Kalashnikov rifle, or AK-47 was introduced into active service with selected units of the Soviet Army in 1949. Military forces in 106 countries around the globe are armed with AK-47s © TASS/Alexander Ryumin

Dragunov SVD was the standard sniper rifle issued to the Red Army and most Warsaw Pact nations during the Cold war. It's in service already for more than 50 years © Vitaly V. Kuzmin

Pecheneg SP light machine gun produced since 1999 is said to be more accurate than all its predecessors. The weapon is capable of having a telescopic sight or other sights mounted on it, increasing its accuracy and effective range © ITAR-TASS/Sergei Savostyanov

RPG-7 is a portable, reusable, anti-tank rocket-propelled grenade launcher. The RPG has been used in almost all conflicts across all continents since the mid-1960s © ITAR-TASS/Marina Lystseva

AGS-17 Plamya automatic grenade launcher produced since 1971 is a heavy infantry support weapon, operating from a tripod or mounted on an installation or vehicle © ITAR-TASS/Sergei Bobylev

Verba is a man-portable infrared homing surface-to-air missile. The system is in serial production for the Russian Armed Forces, with several ground forces and airborne brigades receiving Verbas since 2014 © ITAR-TASS/Stanislav Krasilnikov

BMP-3 amphibious infantry fighting vehicle is one of the most heavily armed infantry combat vehicles in service © ITAR-TASS/Marina Lystseva

BTR-80 amphibious armoured personnel carrier (APC) designed in the USSR is in service 1986. It was first deployed during Soviet war in Afghanistan © TASS/Yuri Smityuk

Khrizantema (NATO reporting name AT-15 Springer) supersonic anti-tank missile was unveiled in July 1996. It is designed as an all weather, multi-purpose missile system that could defeat current and future armoured units © AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin

Kornet anti-tank guided missile is intended to deal with main battle tanks © TASS/Sergei Fadeichev

T-80U is main battle tank of T-80 family. It became the world's first tank with a gas turbine engine. © Vitaly V. Kuzmin

T-72B3 is Russian main battle tank of T-72 family. It can be seen as a low-cost alternative to the T-90A tank © ITAR-TASS/Dmitriy Rogulin

T-90 is a Russian third-generation main battle tank that is essentially a modernisation of the T-72B, incorporating many features of the T-80U. It is currently the most modern tank in service with the Russian Ground Forces © ITAR-TASS/Sergei Savostyanov

T-14 Armata is a Russian 5th generation main battle tank. Armata is a heavy unified platform created for tanks and infantry fighting vehicles. The new-generation tank boasts an unmanned turret, fully digitalized control and an isolated armored capsule accommodating the crew © TASS/Donat Sorokin

Iskander-M is a version of the Iskander tactical missile system supplied to the Russian Armed Forces. It is capable of hitting targets deep inside the enemy lines. The system’s firing range is up to 500 km. The complex comprises a launcher with two missiles, a missile-transporter loader, a command post vehicle, a technical maintenance vehicle, a set of arsenal equipment, a data processing unit, as well as training facilities © TASS/Dmitriy Rogulin

Russia's Tornado universal multiple rocket launcher was unveiled in 2007. Tornado-G system is based on the BM-21 Grad. It entered series production in 2013 © Vadim Grishankin/Russian Defense Ministry's press service

Smerch multiple rocket launcher is designed to defeat personnel, armored, and soft-skinned targets in concentration areas, artillery batteries, command posts and ammunition depots. It was created in the early 1980s and entered service in 1989 © EPA/SANTI DONAIRE

TOS-1A 200mm caliber multiple rocket launcher was developed in 2001 © Vitaly V. Kuzmin

2S34 Hosta with the 122mm gun is a modernized version of the 2S1 Gvosdika © ITAR-TASS/Dmitriy Rogulin

Msta-S self-propelled 152 mm howitzer entered service in 1989. The vehicle is based on the T-80 tank hull © TASS/Alexei Dityakin

Akatsia 152 self-propelled howitzer entered service in 1971 © ITAR-TASS/Anton Butsenko

Koalitsiya-SV self-propelled tracked howitzer is first seen in public in 2015. The 2S35 is expected to replace the 2S19 Msta in the Russian Ground Forces © TASS/Stanislav Krasilnikov

Pantsir-S1 surface-to-air missile and anti-aircraft artillery weapon system represents the latest air defense technology by using phased array radars for both target acquisition and tracking © ITAR-TASS/Dmitriy Rogulin

TOR-M1 surface-to-air missile system is a mobile, integrated air defense system, designed for operation at medium, low and very low altitudes © Photo courtesy of Almaz-Antei press service

Buk-M2 is a medium-range advanced defense missile complex designed and manufactured by Almaz-Antey © TASS/Sergei Fadeichev