The American Josiah Vincent Meigs invented the most multiply charged "multiple charge", and if we consider his work and the work of Warren R. Evans, then it was he who was the first, but Evans was only the second. And so...
The railgun program in the United States is stalled, but this does not mean that work on the creation of electromagnetic weapons has been stopped. The American company Arcflash Labs accepts orders for the world's first manual ...
The history of the creation and life of the world's first most powerful Auto Mag pistol in .44 Magnum. Description of the Auto Mag design, analysis of its advantages and disadvantages ....
The history of the Francotts' rifle house began at the end of the 1805th century. Joseph Francott began construction in Liege, in a "portable weapons factory" that opened in XNUMX. The company began to produce ...
Weapons for special services always attract increased attention. In this regard, the PSS-2 self-loading pistol for silent and flameless shooting was no exception ...
In Belgium there was a whole dynasty of gunsmiths, the beginning of which was laid by Leonard Joseph Varnand, who was born in Cheratta in 1810. He had many children, and all of them were somehow connected with production ...
The design of the AR-15 rifle is so simple and perfect that it can be easily transformed into a variety of weapons, including those chambered for cartridges with 12,7 mm bullets ....
There are designers who create the most advanced designs, but at the same time remain on the sidelines. And there are those who only use their developments, but in the end find themselves in the forefront. Exactly...
On June 16, 1961, the RPG-7 anti-tank rocket launcher was adopted by the Soviet army. Successful design, ease of use and modernization potential have defined the future of this ...
In the interests of the US Army, a promising Next Generation Squad Weapon rifle complex is being developed, which includes several types of weapons and cartridges. Of great interest is the 6.8 mm ammunition ...
In 1896, the Nagant brothers divided their enterprise. Emile Nagant, suffering from blindness, left the company, and Leon immediately created "Fabrique d'Armes Leon Nagant" and together with his two sons in 1899 ...
It is worth starting the story about his pistols from the very beginning. Namely, since 1895, when John Moses Browning decided to design, in addition to guns, a self-loading pistol. And as he decided, he did so! ...
In Germany, the development of the promising missile system MBDA Enforcer continues. Recently, the next stage of testing began, and in the future it is planned to launch mass production. Deliveries ...
It is interesting to see what happened to the designer as a result of his successful design work. But let's say this: its intermediate results are also significant and interesting in their own way. It's kind of...
If there was a competition for the ugliest submachine gun in history today, the German E.M.R. 44 would claim first place in it. This simplified model was more like a set of connected ...
Long before even the very concept of modern assault rifles existed, the St. Joseph company modified the Remington M-8 rifle to help law enforcement officials ....