Over the past decades, Interior Ministry officials have been armed with Makarov pistols. But now, along with the disappearance of the term "militia", weapon legends are also disappearing. The cops take on ...

The anti-material rifle is not designed to destroy enemy manpower, but to destroy material objects using elements of armor. After creating the sword immediately seek to create ...

"The main task of the reconnaissance units of the Russian Airborne Forces in 2012 will be the development of the new Austrian Mannlicher system sniper rifles, which have already ...

The creation of this type of American weapons was aimed at improving the accuracy and accuracy of shooting in automatic fire. America needed a small weapon to fire ...

In 2000, the Tula TsKIB sports and hunting weapons created a rifle OTs-48. The purpose of the rifle is to provide the troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and special units with a very inexpensive sniper rifle ....

According to the FELIN research program, in France at the beginning of 1995, the development of an individual infantry complex for infantry units began. For the implementation of the project "RAROR" ...

Everyone who sees this light machine gun will immediately recognize it, since very often this particular machine gun is shown in films about the First World War and even the Second World War. After all, it is not for nothing that he ...

The US military together with the command of the forces of special operations purchased the recoilless anti-tank guns Carl Gustav M3 from the Swedish company Saab. The contract value is 31.5 million ...

Hand-held grenade launchers as a weapon are used during police operations, peacekeeping missions and in the conduct of hostilities, the effect of this type of weapon is noticeable when it is used in ...

In the early 90s of the last century, the Israeli army needed a new automatic small arms. The Galil machine gun was still of some interest, but it was already outdated, which is why it was announced ...

QBZ 95 automatic rifle - designed for use in the Chinese armed forces as a personal weapon. The assault rifle is also known as the 95 TYPE. In the 80 years of the last century, ...

The Serbian company “Zastava oružje” presented in 2004 a new modernization of the automatic machine “Zastava M64” - “Zastava M21”. Zastava M21 is an assault rifle based on an automatic rifle ...

In the 90s of the last century, the Singaporean armed forces took care of updating their materiel, in particular, small arms. Licensed version of the American M16 and its own SAR-80 assault rifles ...

Not so long ago, the future of Kalashnikov assault rifles was vigorously debated. The Ministry of Defense stopped purchasing AK-74М and requested to create a new type, more suitable for modern requirements. And so, in the press ...

Everyone wants peace, therefore, according to a Roman proverb, they are preparing for war. All this is done in its own way, in particular, Italy has been working on the program Soldato Futuro (“Soldier of the Future”) from the middle of the 2000's. AT...

Since the advent of firearms, its designers have tried to increase the rate of fire, tk. the advantages of massive fire became clear almost immediately. Quite a long time ...

In the first years of their combat life, the machine gun seemed like a miracle weapon. Nevertheless, he also had flaws: the rate of fire was leveled by poor accuracy, ease of use in firing points - ...

At the very end of the last millennium, the company "DSR-Precision GmbH" developed from scratch and launched a sniper rifle to provide anti-terrorist actions. About five years, the rifle was sold on ...

In the First World War, several classes of weapons became famous, and these were not only machine guns. US soldiers quickly noticed that the Winchester Model 1897 pump smooth-bore gun was more than ...

Recently, in many modern foreign armies, there has been a need for modular small arms of a variable configuration, with the possibility of adapting it to various combat situations, ...

Designed by the PP-2000 Tula gunsmiths of the Instrument Design Bureau in 2001, and intended for anti-terror units. The defeat range to 300 meters. This is the first Russian pistol after the collapse ...

At the beginning of the last decade of the last century, the Heckler & Koch specialists decided to expand the range of products and this time to occupy the so-called niche. PDW. Personal concept ...

They are designed for army special forces and the same units of law enforcement. I have repeatedly mentioned the developmental work on the “Rook” theme - the creation of a new ...

At the end of the 60's, the intelligence services expressed a desire to get a small-sized pistol, allowing the operative to wear it covertly and not unmasked. Initially, however, this gun was conceived as personal ...