Soviet Weapons of the Afghan War -The Firearm Blog

Vlad Besedovskyy, creator of Uniforms and historical past of the Soviet Airborne in Afghanistan, returns with a brand new e book on Soviet weapons of their warfare in Afghanistan. [Safar Puublishing]

Should you’re searching for a brand new firearms e book, however you’re bored with the same-old pictures of American World Battle II firepower or Twentieth-century sporting arms, then maybe this new title from Safar Publishing will provide an attention-grabbing different. This summer season, Safar will print a brand new e book on a 40-years-ago battle titled Soviet Weapons of the Afghan Battle.

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What you’re getting is summed up within the title. Earlier than America and its allies put boots on the bottom in Afghanistan as a part of the Battle on Terror, the Soviet Union had its personal adventures in that nation. The Soviets invaded Afghanistan in 1979 following the Spetsnaz-led Operation Storm-333, which assassinated Afghan chief Hafizullah Amin.

Small arms, together with grenade launchers, are the main focus of the e book, with a number of high-quality pictures. [Safar Puublishing]

Following that operation, Soviet troops poured into the nation for a 10-year warfare in opposition to the Islamist insurgent factions of the Afghan mujahideen, and their allies. The mujahideen have been closely funded and armed by the US, and used quite a lot of firepower that included weapons left over from World Battle II and different earlier conflicts, together with extra trendy tools from the U.S. For his or her half, the Soviets used the newest Russian tools—and that’s what this e book is about.

The brand new e book has skilled pictures of the RPG-16, folding-stock RPKS-74, APB silenced pistol and different weapons, a few of them fairly uncommon. It’s not only a dry spec sheet; there are full-spread pictures displaying the weapons intimately, and Soviet Weapons of the Afghan Battle talks concerning the tools’s efficiency within the theater. Based on the blurb on Kickstarter:

Soviet Weapons of the Afghan Battle” is a meticulously researched and visually fascinating e book that dives deep into the arsenal that performed a pivotal function within the battle. Not like different books on firearms, we’re not specializing in the attribute tables and manufacturing particulars, however as an alternative we write concerning the sensible use of the weapons. A considerable quantity of effort was dedicated to the examination of memoirs and conducting interviews with veterans in pursuit of the completion of this publication.

Alternate e book covers can be found, and different added content material should you pay extra. [Safar Puublishing]

As we simply advised you, the e book is presently up on Kickstarter; it is going to be printed and shipped after the Kickstarter marketing campaign ends, and because the marketing campaign has far outstripped its fundraising targets, it hopefully shouldn’t be a lot of a wait. It’s going to be roughly 525 pages lengthy, 11×11 inches in measurement, and the lowest-priced Kickstarter assist possibility is $90 USD. Pay extra, and you may go for added content material or different perks. See extra pictures and particulars right here, or at Safar Publishing right here.