The DrukArmy volunteer community has launched 3D printing of anti-drone adapters for assault rifle ammunition for the Ukrainian military.

This was reported by the Telegram channel “Pro zbroyu(On weapons)”.

The developed adapter is designed to be equipped with 4.4 mm lead shot, after which the equipped bullet is mounted in place of the removed bullet of a conventional cartridge.

As stated on the community’s website, there are models designed for Soviet calibers 5.45×39 and 7.62×39, as well as for the “Western” 5.56×45. It is noted that every 5th round when loading the magazine must be equipped with a conventional bullet to clear the barrel.

It is noted that such adapters had already been tested on BREN-2, DD AR-15, SCAR, HK 433, and proved to be effective with high-quality crimped cartridges and the use of DTC model tulip on the 4 slot.

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DrukArmy’s mission is to provide the military with the necessary resources that can be created using 3D printing to increase Ukraine’s defense capabilities.

The military is constantly in need of products that can be produced on an inexpensive 3D printer: shells for dropping from a drone, mines, medical equipment, spare parts for assault rifles, radios, and drones.

The community emphasizes that absolutely all the parts produced by DrukArmy are sent to the military free of charge.

To order products from the community, a defender needs to register on the website, go through verification and get access to the product catalog.

You can learn more about the community in our interview with the head of the initiative, Yevhen Volnov.

Russians were the first to create homemade shotgun shells, and a video with manufacturing instructions was published in December 2024. At that time, the ammunition was made using a regular shrink tube rather than a special printed container.

However, the product quickly became popular in both the Russian and Ukrainian armies and its design is constantly changing in search of the most successful variations.