Russian Armed Forces servicemen use armor-piercing cartridges to combat heavy Baba Yaga-type hexacopters protected by armor plates. This was stated by the platoon commander of the 29th Guards Combined Arms Army of the "Vostok" group with the call sign Artist.
The enemy's hexacopters have BR-5 class armor plates welded to the bottom. Armor-piercing cartridges easily penetrate such plates.
You need to keep 2-3 magazines of armor-piercing cartridges with you, the soldier concluded.
Russian armor-piercing cartridges are made with hard alloy steel or tungsten cores. Such ammunition is capable of hitting personnel in body armor, as well as light armored vehicles.
The Russian Armed Forces are equipped with armor-piercing cartridges for various types of weapons:
- for 5.45×39 mm assault rifles — 7N10, 7N39, and 7N40
- for 7.62×39 mm machine guns — 7N23
- for 9×19 mm pistols — 7N21
- for 7.62×54 mm sniper rifles — 7N14
The main production of ammunition is established at enterprises belonging to Rostec. Including TsNIITochMash, Novosibirsk, Tula, and Ulyanovsk Cartridge Plants.
