RPC Fort Vepr
Notes: The Vepr (“Wild Boar”) was announced in 2003 as the rifle which will
replace AK-series rifles in Ukrainian service; however, the date for complete
replacement has slipped repeatedly, from 2007 to 2010 to 2013 to 2015, primarily
due to budgetary reasons, but also because the Vepr is basically a poor design.
Though the Vepr has been described as a major improvement over the AK-74,
the Vepr is in fact little more than the AK-74 put in a bullpup form and the
barrel tipped with an improved flash suppressor/muzzle brake.
A cheek rest has been added above the receiver, and a new fore-end, heat
shield, and pistol grip have been fitted.
The bullpup stock has been made quite bulbous.
The front sight is on a triangular post, and the rear sight is a low
sight as to not interfere with any optics mounted.
The Vepr has a standard AK-type optics mount on the left side of the
front part of the receiver and the rear of the heat shield; this is normally
occupied by a rather large 1.5x red-dot collimator sight (included in the cost
below). A handicap of the Vepr being an AK converted to a bullpup configuration
is that the selector lever is now well behind the magazine, three-quarters of
the way to the butt, and awkward to manipulate by the shooter.
The Vepr can mount the Ukrainian equivalent of the GP-25 or GP-30 grenade
launchers.
It should be
noted that while the Vepr can feed from the RPK-74’s 75-round drum like an AK-74
can, its use would be extremely
awkward.
Twilight 2000 Notes: The Vepr is not available in the Twilight 2000 timeline.
Weapon |
Ammunition |
Weight |
Magazines |
Price |
Vepr |
5.45mm Kalashnikov |
3.45 kg |
20, 30, 40, 75D |
$690 |
Weapon |
ROF |
Damage |
Pen |
Bulk |
SS |
Burst |
Range |
Vepr |
5 |
3 |
1-Nil |
4 |
2 |
4 |
41 |