ASh-12 12.7x55 assault rifle Silenced

ASh-12 12.7x55 assault rifle Silenced (ASh-12 Silenced)

The ASh-12.7 (Avtomat Shturmovoy 12 - "Assault Automatic Rifle 12") bullpup assault rifle is a dedicated CQB/Urban Operations weapon, developed by TsKIB SOO ("Central Design and Research Bureau of Sporting and Hunting Arms"), a subsidiary of the KBP Instrument Design Bureau of Tula, Russia, by request from the Russian FSB (Federal Security Service). The weapon was designed with extreme short-range stopping power in mind for FSB urban combat units.