“The prototype has been finalized and submitted for state testing by the Ministry of Defense, the planned completion date for which is the end of 2022.

Simultaneously with the testing, the production of a pilot batch of the new CAO has begun, ”TASS was told in the press service of the concern.

It is noted that the gun meets the requirements of the performance characteristics in 2021 - confirmation was received as part of tests under the program of the chief designer.

Earlier in Izhevsk, IzhGTU student Daria Korepanov was awarded the medal of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) for her work “Internal ballistics of smoothbore guns”.

No student from Udmurtia has ever received such an award before.