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By Rashid Shirinov

Azerbaijan’s Defense Industry Ministry has put on show a sniper machine gun ‘Shimshek’ (Lightning) at the defense exhibition ADEX 2016, which takes place in Azerbaijan on September 27-30.

The gun is designed for installation on tanks and armored vehicles. It is equipped with day and night vision cameras and is primarily intended for installation on armored personnel carriers.

Manufacture of the machine gun was launched this year. The gun is at armament of the Azerbaijani army.

The second Azerbaijani international defense exhibition ADEX 2016 takes place at the Baku Expo centre. Bringing together 216 companies from 34 countries, as well as 25 official delegations from 19 countries, the exhibition opens the way to new approaches that meet modern security challenges in defense industry.

The Azerbaijani pavilion at the exhibition is presenting over 260 kinds of defense products and special-purpose weapons and ammunition.

The high-explosive air bomb QFAB-100SAB is another weapon attracting attention to Azerbaijan’s pavilion. These bombs, produced by the enterprises of Azerbaijan’s Defense Industry Ministry, are designed to destroy enemy’s armored vehicles and manpower.

Another domestic production is new model of Gurza armored vehicle. The 7.62 mm machine gun installed in the vehicle with 2,500 cubic meters engine, is able to shoot 800 times in a minute.

Azerbaijan also put on show its new sniper rifle – NST 14,5 mm. The rifle’s shooting distance is 2,000 m, while distance to destroy the target is 1,600 m.

The ADEX 2016 exhibition will wrap up on September 30.

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Rashid Shirinov is AzerNews’ staff journalist, follow him on Twitter: @RashidShirinov

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