ShAK-12

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ShAK-12
Iron sights, Picatinny rail
for various optics

The ShAK-12, (Russian: ШАК-12) originally under the name ASh-12.7 (АШ-12.7, which stands for "Автомат штурмовой 12.7мм" or "automatic assault carbine 12.7mm")

Urban Operations weapon, developed by TsKIB SOO ("Central Design and Research Bureau of Sporting and Hunting Arms"),[2] a subsidiary of the KBP Instrument Design Bureau of Tula, Russia, by request from the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB). The weapon was designed with extreme short-range stopping power in mind for FSB urban combat units. According to the Russian press, the first batch of ShAK-12 battle rifles were delivered to the FSB in late 2011.[citation needed
]

Overview

The ShAK-12 is a dedicated "Close/Urban combat" weapon for high-risk law enforcement operations, which must combine high stopping power with limited penetration and a short 'dangerous range', to avoid collateral damage to innocent bystanders or hostages. To achieve these goals, the designers of the ShAK-12 developed special large-calibre ammunition, loaded with a variety of bullets. The ammunition used for the ShAK-12 is the 12.7×55mm straight-walled, rimless brass case based on .338 Lapua Magnum, originally developed by the same organization that developed the silenced VKS sniper rifle.[3] Standard loading for the ShAK-12 is a lightweight, subsonic ammunition with an aluminium core, exposed at the front and hollowed at the rear and partially enclosed into a bi-metal jacket. The cartridge has a bullet weight of 7-33 grams when utilizing ShAK-12 loads. It has several loadings; light, heavy and a duplex load with two light bullets.

This new Russian cartridge bears certain conceptual similarities to a family of big-bore cartridges developed in the US for the

AR-15 platform, such as .458 SOCOM, .499 LWR or .50 Beowulf
, although the Russian cartridge uses a longer case and generally a heavier bullet load. Its US counterparts are usually loaded with bullets weighing 19 grams and up.

Design

The ShAK-12 features a

Dragunov sniper rifle and Heckler & Koch MR308 remaining more common.[4]

Ammunition

  • 12,7x55mm Легкая Пуля (Legkaya Pulya (LP) > "Light Bullet") [Bullet Weight: 7 grams (108 grains)] Light supersonic saboted lead bullet with an aluminum core.
  • 12,7x55mm Тяжелая Пуля (Tyazhelaya Pulya (TP) > "Heavy Bullet") [Bullet Weight: 33 gram (509 grains)] Heavy subsonic lead bullet.
  • 12,7x55mm Двухпульный (Dvukhpul'niy (DP) > "Double-Bulleted", "Duplex Bullet") [Bullet Weight: 17 grams (262 grains) each] Two bullets loaded inline.
  • 12,7x55mm Бронебойная Пуля (Broneboynaya Pulya (BP) > "Armor-Piercing Bullet") [Bullet Weight: 18 grams (277 grains)] Lead bullet with an armor-piercing core.

Users

See also

References

  1. ^ https://armstrade.org/includes/periodics/news/2023/0816/084074705/detail.shtml
  2. ^ Johnson, Steve (2013). "New Russian TsKIB ASh-12 .50 Cal (12.7x55mm) Bullpup Rifle". thefirearmblog.com. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
  3. ^ 12,7х55 СЦ-130 Archived June 17, 2013, at archive.today
  4. ^ a b Gao, Charlie (2020-05-06). "This Russian Bullet Tears Right Through Body Armor". The National Interest. Retrieved 2021-05-18.
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