In the extensive conflict area that Russia refers to as its “special military operation” in Ukraine, a new weapon has quietly emerged on the battlefield. The RPL-20, a lightweight machine gun chambered in 5.45mm, is now actively deployed, as confirmed by Sergey Urzhumtsev, the chief designer at Kalashnikov Concern, Russia’s leading firearms manufacturer. In a statement to the state-owned news agency TASS, Urzhumtsev acknowledged the … Continue reading Russia has deployed the new Kalashnikov RPL-20 machine gun to the front lines