Soon after the outbreak of the First World War, which for France was not very successful, they remembered the pre-war idea of ​​"moving fire" of rifle chains. This idea was supplemented by the first positional ...

Slovakia can hardly be called the leading country in the field of small arms. Before its collapse, Czechoslovakia from time to time presented worthy samples of such weapons, ...

The Lewis machine gun was developed in the United States by Samuel Mac Maple with the participation of Lieutenant Colonel Lissak. The developers have sold the patent rights to weapons to the resulting "Automatic Arms ...

The first successful model of the machine gun was developed in 1890, with the active participation of Lieutenant Skoub. An experienced “automatic” rifle by Captain Madsen and a gunsmith was taken as the basis ...

Pistols of the RUGER 22 / 45 series are specially designed for training under the .45 caliber pistols of the M1911A1 type from the Colt company, sports competitions and hunting for small game. Maybe...

John M. Browning in 1889 developed his own machine gun design. For the basis, he took the scheme with air-cooled barrel and exhaust powder gases. In this case, Browning decided not to use ...

After the end of the Maxim patent, the Vickers company, which for many years was the main producer of its automatic cannons and machine guns, developed its own ...

Smooth-bore weapons, despite the widespread stereotype of its exclusively hunting destination, have long been firmly used by police units of a large number of countries ....

The Maxim machine gun of the 1910 model of the year was a modernized version of the 1905 model machine gun of the year. Its mass production was carried out at the Imperial Tula Arms Plant (ITOZ) from May 1905 on ...

The First World War demanded an increase in the production of machine guns - the current productivity and reserves were not enough either for the formation of new divisions or for replenishment. In April, 1915, the GAU ...

The use of machine-gun technology was changing along with changes in tactics and an increase in the number of weapons and equipment in the military. At the very beginning of the First World War, the machine-gun units "realized that ... they ...

Machine guns before the First World War, had time to prove their value. They were successfully used in the colonial wars, the Russian-Japanese, Anglo-Boer, two Balkan wars. In the course of ...

Automatic Vahan. Designed by engineer Vahan Minasyan. Weapon automatics works on the principle of a semi-free shutter, which allows to simplify the design for semi-handicraft production. Weapon ...

From 2002, the German company Keppeler GmbH launched the 5 generation of sniper rifles and its civilian hunting variant - Keppeler KS V Bullpup Hunter ....

The end of the fifties and the beginning of the sixties is often called the era of rocket-mania. Indeed, the newly emerged type of technology promised such great prospects that it was difficult to stay. In our country...

Self-loading carbine Taurus Carbine CT G2 was designed by the famous company Torus (Brazil). During the development, close cooperation was conducted with the military and law enforcement ...

An experimental copy of AB-46 automatic weapons with a production index TKB-415, developed by Tula designer A. Bulkin, appeared by the 1945 year. In the same year he takes part in ...

At the Moscow international exhibition of hunting weapons “Arms & Hunting” held in Gostiny Dvor in mid-October 2011, a very interesting hunting carbine was presented...

Chiappa Rhino 200DS from Armi Chiappa (Italy) is a compact six-shot revolver for concealed carry. Highly effective .357 Magnum cartridges are used for shooting. Frame...

One of the first to the beginning of World War II anti-guns adopted the Polish army. In 1935, under the name “Karabin Przeciwpancemy UR wz.35”, 7,92-mm millimeter was adopted ...

By Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. A new model of a self-loading pistol for .22LR was presented - a side-ignition cartridge. This small-caliber pistol is produced under the designation...

The gun Springfield Armory XDs is a compact weapon designed for concealed carry. It combines small dimensions in length, width and weight. In Springfield Armory XDs ...

The main anti-tank weapons in service with infantry, by the beginning of the Second World War were high-explosive hand grenades and anti-tank guns, that is, funds originated in the last ...

The Kimber Solo pistol is a compact model for concealed carrying under the Parabellum 9-mm cartridge. Solo was developed by the American company Kimber, which is known for its ...