#  @mezbelly Bell Bell posts on X about gas, in the, the first, to the the most. They currently have [---] followers and [--] posts still getting attention that total [------] engagements in the last [--] hours. ### Engagements: [------] [#](/creator/twitter::1943670430881210368/interactions)  - [--] Week [------] -48% - [--] Month [-------] +1,521,440% ### Mentions: [--] [#](/creator/twitter::1943670430881210368/posts_active)  ### Followers: [---] [#](/creator/twitter::1943670430881210368/followers)  - [--] Week [---] +42% - [--] Month [---] +7,875% ### CreatorRank: [---------] [#](/creator/twitter::1943670430881210368/influencer_rank)  ### Social Influence **Social category influence** [countries](/list/countries) 9.8% [gaming](/list/gaming) 1.96% [products](/list/products) 1.96% [finance](/list/finance) 1.96% **Social topic influence** [gas](/topic/gas) 5.88%, [in the](/topic/in-the) 3.92%, [the first](/topic/the-first) 3.92%, [to the](/topic/to-the) 3.92%, [future](/topic/future) 1.96%, [how to](/topic/how-to) 1.96%, [sniper](/topic/sniper) 1.96%, [info 1](/topic/info-1) 1.96%, [veterans](/topic/veterans) 1.96%, [metal](/topic/metal) 1.96% **Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by** [@holstered](/creator/undefined) [@daamianski](/creator/undefined) [@alex7x57](/creator/undefined) [@vladimironokoy](/creator/undefined) [@danovercast](/creator/undefined) [@floppy401](/creator/undefined) [@mercfromstalker](/creator/undefined) [@pps43](/creator/undefined) [@zrozumiecswiat](/creator/undefined) [@remigiuszwilk](/creator/undefined) [@vodkavlad](/creator/undefined) [@armataapu](/creator/undefined) [@type6](/creator/undefined) [@cecilie0019](/creator/undefined) [@ryokolover](/creator/undefined) [@husaga_96](/creator/undefined) [@eirikr0301](/creator/undefined) [@spikesguides](/creator/undefined) [@vodka_vlad](/creator/undefined) [@wolandowicz](/creator/undefined) ### Top Social Posts Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours "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, 38.3K 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 "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 "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 "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 "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 "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 "@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 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 "@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 "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, 230.5K 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, 76.3K 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 "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, 12.1K 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 "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, 24.7K 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, 11.9K 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, 12K 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 "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, 11.8K 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 "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 "@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 "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 "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 Limited data mode. 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@mezbelly Bell
Bell posts on X about gas, in the, the first, to the 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 9.8% gaming 1.96% products 1.96% finance 1.96%
Social topic influence gas 5.88%, in the 3.92%, the first 3.92%, to the 3.92%, future 1.96%, how to 1.96%, sniper 1.96%, info 1 1.96%, veterans 1.96%, metal 1.96%
Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by @holstered @daamianski @alex7x57 @vladimironokoy @danovercast @floppy401 @mercfromstalker @pps43 @zrozumiecswiat @remigiuszwilk @vodkavlad @armataapu @type6 @cecilie0019 @ryokolover @husaga_96 @eirikr0301 @spikesguides @vodka_vlad @wolandowicz
Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours
"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 2026-02-09T11:47Z [---] followers, 38.3K 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 2026-01-25T10:32Z [---] followers, 10.2K 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 2026-01-27T05:09Z [---] followers, [----] 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 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 2026-01-29T16:16Z [---] 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 2026-02-01T14:08Z [---] 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 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 2026-02-03T09:47Z [---] followers, 16.2K 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 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 2026-02-05T13:19Z [---] followers, [----] 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 2026-02-09T22:44Z [---] 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 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 2026-02-10T07:54Z [---] followers, [--] 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 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 2026-02-12T04:12Z [---] 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 2026-01-24T04:13Z [---] followers, 230.5K 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 2026-01-28T07:05Z [---] followers, 76.3K 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 2026-02-03T14:48Z [---] 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 2026-02-10T03:54Z [---] followers, 12.1K 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 2026-02-10T07:29Z [---] followers, [--] 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 2026-01-29T03:54Z [---] followers, 24.7K 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 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 2026-02-08T11:10Z [---] followers, 11.9K 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 2026-02-10T09:09Z [---] followers, 12K 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 2026-02-10T11:06Z [---] followers, [----] 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 2026-02-12T11:17Z [---] followers, 11.8K engagements
"@ArmataAPU Welcome back AKM-74/2"
X Link 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 2025-11-26T01:48Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@Holstered @Daamianski Jeez. What a quality.Anyway. What do you think"
X Link 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 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 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 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 2026-01-13T12:09Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"@type_6 @Holstered It translated SurPat as Surplus for some reason"
X Link 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 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 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 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 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 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 2026-01-26T15:17Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@RyokoLover Here"
X Link 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 2026-01-24T11:55Z [---] followers, [----] 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 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 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 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 2026-01-26T15:07Z [---] followers, [----] engagements
"@DanOvercast Izhmash had an idea to give an average soldier a mag bag with [--] mags and [--] clips in it"
X Link 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 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 2026-01-29T12:27Z [---] 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 2026-01-27T02:15Z [---] 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 2026-01-28T14:12Z [---] followers, 14.2K engagements
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