AUTOMATIC SMALL ARMS Russian patent published in 2002 - IPC

FIELD: small arms with a higher efficiency of fire. SUBSTANCE: automatic small arms has a receiver with a butt, barrel with a casing and an ejector, breechblock carrier with a breechblock, cartridge feed and trigger mechanism, bipod installed at the muzzle end of the lower side of the barrel casing, the repelling shield is positioned in a groove made in the barrel casing, and recesses are made in the skids of the bipod struts for their engagement with the repelling shield in the folding position of the struts. EFFECT: enhanced firing and operating characteristics of the weapon. 4 dwg