{"id":1504665,"date":"2024-11-27T03:10:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T08:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1504665"},"modified":"2024-11-27T03:10:00","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T08:10:00","slug":"this-looks-so-m16-ish-to-me-russian-special-forces-receive-new-main-battle-rifle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/this-looks-so-m16-ish-to-me-russian-special-forces-receive-new-main-battle-rifle\/1504665\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;This Looks So M16-Ish To Me&#8221;: Russian Special Forces Receive New Main Battle Rifle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden\">&#8220;This Looks So M16-Ish To Me&#8221;: Russian Special Forces Receive New Main Battle Rifle<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<p>Russian special forces, commonly known as &#8220;Spetsnaz,&#8221; are set to receive a newly designed main battle rifle that closely resembles the German Heckler &amp; Koch 417 automatic assault rifle.<\/p>\n<p>The Russian media outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/tass.com\/defense\/1877495\">TASS News Agency<\/a> reports that the new semi-automatic rifle is chambered in .308 caliber, described as &#8220;lighter than analogs&#8221; and offering &#8220;high precision.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Named <em>Titan<\/em>, the rifle is reportedly &#8220;already engaged in the zone of the Ukrainian operation,&#8221; according to a media outlet citing the Russian arms company SWC.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Semiautomatic Titan rifle of .308 caliber has been designed for Russian special task units. It can be used as a sniper or assault rifle. Experts say the new universal rifle has good characteristics and is in demand among scouts and commandos,&#8221; SWC stated.<\/p>\n<p>SWC added, &#8220;The .308 caliber cartridge is powerful and reliable. Russia produces it in various options, including armor-piercing. Therefore, the rifle is popular among the Russian military.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In October, the Russian media outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/sputnikglobe.com\/20241026\/russian-snipers-roll-out-new-stm-308-precision-rifle-1120684021.html\"><em>Sputnik<\/em><\/a> reported that the Russian Army received a new sniper rifle, the <em>STM-308<\/em>, to replace the <em>Dragunov<\/em> platform.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, the US Army began fielding its brand-new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/military\/m-16-era-ends-armys-101st-airborne-division-receives-next-gen-assault-rifles\">Next Generation Squad Weapon rifles<\/a>: the Sig Sauer XM7, intended to replace the M4 carbine in close combat formations, and the XM250, which will replace the M249 Squad Automatic Weapon.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>X<\/em> account <em>Defense Politics Asia<\/em>\u00a0<span>commented on the\u00a0<strong><em>Titan<\/em>, stating that it &#8220;looks so M16-ish to me.<\/strong><\/span><strong>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This looks so M16-ish to me&#8230;. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pgAYVSN9OQ\">https:\/\/t.co\/pgAYVSN9OQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Defense Politics Asia (@DefensePolitics) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DefensePolitics\/status\/1861473471706079736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 26, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<p>. . .\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>      <span class=\"field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden\"><a title=\"View user profile.\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/users\/tyler-durden\" class=\"username\">Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden\">Tue, 11\/26\/2024 &#8211; 22:10<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/military\/looks-so-m16-ish-me-russian-special-forces-receive-new-main-battle-rifle\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/military\/looks-so-m16-ish-me-russian-special-forces-receive-new-main-battle-rifle<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;This Looks So M16-Ish To Me&#8221;: Russian Special Forces Receive New Main Battle Rifle Russian special forces, commonly known as &#8220;Spetsnaz,&#8221; are set to receive&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1504665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","wpcat-1-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1504665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1504665"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1504665\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1504665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1504665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1504665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}