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The Federal Service for Accreditation (Rosakkreditatsiya) confirmed proper competence of the Russian Federation State Testing Station at the Central Research Institute of Precision Engineering (Kalashnikov Concern member) under GOST General Requirements for the Competence of Testing and Calibration Laboratories with its official letter. Following the resolution by Rosakkreditatsiya, the State Testing Station can continue its operations as an independent competent testing laboratory for certification tests of civilian and service firearms, ammunition, armor protection, industrial and special-purpose items. In accordance with the competence confirmed, the objective of the Russian Federation State Testing Station include the guidelines and metrological support of weapons and ammunition testing; testing of domestic and imported products for their strength and safety in accordance with the requirements of the GOSTs and the CIP (Commission Internationale Permanente) for the Brussels Convention for the Reciprocal Recognition of Proof Marks on Small Arms; providing services for examination of weapons, ammunition, and armor protection; consulting and technical assistance to domestic manufacturers of weapons and ammunition, etc. The state testing station was established at TsNIITOCHMASH in 1960. Initially, the state testing station of the Russian Federation was the leader in all types of state testing of sports and hunting weapons and ammunition for them. In 2009, the station expanded its scope of accreditation to test the means of technical protection, armored clothing, armor protection, special vehicles, bank security equipment, armored glass, etc. Over the past years, the station has carried out about 15 thousand certification tests of approximately 1 million weapons, over 7 thousand batches of ammunition, and almost 6 thousand items of armor protection. Following the order of Rosakkreditatsiya, the details about the confirmation of the proper competence of the Russian Federation State Testing Station at the TsNIITOCHMASH were entered in the Register of Accredited Entities.