Pneumatic machine gun: Gletcher UZM, "Drozd" and "Kedr"

2024 Author: Henry Conors | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-12 02:42

Today, the arms market is represented by a wide variety of models of rifle units. Judging by the numerous consumer reviews, there is a great demand for pneumatic submachine guns. This weapon is suitable for beginners, as well as lovers of recreational shooting. For information about what an air machine gun is and which models you should pay attention to, you will learn from this article.

Introduction to the rifle unit

The Pneumatic Machine Gun is a multi-shot weapon powered by compressed air. According to the classification "pneumats" are hard, soft and paintball. In addition, submachine guns can be multi-compression, PCP ("spirit" with pre-pumping), compression, spring-piston and use cylinders with compressed gas CO₂. Judging by the reviews, the most popular are options with a gas-balloon type design. They are meant for entertainment.

Gletcher UZM

The pneumatic submachine gun is a detailed copy of the Israeli-made Mini Uzi military weapon. To make the wind model look even more realistic, the designers equipped it with a special slot for a bayonet.

Pneumatic machine gun with a metal case, which many owners have already appreciated. Judging by the reviews, if you drop the “pneumat” on a hard surface, nothing bad will happen to it. A balloon filled with CO₂ is used as an energy source. The target is hit by steel 4.5 mm balls. The muzzle energy index is less than 3 J. The airgun magazine is designed for 24 rounds. The entire structure with overall characteristics, as in the combat original, weighs 2.2 kg. You can shoot both single and bursts. In one second, the released ball overcomes a distance of 115 m. The pneumatic machine gun is equipped with an adjustable front sight and a changeover diopter as a whole. There are no grooves in the barrel channel. Accidental shooting is prevented by a universal (automatic/non-automatic) fuse.

Opinion of owners

Judging by the reviews, this “pneumatic” model has the following advantages:

• Outwardly, the wind version does not differ from the combat counterpart.
• The weapon is reliable, compact and well lubricated.
• "Pneumat" is easy to disassemble. It is also very dirt resistant.

Despite the presence of undeniable advantages, the model also has disadvantages. For example, low accuracy. Nevertheless, this flaw is fixable: the owner just needs to build up the trunk. Due to the high rate of fire, the clip will be used up very quickly. To become the owner of an air pistol, you will have to pay up to 16 thousand rubles.

Thrush

The pneumatic machine gun is produced in Russia at the Izhevsk Mechanical Plant. The technical documentation is listed as MP-661K. This model was developed by the weapons designer Cherepanov V. L. "Pneumatic" with an electronic type of descent is designed for plinking and hardball. The pistol of caliber 4.5 mm is equipped with a clip for which bunker loading is provided, a false barrel and a butt. The rifle unit is made of weapon-grade plastic. Compared to the previous submachine gun, the Drozd weighs less - only 1.4 kg. Wind weapon with a rifled 185 mm barrel. Shooting is carried out with steel balls. A pistol with a capacity of 3 J. is filled with a gas cartridge, with a capacity of 8 and 12 g. A regular magazine contains 30 balls each. There are also clips of a bunker shooting range of 400 shells. The MP-661K was equipped with standard sighting devices, namely the front sight and the whole. Also, the design is adapted for mounting an additional optical sight. For this purpose, the "pneumat" was equipped with a dovetail system.

Pros and cons

According to the owners, MP-661K successfully combinesautomatic mode and electronics. The advantage of the “pneumat” is that the rate of fire can be adjusted: firing shells in triples, sixes and singles. The lack of weapons in the low accuracy of combat. There are complaints about the operation of electronics and batteries - they will quickly be used up, and in winter the system may fail. The price of MP-661K: 9 thousand rubles.

Kedr

The base of the "pneumat" was the legendary submachine gun "Kedr" of the Soviet gunsmith E. Dragunov. The goal pursued by the designer was to create a small-sized submachine gun for close combat. The weapon was created for the Russian special forces.

Since 1994, civilians can also shoot from the pneumatic version. It will cost almost 20 thousand rubles. "Dukhovik" caliber 4.5 mm is filled with a 12-gram gas cylinder with CO2. There are 25 balls in a cage. The fired projectile moves towards the target at a speed of 70 m/s. The rifle unit weighs 1.5 kg. Due to the fact that the power of this smoothbore pistol is not more than 3 J, you can use it without restrictions. Judging by the reviews, "Kedr" has a fairly high rate of fire: up to 600 shells can be fired from the "pneumat" within one minute.