The Ukrainian army will soon begin to receive new uninterruptible ammunition supply systems for machine guns as American-made, and Russian. As the Ukrainian press writes, the system is currently, dubbed MURENA, tested.
The first batch of uninterruptible power systems for machine guns entered the troops for testing in combat conditions. As the developers say, it is intended, Firstly, for American M240 machine guns, in a large number received by the Armed Forces of Ukraine as military aid from the United States, as well as for Russian PCM and its modifications. not excluded, that in the future this system will be adapted for other belt-fed machine guns.
As the developers say, the MURENA system is created on the same principle, like similar systems in other countries, but differs from them in increased ammunition. A serviceman with a Ukrainian design can carry 650 ammunition for the machine gun, and at the same time a spare barrel.
For us, the need of Ukrainian soldiers to optimize the methods of transferring and quickly using increased ammunition for a machine gun has become obvious. (…) We have developed a mounting bracket “sleeves“, which is attached to the standard fastening elements of the box for machine gun cartridges- said developers.
According to the data provided, the weight “empty” MURENA systems (box, sleeve and backpack) is 9 kg, in running order (all the same + spare barrel and 650 rounds) – 28 kg.
