The "Army-2023" forum will start next week in Moscow, with "Kalashnikov" being one of the key participants. The concern promises to showcase many things, including the modernized AK-12 assault rifle.
The forum will showcase a modernized version of the AK-12 assault rifle, the Chukavin sniper rifle, the Kalashnikov PPK-20 submachine gun, MPL, MPL1, and PLK pistols. The concern will display UAVs from specialized enterprises within the holding's structure, models of tracked and wheeled chassis for the Buk-M3 and Tor-M2 anti-aircraft missile systems, and the Zoopark-1M artillery reconnaissance complex from the Mytishchi Machine-Building Plant, as well as missile and artillery weapons (Vikhr-1 guided missile, Strela 9M333 SAM, Kitolov-2M guided aerial bomb).
The company added that they will also showcase models of the BK-16 transport and landing craft and the BK-10 boat, VKPO 3.0 equipment, the "Nakidka" camouflage material, and anti-fragmentation blanket developed by the Steel Research Institute at the forum.
The AK-12 (6P70) is a Kalashnikov assault rifle of the 2016 model. It was already modernized in 2020, and now the developers have modernized it once again.