Weapons Of The Ukrainian War
BY Herschel Smith
2 years, 10 months ago
I’ve seen an awful lot of AK variants, mostly with iron sights. This American is carrying one.
We’ve also seen that the AR-15 is in use.
But I haven’t seen one of these. It’s a Ukrainian weapon called IPI Malyuk.
It could be shooting the 7.62×39 round, or the 5.56×45 round, or the 5.45×39 round. It was built for all three (of course, not at the same time).
It’s a bullpup design. For the life of me I just can’t seem to like the bullpup design.
I know it has its advantages like longer barrel for field shooting combined with maneuverability in confined spaces. But I just don’t like the idea of the explosion being that close to my face.
When an ejection port is too close you get blowback into the face, especially with over-gassed systems.
On March 14, 2022 at 10:32 pm, RustyGunner said:
Not to mention that unless there’s a lefthanded version the casings eject into my cheek.
On March 15, 2022 at 2:00 am, John Dowling said:
Looks like it was based on the Tavor
On March 15, 2022 at 1:39 pm, Red Man said:
Former Cold War paratrooper, learned to use my M-16 in hand to hand combat. buttstroke/slash/smash/jab. Don’t see that with a bullpup. Fight with what ya got.
On March 15, 2022 at 3:25 pm, Steady Steve said:
The gas blowback near your face is a negative. The only weapon I own that doesn’t do this is my Steyr AUG. I haven’t put a suppressor on it yet so that may change things.
On March 15, 2022 at 3:47 pm, Red Man said:
Found the vid, they are firing 5.45 x 39.