Tag: 12.7x55mm

The VKS: Russia’s other 12.7x55mm Rifle

Posted December 21, 2011 in Rifles by Steve Johnson with 37 Comments

I recently wrote about the ASh-12, the new 12.7x55mm assault rifle developed at TsKIB SOO (KBP). Its older brother, or maybe third-cousin-twice-remove would be more accurate, is the KBP VKS Sniper Rifle. The KBP VKS is technically chambered for the same 12.7x55mm [Read More…]

New Russian TsKIB ASh-12 .50 Cal (12.7x55mm) Bullpup Rifle

Posted December 5, 2011 in Rifles by Steve Johnson with 117 Comments

TsKIB SOO, a subsidiary of KBP (Instrument Design Bureau), have developed a new bullpup rifle called the ASh-12. It is chambered in a new family of 12.7x55mm cartridges they developed for the rifle. The 12.7x55mm is a thumper of a cartridge. It is similar in size, and [Read More…]