Russian Ground Forces

The Russian Ground Forces (Russian: Сухопутные войска [СВ], romanized: Sukhoputnyye voyska [SV]), also known as the Russian Army (Russian: Армия России, romanized: Armiya Rossii, lit. 'Army of Russia'), are the land forces of the Russian Armed Forces.
The primary responsibilities of the Russian Ground Forces are the protection of the state borders, combat on land, and the defeat of enemy troops. The President of Russia is the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. The Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Ground Forces is the chief commanding authority of the Russian Ground Forces. He is appointed by the President of Russia. The Main Command of the Ground Forces is based in Moscow.
== Mission ==
The primary responsibilities of the Russian Ground Forces are the protection of the state borders, combat on land, the security of occupied territories, and the defeat of enemy troops. The Ground Forces must be able to achieve these goals both in nuclear war and non-nuclear war, especially without the use of weapons of mass destruction. Furthermore, they must be capable of protecting the national interests of Russia within the framework of its international obligations.
The Main Command of the Ground Forces is officially tasked with the following:
* the training of troops for combat, on the basis of tasks determined by the Armed Forces' General Staff
* the improvement of troops' structure and composition, and the optimization of their numbers, including for special troops
* the development of military theory and practice
* the development and introduction of training field manuals, tactics, and methodology
* the improvement of operational and combat training of the Ground Forces
== Weapons and equipment ==
=== Handguns ===
* GSh-18
* MP-443 Grach
* Makarov PMM
* Makarov PM
* SR-1 Vektor
* SR-2 Udav
* Fort-12
=== Submachine guns ===
* PP-19 Bizon
* PP-19 Vityaz
* SR-2 Veresk
* PP-2000
=== Shotguns ===
* KS-23
* Saiga-12
* Vepr-12
=== Assault Rifles and carbines ===
* SR-3 Vikhr
* SR-3M
* SR-3MP
* AEK-971
* AKS-74U
* AK-105
* AK-205
* AK-104
* AK-9
* AK-102
* AK-9
* AK-74
* AK-74M
* AK-103
* ShAK-12
* AS Val
* ASM
* AK-12
* AK-15
* AK-308
=== Machine guns ===
* PKP Pecheneg 
* PKM
* RPK-74
* RPK-74M
* RPK-16
* Pecheneg-SP
* AEK-999
== Gallery ==
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