes). [----]. Consists of winter uniform (includes ushanka and sweater) rain jacket and summer suit"  
[X Link](https://x.com/mezbelly/status/2022997873298985117)  2026-02-15T11:34Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@Chadyrov11 You can watch videos of Just Guns Kalashnikov Media (reuploads) Rosenritter. Read articles of Vladimir Onokoy and Lynndon Schooler on TheFirearmBlog Read Helvegen's posts on tanks body armor and stuff that explodes. That's what I know of. Everything else is all in Russian"  
[X Link](https://x.com/mezbelly/status/2023036478868357525)  2026-02-15T14:07Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@ArmataAPU Welcome back AKM-74/2"  
[X Link](https://x.com/mezbelly/status/1988608743215616471)  2025-11-12T14:04Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@Holstered @Daamianski I think there was a video of an Ukrainian recon wearing KLMK and exploding tanks with WW2-era anti-tank grenades"  
[X Link](https://x.com/mezbelly/status/1993497156318278133)  2025-11-26T01:48Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@Holstered @Daamianski Jeez. What a quality.Anyway. What do you think"  
[X Link](https://x.com/mezbelly/status/1993521884663877818)  2025-11-26T03:27Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@Holstered @Daamianski I have a feeling it's the same guy on the first photo you posted. So it's probably KLM"  
[X Link](https://x.com/mezbelly/status/1993524108504797466)  2025-11-26T03:36Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@Holstered @Daamianski I just into account that you were referring to KLMK as the uniform and KLM as "Berezka" camo pattern"  
[X Link](https://x.com/mezbelly/status/1993528796461645898)  2025-11-26T03:54Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"Two rare body armors. Sapphire "Motorola's Dream" body armor commonly used by L/DPR Militia in 2014-2015. Cost-effective armor ($245 2014) for NIJ Level IV. So-called "Korund-I" (not official name) body armor. A cheap simplified replica of 6B45. Uses STRIKE FACE ceramic plates"  
[X Link](https://x.com/mezbelly/status/2002943421200384223)  2025-12-22T03:24Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"Let's continue. Carpetov Kalashnikov for Assault PRSh () The history of short machine guns begins in the first half of the 2010s when Vasilyev Igor Mikhailovich known as The Nomad entered service with the armaments branch of the FSB of the Russian Federation. (p.1)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/mezbelly/status/2011047828043297040)  2026-01-13T12:09Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@type_6 @Holstered It translated SurPat as Surplus for some reason"  
[X Link](https://x.com/mezbelly/status/2014517067592900874)  2026-01-23T01:54Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"The 2.5-mm-thick armored steel face shields special mounts and fabric components were manufactured at several specialized enterprises in Kyiv in [----] after which the helmets were assembled and field-tested within the unit. (p.4)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/mezbelly/status/2014662176309387703)  2026-01-23T11:31Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"The [--] kg face shield would negatively affect overall ergonomics by shifting the helmets balance forward; a counterweight with an enlarged occipital pad was installed at the rear. In turn an insert pocket was sewn into the inside of the face shield cover to hold a foam (p.5)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/mezbelly/status/2014662504358580499)  2026-01-23T11:32Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"Hunting RPD shotgun aka RPD-366-Lancaster. According to the Russian Law you can't own a gun with rifled barrel from the begininng you have to wait [--] years while owning a gun with smooth barrel. .366 TKM was made as a loophole to own a rifle. The loophole doesn't work now"  
[X Link](https://x.com/mezbelly/status/2015032142565126578)  2026-01-24T12:01Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"A so-called anti-sniper 23mm rifle from Donetsk. "Separatist" It's based on ZU-23. It looks like it was made for fun because there's no way you can use it unironically"  
[X Link](https://x.com/mezbelly/status/2015034285510525055)  2026-01-24T12:09Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"You can use this VSS Vintorez made by Molot Arms to hunt Chimeras in Red Forest. Note: It uses common 7.62x39 you can pick up from Monolithians"  
[X Link](https://x.com/mezbelly/status/2015036860867719339)  2026-01-24T12:19Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@cecilie0019 Well. It's hard to guess that you are from Taiwan when it's written in your bio connected via account based in and when you directly said that you are from Taiwan before"  
[X Link](https://x.com/mezbelly/status/2015806201380929967)  2026-01-26T15:17Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@RyokoLover Here"  
[X Link](https://x.com/mezbelly/status/2016008054341292440)  2026-01-27T04:39Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"Well. I wanted to make this post for a while. And seeing that many people made me even more determined. My small compilation of interesting guns not a lot of people heard of"  
[X Link](https://x.com/mezbelly/status/2015030744393933106)  2026-01-24T11:55Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"Today I present you. - RPK-74 with an experimental [---] round mag - AK with 30/40/50 and ridiculous [---] round mags - AK with a spare mag (used to lower minute of angle) - Same but with an RPK mag (it worked but it changed the gun's balance and increased its weight) - ak_info_ru"  
[X Link](https://x.com/mezbelly/status/2015372268449247354)  2026-01-25T10:32Z [---] followers, 10.2K engagements


