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Umkhiqizi wezibhamu uKalashnikov wethule isibhamu esithuthukisiwe se-AK-12, esinezinguquko ezisekelwe ekusetshenzisweni kwesikhali empini yase-Ukraine.
Umklami Omkhulu Weqembu le-Kalashnikov u-Sergey Urzhumtsev utshele abezindaba zombuso waseRussia i-TASS ngoLwesihlanu ukuthi ukuthuthukiswa kwalokhu kulandela “okufakiwe” okuqoqwe “ezweni lesibhamu esisetshenziswe kulo msebenzi okhethekile” – isitatimende sokuhlasela kweMoscow ngaphandle kwesizathu e-Ukraine.
Ubuye wengeza ukuthi iqoqo lokuqala lama-AK-12 athuthukisiwe selivele lilethiwe endaweni “yezempi ekhethekile” e-Ukraine “ukuze ucacise impendulo.”
Njengengxenye yokuthuthukiswa, imodi yokuqhuma kwesibhamu esiyindilinga kabili ayifakwanga ekwakhiweni kwakamuva, ngoba ayizange ikhulise ukusebenza kahle kwesikhali futhi yenza kube nzima ukwakheka kwaso, ngokusho kwe-TASS.
Ezinye izinguquko zazihloselwe ukwenza isibhamu sisebenze kalula.
I-AK-12 inamapulatifomu amaningana okufakwayo avumela ukufakwa kwegiya elingeziwe, njengezinto ezibonakalayo, isibambo sangaphambili, ithoshi, i-laser designator, kanye namadivayisi omlilo ongenamsindo nongenalangabi, ngokusho kwe-TASS.
I-AK-12 engu-5.45 mm “iyisibhamu esivamile sokuhlasela kwamasosha aseRussia ahamba ngezinyawo namanye amayunithi,” ngokusho kwewebhusayithi yeKalashnikov.
Amasosha aseRussia abephinde ahlonyiswa ngezibhamu ze-AK-12 kusukela ngo-2018, ngokusho kwewebhusayithi yeKalashnikov.
NangoLwesihlanu, uKalashnikov uthe wethula uphiko olukhiqiza ama-drone.
“Sisungule uphiko lwezimoto ezihamba emoyeni ezingenamuntu. Sihlanganise wonke amakhono ethu ekuthuthukisweni nasekukhiqizeni futhi sandisa umkhiqizo ngokuphindwe kaningi, ”kusho uMongameli we-TASS we-Kalashnikov Group u-Alan Lushnikov esho kanje ngoLwesihlanu.
Lolu phiko olusha luzosingatha amandla okwethulwa nokulawula ama-drone asekelwe phansi, kanye nakho konke okudingekayo ukuze kusebenze kahle izimoto zasemoyeni ezingenamuntu, kusho uLushnikov.
I-Kalashnikov Group ikhiqiza ama-drones asezingeni lamaqhinga, esho.
