Eurosatory 2012 : Beretta Russian Cartridge

Beretta has shown in Paris, the latest ARX rifle cartridge 160A2 for the Russian 7.62 mm x 39th. Automatic rifle Beretta ARX 160 A2 variant of the special forces in a sand-colored, adapted to the Russian ammunition 7.62 mm x 39 and fed from magazines of AK / AKM. This offer is addressed mainly to countries that still have large stocks of these cartridges, and wanted to replace Kalashnikovs new designs.

One of the trends observed in the Eurosatory in small arms, is to focus on clients with large stocks of ammunition intermediate Russian 7.62 x 39 mm wz. 1943, introduced to weapons at the end of 1940. with an automatic rifle AK and SKS rifle samopowtarzalnym. This concerns mainly the former Soviet republics, which usamodzielniły after the collapse of the USSR, but not limited to - the South American countries.

In contrast to Steyra or IWI, which were forced to make their own magazines for ammunition 7.62 mm x 39, the new Beretta ARX 160A2 is supplied with standard 30-round magazines of AK / AKM.


Beretta announced its design for the ammunition for a long time. The first prototype is shown only in the form of images, in Istanbul for over a year ago ( IDEF 2011: Beretta in Istanbul , 2011-05-13). However, in Turkey, presented a black variant of the standard ARX 160A1, not a special forces version of the A2, in the color of sand, as at present.

New Italian carbine variant of the ammunition 5.56 mm x 45 NATO sells great, and expand the range of available ammunition can significantly increase the number of people interested in this design. It is easy to customize weapons in 5.56mm caliber version of the new cartridge, just replace the drain chamber, barrel and lock.

Italian Beretta ARX 160A1 rifles have been presented in the hands of the rangers on parade in Turkmenistan in late 2011. The country has, however, large stocks of ammunition 7.62 mm x 39 Kalashnikov rifles and old, which means that the specification for this caliber would also be desirable by the Turkmen army.