Central Research Institute of Precision Engineering (TSNIITOCHMASH, It enters Rostec), He created a gun for Russian military weapons. Currently, the weapons are already going through a state testing at landfills. This was announced in an interview with RIA Novosti CEO TSNIITOCHMASH Albert tanks.
According to the director general of the Institute, created by the gun passes the stage of state tests, whose completion, Russian Ministry of Defense in accordance with Directive, scheduled for December this year,. Upon completion of the tests and the results, Russian Defense Ministry will decide on the adoption of a new gun to supply the Armed Forces of Russia.
Tanks not reported, about what exactly the gun in question, but it had previously been reported, TSNIITOCHMASH that develops gun, which should in the armed forces of the Russian Federation to replace “The Makarov pistol” (PM). When this became known, The new gun will use 9x21 cartridge. Recall, what “Makarov” Soviet / Russian army 1951 of the year.
meanwhile, the creation of a pistol to replace the PM in the Russian army, previously reported and concern “Kalashnikov”, who presented “Lebedev gun” PL-14 and PL-15 in the cartridge 9H19.