"VSS Vintorez shotgun doesn't exist. It can't hurt you. VSS Vintorez shotgun: TOZ KO VSSL Carbine. The silencer is fake. Uses .366 TKM. The stock is plastic"  
[X Link](https://x.com/mezbelly/status/2015398304855576752)  2026-01-25T12:16Z [---] followers, 23.7K engagements


"In [----] Soviets made a report on British L7A2 (FN MAG): "The L7A2/MAG are equivalent in terms of accuracy. However they are inferior to the PKM in terms of weight reliability service and cost. The studied weapon samples do not contain any new or original design choices""  
[X Link](https://x.com/mezbelly/status/2015574302058229928)  2026-01-25T23:55Z [---] followers, 35.5K engagements


"With enough patience you can create your own Military equipment out of anything. tg/yobaposhiv"  
[X Link](https://x.com/mezbelly/status/2015600284664275093)  2026-01-26T01:38Z [---] followers, 20.9K engagements


"Soviets tested MPi-AK-74's folding stock to use on AKS-74U (when it was a prototype) but didn't like it because of worse aimed fire reliability it was harder to reload and operate. Galil stock and AKS74's stock but folding to the right were also tried. - ak_info_ru"  
[X Link](https://x.com/mezbelly/status/2015803727555215373)  2026-01-26T15:07Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"Plastic AK compilation - Experimental "plum" AKS-74U. [----]. (Image 1) - Experimental AG-4 (fiberglass) AKM. 1960s. It's called 6P1A. (Image 2) - Early AK-74 (A-3). Orange and green. (Image 3) - Plum AKS-74 and AK-74. The second one is called A-61. [----]. (Image 4)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/mezbelly/status/2015971941895553270)  2026-01-27T02:15Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"You probably didn't know but. AK was supposed to have a bipod just like early M16. Evgeny Dragunov (future SVD creator) came to that idea when he was figuring out how to make AK more accurate in 1947-1951. Accuracy increased by 40% but the idea was abandoned. - ak_info_ru"  
[X Link](https://x.com/mezbelly/status/2016015693867544754)  2026-01-27T05:09Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"Experimental [--] round AK mag. "On November [--] [----] the requirements for a high-capacity magazine for the [----] mm Kalashnikov rifle were approved." The mag was refined for years but the reliability testing results were unsatisfactory. It wasn't adopted"  
[X Link](https://x.com/mezbelly/status/2016514812537196855)  2026-01-28T14:12Z [---] followers, 14.2K engagements


"@DanOvercast Izhmash had an idea to give an average soldier a mag bag with [--] mags and [--] clips in it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/mezbelly/status/2016686743093686346)  2026-01-29T01:36Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@MercFromStalker It shouldn't be very hard to replicate. Mercs' equipment is based on 80s British SAS kit but with additions like American M40 gasmask Soviet belt and RPK mag pounch. But I will take some advice from head.greid"  
[X Link](https://x.com/mezbelly/status/2016815192512884908)  2026-01-29T10:06Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@MercFromStalker So. I talked to head.greid: - Mercs use XM40 gasmasks - They don't use Mil-Tec USCM vest even though it's similar. - It's not a RPK mag pounch. - A full article won't come out soon but it's in plans. I'll add from myself that some SoC mercs use Grey "Berezka" Uniform"  
[X Link](https://x.com/mezbelly/status/2016850642912907299)  2026-01-29T12:27Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"Fake Berezka camo. Made for civilian use and military sport games by Soviets in late 80s. There are photos of its use by war veterans one photo of its usage during the Chechen War and more during the Transnistria conflict. People sew vests out of this camo fabrics"  
[X Link](https://x.com/mezbelly/status/2017963176864682053)  2026-02-01T14:08Z [---] followers, [----] engagements

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