Roosevelt's Failed Circular

Roosevelt's Failed Circular

To be honest, many looked at German MGs during World War II. Some were attracted by the idea of ​​a single belt-fed machine gun, some by the wild rate of fire, others by the system...
Museum affairs. Schiavona from the regional museum

Museum affairs. Schiavona from the regional museum

The handle of the medieval sword was very simple, since they fought with such swords in plate gloves. But during the Renaissance, the sword began to gradually turn into a sword, which began to be held by hand...
Japanese American for Korean Gendarme

Japanese American for Korean Gendarme

The weapons of the countries participating in World War II did not fall into oblivion after the end of the war, and we are even talking about the losing sides of the conflict. There were no longer countries where it was produced, there were no longer those enterprises, but...
Renaissance of the “Balkan glass” in the North-West region

Renaissance of the “Balkan glass” in the North-West region

Sometimes everything new is a well-forgotten old thing, and what yesterday seemed an anachronism from the First World War or a terrible handicraft again becomes a necessary and widespread thing. Initiative from below sometimes...
German "Maxim" for the Ottoman Empire

German "Maxim" for the Ottoman Empire

About the version of the Maxim machine gun with an oriental flavor, namely, about the version used by Turkey in two world wars...
Czechoslovakian machine guns UK vz.59 in Ukraine

Czechoslovakian machine guns UK vz.59 in Ukraine

Foreign partners are actively transferring obsolete weapons they do not need to the Kyiv regime. So, back in 2022, the Czech Republic shipped a large batch of decommissioned UK vz.59 machine guns....
The Cowardly General's Excellent Rifle

The Cowardly General's Excellent Rifle

The progress of military affairs in the middle of the 19th century was so rapid that the military could barely keep up with the designers who were offering more and more new and advanced models of rifles....
Mau Mau rifle

Mau Mau rifle

It turns out that Africans made homemade firearms, and not only made them, but also actively used them in battles against the British back in the middle of the last century....
They were the first: Tokarev and Degtyarev submachine guns

They were the first: Tokarev and Degtyarev submachine guns

The first samples of submachine guns that appeared during the First World War, both in Italy and in Austria-Hungary, were ... “not very intelligible.” It sounded louder, more weighty and more significant in Germany...
Rifles and cartridges: from Samuel Pauli to Edward Boxer

Rifles and cartridges: from Samuel Pauli to Edward Boxer

For the method of loading a weapon from the muzzle, pouring gunpowder into it and placing a bullet in it, we are unlikely to find an author known to mankind. His name, like the name of the inventor of the wheel, has long ago sunk into oblivion....
Japanese rifle with an English accent

Japanese rifle with an English accent

Over the course of many years of service, legendary rifles of the 20th century often went through various alterations and modernizations, sometimes quite unusual. And in this article we will look at the history of one of the most unusual...
Mannlicher and his rifles: they were the first

Mannlicher and his rifles: they were the first

The very first Mannlicher rifles were not accepted for service and did not go into mass production, but their design speaks of the remarkable intelligence of this designer and...
Lobaev Arms rifles in Special Operations

Lobaev Arms rifles in Special Operations

Russian snipers participating in the Special Operation actively use Lobaev Arms rifles. Weapons of several models allow them to hit various targets with high accuracy in a wide range...
BespokeGun Raptor series sniper rifles

BespokeGun Raptor series sniper rifles

Since last year, the Moscow Arms Company has been producing high-precision sniper systems in the Raptor line. Several rifles of this family were previously presented, and recently...
Bad good machine

Bad good machine

A thing created by a talented person, made skillfully and even with love, but for certain tasks and conditions, finding itself in radically different, specific circumstances, behaves...
Gallery of weapons from K to L

Gallery of weapons from K to L

It just so happened that in Belgium no one produced weapons. In Liege there were entire streets of gunsmiths. Moreover, some specialized only in locks, others made only barrels, and still others...
Microwave rifle: future and advantages

Microwave rifle: future and advantages

The Russian army has begun to receive serial microwave sniper rifles. It is expected that such weapons in the future will replace the well-deserved, but old SVD, and will also give our snipers new opportunities....
Rifles with top and bottom levers

Rifles with top and bottom levers

In the English army, equipped with the Brown Bess musket, and then in others, it became fashionable to drive the bullet into the barrel by hitting the butt on the ground, without using a cleaning rod. However, this method was not suitable for...
Serial microwave rifles enter the troops

Serial microwave rifles enter the troops

The Kalashnikov Concern begins supplying the latest microwave sniper rifles. The first batch of mass-produced products has been accepted by the customer and will soon be delivered to Russian army units....