The Berkut (russian: Беркут, "
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") is a family of
semi-automatic,
gas-operated
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hunting
carbine
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The smaller size and lighter ...
s designed and manufactured by the
KBP Instrument Design Bureau
JSC ''Konstruktorskoe Buro Priborostroeniya'' (KBP) (russian: АО «Конструкторское бюро приборостроения», AO konstruktórskoje bjuró priborostrojénija Joint-Stock Company - Instrument Design Bureau) is one ...
of
Tula
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*Tula Mountains
*Tula Point
India
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* Tula, Iran, a village in Hormozgan Province
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. The Berkut family of rifles is available in
.308 Winchester
The .308 Winchester is a smokeless powder rimless bottlenecked rifle cartridge widely used for hunting, target shooting, police, military, and personal protection applications globally. It is similar but not identical to the 7.62×51mm NATO ...
,
7.62×54mmR
The 7.62×54mmR is a rimmed rifle cartridge developed by the Russian Empire and introduced as a service cartridge in 1891. Originally designed for the bolt-action Mosin–Nagant rifle, it was used during the late tsarist era and throughout t ...
, and, for larger game,
9×53mmR
The 9×53mmR rifle cartridge was designed for hunting in the USSR. It is a 7.62×54mmR necked up to accommodate a larger bullet.
History
It was offered for export to other countries
Since 1971 two bullet types are available:
* Type A - SP for ...
. The wooden
stock
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is detachable for easy storage and is available in several different styles such as semi-pistol and thumb-hole.
Variants
* Berkut-1 ("''Беркут-1''") –
7.62×39mm
The 7.62×39mm (aka 7.62 Soviet, formerly .30 Russian Short) round is a rimless bottlenecked intermediate cartridge of Soviet origin. The cartridge is widely used due to the worldwide proliferation of Russian SKS and AK-47 pattern rifles, as ...
.
* К-93 ("''Беркут-2''" and "''Беркут-2-1''") –
.308 Winchester
The .308 Winchester is a smokeless powder rimless bottlenecked rifle cartridge widely used for hunting, target shooting, police, military, and personal protection applications globally. It is similar but not identical to the 7.62×51mm NATO ...
.
** К-93-1 ("''Беркут-2М''") –
7.62×54mmR
The 7.62×54mmR is a rimmed rifle cartridge developed by the Russian Empire and introduced as a service cartridge in 1891. Originally designed for the bolt-action Mosin–Nagant rifle, it was used during the late tsarist era and throughout t ...
.
* Berkut-3 ("''Беркут-3''" and "''Беркут-3-1''") –
9×53mmR
The 9×53mmR rifle cartridge was designed for hunting in the USSR. It is a 7.62×54mmR necked up to accommodate a larger bullet.
History
It was offered for export to other countries
Since 1971 two bullet types are available:
* Type A - SP for ...
.
* Berkut-4 («''Беркут-4''»)
Users
* - is allowed as civilian hunting weapon
[«''2.1.1.1-1/007 Карабин охотничий самозарядный Беркут-2М1 (К-93-3)''»]
Указ Президента Республики Беларусь № 71 от 13 февраля 2003 года «Об утверждении Положения о порядке ведения и издания Государственного кадастра служебного и гражданского оружия и боеприпасов и Положения о порядке проведения сертификации служебного и гражданского оружия и боеприпасов» (редакция от 10 июля 2015 г.)
*
References
Sources
* Карабин самозарядный К-93-1. Паспорт К-93.00.000 ПС
* Беркут // А. И. Благовестов. То, из чего стреляют в СНГ / ред. А. Е. Тарас. Минск, «Харвест», М., ООО «Издательство АСТ», 2000. стр.561
* Виктор Рон. "Беркут" - птица хищная // журнал "Оружие", № 12, 2010. стр.63
* Алексей Блюм. Карабин в стиле "милитари" // журнал "Оружие", № 12, 2010. стр.64
External links
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