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