April 2, 2020
ADS Assault Rifle: An Underwater Assault Rifle That Isn't Science Fiction
Water won't save you from this Russian weapon.
by Peter Suciu
Water and guns don't mix. While modern military firearms can be exposed to some water and still operate reasonably well, few weapons can actually endure being submerged for more than a brief moment. And then there is the fact that weapons designed for use on land typically don't work as well underwater.
The Russian ADS assault rifle addresses those issues. It was designed specifically for special operations and thus is a truly "amphibious" weapon for use with underwater operatives ("frogmen") in the Russian Army. It was developed beginning in 2007 and first introduced in 2013. It is meant to replace the legacy APS (Avtomat Podvodny Spetsialnyy or "Special Underwater Assault Rifle"), which was designed in the Soviet Union in the early 1970s to fire a special 120mm long, 5.66mm caliber steel bolt.
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/ads-assault-rifle-underwater-assault-rifle-isnt-science-fiction-139837
