Zbroyar Z-10
{{short description|Sniper rifle}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}}
{{Infobox weapon
| name = Zbroyar Z-10
| image = Zbroyar UAR-10 16 inch, Kyiv 2021, 02.jpg
| image_size = 330
| caption = Scoped/suppressed Z-10 at the 'Zbroya ta Bezpeka' military fair, Kyiv, Ukraine in 2021.
| origin = Ukraine
| type = Sniper rifle
| is_ranged = yes
| is_UK = yes
| service = 2012–present
| used_by = See Users
| wars = Russian invasion of Ukraine
| designer = variant of ArmaLite AR-10
| design_date = ~2012
| manufacturer = Zbroyar
| production_date = 2012–present
| number =
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| mass = {{convert|5.5|kg|abbr=on}}
| length = {{convert|1140|mm|ftin|abbr=on}}
| part_length = {{convert|610|mm|in|abbr=on}}
| variants =
| cartridge=7.62×51mm NATO
| rate =
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| range = {{convert|800|m|yd|abbr=on}}
| max_range =
| feed = 10-round detachable box magazine
| sights =
}}
The Zbroyar Z-10/,in Ukrainian:Зброяр Z-10, also known as the UAR-10, is a 7.62×51mm NATO sniper rifle manufactured by Zbroyar and is based on the ArmaLite AR-10.{{cite web|url=http://forbes.net.ua/magazine/forbes/1414123-popast-v-cel-zbroyar-zavoevyvaet-zapad|title=Попасть в цель: "Зброяр" завоевывает Запад|publisher=Forbes.UA|date=4 May 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://qha.com.ua/ru/voina-bezopasnost/zbroyar-proizvodit-ot-30-do-50-ohotnichih-vintovok-v-ukraine/177557/|title="Зброяр" производит от 30 до 50 % охотничьих винтовок в Украине|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171023120117/http://qha.com.ua/ru/voina-bezopasnost/zbroyar-proizvodit-ot-30-do-50-ohotnichih-vintovok-v-ukraine/177557/|archivedate=23 October 2017|work=Агентство «Крымские новости|date=25 August 2017}}
History
The first Z-10 rifles{{cite web|url=http://www.kalashnikov.ru/upload/medialibrary/65a/zbroyar.pdf|title=Полуавтоматические "Зброяры"|first=Konstantin|last=Konev|work=Kalashnikov|volume=10|year=2012|pages=50–53|language=ru}} were manufactured in May 2012.{{cite web|url=http://2000.net.ua/2000/derzhava/vooruzhenie/84040|title=Четыре дня в оптическом прицеле|first=Vladimir|last=Kolychev |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141103172733/http://2000.net.ua/2000/derzhava/vooruzhenie/84040 |archivedate=3 November 2014|work=2000.net.ua|volume=40|date=11 November 2012}}
By the beginning of the spring of 2014, the company was fully self-sufficient in receivers, bolt frames and gas systems, but the barrels for the produced weapons were imported, they were mainly purchased in the US and Spain. In connection with the devaluation of the hryvnia in 2014–2015, trunks were bought in small batches. After the outbreak of the War in Donbas in Spring 2014, Zbroyar stepped up cooperation with the leadership of the state power structures of Ukraine to participate in military orders.
In October 2015, photographs were published of the use by servicemen of the 79th Air Assault Brigade of two Z-10 rifles equipped with optical sights, bipods, Luth-AR butts and Ergogrip handles.{{cite web|url=http://uapress.info/ru/news/show/101364|title=Учения снайперов ВСУ на передовой — фотоальбом|publisher=UAPress|date=21 October 2015|language=ru}}
In August 2017, the use of the Z-10 rifle by the military personnel of the armed forces of Ukraine during the fighting in the Donbas was mentioned.{{cite web|url=https://dnews.dn.ua/news/636227|title=Женщина-снайпер ВСУ рассказала, как служат на Донбассе|work=Донецкие новости|date=6 August 2017}} Later, it became known that 82 Z-10 rifles were purchased and transferred to the troops at his own expense by Petro Poroshenko.{{cite web|url=http://zikua.tv/ru/news/2017/09/01/smy_poroshenko_za_svoy_schet_kupyl_dlya_armyy_oruzhye_1159633|title=СМИ: Порошенко за свой счет купил для армии оружие|website=ZIK.UA|date=1 September 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://kp.ua/politics/585123-nardep-kupryi-vozmutylsia-pochemu-tolko-poroshenko-mozhet-v-ukrayne-pokupat-oruzhye|title=Нардеп Куприй возмутился, почему только Порошенко может в Украине покупать оружие|publisher=Комсомольская правда в Украине|date=31 August 2017}} On 25 August, the General Director of Zbroyar LLC S. Gorban, said in an interview that the company had mastered the mass production of the Z-10 rifle and was capable of independently producing 85% of its components. On 1 September, Gorban said in an interview that the company has mastered the independent production of 87% of the Z-10 components, but blanks for the manufacture of barrels and some other components are imported. He also said that the company is offering the Z-10 rifle as a replacement for the Soviet-made SVD sniper rifles in service with Ukrainian law enforcement agencies and has already handed over two rifles to the Ministry of Defence for testing. In addition, the rifles were bought and used during the hostilities in the Donbas by military personnel, border guards, and employees of the Security Service.{{cite web|url=https://delo.ua/business/my-rasschityvaem-chto-nasha-vintovka-z-10-zamenit-svd-v-ukrainsk-334134/|title=Мы рассчитываем, что наша винтовка Z-10 заменит СВД в украинской армии — глава "Зброяра"|work=delo.UA|date=2 September 2017}}
In 2018, a version of the Z-10 rifle chambered for 7.62 × 51 mm was adopted for armament by the Armed Forces of Ukraine under the name 7.62-mm self-loading sniper rifle UAR-10.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TxdHLkcfRo|title=UAR-10 замість СВД: нова зброя українських снайперів за стандартом НАТО|work=YouTube}} On 8 November 2019, Colonel Vladislav Shostak, a representative of the Department of Military-Technical Policy, Development of Weapons and Military Equipment of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, said that in 2019 the troops received about 600 UAR-10 and UAR-008 sniper rifles.Цього року на виконання оборонного замовлення укладено 178 державних контрактів // «АрміяInform» вiд 10 листопада 2019
Users
- {{flag|Ukraine}}:
- Armed Forces of Ukraine{{Cite web|url=https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2017/07/25/zbroyar-z-10-rifles-use-ukrainian-forces-sf-interested/|title=Zbroyar Z-10 Rifles in Use by Ukrainian Forces, SF Interested -|date=25 July 2017}}
- National Guard of Ukraine{{Cite web |title=Снайпери НГУ пройшли спеціальний курс підготовки |url=https://mil.in.ua/uk/news/snajpery-ngu-projshly-spetsialnyj-kurs-pidgotovky/ |date=2021-12-05 |website=Militarnyi |trans-title=NGU snipers underwent a special training course}}
- Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine{{Cite web |title=Зовнішня розвідка купує навчальні гвинтівки UAR-10 та UAR-15 |url=https://www.ukrmilitary.com/2021/08/uar-10-uar-15.html |date=2021-08-23 |website=Ukrainian Military Pages}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcNNQSMcIlQ&t=8s&ab_channel=ForcesNews UAR-10, The rifle that's proving a favourite for snipers in Ukraine war]
{{commons category|Zbroyar Z-10}}
{{ArmaLite AR-10 derivatives}}
Category:7.62×51mm NATO rifles
Category:Sniper rifles of Ukraine