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Defense buys large caliber sniper bullets

The Russian military department announced the decision to purchase 100 thousand cartridges 7N34 for sniper rifles, TASS reports.

Минобороны закупает крупнокалиберные снайперские патроны

Information about this is published on the public procurement website..

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation “announces a closed auction” for the supply of 7N34 sniper cartridges 12,7 millimeters, stated in the application.

According to the tender documentation, the maximum value of the government contract will be 18,6 million. rubles.

Mentioned cartridge 12,7 mm has a brass case and a sniper bullet, whose weight is 145 g. (Compare, weight of a standard bullet for AK-74 - 4 g.). AT 80 percentage of cases of bullet cartridges 7N34 with 800 meters pierce a steel sheet with a thickness of up to 10 mm.

Ammunition is designed to destroy enemy manpower, having personal protective equipment, as well as lightly armored ground vehicles and low-flying aircraft. Can be used at ambient temperatures from -50 to +50 degrees Celsius.

According to the agency, this cartridge is used in Russian OSV-96 and ASVK rifles.

The executor of the order will be selected based on the results of a closed competition 12 October, and the entire batch of cartridges must be transferred to the military department before 10 November this year.

                          
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